Nitram: A chilling study of solipsism at its most destructiveFilm review: Psychologically nuanced film based on the man responsible for a 1996 massacre in TasmaniaFri Jul 01 2022 - 06:00
The Princess: Diana documentary that makes an all-too-familiar story feel fresh With no voiceover, captions or contemporary talking heads, Ed Perkins seamlessly weaves archive footage to tell the tragic taleFri Jul 01 2022 - 00:00
The 10 best films of 2022 so far — in reverse orderThe standard is as high as ever, but the best films now play almost exclusively to specialist audiencesWed Jun 29 2022 - 10:51
Fighting Words marks centenaries on stageShifting priorities, gentle political subtext, identity loss, avant-garde gothic and properly funny stuffWed Jun 29 2022 - 08:10
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekendElvis, The Black Phone, Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest, The Big HitSun Jun 26 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Acting is tied up with transformation, so there are no easy answers to the fat-suit questionEmma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull revives dilemma of whether an actor has to be overweight to play an overweight character, or gay to play gaySat Jun 25 2022 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Who directed the famous inspiration for one of Kate Bush’s best LPs?Which film opens with: ‘This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987′?Fri Jun 24 2022 - 06:00
Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest: This extreme gaming documentary is the best sports film of the yearReview: A grandfather aims to play an obscure 1980s arcade game for 100 straight hours on a single coinFri Jun 24 2022 - 00:00
Elvis review: Tasteful restraint has left the buildingFilm review: Baz Luhrmann’s biopic doesn’t so much win you over as hammer you into submissionThu Jun 23 2022 - 00:00
Olivia Colman, Sinéad O’Connor and Mike Newell: Galway Film Fleadh announces its 2022 line-up The 34th festival, with the event’s first fully in-person programme since 2019, features 20 world premieres and 33 Irish premieresTue Jun 21 2022 - 18:30
Donald Clarke: Showing John Wick safely lock up his pistol won’t change a thingDonald Clarke: Hollywood petition on gun violence plays straight into the hands of right-wing lobbyistsSat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: How many times did Pierce Brosnan play James Bond?Plus: Who, amazingly, didn’t appear in John Boorman’s Excalibur?Fri Jun 17 2022 - 06:00
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande: It’s not everything you wanted to know about sexEmma Thompson and Nenagh’s own Daryl McCormack make a connection but deserve stronger materialFri Jun 17 2022 - 05:00
Cha Cha Real Smooth: Utterly charming but not this year’s CodaDramatic comedy toys with teary romance while sitting back from hackneyed tropesFri Jun 17 2022 - 05:00
Life in the arcades: ‘They gathered round this Roger Federer of alien annihilation’ A documentary on arcade culture sparks memories of haunting Dublin’s arcades playing Hyper Olympics, Space Invaders and Donkey Kong in the mid-1980sWed Jun 15 2022 - 06:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekSwan Song, All My Friends Hate Me, Earwig, Jurassic World DominionSun Jun 12 2022 - 06:00
Kate Bush: top of the world as rock gatekeepers are over the hillDonald Clarke: that it has taken the Strangers Things soundtrack for Bush to break the US says more about its music scene than herSat Jun 11 2022 - 05:55
The Movie Quiz: Who is a corpse at the start of The Big Chill?Plus: The Jurassic Park franchise reaches which episode this weekend?Fri Jun 10 2022 - 06:00
Earwig: A weird and wonderful film that approaches transendenceDirector Lucile Hadžihalilović's debut English-language film turns obliqueness into an art formFri Jun 10 2022 - 05:00
Jurassic World Dominion: The Spielbergian wonder of 1993 has completely vanishedThe supermarket sweep approach to blockbuster filmmaking reaches its horrible apotheosisWed Jun 08 2022 - 20:00
Jurassic World Dominion: Return (again) of the dinosaursDirector Colin Trevorrow on learning his filmic trade quickly and being at franchise’s helmTue Jun 07 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekMen, I Am Zlatan, Olga, Bergman’s IslandSun Jun 05 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Never mind the platty joobs, here’s the Sex Pistols (again)God save the old geezers from the relentless grip of jubilee nostalgiaSat Jun 04 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which future star did not make an early appearance on Neighbours?Plus: Who’s missing from the gang: Will Wheaton, Jerry O’Connell, Corey Feldman?Fri Jun 03 2022 - 05:00
