The Movie Quiz: Pick out an official sequel to John Carpenter’s HalloweenPlus: Add up all the Batman films with ‘Batman’ in the title since the 1989 smashFri Oct 15 2021 - 06:00
Arracht: A powerful Irish film claims its place in a great traditionReview: Its delayed release cannot dull the power of Tom Sullivan’s excellent Famine dramaThu Oct 14 2021 - 05:00
The Last Duel: Yes, it brought Matt Damon to Dublin, but there’s far more to it than thatReview: Ridley Scott’s historical epic gives a man and a woman’s differing accounts of a rapeWed Oct 13 2021 - 09:00
Directing Halloween Kills: ‘It’s not just a fan-service type of movie’David Gordon Green on taking up the blood-soaked baton of the slasher film franchiseWed Oct 13 2021 - 05:00
Belfast review: Already an Oscars favourite, Kenneth Branagh’s film is irresistibleThe gorgeous movie features Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench and Ciarán HindsTue Oct 12 2021 - 12:00
Ireland has the weather, the landscape and the spotty extras that medieval movies needDonald Clarke: The country easily delivers the desired sense of mildewed desolationSun Oct 10 2021 - 08:44
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekSweetheart, Deadly Cuts, My Little Sister, The Addams Family 2Sun Oct 10 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Which 1980s hit hangs around a product from suburban Belfast?Plus: If Beatrice Straight’s performance is the shortest, whose is the longest?Fri Oct 08 2021 - 06:00
Deadly Cuts: A blast from Irish cinema’s pastFilm review: Don’t expect subtlety from this broad Dublin comedyFri Oct 08 2021 - 05:00
Sweetheart: Teenage confusion in the last resortFilm review: Impressive debut breathes new life into a tired genreFri Oct 08 2021 - 05:00
James Cameron: ‘I didn’t understand what impossible meant’The physics student turned blockbuster director is releasing four Avatar sequelsThu Oct 07 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekNo Time to Die, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, Anne at 13,000 Ft, GagarineSun Oct 03 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Thanksgiving? Thanks but no thanksCan we please not give the public another opportunity to ape American traditions?Sat Oct 02 2021 - 05:00
Root: Undeniable good will prevails over occasional awkwardnessDublin Theatre Festival: Four talented actors provide good company throughoutFri Oct 01 2021 - 14:30
The Movie Quiz: How many James Bond films have ‘die’ or ‘dies’ in the title?With No Time to Die out, a martini-fuelled headscratcher devoted to all things 007Fri Oct 01 2021 - 06:00
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – A remarkable documentaryFilm review: It may not be innovative, but this biography is still extraordinaryFri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00
It’s no time to die for Daniel Craig the actor. How to have a post-Bond careerThere has long been a myth that the role of James Bond swallows careers wholeThu Sept 30 2021 - 06:00
No Time to Die film review: The opening sequence is the best thing about itThe new Bond film starts brilliantly, goes off the boil, then rallies in a stirring finaleWed Sept 29 2021 - 01:01
Four new movies to see this weekThe Many Saints of Newark, The Alpinist, The Green Knight and The StarlingSun Sept 26 2021 - 06:00
James Bond: Can 007 and No Time to Die save cinema?Latest Bond film No Time to Die arrives in the hope rescuing the entire mediumSat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Forget movie stars, it’s all about the IP now‘We are about to visit the most marvellous places,’ says Netflix after Roald Dahl aquisition – yeah, rightSat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which is the one Fast & Furious smash-up without Vin Diesel?Plus: Who might belong with Fay Weldon, Walter Tevis, Roald Dahl and Lucy Irvine?Fri Sept 24 2021 - 06:00
The Alpinist: Don’t look downDizzying climbing documentary best viewed on the largest possible screenFri Sept 24 2021 - 05:00
The Starling: Please avoid this sentimental claptrapReview: If you like grief porn and self-help gibberish, this one’s for youFri Sept 24 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekRose Plays Julie and The Story of Looking in cinemas, Everyone’s Talking About Jamie and The Mad Women’s Ball streamingSun Sept 19 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: How do we know autumn is here? The Great British Bake Off is backAnna Beattie pitched for four years before the BBC took a punt in 2009Sat Sept 18 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which hit film was the name of a classic Seinfeld episode?Plus: Which pair shares the record for most best acting Oscar noms without a win?Fri Sept 17 2021 - 06:00
