Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Apr 20 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: An Irish zombie pic, a feminist western and a Canadian dramaFri Apr 20 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Where is ‘the warmest place to hide’?This week, it also helps if you know your Shakespeare and your RocksFri Apr 20 2018 - 06:00
The Cured: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Ellen Page in an ingenious debutReview: The film develops new flavours of creepiness amid the socio-political metaphorFri Apr 20 2018 - 05:00
What do you mean you won’t be watching the snooker?Donald Clarke: The greatest sporting event of the calendar is about to beginFri Apr 20 2018 - 05:00
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: as bland as mashed potatoesReview: It’s polite, tweedy and so anaemic you feel the urge to feed it a pint of GuinnessThu Apr 19 2018 - 10:30
The Leisure Seeker: Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren well below their bestReview: The film is a long, slow Winnebago ride to a cold, cold graveThu Apr 19 2018 - 09:34
Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldiesWed Apr 18 2018 - 17:32
Monty Python hits Netflix. Here’s what to watch and avoidSome Monty Python is sexist, classist and unfunny. But, on the bright side of life ...Tue Apr 17 2018 - 16:40
The worst film titles of all timeThe upcoming ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ is so bad it's goodMon Apr 16 2018 - 09:11
Claire Denis: ‘We are normal people. Even though we are French’The distinguished film-maker continues her experiments in the unpredictable with her latest work – just don’t go asking what it’s like being a female directorSat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Apr 13 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Who is about to go (Han) Solo?Also: The film that was never No 1, welcome to the K Club, and Lean nites in DublinFri Apr 13 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: A searing family drama from France, a gentle coming-out comedy from the US, and a heartwarming documentary from IrelandFri Apr 13 2018 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The curse of the ‘crying laughing’ emoji, aka Blubbing DipstickThe Sobbing Cretin is popular with right-wing bullies and those with no imaginationFri Apr 13 2018 - 05:00
Cannes 2018: line-up features Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee and fresh facesProgramme flush with exciting talent but only three of 18 films competing for Palme d’Or have female directorsThu Apr 12 2018 - 13:44
Do film critics like me still matter? Occasionally, yesDonald Clarke: In a freak occurence, a movie has topped the box office based only on good reviewsThu Apr 12 2018 - 06:00
Rampage review: the Rock v a giant ape. It’s worse than it soundsA flying wolf can’t make up for awful dialogue, absent humour and ropy CGIThu Apr 12 2018 - 06:00
Truth or Dare: A good, honest, trashy horrorReview: The actors give it their all. There are super squirmy moments. The plot is illogicalWed Apr 11 2018 - 09:11
Custody review: Hurtling drama of a horrific boyhoodXavier Legrand’s portayal of domestic violence is a singular debutWed Apr 11 2018 - 09:00
Solo: A Star Wars Story: Hopeful trailer for a ‘troubled production’Smug dialogue, dystopian cityscapes and Chewbacca feature in clip for latest spin-offMon Apr 9 2018 - 13:03
A shortcut to immortality: kill the presidentWith Steven Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ opening at the Gate, what drives the perpetrators. from Booth to Oswald to Hinckley?Sat Apr 7 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: A thriller so tense you can hear a pin drop, a hard-hitting Irish prison drama, and an epic about the French Aids crisisFri Apr 6 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: There's a Baldwin who doesn't act? ReallyAlso: the oldest man win an Oscar and spot the fake Aussie from the usual suspectsFri Apr 6 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Apr 6 2018 - 06:00
120 BPM: Flawed but worthwhile saga of the French Aids yearsRobin Campillo’s film is at its best when at its most intimateFri Apr 6 2018 - 05:00
Thoroughbreds: a film so deliciously unpleasant, we highly recommended itTwo bored, haughty shrews plot a murder – it’s ‘Heathers’ meets ‘Double Indemnity’Fri Apr 6 2018 - 05:00
Making the Grade: Ken Wardrop’s grand piano film scales the heightsThe documentary maker’s film about people taking piano exams may be his warmest yetFri Apr 6 2018 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: ‘Roseanne’ is the latest cudgel in the brutal culture warsReaction to the sitcom’s 10th series highlights the yawning chasm of US politicsFri Apr 6 2018 - 05:00
Michael Inside: An Irish prison drama par excellenceReview: Frank Berry’s heart-breaking tale is shot through with generous humanismThu Apr 5 2018 - 13:53
Top 10 prison films to watch: Donald Clarke picks his favouritesAs acclaimed Irish movie Michael Inside is released, we look at prison movies from Birdman of Alcatraz to The Shawshank RedemptionThu Apr 5 2018 - 08:20
Steven Bochco, Hill Street Blues creator, was godfather of golden age of TVBochco, who has died in New York at 74, also created LA Law and NYPD BlueMon Apr 2 2018 - 13:10
Todd Haynes: ‘I was consciously making a film that I wanted kids to see’The director has flipped the script once again with his latest project ‘Wonderstruck’, a proper grown-up film about and for childrenSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: An animated masterpiece that manages to out-fantastic Mr FoxFri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Go straight to No 10 for the toughest Rolling Stones question everAlso: The 3rd rule of Fight Club, the Golden Girls’ Elvis, and Neta-Lee Hershlag before she was . . . ?Fri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00
Blockers: A smart, funny teen-sex comedyReview: Three friends set out to lose their virginity on prom night. Then mom finds outFri Mar 30 2018 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Which came first, the guilt or the Creme Egg?If Egg season has taught us anything, it is that recreational denial makes everything tastierFri Mar 30 2018 - 05:00
Midnight Sun: What can I say about Patrick Schwarzenegger that won’t get me shot?Review: ‘The young man could not be less animated if he were fashioned from Bakelite’Thu Mar 29 2018 - 06:00
The new dynasty actors: Skip Patrick Schwarzenegger, watch Elvis’s granddaughterScott Eastwood is no Clint, but Maya Hawke might be as good as Ethan and UmaWed Mar 28 2018 - 00:27
‘Ready Player One’ is no Spielberg masterpieceReview: It’s an undeniably entertaining film, but also retro-addicted and madly overlongTue Mar 27 2018 - 14:23
Has Olivia de Havilland’s last starring role just been cut short?The Hollywood great’s failed lawsuit has got fact-based TV and cinema off the hookMon Mar 26 2018 - 20:28
John Boyega: I don’t see myself as a celebrityFame and online haters don’t affect him but the Force remains strong with the Star Wars starSat Mar 24 2018 - 00:00
The movie quiz: Who is directing the next Bond film?And which of these actors is Irish-born: Negga, Ronan, Gambon, Fassbender?Fri Mar 23 2018 - 07:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and rated'The Irish Times' what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Oprah in A Wrinkle in Time, and a Steven Soderbergh iPhone movieFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:00
The great Jeremy Corbyn Russian hat conspiracy?‘Newsnight’ graphic shows how quickly people jump on potential biasFri Mar 23 2018 - 05:00
I Got Life: a marvellous, menopausal mini-odysseyBlandine Lenoir’s lovely, intricate film tackles a subject that rarely gets addressed in artFri Mar 23 2018 - 05:00
Unsane: A mental-health movie with a split personalityReview: Shot on an iPhone, Steven Soderbergh's movie starts well but ends badlyThu Mar 22 2018 - 09:54
Pacific Rim Uprising: Pacific Rim Uprising: Chaotic, incoherent and no darn funReview: The likable, energetic John Boyega aside, nothing about this film is very goodTue Mar 20 2018 - 18:00