I’ve been embracing social distancing with great enthusiasm since 1998Donald Clarke: Nobody dares hug you now. The chances of a fraternal kiss are slimmer still. It’s greatSat May 02 2020 - 05:00
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in orderDonald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprisesSat May 02 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: What was the lowest-grossing Pixar film?Plus: See if you can spot the odd movie out – with the titles as GaeilgeFri May 01 2020 - 06:00
Nothing Fancy: The English mother of Mexican cuisineFilm suggests Diana Kennedy is culinary evangelist with gift for performative bossinessFri May 01 2020 - 05:00
Three new movies to stream this weekendWeinstein in The Assistant, sex’n’death in Ema, Mexican food in Nothing FancyFri May 01 2020 - 00:00
TV for cocooners: 20 high-quality, old-school series to streamHere’s some cosy TV to make confinement more bearableThu Apr 30 2020 - 06:00
DannyBoy: Gits of a certain vintage will enjoy this Irish film set in 1981Review: Ferdia Mac Anna’s flimsy, low-budget film has an ingenuous charmThu Apr 30 2020 - 05:00
What kinds of films will we watch in the post Covid-19 era?Stories will need to establish whether they are set before, during or after the pandemicSat Apr 25 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Spot the fake Saoirse Ronan titleAlso: Possibly Hitchcock, directing James Bond, Godzilla versus who this time?Fri Apr 24 2020 - 06:00
Sea Fever: Claustrophobic Irish-ish horror couldn’t be more prescientReview: Neasa Hardiman’s maritime horror is a flawed but impressive ‘big screen’ debutFri Apr 24 2020 - 05:00
When All Is Ruin Once Again: Celebration of a simpler IrelandReview: Keith Walsh’s documentary, shot in Gort, is beautiful but philosophically shakyFri Apr 24 2020 - 05:00
Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen: The glib quips seem badly out of placeAn unreconstructed attitude to women is evident and queasy questions go unansweredMon Apr 20 2020 - 06:00
Why is Michael Flatley’s spy movie getting so much flak?Let the Riverdancer release his ‘vanity project’ Blackbird and silence the Twitter hatersSat Apr 18 2020 - 05:00
Brian Dennehy obituary: A giant of American theatre who stayed loyal to his Irish heritageOn screen, tireless actor ranged from Rambo to Romeo + Juliet, with plenty of trips to old countryFri Apr 17 2020 - 15:40
The Movie Quiz: What links Michael Flatley and the Beatles?Plus: Liam Neeson’s movies and films that didn’t begin life on TVFri Apr 17 2020 - 06:00
We Summon the Darkness: Cheap and cheerful heavy metal horrorReview: This old-school chiller is a joyous – if nasty – celebration of the female rock fanFri Apr 17 2020 - 05:00
Sergio: Unsubtle but efficient biopic of an inspirational UN leaderReview: The screenplay works hard to cram a long career into a fresh, well-meaning wholeFri Apr 17 2020 - 05:00
Why does Timothée Chalamet look as if he’s being buffeted on Lahinch beach?And, more importantly, will we be able to watch him star in Dune from a cinema seat?Tue Apr 14 2020 - 14:37
Simon Harris’s pronouncement on the Easter bunny made me gagI know it’s a time of crisis, but when did this mythical rabbit become part of Irish Easter?Sat Apr 11 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who is the longest serving James Bond?Plus: Cate Blanchett’s odd one out and a big Disney movie goes onlineFri Apr 10 2020 - 06:10
Love Wedding Repeat: You should avoid this ‘Four Weddings’ rip-offBut you probably won’t, since it’s on Netflix and these days the audience is captiveFri Apr 10 2020 - 06:00
Tigertail film review: A commendable Netflix premiereSlight but enchanting tale of the Taiwanese diaspora in the US just lacks a bit of oomphFri Apr 10 2020 - 05:00
Mention of Honor Blackman’s name will bring smiles to faces of movie enthusiasts‘I never considered myself a sex symbol’, James Bond, The Avengers actor once saidMon Apr 06 2020 - 19:04
Covid-19 has proved worse than the film-makers imaginedIt’s hard, in 100 minutes, to convey the slow terror of a virus that kills in low percentagesMon Apr 06 2020 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The joys of watching it again... and again... and againThere’s enough novelty to last a lifetime, but repeated viewing brings its own comfortsSat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Brad Pitt has how many Oscars?Plus: who namechecked Marilyn Monroe, Tarantino’s ‘masterpiece’ and Hamlet-inspired titlesFri Apr 03 2020 - 06:00
