To be a Machine review: Experimental format well-suited to play’s core themeSelf-conscious experiments complement the exploration of transhumanismFri Oct 02 2020 - 09:38
The Movie Quiz: Which of the Magnificent Seven lived the longest?Plus: a year without Marvel, the home of Cartoon Saloon, nothing for the ladiesFri Oct 02 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekendRialto, The Boys in the Band, Eternal Beauty, The Trial of the Chicago 7Fri Oct 02 2020 - 06:00
The Trial of the Chicago 7: Plodding and pedantic reading of the 1968 riotsReview: The film fails to engage with the radicalism of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry RubinFri Oct 02 2020 - 05:00
Rialto: A searing Dublin movie that will stay in your brainFilm review: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor’s towering performance lifts the film above the miseryThu Oct 01 2020 - 05:00
Oscars 2021 could be the best awards season everWith big releases postponed, this awards season looks more welcoming of smaller filmsSat Sept 26 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is the last line in Chinatown?Plus: Riley and Elvis, Hitchcock and du Maurier, and if it sounds like an Orson Welles flick...Fri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekendBill & Ted in cinemas, Enola Holmes, Miss Juneteenth and Tesla streamingFri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00
Miss Juneteenth: Nicely balanced – if somewhat clunkyReview: For all its virtues Miss Juneteenth is a bit lacking in gritFri Sept 25 2020 - 05:00
Tesla: Fascinating film detailing the ‘underappreciated’ genuis’ life and workReview: Almereyda’s efforts to steer away from standard biopic tropes is admirableFri Sept 25 2020 - 05:00
Seán Hillen: ‘The oxygen of publicity is everything for an artist’The artist on cameras, John Hinde postcards and Newry during the TroublesSat Sept 19 2020 - 05:00
Cuties controversy: If you haven’t seen it, you don’t know what you’re talking aboutThe film’s arrival on Netflix prompts a typhoon of condemnation for perceived ‘child porn’Sat Sept 19 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Marilyn Monroe and a title she did withoutPlus: Blade Runner 2049 director, Marvel movies in order, actor or actress, and adaptations that kept the source nameFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekendThe Devil All the Time and White Riot on demand, Rocks and Nocturnal on releaseFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:00
The Devil all the Time – Mania and depravity gives way to fractured narrativeThe characters struggle to develop personalities beyond their collective, God-driven psychosisFri Sept 18 2020 - 05:00
White Riot: When rock fought the racism of David Bowie and Eric ClaptonReview: Documentary is as much about power of solidarity as dangers of intoleranceThu Sept 17 2020 - 05:30
Antonio Campos: ‘When I got into the New York Film Academy I lied about my age’Devil All the Time director talks Southern Gothic, Netflix and the high cost of Elvis tunesWed Sept 16 2020 - 05:00
Wildfire: the late Nika McGuigan is charismatic in her final roleToronto International Film Festival featured cheery Saoirse Ronan and fine new Irish movieTue Sept 15 2020 - 15:09
Wolfwalkers: Irish animated film set in Cromwell era looks a dead cert for an Oscar nominationCartoon Saloon’s movie is set in its home city of Kilkenny during 17th century atrocitiesMon Sept 14 2020 - 10:27
Ammonite: Saoirse Ronan is ‘superb, superlative, magnetic’ in love story with Kate WinsletCritics have praised the ‘beautifully matched’ performances by both womenSat Sept 12 2020 - 15:11
Colm Meaney on shooting in the pandemic: ‘I’ve been tested up the kazoo’The actor has fronted a video highlighting the plight of backstage workers in theatreSat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00
Why are some people so proud of not keeping up with the Kardashians?For 14 years swathes of people have been busy telling everyone they've never seen the popular TV seriesSat Sept 12 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekendThe Painted Bird, Koko-di Koko-da, Max Richter’s Sleep, SavageFri Sept 11 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Who are James Bond’s favourite vegetables?Plus: Hobbits (and not) and singing the hits to Star Wars and Watership DownFri Sept 11 2020 - 06:00
Max Richter’s Sleep: This movie will have you nodding off. That’s the whole ideaReview: Natalie Johns’s film is designed to replicate the experience of the concert it documentsFri Sept 11 2020 - 05:00
