Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: Chief Brody needs a bigger...?This week’s quiz features Jaws, Jason Bourne, Hitchcock and HamletFri Jun 16 2017 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendFrom Whitney Houston to Dublin gangsters, here are the best of this week’s releasesFri Jun 16 2017 - 05:00
Gifted review: Gives glorified TV movies a better nameA classy package that gets by on warmth and sincere performancesThu Jun 15 2017 - 11:15
Neneh Cherry tries to escape her past in StockholmFilm review: It’s oppressive but this is a Swedish captor I came to love just a littleThu Jun 15 2017 - 08:00
'Brexit is going to be a land of milk and honey. Or the apocalypse'Ross Noble on Brexit, his house burning down, and why he is in so many Irish horror filmsThu Jun 15 2017 - 08:00
Cardboard Gangsters review: A Darndale Boyz n the HoodMark O’Connor’s Cardboard Gangsters is so enjoyable, you forgive its flawsWed Jun 14 2017 - 12:00
Why ‘Gone With The Wind’ isn’t a great film any moreEmpire’s 100 greatest films list has no pre-1940 movies. Yet ‘Hot Fuzz’ makes itTue Jun 13 2017 - 12:33
Harry Potter on screen: a magic formula for the faithfulIt is the second-biggest movie franchise of all time, but the films are slaves to the textSat Jun 10 2017 - 06:05
The Harry Potter ‘Big Seven’ – Where are they now?Potter gave some young actors a leg-up, but it created few genuine stars. Where did the broomsticks take the ones JK Rowling called ‘The Big Seven’?Sat Jun 10 2017 - 06:00
I did badly in the Leaving. And look how awesome I am nowSemi-celebs love to reveal their poor results – and brag about their achievements sinceSat Jun 10 2017 - 06:00
Exit poll bombshell leads to glee at downfall of the loathedTV view: Osborne’s election night delight underlined the factional nature of British politicsFri Jun 09 2017 - 15:04
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: Which Disney dwarf’s name is not an adjective – and other gemsThis week’s quiz features Bond villains, Wham! pop songs and, er, Leo VaradkarFri Jun 09 2017 - 12:15
Six of the best films to see this weekendQuality blasts from the past include Wonder Woman and a Fritz Lang classicFri Jun 09 2017 - 12:07
Sofia Boutella: ‘All Americans think they are Irish. Right?’The live-wire Algerian actor on dancing with Madonna and channelling Boris KarloffFri Jun 09 2017 - 05:00
The Berlin Syndrome: Before Sunrise, but for psychosCate Shortland’s creepy, eerily beautiful third feature delivers a familiar story, but gets by on evil ambienceThu Jun 08 2017 - 12:00
My Cousin Rachel: We ain't saying she's a goldigger...Rachel Weisz is suitably ambiguous in this worthwhile adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classicThu Jun 08 2017 - 08:00
Make it stop, Mummy! Tom Cruise movie a lumbering waste of timeA terrible fug of desperation hangs over the first instalment of Universal’s Dark Universe sequenceThu Jun 08 2017 - 07:15
Vogue Williams is not an idiot, she’s a sinister totalitarianOpinion: The model’s column said extremists should be locked up. Don’t dismiss it as stupidTue Jun 06 2017 - 13:30
Five films to catch in June that aren’t Wonder WomanBlockbuster season is upon us, but there’s more going on this month than just crash, bang, wallopMon Jun 05 2017 - 12:00
A wake-up call to Leo: some of us don’t get up early in morningMr Varadkar wants to be a leader for goody-goody early risers. I’m going back to bedSat Jun 03 2017 - 06:00
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: do you know your imaginary friends?This week’s quiz features angry men, tough droogs and famous last wordsFri Jun 02 2017 - 06:13
Six of the best movies to see on the big screen this weekendThe best film of the week is an Oscar-nominated animation that's basically social realism for kidsFri Jun 02 2017 - 05:59
My Life as a Courgette: a beautifully balanced visual marvelOscar-nominated animation about children in care is full of decency and kindnessThu Jun 01 2017 - 11:14
Wonder Woman: Making a mini-skirted warrior a feminist symbolHow do you do that? Limit the amount of time she wears the silly costumeWed May 31 2017 - 15:25
How a tweet about Rihanna became a movie starring RihannaThe singer, along with the actor Lupita Nyong’o, is set to star in a Netflix movie inspired by a photograph of the pair that went viral. How disruptive is that?Wed May 31 2017 - 12:25
Palme D’Or winner The Square: a funny, eccentric and baggy piece of workIdeas hang off the central story like poisonous fruit in Ruben Östlund’s surprise Cannes favouriteMon May 29 2017 - 11:10