The Story of Looking: Mark Cousins takes us on an eye-opening journeyIdiosyncratic documentary explores the meaning of sight and imageryFri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00
Rose Plays Julie: Highbrow quasi-thriller frustrates and rewardsA more fibrous, chewier piece of work than Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s previousFri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00
Orla Brady: ‘I felt Ireland was a very repressive place to be a woman’The actor on new thriller Rose plays Julie, and how her native country has changed for the better since leaving in the 1980sWed Sept 15 2021 - 00:00
Twenty new films worth going back to the cinema forThe film studios’ release schedule for the rest of 2021 is as tasty as any in recent memoryTue Sept 14 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekAretha Franklin biopic Respect, Herself and Copilot in cinemas, Sweet Thing streamingSun Sept 12 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The enduring appeal of the greatest TV show ever madeIt is some measure of Columbo’s uniqueness that it has no obvious successorSat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00
Jennifer Hudson: ‘I grew up very normal. I wasn’t born into fame’The Oscar-winning actor on her Chicago roots, fame and playing Aretha FranklinSat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: From which Dylan song does Jack nearly steal a line in Titanic?Plus: Which of the Mad Max films was called The Road Warrior in the US?Fri Sept 10 2021 - 06:00
Herself: Delayed portrayal of housing crisis loses none of its relevanceWriter-star Clare Dunne shines in this irresistible dramaFri Sept 10 2021 - 05:00
Respect: Just a little bit of a great soul storyAretha Franklin biopic follows familiar rhythms of the genreFri Sept 10 2021 - 05:00
Get you, wee man: There’s nothing wrong with my accent – and you shouldn’t need subtitlesThe Belfast ‘brogue’ in Kenneth Branagh’s new film is stumping some US reviewersWed Sept 08 2021 - 13:20
Venice Film Festival: Who will triumph as all eyes turn to the Golden Lion?Reviews: Paul Mescal and Kristen Stewart among stars featuring in this year’s festivalTue Sept 07 2021 - 11:40
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekAnnette, Wildfire, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Here TodaySun Sept 05 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Diana worship isn’t going away, you knowKristen Stewart stars in new drama depicting the princess as ‘just an ordinary girl’Sat Sept 04 2021 - 05:00
Dune: None of us has been anywhere like this before. They can put that on the posterReview: Donald Clarke on Denis Villeneuve’s unforgivingly stark film of the Frank Herbert novelFri Sept 03 2021 - 17:45
The Movie Quiz: Which studio has won the most best picture Oscars?Plus: Directing Jack, the very last line, spotting the odd track and odd title outFri Sept 03 2021 - 06:00
Wildfire: Nika McGuigan burns brightly in her final performanceReview: Border psychodrama has impressive visuals and excellent performancesFri Sept 03 2021 - 05:00
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Marvel takes a turnReview: The latest offering from the MCU is pleasingly snappy and energeticFri Sept 03 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week, including 5 stars for Jude LawThe Nest, Candyman and Redemption of a Rogue in cinemas, Demonic streamingSun Aug 29 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The B&B paperback is deadUp to the 1980s, every Irish B&B had bookshelves stuffed with books left by guestsSat Aug 28 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who was not one of Richard Lester’s original Three Musketeers?Plus: Name the only film to date to be nominated for four male acting OscarsFri Aug 27 2021 - 06:00
Redemption of a Rogue: Mucky goings-on in CavanReview: Black humour interspersed with mad visions flesh out the dark themesFri Aug 27 2021 - 05:00
Candyman: There goes the neighbourhood, againThis sequel to the horror classic is a blood-soaked treatment of the United States’ racial tensionsFri Aug 27 2021 - 05:00