Diana Rigg: the husky voiced, leather-clad star who made England hipThroughout her long acting career Rigg retained the electric irony that made her such a phenomenon in the 1960sThu Sept 10 2020 - 17:40
The Painted Bird: This film sent patrons running from cinema. I recommend you watch itReview: Wartime horrors and inhumane acts are present from the very beginningThu Sept 10 2020 - 06:00
Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet love story Ammonite premieres at virtual Toronto Film FestivalA version of the Toronto International Film Festival glides into action on September 10thWed Sept 09 2020 - 12:00
Richard Osman: ‘The worst thing in the world is someone telling you they’re writing a novel’The star of quiz show Pointless on his new novel, being on telly, and why class is crucialTue Sept 08 2020 - 05:00
New BBC boss wants more right-leaning comics. Is he having a laugh?Tim Davie wants to tackle left bias on comedy shows, good luck with thatSat Sept 05 2020 - 05:00
Mulan: live action remake is beautifully shot, impeccably tidy... and blandReview: Disney adaptation ditches the songs and could no longer easily pass as a family filmFri Sept 04 2020 - 07:49
The Movie Quiz: Spot the fake Helen Mirren filmPlus: Oscar winners playing Oscar winners, singing Bond and a home for MulanFri Sept 04 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekendI’m Thinking of Ending Things, Mulan, Socrates streaming, Les Misérables in cinemasFri Sept 04 2020 - 06:00
John Boyega says Star Wars has a problem with actors of colour. Is he right?The London actor, who found fame as stormtrooper Finn, criticised how Disney treated non-white characters in the franchiseThu Sept 03 2020 - 14:47
I’m Thinking of Ending Things review: Netflix’s brilliant, frustrating, daring Charlie Kaufman filmWhile there are typically bleak comic diversions, there's an atmosphere of surreal gloom that is very much Kaufman’s ownThu Sept 03 2020 - 05:30
‘I became a cop watcher. I was filming every time there was confrontation’Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables marks documentary maker’s big league arrivalTue Sept 01 2020 - 05:00
Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, was so much more than just a gifted actorThe late actor was a star for the ages who helped change Hollywood's view on raceSat Aug 29 2020 - 13:06
The Movie Quiz: Which film has the longest complete title?Plus: David Fincher films, Disney directors, starring roles in TenetFri Aug 28 2020 - 06:15
TV comfort culture: Feeding viewers period dramas since the 1960sNobody wants to be overly challenged when ahead of the Monday commuteFri Aug 28 2020 - 05:00
A White White Day: A creepy and grim slice of Scandi-noirIngvar Sigurðsson and Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir star in this bereavement dramaFri Aug 28 2020 - 05:00
Tenet: One cinema is showing the film 29 times today aloneToday is a giant step in the normalisation of the cinema industry in Ireland and worldwideWed Aug 26 2020 - 10:26
Ammonite: Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet fall in love in first trailerWill this be the film that delivers first Oscar for Irish film star?Tue Aug 25 2020 - 20:00
Sean Connery turns 90: An avatar of old-fashioned masculinityThe Scottish actor, voted ‘sexiest man alive’ for decades, started as a milkman and became ‘the greatest’ James BondTue Aug 25 2020 - 15:35
Is Tenet as good as Inception? Christopher Nolan’s films rankedAs Tenet arrives in cinemas, we judge how it compares with The Dark Knight and MementoTue Aug 25 2020 - 10:19
Danny DeVito: My comic career and my Irish familyThe force of nature on US politics, winding people up, and how his stature shaped himSat Aug 22 2020 - 05:00
Tenet review: Is Christopher Nolan’s film good enough to save cinema from Covid-19?It has the makings of a gung-ho entertainment, but It’s hard to work out what’s happeningFri Aug 21 2020 - 17:23
The Movie Quiz: Name that femme fatale – and spell it right!Plus: Netflix numbers at the Oscars, directors on screen, the odd literary source outFri Aug 21 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendPerfumes, Chemical Hearts, The One and Only Ivan, Coup 53Fri Aug 21 2020 - 06:00
Perfumes: Something a little like a romantic comedyReview: Nobody will be enormously surprised by how the story plays itself outFri Aug 21 2020 - 05:00
Trump doesn’t have a pet – is that proof he’s a bad president?Many pets have padded through the White House; some have been used for political gainFri Aug 21 2020 - 05:00