Cannes: Irish Colin Farrell film wins best screenplay awardPrize for the Irish-backed ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, while ‘The Square’ wins Palme d’OrMon May 29 2017 - 07:30
Palm Dog goes to the pooch from The Meyerowitz StoriesBruno the poodle from Noah Baumbach’s film is top dog of Cannes 2017Sat May 27 2017 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Class still rules – it’s just harder to tellBeing born to the right family is still invaluable when trying to hold the levers of powerSat May 27 2017 - 06:00
The Florida Project: joyful and moving - one of the best of Cannes 2017Sean Baker's follow-up to Tangerine is destined to be remembered as one of the great films about childhoodFri May 26 2017 - 16:15
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: can you prove you have a beautiful mind?Watch out, this week’s quiz has a maths questionFri May 26 2017 - 10:26
Demon Hunter review: move over Buffy, there’s a new bad-ass in townDirector Zoe Kavanagh delivers an enjoyable, unashamedly genre-hugging horror flickThu May 25 2017 - 10:39
Where did it all go wrong for Johnny Depp?After a string of flops and a ton of bad press, Johnny Depp’s star power looks as wobbly as Jack Sparrow on a plankThu May 25 2017 - 05:25
The Red Turtle review: another masterful turn from Studio GhibliDutchman Michaël Dudok de Wit’s magical film is both visually and emotionally richWed May 24 2017 - 14:03
Cannes review: The Beguiled - straining at the seams with suppressed sexual passionColin Farrell squirms with delight under the female gaze in Sofia Coppola’s slice of feminist Southern GothicWed May 24 2017 - 14:00
How to talk to Girls at Parties review: Mad, bad and boring to knowCannes 2017: There’s a lot of latex and little sense in this punks and aliens caperWed May 24 2017 - 09:36
Roger Moore: Self-parodying James Bond actor dies aged 89Policeman’s son went from being the UK’s biggest TV star to the country’s greatest spyTue May 23 2017 - 17:35
Cannes festival reacts to Manchester attack with sombre silence‘This is yet another attack on culture, youth and joyfulness,’ read a festival statementTue May 23 2017 - 16:14
Irish film among those ‘drooled over’ at Cannes‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is a Palme d’Or contender. ‘120 Beats per Minute’ is the favouriteTue May 23 2017 - 05:00
Irish film starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in running for Cannes awardYorgos Lanthimos’s ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ from Element Pictures premieres at the French film festival to great acclaimMon May 22 2017 - 17:56
The Killing of a Sacred Deer review: unmissable, with a horror that’s unshakeableCannes 2017: Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan are exceptional in Yorgos Lanthimos latestMon May 22 2017 - 12:39
Happy End review: An icy soap opera that uncoils like a watchful snakeCannes 2017: Michael Haneke’s latest carries a defiantly conventional setup followed by the director at his most unconventional and teasing bestMon May 22 2017 - 09:51
The Meyerowitz Stories: Adam Sandler give his best performance in a decadeCannes 2017: Noah Baumbach's star-studded latest for Netflix is a welcome addition to his great comic oeuvreSun May 21 2017 - 15:22
Awkward, odd and disturbing sex remains a distraction at CannesThank heavens for ‘120 Beats per Minute’ which communicates affection through sexSun May 21 2017 - 14:53
A hedgehog in a bun, s’il vous plait, and other French weirdnessSo much about French culture is simultaneously magnificent and bafflingSun May 21 2017 - 11:52
120 Beats Per Minute review: unofficial early Cannes favourite120 Beats honours the dead and the survivors but it feels like a lost opportunitySat May 20 2017 - 12:27
Cannes festival, day three: Let the booing commenceThis time it was for a technical hiccup and not for Bong Joon-ho’s fine film ‘Okja’Fri May 19 2017 - 16:57
Okja review: a mad tale of giant pigs and evil corporations told with vigourCannes 2017: Snowpiercer director Bong Joon Ho’s latest is brasher, madder and more fun than anything he’s done beforeFri May 19 2017 - 12:53
Cannes jury president Pedro Almodovar says he won’t be voting for NetflixAlmodóvar says he will be ‘fighting for the capacity of hypnosis of the large screen for the viewer’ in the Palme D’Or, while Will Smith rows in behind the streaming serviceFri May 19 2017 - 11:37
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: this week we’re celebrating in the sunshineThis week’s quiz comes to you from the beach at Cannes. How well do you know your Un Certain Regards from your Palmes D’Or?Fri May 19 2017 - 06:16
