Deals, yes, just not so manyThe word in the trade papers suggests that the Cannes market is just about busy enoughFri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Cannes's finest five minutesTHE PAPERBOY Directed by Lee Daniels Starring Zac Efron, John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Macy Gray 101 min, …Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Cheers as Carax Motors onThere have been the usual outbreaks of moronic booing at the festival, such as the bovine noise kicked up at the finale of Abbas…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Shorts can be sweetestA missive from home alerts us to the launch of the latest, delightfully titled Eat My Shorts Festival.Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Barbaric GeniusANYONE WHO’S read The Grass Arena or seen the television drama it inspired will know that John Healy has a great story to tell…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Pitt kills them softly with news that Angelina is not in CannesBRAD PITT walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival last night before the premiere of his new film Killing Them Softly…Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Doing Cannes, Midlands styleDARN YOU, Chris O’Dowd. You’ve brought the midlands weather with youTue May 22 2012 - 01:00
Haneke's monster feeds the beastMichael Haneke doesn’t want to make a scene, Nick Cave mulls over moonshiners, and Danes get hysterical at Cannes 2012Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Contender for best actor serving 20 years for murderTHE BREAKOUT star of this year’s Cannes Film Festival currently sits in an Italian jailSat May 19 2012 - 01:00
A Kiss for JedTHE CENTRAL premise of Maurice Linnane’s tolerable Irish film strains the credulity somewhatFri May 18 2012 - 01:00
The Source/La Source des FemmesAWW! LOOK at the colourful tribal people with their eccentric ways and generous, rustic senses of humourFri May 18 2012 - 01:00
The brutal and the beautiful at CannesA FEW YEARS ago, I encountered the British film producer Stephen WoolleyWed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Anderson comedy charms CannesThe 65th Cannes Film Festival opened today with a screening of Wes Anderson’s latest picture Moonrise Kingdom.Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
When the going gets tough, the ordinary Joe gets goingTHERE ARE many reasons to celebrate the election of François Hollande as president of FranceSat May 12 2012 - 01:00
How I Spent my Summer VacationHERE’S A NOTION. Perhaps Mel Gibson should try and resuscitate his career by releasing a hugely violent exploitation film featuring…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Café de FloreJEAN-MARC Vallée, the French- Canadian director of the interesting CRAZY, returns with an undeniably beautiful, exquisitely lush…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Hari-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiIF YOU DON’T like this Takashi Miike film, then don’t fret. Another one will be along in a moment.Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
SafeONE OF THE things we like about Jason Statham is his ability to straddle the line between self-parody and brow-furrowed sincerity…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Leader of the packIN 2010, Sylvester Stallone instituted a sort of honours system for contemporary action heroesFri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Green, mean and here to stayYou can’t kill The Hulk. The most troubled of the Marvel franchises is not going away.Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Movie immersion courtesy of CokeGet ready for the Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film Television Festival for Young People.Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
The Avengers review: the work of a film-maker in love with his source materialThe much-trumpeted comic superhero collaboration is here at lastFri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Albert NobbsTHE FACT THAT it took so long for this strange picture to secure Irish distribution is not a particularly encouraging sign.Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Hysteria over fantasy games is just latest in long line of scaresScapegoats are shuffling their hooves nervously as the Breivik trial continues in OsloSat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Town of RunnersJERRY ROTHWELL, the director of such admired documentaries as Donor Unknown, makes a moving piece of this study of two female…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
LockoutSTEPHEN ST LEGER and James Mather, two talented Irish directors, come close to pulling off a successful leap to the big time …Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
EllesIT’S AN AWFUL business being a middle-class woman in France. You can’t find time to get your work doneFri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Mad Mel under fire over historical Jewish projectWill we ever be set free from Mel Gibson news? Earlier this month Joe Eszterhas, the volatile screenwriter, released a letter…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
From the blogs: 'Musicians have a habit of ceasing to matter'ALL SENSIBLE PEOPLE will, of course, rejoice at the news that Kraftwerk, one of the five greatest music acts of the last half…Thu Apr 19 2012 - 01:00
Are you ready for your scream test?THE FILMS: IT IS SAFE to say that most adults – most children for that matter – will be surprised by their first reading of …Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Goodbye, Rick Santorum - we miss having you to kick aroundThe former presidential candidate’s withdrawal is bad news for angry liberals everywhereSat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Delicacy/La DélicatesseAUDREY TAUTOU is rapidly evolving into a menace of significant proportionsFri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
The Cabin in the WoodsSO WE’RE BACK here again. Are we? In 1996 Wes Craven’s Scream unleashed self-conscious hell on unsuspecting horror fansFri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Would sir like a liberal dose of corporate etiquette with that?WOULD EVERYBODY please leave me alone? The world was a much more relaxing place when people in service and retail industries …Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Respecting the code of CannesWe have no news of what’s playing at this year’s Cannes Film FestivalFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Keane keen on new IFI roleThe Irish Film Institute has appointed Ross Keane as its new directorFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Bond at the OlympicsNoting that Sunday was April 1st, we had to treat odder news stories with some cautionFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
A Cat in Paris/Une Vie de ChatTHE MAKERS of this lively French animation owe Pixar a debt for tripping up with the useless Cars 2Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Could Chloe be the next Carrie?Barely a week goes by without us bemoaning a remake that we don’t needFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
La Grande IllusionJEAN RENOIR, one of the very greatest film directors, came to view this key masterpiece with an ironically raised eyebrowFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Cameron to direct Prometheus sequel?It looks as if this writer was among many taken in by a low key April Fool last week.Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Documentaries on demandBe aware that, should you fail to catch up with Werner Herzog’s Into the Abyss or Jon Shenk’s The Island President at cinemas…Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
'X Factor' element takes Titanic celebrations into murky watersMarking centenary is understandable but taste should not be thrown overboard eitherSat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
Away with the fairies - and the dwarfsTarsem Singh, director of cult nightmare The Fall, mines the same seam of acid-tinged surrealism he exploited for last year’s…Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