Lucy in the Sky: Terrible title, curiously earthbound taleReview: Natalie Portman is hidebound as an astronaut heading for a nervous breakdownFri Apr 03 2020 - 05:00
Mubi: online repertory cinema for a handful of changeFancy a rotating visual feast of 30 arthouse movies monthly and all neatly curated?Sat Mar 28 2020 - 05:00
Brushing up on your high culture? Forgive my scepticismThe crisis has allowed people loudly signal rediscovered their commitment to highbrow classicsSat Mar 28 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who is self-isolating with Whiskey and Lulu?Plus: Gone with the Wind’s last line and private eyes who never got an Oscar nodFri Mar 27 2020 - 06:00
Uncorked: Comforting balm for the most difficult timesFilm review: A competitive drama without any real villainFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:00
The Perfect Candidate: Mila Al Zahrani’s acting rescues a film slight on plotReview: Haifaa al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia for a study of the pressures put upon womenFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:00
Vivarium: In the current climate, this film feels accidentally urgentReview: Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg are excellent in this ultimate self-isolation movieFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus: Has the drive-in movie finally found its moment?‘We are delighted to offer an escape,’ say organisers of screenings in Dublin’s suburbsMon Mar 23 2020 - 15:29
Beyond Netflix: where to find Golden Age classic moviesApple and Google are excellent options for the greatest era of American cinemaSat Mar 21 2020 - 05:00
James Bond film decision was the canary in the coalmineCoronavirus: Cinemas are closed, festivals cancelled, movie productions haltedSat Mar 21 2020 - 05:00
Movie Quiz: Who’s the hero in Jaws, according to Boris Johnson?Plus: the film with the fewest credited characters and who has never played Napoleon?Fri Mar 20 2020 - 17:23
The Truth review: Tender moments that stay long in the brainCatherine Deneuve plays a great actor – not a stretch – in a Hirokazu Kore-eda gemFri Mar 20 2020 - 05:00
Imagine Gal Gadot hadn’t roped her friends into making this cringy videoLook, there’s Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams. Even Chris O’Dowd. And a lot of celebrity warblingThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:32
Donald Clarke: Stairway to Heaven set to go on and onThose of us disappointed at the lack of a total ban must admit there is some good newsSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Barry Keoghan: ‘I’m standing there with Angelina Jolie behind the curtain’The Irish actor on LA living, the hazards of Dublin and difficult ‘culchie’ accentsSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Misbehaviour, The Hunt, Bacurau, Calm with Horses, And Then We DancedFri Mar 13 2020 - 06:00
The movie quiz: What’s the name of the newspaper in Citizen Kane?Plus: Scrambled initials, Nobel playing and big bucks for Avengers: EndgameFri Mar 13 2020 - 05:00
And Then We Danced: A film full of life, emotion and uninhibited sexualityReview: Having endured riots at domestic screenings, it has earned our more sober attentionsFri Mar 13 2020 - 05:00
‘I was surprised so many people were homophobic by default’The film director Levan Akin on the backlash to his charming And Then We DancedThu Mar 12 2020 - 06:00
Calm with Horses: Barry Keoghan shines in a poorly plotted Irish filmReview: Tense, well-acted drama about mad hoodlums starts to drift towards the endThu Mar 12 2020 - 05:30
The Hunt review: Appalling, irresponsible – and fun. Don’t ban this sick filthRight-wing screed or liberal wet dream? Either way, Donald Trump already hates itWed Mar 11 2020 - 13:00
Max von Sydow: An incomparable presence in arthouse cinema and noisy blockbustersThe Swedish actor, who has died aged 90, leaves a rich legacy of work with Ingmar BergmanMon Mar 09 2020 - 16:47
Dublin the last international film festival to dodge the global shutdownThe singularly imaginative film, one of many discoveries, was a worthy winnerMon Mar 09 2020 - 11:55
10 great films directed by womenInternational Women's Day: Why is the film industry still resistant to female directors?Sun Mar 08 2020 - 06:00
