Cherry: So what do you do after Avengers: Endgame?Review: Make a dreary crime drama in your hometown, say the Russo BrothersFri Mar 12 2021 - 05:00
Judas and the Black Messiah: Daniel Kaluuya is transcendent in this thrilling pictureThe story of the killing of a young Black Panther is flawed but fiercely muscularThu Mar 11 2021 - 08:18
Baftas 2021: Three Irish nominees in an impressively diverse line-upNomadland and Rocks lead the running; four women in competition for best-director prizeTue Mar 09 2021 - 14:55
Generational wars are created by ad executives. Don’t let them winThe promiscuous brandishing of generational cohorts is a disease of the modern ageSat Mar 06 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many films have Scorsese and De Niro made together?Plus: Back to the Future II’s year, MCU’s first villain, front seats at Moonlight debacleFri Mar 05 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendNotturno, Raya and the Last Dragon, Moxie, BacktraceFri Mar 05 2021 - 06:00
Notturno: Beauty and horror in the conflict zoneReview: Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary depicts a world defined by fear and extremismFri Mar 05 2021 - 05:00
Backtrace: Why did Sylvester Stallone even bother?Film review: Sly should have stayed away from this boring, chaotic messFri Mar 05 2021 - 05:00
Golden Globes 2021: Nomadland starring Frances McDormand wins best dramatic filmChloé Zhao becomes only the second woman, after Barbra Streisand, to win best directorMon Mar 01 2021 - 05:57
Golden Globes 2021: Who should win, who will win and are any of them Irish?Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awardsSun Feb 28 2021 - 06:00
Steve McQueen: ‘Calling me a political director is like calling me a male director’The director of Hunger and 12 Years a Slave talks about his series Small AxeSat Feb 27 2021 - 05:00
Forget bingewatching. Week-by-week, drip-feed TV is backNetflix almost annihilated the weekly TV episode. Then came WandavisionSat Feb 27 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What was Popeye’s podiatry pointer?Plus: Saoirse Ronan’s 1st of 4 nominations, the many Marxes, Spike Lee’s companyFri Feb 26 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendPelé, The Owners, The United States vs Billie Holiday, IWOW: I Walk on WaterFri Feb 26 2021 - 06:00
The Owners: Trespassers will be bloodily prosecutedFilm review: Efficient adaptation of Belgian comic begins as home invasion thriller and ends in Old Dark House territoryFri Feb 26 2021 - 05:00
The US vs Billie Holiday: Overheated portrait fails to hit the high notesIf Andra Day were in a better film, she’d be in contention for an OscarFri Feb 26 2021 - 05:00
Martin Scorsese says we are overusing the c-word (no, not that one)The word ‘content’ has come to cover any moving image you can stick before puntersSat Feb 20 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady: Four new films to stream this weekendOur movie critics rate Zappa, I Care a Lot, To Olivia, and Hellraiser: JudgmentFri Feb 19 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: How many official Star Wars films came out in the 20th century?Plus: Branagh and Shakespeare, the name of Oscar’s top prize, one director’s literary listFri Feb 19 2021 - 06:00
Zappa: Love or hate him, Frank Zappa deserves respectAlex Winter’s documentary portrait of the musician should win over the most resistantFri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00
To Olivia: Portrait of a famous family in distressFilm review: Sometimes clunky drama on the bereavement of Roald Dahl and Patricia NealFri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00
Conversations with Friends: Cast revealed for TV drama of Sally Rooney’s first novelComing after the phenomenal success of Normal People, the series is fiercely anticipatedWed Feb 17 2021 - 15:10
That Guy: The actor everyone recognises but no one can nameJohn Carroll Lynch on life as an almost famous face, his Irish roots and his new Disney+ seriesMon Feb 15 2021 - 05:00
Neil Jordan: ‘I couldn’t make The Crying Game today’The director on his new historical fiction novel, Harvey Weinstein and ageism in filmSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
