You could fill a book with doubleplusungood uses of ‘Orwellian’George Orwell is common shorthand for ‘mean people are being mean to me because they’re mean’Sat Jan 16 2021 - 05:00
One Night in Miami: Claustrophobic but engaging chamber pieceReview: This sophisticated imagined conversation between Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke works hard to shake off its theatrical rootsFri Jan 15 2021 - 07:28
Dear Comrades! Heart-rending drama with electrifying central performanceFilm review: 1962’s Novocherkassk massacre was the ultimate betrayal of the Russian revolutionFri Jan 15 2021 - 06:01
The Movie Quiz: ‘Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing’ – name the film from the taglinePlus: James Stewart and Hitchcock, a missing Saturday Night Fever song and Schitt’s Creek castingFri Jan 15 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendDear Comrades!, MLK/FBI, One Night in Miami, StardustFri Jan 15 2021 - 05:30
Netflix: 25 films to watch out for in 2021Big names, Oscar contenders and everything from westerns to romcoms will hit the small screen this yearWed Jan 13 2021 - 09:05
Chinese epic nabs highest-grossing film of 2020, leaving US cinema in its wakeThe year just gone may have been an aberration, but the Chinese film industry’s box-office challenge to Hollywood has been evident for yearsSat Jan 09 2021 - 16:09
Four new films to see this weekendDramas Pieces of a Woman and Two Ways Home, docs Robin’s Wish and MotherFri Jan 08 2021 - 06:00
Robin’s Wish: What Robin Williams really died ofFilm review: This documentary sets the record straight on the actor’s last daysFri Jan 08 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What was Marlon Brando’s directorial debut?Plus: tying the title, novels by actors, a first time song, the three wives of who?Fri Jan 08 2021 - 06:00
Two Ways Home: A drama about bipolar disorder that might do some goodReview: Tanna Frederick is terrific in a film about mental illness that avoids preachinessFri Jan 08 2021 - 05:00
From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this yearSat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00
The greatest year for music was the year you came of ageDonald Clarke: You can’t beat 1981. Others will argue for 1967, 1989, 1995 or 2020. Nobody is right. Nobody is wrongSat Jan 02 2021 - 05:00
We Can be Heroes: A defiantly unthreatening movie from the oldest kid on the blockReview: Just try and stay out of the room for the excruciatingly sunny David Bowie coverThu Dec 31 2020 - 05:00
Sing Me a Song: What happens when a monk meets a woman online?Review: This remarkable tale of innocence corrupted with a helping hand of technologyThu Dec 31 2020 - 05:00
The Quality Street test: Could you ever love someone who loved the Toffee Penny?Donald Clarke: Either way, the seasonal sweets remain my nausea-inducer of choiceSat Dec 26 2020 - 05:00
Christmas TV guide: 20 of the best films to watchMovie highlights from Paddington 2 and Soul to Dunkirk and Ma Rainey’s Black BottomThu Dec 24 2020 - 06:00
The Midnight Sky: George Clooney’s Netflix film drags like an unremarkable centuryReview: The star’s own performance is the main reason to give this movie a chanceWed Dec 23 2020 - 05:00
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away review – The word ‘heroin’ is never mentionedStirring documentary will retain a permanent place on Thin Lizzy fans’ playlistsTue Dec 22 2020 - 05:00
The 25 best films of 2020 – in orderParasite, Uncut Gems, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Invisible Man and many moreSat Dec 19 2020 - 06:15
A Christmas Story never took off here, but its time will comeSome US films fail to travel – Bob Clark’s 1983 comedy, however, is worth your attentionSat Dec 19 2020 - 05:00
Dublin film critics reveal their best film of 2020The Dublin Film Critics Circle has announced the results of its annual pollFri Dec 18 2020 - 10:04
Four new films to see this weekendWonder Woman, Let Him Go on release, Ma Rainey, American Utopia on demandFri Dec 18 2020 - 06:00
American Utopia: David Byrne makes a lot of sense – maybe too much senseReview: If you like Talking Heads, watch this. If you don’t, don’tFri Dec 18 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What did the graduate really say to Mrs Robinson?Plus: Cartoon Saloon’s features and a ‘John Hughes film’ directed by John HughesFri Dec 18 2020 - 06:00