Men: they really are all the same in this folk horror tale Jessie Buckley is terrific in Alex garland’s ambitious but unsatisfactory horrorFri Jun 03 2022 - 05:00
Olga: Seeking a better life through sportSwitzerland’s Oscar entry follows a young Ukrainian gymnast determined to succeedFri Jun 03 2022 - 05:00
Are Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s film careers effectively over?His career was slumping long before he and Heard got engaged m’ learned friends, writes Donald ClarkeThu Jun 02 2022 - 14:47
Cannes returns to normality with big movies and contentious debateDonald Clarke's last report from Cannes film festivalMon May 30 2022 - 10:44
Divisive Swedish satire on super-rich wins top prize at Cannes film festival Triangle of Sadness wins Palme d’Or in closing ceremony reflecting a return to normality for world cinemaSun May 29 2022 - 14:38
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTop Gun: Maverick, The Bob’s Burgers Movie, Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s), Between Two WorldsSun May 29 2022 - 06:00
Summer movies 2022: Thor, Lightyear, Jurassic Park, Elvis and moreThe big screen is set to conjure up memories of the noughties, the 90s, and even the 80sSat May 28 2022 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: How Elvis the outsider artist lost his coolThe King of Rock‘n’Roll has none of the long-term appeal of The Velvet Underground or PrinceSat May 28 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: What was Alfred Hitchcock’s first Hollywood project?Plus: Which 1970s film stars (in a sense) The Dude and Maddie Hayes?Fri May 27 2022 - 06:00
The Bob’s Burgers Movie: A perfectly pleasant way to pass the timeSpin-off of ‘nicecore’ animated TV sitcom will please fans but is unlikely to make new onesFri May 27 2022 - 05:00
Top Gun: Maverick – Takes your breath away in all the right placesThe sequel is in agitated conversation with its 36-year-old predecessorFri May 27 2022 - 05:00
Ray Liotta: A cackling, rugged actor, too dangerous for romantic rolesGoodfellas star died suddenly, aged 67, while on location in the Dominican RepublicThu May 26 2022 - 20:54
The buzz behind Paul Mescal’s Aftersun continues to grow at CannesThe latest from CannesWed May 25 2022 - 10:28
Cannes 2022: Netflix and Apple still splashing the cashDavid Cronenberg returns with familiar body horror but no early critical favourites have emergedTue May 24 2022 - 12:12
Cannes 2022: Paul Mescal comes back with a bigger bang in AftersunThree Thousand Years of Longing wakes up the first cuckoo of awards seasonMon May 23 2022 - 10:25
Cannes 2022: Standing ovations, red carpet protests and deals getting doneFestival Diary: Holy Spider an early contender for Palme d’Or, while genie Idris Elba let out of bottleMon May 23 2022 - 09:40
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekThe Innocents, Benediction, a-ha: The Movie, The Road DanceSun May 22 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Hollywood has changed since the days of Deep ThroatKidult franchises financed on colossal budgets have edged grown-up entertainment out of the multiplexSat May 21 2022 - 00:00
Cannes 2022: It’s the Spinal Tap sequel you’ve been waiting forFestival diary: Rob Reiner plots fictional rock stars’ return, while there’s trouble in TikTok LandFri May 20 2022 - 10:07
The Cannes Movie Quiz: What is the only Irish film to win the Palme d’Or?Plus: Which of our own actors appears in two films at Cannes 2022?Fri May 20 2022 - 06:00
Benediction: A poet’s war, life and lovesFilm review: Terence Davies has produced a sombre biopic of Siegfried SassoonFri May 20 2022 - 05:00
The Road Dance: A pleasant, middling sort of storyNicely acted period drama is afternoon telly entertainment on the big screenFri May 20 2022 - 05:00
Irish film God’s Creatures premieres to warm applause at CannesPaul Mescal confirms ability to work enigmatic smiles in with dangerous charmThu May 19 2022 - 11:22
God’s Creatures at Cannes: Paul Mescal and the ‘muttered evasions of Irish family life’Cannes Diary: Tom Cruise plays a blinder ... there's just one whisper of controversyThu May 19 2022 - 10:45
Top Gun: Maverick at Cannes – Tom Cruise returns in a masterful sequelCannes Diary: Our correspondent settles in for a feast of cinema at the 75th festivalWed May 18 2022 - 11:15