Oscars 2021: Has the awards season already gone wrong?This year we’re back with historical dramas treating real-life figures with qualified respectSat Feb 13 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendNews of the World, Slalom, Music, Willy’s WonderlandFri Feb 12 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Who didn’t escape in The Great Escape?Plus: Beatles and titles, the order of Python, going Globeless, Oscar-winning namesFri Feb 12 2021 - 06:00
Willy’s Wonderland: Looks like they blew the budget on Nicolas Cage’s feeFilm review: For most of this bizarre exploitation flick the star does and says nothingFri Feb 12 2021 - 05:00
News of the World: Tom Hanks is good. But he’s not the best actor in this Netflix westernFilm review: Helena Zengel is brilliant as the traumatised orphan Tom Hanks rescuesWed Feb 10 2021 - 05:00
You think spring starts in February? NonsenseIf that’s the case, why not just move Christmas to July and have done with it?Sat Feb 06 2021 - 05:00
Zendaya: ‘I didn’t understand acting. I just was obsessed with it’The star of Euphoria and Malcolm & Marie on tapping into her theatrical childhoodSat Feb 06 2021 - 05:00
Christopher Plummer never hid his dislike of The Sound of MusicNobody combined charm and menace better than the late Canadian Oscar-winning actorFri Feb 05 2021 - 20:40
The Movie Quiz: Who has won an Oscar for acting in a Netflix film?Plus: child of a poet laureate, living in Ireland, on the road with Hope & CrosbyFri Feb 05 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendRams, Malcolm & Marie, Bliss, Eye for an EyeFri Feb 05 2021 - 06:00
Eye for an Eye: John Travolta in an early contender for turkey of the yearFilm review: A militantly awful misuse of good actors who really don’t need the moneyThu Feb 04 2021 - 08:15
Rams: Great performances by Sam Neill – and the sheepFilm review: Casting couldn’t be better in this remake of an Icelandic comedyThu Feb 04 2021 - 07:53
Golden Globes 2021: A stunning year for women filmmakers. And, again, for NetflixDonald Clarke on the female-led best-director nominees and the streaming giant’s 42 nodsWed Feb 03 2021 - 16:11
Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth, Steve McQueen and Nina Hoss to appear at Dublin film festivalVirgin Media Dublin International Film Festival unveils line-up for 2021 virtual eventWed Feb 03 2021 - 13:13
The best sex scene ever? The puppet copulation in Team AmericaAs a summation of every cinematic evasion about the sexual act it is close to perfectSat Jan 30 2021 - 05:00
‘Not hot enough’: Why has Variety apologised to Carey Mulligan?Donald Clarke: A genuinely offensive remark is one thing. But don’t hang critics out to dryFri Jan 29 2021 - 09:02
The Movie Quiz: What links JK Rowling and Charles Dickens?Plus: No Time to Die's date, Tarantino’s product placement and Endgame’s Oscar winnersFri Jan 29 2021 - 06:00
The Dig: Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes shine, but then things get a bit muddyFilm review: This wartime drama is Oscars material until a dull subplot gets in the wayFri Jan 29 2021 - 05:50
Twist: Lena Headey is ruthless. Michael Caine is barely awakeFilm review: Sky makes a complete pig’s ear of a street-hustler take on Oliver TwistThu Jan 28 2021 - 05:00
Don’t tell me now that you never liked Woody Allen or Phil Spector’s workIf you hate everything now and you will escape future accusations of hypocrisySat Jan 23 2021 - 05:00
Ralph Fiennes: ‘English society is built on hierarchies’The actor on playing a high-achieving, under-recognised archeologist, and English societySat Jan 23 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which disease ravages the planet in Contagion?In honour of Irish Times Health Month, a special quiz on medically relatable moviesFri Jan 22 2021 - 06:00
23 Walks: Top-class acting from Alison Steadman, Dave Johns and the dogsFilm review: The lead actors just about make this canine-themed movie sit up and beg for attentionFri Jan 22 2021 - 05:00
76 Days: Heart-stopping study of the Covid-19 outbreakFilm review: This documentary focusing on Wuhan is hugely impressiveThu Jan 21 2021 - 05:15
