Four new films to see this weekUnsettling Deerskin, Fear Street trilogy, sequels to The Croods and Space JamSun Jul 18 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Try going outdoors, it might not be too badA big screen in a park isn’t everyone’s idea of a night at the movies, but it’ll workSat Jul 17 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Anthony Hopkins has played Hannibal how many times?Plus: ‘He loved the American dream with a vengeance’: the tagline to which movie?Fri Jul 16 2021 - 06:00
Deerskin: Jean Dujardin excels as a man in love with his jacketReview: Clothes maketh the man in this perplexing and darkly funny filmFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:00
Fear Street Parts One, Two & Three: a trilogy of oddball shockersNetflix offerings bridge the gap between YA aesthetic and grown-up(ish) horrorFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:00
Finding You: Months after Wild Mountain Thyme, Sky gives us more crock-of-gold baloneyReview: Twinkly ballads aside, it at least portrays Ireland as a modern placeWed Jul 14 2021 - 16:36
Vicky Krieps: ‘I lit a candle every day to not be nominated for an Oscar’The Luxembourger did not share Daniel Day-Lewis’s ire over Phantom Thread snubWed Jul 14 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekBlockbuster Black Widow, US indie First Cow, and Euro dramas Jumbo and ToveSun Jul 11 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What is the very first line in The Godfather?Plus: Jackie is my mom. Frank Jr is my brother. Who is my ex-wife?Fri Jul 9 2021 - 10:30
Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel swansong is a cut aboveFlorence Pugh steals the show in the latest, mercifully fun superhero outing in the MCUFri Jul 9 2021 - 05:00
Jumbo: A magic-ride escape from realityThere is comedy and warmth in a drama about a woman’s love for an inanimate objectFri Jul 9 2021 - 05:00
Galway Film Fleadh unveils this year’s ‘outdoor summer’ programmeThe mainstage will be an outdoor cinema with all events available to stream onlineWed Jul 7 2021 - 19:00
Iftas 2021: Posthumous award for ‘searing’ Nika McGuigan is the moment of the nightThe hit TV adaptation Normal People converts nine of its 15 nominations into IftasSun Jul 4 2021 - 23:00
Four new films to see this weekOscar winner Another Round, Irish horror Son, docs Last Man Standing, Lady BossSun Jul 4 2021 - 06:00
Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson: ‘We finally have an entire film dedicated to her’The Marvel film arrives a year-plus later than intended, in an evolving cinematic marketSun Jul 4 2021 - 05:00
There is no easier way to annoy a British soccer fan than referring to soccer as ‘soccer’Donald Clarke: The rejection of the word by English people happened weirdly recentlySat Jul 3 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is currently the highest grossing film of all time?Plus: Which unavoidable 1960s hit was derived from Lara’s Theme in Dr Zhivago?Fri Jul 2 2021 - 06:00
Another Round: An intoxicating mix of ideas about boozingThe glass is both half empty and half full in Thomas Vinterberg’s fascinating, funny filmFri Jul 2 2021 - 05:00
Son: Gothic parental horrors in the American southIrish director Ivan Kavanagh anchors his ambiguous horror in believable traumaFri Jul 2 2021 - 05:00
The 10 best movies of 2021 so far – in orderOur film correspondent on Nomadland, A Quiet Place Part II and a few overlooked gemsTue Jun 29 2021 - 09:20
Four new films to see this weekFast & Furious 9, Supernova, Fatima, The Hitman’s Wife’s BodyguardSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:00
The best new movies coming to cinema and TV this summerFilms are once again being shown on big screens, as well as on Netflix and Disney+Sun Jun 27 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Is Spielberg returning to TV? Yes and noThe auteur’s Netflix deal is more a case of making peace with an evolving hybrid formSat Jun 26 2021 - 05:00
Thomas Vinterberg: ‘We were fascinated with the dark side of drinking’Danish director of Another Round on creativity, destruction and temptation of moneySat Jun 26 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Black Widow is the first film in which phase of the MCU?Plus: One Scot. Two Englishmen. One Welshman. One Irishman. Who’s missing?Fri Jun 25 2021 - 06:00
