Alan Partridge makes a dealRadio and TV presenter Alan Partridge has commented publicly on the news that StudioCanal, the Anglo-French production company…Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Great giveaway for dark comedyThe 10 Days in Dublin Festival, a multidisciplinary event that begins on July 5th, is to include a number of film screeningsFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Dark HorseWE BEGIN with a shot of two people – male and female, though not yet a couple – sitting at a table while staring enigmatically…Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Movie magic up close forGet ready for the Irish Film Institute’s Family Festival, July 5th until July 8thFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Joyful NoiseABOUT TWO-THIRDS of the way through this cynical effort to repackage Glee for “faith audiences”, we get a faint hint of what …Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Legend of anime comes to townOn Monday, the Japanese Film Festival, in association with Access Cinema, will welcome admired anime director Makoto Shinkai …Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Dhaka doc wins ICCL human rights awardLast night Machine Man/ Hombre Maquina took the top prize at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards Gala…Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Ice Age: Continental DriftTO USE an appropriate analogy, one may as well argue against the retreating ice sheets or shifts in the earth’s crust.Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
The particle with the power to answer everything yet nothingEven if the Higgs boson subatomic particle is found, it will not yield a meaning for human lifeSat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Riding out the big waveSION SONO may have begun life as a poet but, to date, the Japanese film-maker has stayed clear of airy lyricismFri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
VictimALEX PILLAI, director of this achingly well-intentioned British street drama, has been unlucky in his timingFri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterTHE CONFEDERACY has been overrun by the Undead. The President wields an axe that doubles as a shotgunFri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Lay the favouriteWITH THE best will in the world, you couldn’t describe the inestimable Stephen Frears as reliable.Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
The ApartmentWhen considering Billy Wilder’s vast array of classics, cinema watchers often struggle to find a golden threadFri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Marriage equality should be a priority for campaignersIt is understandable that gay rights activists would seek the right to marriage on principleSat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Rock of AgesTHERE IS, SURELY, no chance that Rock of Ages could fail to work as a guilty pleasureFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet ManHOLY MARY, mother of Jesus. God be with the days when we were all a little embarrassed by The Quiet ManFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
A Royal AffairHere’s a brief for an obscure film festival nobody would wish to attend: movies about commoners whose closeness to the monarch…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Biblical – but not much senseWe have great faith on Darren Aronofsky, but his latest venture sounds – even from the director of The Fountain – like a most…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Red LightsYou will struggle to name a more disciplined thriller than Rodrigo Cortés’s terrific BuriedFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Heavy on the Joyce at pop-upCheck out the film events at the inaugural Dublin Biennial Pop-Up ExhibitionFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Deadline for Film Fleadh awardTake heed, budding scribes. The deadline for the Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Award has been extended to June 20thFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Confessions of a fleeting football fanAS THE action begins in this Euro Superball thing, we again take time out to bemoan the vile phenomenon of the post-1990 late…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Look at this showerA WEEK AFTER Paul Laverty, working with regular collaborator Ken Loach, delivered The Angels’ Share, his lightest, least didactic…Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
A film with me in itEveryone knows that Hollywood reacts to the success of any film by throwing a series of imitations into production.Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
A Fantastic Fear of EverythingWELL, HERE’S something you don’t see every day. Thank goodnessFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Touching the Fordian heightsThe John Ford Ireland film symposium continues at various venues until Sunday. This evening, at 7Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Idol chatterROBERT PATTINSON is taking his first few steps on a long road. You don’t get any sense that he is ashamed of TwilghtFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Edinburgh' s a contenderFollowing several years of decline, the Edinburgh International Film Festival is making an effort to regain its statusFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
The same League as Avengers?Everyone knows that Hollywood reacts to the success of any film by throwing a series of imitations into production.Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
The PactBE FRIGHTENED. The debut film from Nicholas McCarthy, derived from his acclaimed short, concerns a young woman who travels home…Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Scots crowned chief Brit haters after Ireland cedes throneA YEAR has passed since some posh lady in a hat caused a commotion by staggering her way through a few words of the national …Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Krahne’s recipe for the absurdIn a worrying development, prominent Spanish artist Javier Krahe faces prosecution for “offending religious feelings” more than…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Haneke in Cannes good companySo, as virtually everyone predicted, Michael Haneke won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for the eviscerating AmourFri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Dublin gets a little piece of HeavenHeaven’s Gate continues to have an afterlifeFri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Klaxon Knightley union imminentApparently, Klaxons, the NME-friendly indie band, still exist and one of their number has become engaged to Keira KnightleyFri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Snow White and the HuntsmanYES, YES, YES. The latest adaptation of Snow White – like this year’s feeble Mirror Mirror – is, of course, an outrageous rip…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Top CatHOORAY! AFTER 50 long years, we, on this side of the Atlantic, are finally able to call Top Cat by his proper name.Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Negga gets the nod from McQueenRuth Negga, the talented Irish actor, has been cast in Steve McQueen’s much anticipated Twelve Years a Slave.Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Palme d'Or for Haneke as jury falls in love with 'Amour'While last year’s festival was seen as a classic, the 2012 hit list was a little less memorableMon May 28 2012 - 01:00
As Cannes winds down, 'Twilight' team get their teeth into selling new projectsAS THE Cannes Film Festival wound into its closing weekend, the celebrities continued to flock to La CroisetteSat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Thanks for nothing, HarveyNo. Before you ask. Harvey Weinstein did not invite The Irish Times to his much- trumpeted unveiling of footage from Quentin …Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Cheryl’s in Love, Kylie goes quietAs ever, the place is crawling with celebrities. We spotted Jane Fonda, Roman Polanski and Tom Hardy in the same dayFri May 25 2012 - 01:00
