Free speech for all, including the rancid BNPTrinity’s ban on Nick Griffin only bolsters his supposed status as a censored outsiderSat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
It’s a Wonderful LifeIt behoves the seasonal sceptic to find something unacceptable in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Romantics Anonymous/Les Émotifs AnonymesAT JUST 78 minutes, this French comedy is actually 10 minutes shorter than ChipwreckedFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
The British Guide to Showing OffTRUE, THIS documentary on the Alternative Miss World does not demand to be seen on the world’s biggest screenFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Helen Mirren as Mrs Hitchcock?Sacha Gervasi, director of the sublime Anvil! The Story of Anvil!, is a famously well- connected chap.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Fassbender and Gleeson nominated for Golden GlobesTHERE WAS happy news for Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender, two of the nation’s busiest actors, when the nominations for…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
US critics dishing out the gongsAwards season is hitting its stride as various American critics’ organisations give out their prizesFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Gumball rallies at LA AnniesThe Amazing World of Gumball from Dublin-based Boulder Media has picked up four nominations for the annual Annie Awards.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
The villainIF EVER an actor were marinated in theatrical royalty it would be Jared HarrisFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
What you're missingHollywood’s annual Black List has just been published. No, the studios aren’t back to hunting closet MarxistsFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Time for the annual bout of listomaniaWhat can account for the deluge of best-of charts? Is it just a male obsession with lists?Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
Young Irish directors invade FranceBest wishes to the 10 young film-makers from Cork whose pictures are playing at the Rencontres Henri Langlois Festival International…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
New Year's EveALLOW US A brief diversion before kicking this appalling film’s teeth down its cute little throat.Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Twilight’s Stewart in the big money zonePerhaps the most interesting of those endless lists concerning cinematic money generators is Forbes Magazine’s chart detailing…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Puss in BootsTHE LAST Shrek film wasn’t bad, but, by the close of that overextended cycle, few punters were mourning its demiseFri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Irish will be well repped in UtahThe Sundance Film Festival announced its 2012 programme (sundanceFri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Early-bird review calls up the dragonOne controvery this week has greatly excited film criticsFri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Pacino to attend Dublin film festivalAL PACINO will attend the upcoming 2012 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival for the Irish premiere of Wilde Salome , the…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Pacino to attend Dublin film festivalIt has been announced that Al Pacino will attend the upcoming 2012 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival for the Irish premiere…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Russell's X-rated 'Devils' fit for DVDLet us all doff our caps in memory of the great Ken Russell, who died earlier in the weekFri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Blood in the Mobile / Blod I MobilenTHIS DOGGED documentary begins with an unavoidable staple of the genreFri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
No schoolboy antics for Oldman’s SmileyBack in the early 1980s, fans of John le Carré were disappointed when the BBC, following up their successful adaptation of T …Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Twitchy conniptions in ‘Twilight’ zoneThis can’t be real. Can it? Apparently, the latest Twilight film is triggering seizures in American viewers.Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
We Have a Pope / Habemus PapamTEN YEARS ago, Nanni Moretti won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with a film, The Son’s Room , that found favour with every sane observer…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Scorsese and 3D: enough alreadyOh no. Elsewhere in these pages we grudgingly acknowledge that Hugo , the fine new film from Martin Scorsese, profits from being…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Taste for excess sadly turned serious talent into a joke figureANALYSIS: Russell’s outrageous extravagance was on a par with visionary peers Pasolini and FelliniTue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Are you an Ordinary Joe? Do you want to live in the White House?A CONSENSUS has been building that Barack Obama is beatable in next year’s US presidential election.Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Welcome to the RileysMORE THAN a decade after the potty Plunkett & Macleane , Jake Scott, son of Ridley, returns with a film that plays like an…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
MoneyballGOOD LUCK flogging this nicely made, somewhat overlong film to the good people of EuropeFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Third time for Sunrise trio?REEL NEWS: Hooray! It looks as if the team behind Before Sunrise and Before Sunset may be reuniting for a third film.Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Oscar omissions: they coulda been contendersREEL NEWS: Another year, another series of awards controversiesFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Irish directors honour their ownREEL NEWS: Veteran Irish documentary film-maker Louis Marcus has been awarded the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and Foras…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
ResistanceWE DON’T have nearly enough contra-factual thrillers set in a universe where the Axis powers won the second World WarFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Hailee on wrong side of the tracksREEL NEWS: More fun with political correctnessFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Film Fleadh on Oscar shortlistREEL NEWS: Ever wonder how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sorts its way though the hundreds of thousands of…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Sisters doing it for themselvesREEL NEWS: Okay, now this is getting out of handFri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Viewers shrug over Ayn gaffREEL NEWS: Any opportunity to wallop Atlas Shrugged – either Ayn Rand’s ghastly novel or the already notorious 2011 film adaptation…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Awards galore at Cork festivalREEL NEWS: The 56th Corona Cork Film Festival wound down last weekend by handing out gongs to a host of talented short film-…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Why are we still discussing the 'gay gene'?Confirmation that sexual preference is genetic should not make any differenceSat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Ratner walks the plank after talking trashREEL NEWS: The Oscars have been thrown into an unprecedented state of confusion following the resignation of Brett Ratner, the…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Mendes in action man modeREEL NEWS: Sam Mendes, director of Skyfall , the next James Bond film, has been working hard to dispel gossip that the picture…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
The AwakeningFORGET YOUR low-budget viscera. This is a scary film of the old school. Echoing corridors hide shadowy secretsFri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Melancholia tops Euro film awardsREEL NEWS: You can’t keep old Lars von Trier downFri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Universal gone down the toilet?REEL NEWS: Movie blogs are buzzing with reaction to the comments made by Universal chief executive Ron Meyer concerning the …Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Chastain up for part of DiREEL NEWS: It was only a matter of time before somebody threatened to make a film about Princess Diana.Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Spain’s safety prioritiesREEL NEWS: You wouldn’t have thought that Spain, a country that still kills animals for popular entertainment, would be at home…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