Supernova: Irresistible film about life on the fringes of catastropheFilm review: Firth and Tucci are flawless as partners grappling with early dementiaFri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00
Fast & Furious 9: Never mind the physics, just go along for the rideImmerse yourself in ever-sillier stunts and the stars’ genuinely sparky interplayFri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week, including Pixar’s latest streamingLuca, In the Heights, In the Earth, The Money OrderSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Sing it with me – the musical will outlive its boring detractorsIt has been driven underground at times, but the form remains reassuringly resilientSat Jun 19 2021 - 05:00
From ‘credit-card movies’ to a billion-dollar franchiseJustin Lin on starting out as an indie director, diversity in film, and making Fast & Furious 9, the latest in the superhit seriesSat Jun 19 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which Oscar winner has been a guest voice on The Simpsons?Plus: Dublin 8’s Hollywood studio icon, a classic 40 years old this monthFri Jun 18 2021 - 06:00
In the Earth: Weird goings-on (again) in rural EnglandReview: Ben Wheatley’s freak-folk horror makes up in mood what it lacks in coherenceFri Jun 18 2021 - 05:00
Luca: Pixar’s new film is lively and kind of funny. But it’s no Finding NemoDespite thin characters and loose plotting, this will still fill a gap for younger viewersFri Jun 18 2021 - 05:00
Reece Shearsmith: ‘We were nerds in that vicious way’The League of Gentlemen ‘would be a hard sell now because it’s so distinctively its own thing’Thu Jun 17 2021 - 05:00
Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominationsSally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous awardTue Jun 15 2021 - 08:30
Four new films to see this weekA Quiet Place II, The Father and Peter Rabbit 2 in cinemas, Ellie & Abbie on demandSun Jun 13 2021 - 06:00
What fresh vision of hell is this so-called ‘Portobello Plaza'?It takes self-parodic grandiosity to call this slab of uninviting Dublin pavement a plazaSat Jun 12 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Cruella de Vil made her first appearance in which film?Plus: Oscar acting and the Irish and The Quiet Man’s unspoken subjectFri Jun 11 2021 - 06:00
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt): Sweet teen sweetheartsReview: Charming lesbian rom-com set in and around a sunny Sydney high schoolFri Jun 11 2021 - 05:00
Cannes film festival 2021: Irish-produced movie secures place in prestigious Directors’ FortnightElement Pictures’ The Souvenir Part II stars Honor Swinton Byrne and Tilda SwintonTue Jun 8 2021 - 11:45
A Quiet Place Part II: Four stars for Cillian Murphy’s ruthless new film – the ingenuity never faltersFilm review: ‘More of the same’ has rarely been carried off with such elan. Roll on Part IIIMon Jun 7 2021 - 05:00
Paul Mescal scoops Bafta award for Normal People‘I am so lucky that I got to continue working ... this feels like a nice way to tie it up in a bow’Sun Jun 6 2021 - 22:04
Four new films to see this week, including Conjuring 3 in cinemasThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Dinner in America, Gunda, After LoveSun Jun 6 2021 - 06:00
Deirdre of the sorrows: Fianna Fáil election video is excruciating. Is that the point?Deirdre Conroy’s video plea to Dublin Bay South voters has to be seen to be regrettedSat Jun 5 2021 - 05:00
Cillian Murphy: ‘The less that people know about me the better’‘I didn’t see myself as a personality. I see myself as an actor. I think those are two distinct jobs’Sat Jun 5 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What really went down Psycho’s bloody plughole?Plus: ‘Who am I? You sure you wanna know?’ and the highest for the longestFri Jun 4 2021 - 06:00
After Love: compelling and complex tale of betrayalJoanna Scanlan shines in this subtle drama of a widow who learns a shocking secretFri Jun 4 2021 - 05:00
Gunda: The uncomfortable truth about how a sausage is madeViktor Kossakovsky’s film raises profound questions about our dominion over animalsFri Jun 4 2021 - 05:00
‘Cinema is not dead.’ Cannes film festival makes a promising returnAfter cancelling in 2020, Cannes returns this summer with an extensive programmeThu Jun 3 2021 - 14:45
A ‘disgusting movie’ made by ‘vile creatures’? This Irish film is far from that, says its directorLetitia Wright and Josh O’Connor star in Aisha, Frank Berry’s movie about direct provisionTue Jun 1 2021 - 13:00