Wonder Woman 1984 review: The best superhero film to see cinemas in 2020It has good villains, especially Kristen Wiig, ignored frump turned malevolent felineWed Dec 16 2020 - 06:00
Angela’s Christmas Wish: Netflix brings Limerick’s charms to millions of viewersBrown Bag's second instalment of McCourt-inspired tale surges with impressive recreations of LimerickWed Dec 16 2020 - 05:00
Did newsreaders always report on Santa’s journey?Donald Clarke: I can’t imagine Walter Cronkite or Don Cockburn doing such a thingSat Dec 12 2020 - 05:00
Viola Davis: ‘My father was just one generation removed from slavery’The Oscar-winner on playing Ma Rainey, working with Chadwick Boseman and race in HollywoodSat Dec 12 2020 - 05:00
Netflix and Spotify gift cards are the way forward this ChristmasVouchers are not the most imaginative presents but you can be certain they will be usedSat Dec 12 2020 - 00:00
Four new films to see this weekendBee Gees and The Mole Agent streaming, The Racer on general release, The Prom on Netflix and limited releaseFri Dec 11 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What Star Trek comes after The Wrath of Khan?Plus: 2020’s biggest earner, Brian De Palma’s non-movie, King Kong and the MCUFri Dec 11 2020 - 06:00
The Racer: The gruesome politics of professional cyclingReview: Non-accusatory but gruelling treatment of compromised glamourFri Dec 11 2020 - 05:00
Wild Mountain Thyme reviews are in: ‘Accents are the least of this movie’s problems’Review of reviews for the stage-Irish film whose trailer was eviscerated last monthFri Dec 11 2020 - 05:00
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – You can’t look the other wayReview: ‘I’d rather have my brothers back and no hits at all.’ Barry Gibb makes us cryThu Dec 10 2020 - 05:00
The word of the year is defined as ‘watching Normal People in your pyjamas’. What is it?The 2020 selection is taken up with terms relating to a certain familiar menaceSat Dec 05 2020 - 05:00
Spoonful of Sugar: How Mary Poppins contributed to the Covid vaccine storyJulie Andrews’s song was inspired by a polio immunisation, according to its writer’s sonFri Dec 04 2020 - 13:30
Four new films to see this weekendWolfwalkers, Girl from Mogadishu on release, Mank on demand, Crock of Gold on bothFri Dec 04 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Identify the Grammy-nominated movie starPlus: Peter Parker’s alter-ego, best picture biopics, Harry Potter titles, Pixar’s speciesFri Dec 04 2020 - 06:00
A Girl from Mogadishu: Ifrah Ahmed is very impressive. This film about her life is notReview: Ahmed is a credit to her nation. It’s a shame Mary McGuckian’s biopic is so pallidFri Dec 04 2020 - 05:00
Wolfwalkers: Cartoon Saloon has made its best film yetReview: A family entertainment set among the Cromwellian atrocities? Sounds riskyThu Dec 03 2020 - 05:00
Is the book always better than the film? Spoiler: it’s notThe French Connection won best picture but the non-fiction novel is largely forgottenSat Nov 28 2020 - 05:00
Viggo Mortensen: It ‘felt awkward’ replacing Stuart Townsend in Lord of the RingsBut the film made a star of the Danish American actor. Now he’s a director tooSat Nov 28 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How much does John Travolta and Uma Thurman’s Pulp Fiction milkshake cost?Plus: Withnail’s finest wine, Jack Nicholson’s iconic order, The Godfather's spaghetti recipeFri Nov 27 2020 - 06:10
Four new films to stream this weekendFinding Jack Charlton, Possessor, Black Beauty, Train to Busan 2: PeninsulaFri Nov 27 2020 - 06:00
Black Beauty: True-blue fans should approach with cautionReview: Kate Winslet voices the horse in Disney+ adaptationFri Nov 27 2020 - 05:00
Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis on ‘greatest 21st-century actors’ listBut hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?Thu Nov 26 2020 - 14:30
Breakfast in Ballsbridge: When Audrey Hepburn met her dad in DublinHe was a fascist who walked out on the family. No wonder the star had father issuesThu Nov 26 2020 - 05:00
Modern Ireland is unimaginable without Jack CharltonFinding Jack Charlton lays bare his remarkable connection with the Irish psycheMon Nov 23 2020 - 06:30
Why are all these useless films now being declared classics?I cannot pretend that Hocus Pocus is any more deserving of affection now than it was in 1993Sat Nov 21 2020 - 05:00
