Why most cinemas won’t reopen on Monday – even though they can‘I just want to get trading. I have been sitting on my butt since March,’ says one managerThu Jun 25 2020 - 07:11
Joel Schumacher: the director who made Colin Farrell a star and helped invent the 1980sThe late film-maker defined an age, made movies whole generations hugged to their bosomsMon Jun 22 2020 - 23:51
A socially distant cinema? Finally we can watch a film in peaceDecent folk have been complaining about bad behaviour in cinemas for many yearsSat Jun 20 2020 - 05:00
‘This is crazy’: How a Zoom horror movie topped the US box officeUnsubscribe, a no-budget flick, broke a record after two film-makers’ clever thinkingFri Jun 19 2020 - 08:55
The movie quiz: Which film does not star one of the 12 Angry Men?Plus: How many best picture Oscar nominees in 2022? Whose grandson is in Artemis Fowl?Fri Jun 19 2020 - 06:00
Resistance: Marcel Marceau’s extraordinary early life helping Jewish children flee FranceReview: Director leans too heavily towards sentimental and sensationalFri Jun 19 2020 - 06:00
The Day After I’m Gone: Terrific debut about family disharmonyReview: Excellent Israeli film attacks a serious subject with rigour and ingenuityFri Jun 19 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendJoan of Arc, 7500, The Day After I’m Gone/Hayom Sheachrey Lechti, ResistanceFri Jun 19 2020 - 00:00
The top 10 films of 2020 so far, from David Copperfield to...Cinemas have hardly been open, but there have still been plenty of top-notch releasesWed Jun 17 2020 - 05:00
Gone With the Wind hasn’t been banned. Quite reasonably, it’s been temporarily removedCaricatures of black people fuel a culture of abuse from boardrooms to classroomsSat Jun 13 2020 - 05:00
The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in orderIs Jamie Dornan better than Donal McCann? Ruth Negga superior to Brenda Fricker?Sat Jun 13 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: What was the first film to make over $100m?Plus: ‘Foreign language’ Oscar women, Jane Campion's films and Hunger Games starsFri Jun 12 2020 - 06:00
The King of Staten Island: Judd Apatow’s meandering new movieReview: Pete Davidson’s autobiographical script is loosely packed but has undoubted zestFri Jun 12 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendDa 5 Bloods, The King of Staten Island, Virus Tropical, Artemis FowlFri Jun 12 2020 - 00:00
Artemis Fowl review: Eoin Colfer’s book has been paddywhackedMuch diddly-eye ballyhoo apparently adapted from a tea towel makes it through the fugThu Jun 11 2020 - 17:00
The box-office champ of early summer is a drive-in theatre hitDonald Clarke: A film you’ve probably never heard of has topped the US charts for five weeksSat Jun 06 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: how many best picture Oscars has Disney won?Plus: A tip for Benjamin, Michael Mann and Burt Bacharach, Spider-Man vs who?Fri Jun 05 2020 - 06:30
Dating Amber: Agreeable comedy about a fake romance in 1990s IrelandReview: Perfectly aligned performances from the young leads hold the film aloftFri Jun 05 2020 - 05:00
Echo in the Canyon: It’s as if 100 back issues of Mojo made a film of themselvesReview: Well-worn yarns of Laurel Canyon music in the groovy times get another airingFri Jun 05 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendDating Amber, A Rainy Day in New York, Miss Slavic 7, Echo in the CanyonFri Jun 05 2020 - 00:00
People giving out about Karens need to stop being such KarensThe only true victims of the meme are gentle souls whose name is being taken in vainSat May 30 2020 - 05:00
Dating Amber: A story about two gay teenagers, being each other's beardsDavid Freyne's film is set two years after being gay was decriminalised in IrelandSat May 30 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Who has never had a film banned in Ireland?Plus: Oceans of titles, new century Oscar winners, Stoned movie subjectsFri May 29 2020 - 06:00
Only the Animals: Convoluted French mystery takes its own sweet timeReview: The slightly jolting coincidences do not derail Dominik Moll’s smooth machineFri May 29 2020 - 05:00
Mike Wallace Is Here: Portrait of a great American interviewerReview: Fast-paced documentary of a hard-edged US media showmanFri May 29 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendThe Vast of Night, Mike Wallace Is Here, Only the Animals, and The High NoteFri May 29 2020 - 00:00
A generation is about to have the door closed in its faceEven before Covid-19, there were signs the young faced greater challenges than their parentsSat May 23 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: What was Pacino and De Niro’s first scene together?Plus: What blockbuster film is still due to be released in 2020?Fri May 22 2020 - 06:00
True Fiction: A horror story that will appeal to Stephen King fansDirector Braden Croft combines double crosses with life-threatening degradationFri May 22 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendWe rate Women Make Film, Take Me Somewhere Nice, True Fiction and The CountyFri May 22 2020 - 00:00
Women Make Film: A history of women directors, directed by a man – but in a good wayReview: Mark Cousins’s epic documentary is a lengthy journey worth making more than onceThu May 21 2020 - 05:00
Will Christopher Nolan bring fans back to empty cinemas?Donald Clarke: Streaming provides a lifeline but pressure builds on Tenet to kickstart recoverySat May 16 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: What is the word on Woody’s foot?Plus: The winningest musical decade, role-playing with Judi, famously misquoted linesFri May 15 2020 - 06:15
The Atom: A Love Affair – A balanced assessment of nuclear powerReview: Vicki Lesley’s documentary worthily tries to cover all bases but lacks punch as a resultFri May 15 2020 - 05:00
Four new movies to stream this weekendA searing but subtle US abortion drama, plus ‘exótico’ Mexican wrestling, Portuguese spirituality, and nuclear power at a low simmerFri May 15 2020 - 00:00
Never Rarely Sometimes Always: A simple tale about the complexities of abortionReview: The film paints no sort of sunny picture of the termination procedureThu May 14 2020 - 05:00
Galway Film Fleadh to be reimagined as digital eventFestival’s 32nd edition to revolve around streamings ticket-limited to venue capacityMon May 11 2020 - 01:00
I chose to grow a beard for the first time, with distressing resultsJust as Newton experimented with light during the Black Death, I could experiment with the grooming habits of the Iron AgeSat May 09 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Who has the last line in Casablanca?Plus: Odd Irishman out, cut from the Oscars, Hitchcock’s heroes, directing Harry PotterFri May 08 2020 - 06:00
The Whistlers review: Deliciously odd and yet too narratively knottedCorneliu Porumboiu serves up a corrupt cop, a femme fatale and a globe-trotting plotFri May 08 2020 - 05:00
Four new movies to stream this weekendMichelle Obama’s softly softly marketing movie, plus a documentary on romcoms and two very different films from a Romanian masterFri May 08 2020 - 00:00
Becoming review: The Michelle Obama Netflix film is a cosy hagiographyThere’s no grit, no Hillary Clinton, and little discussion of race relations or Donald TrumpTue May 05 2020 - 05:00
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in orderDonald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprisesSat May 02 2020 - 05:00
I’ve been embracing social distancing with great enthusiasm since 1998Donald Clarke: Nobody dares hug you now. The chances of a fraternal kiss are slimmer still. It’s greatSat May 02 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: What was the lowest-grossing Pixar film?Plus: See if you can spot the odd movie out – with the titles as GaeilgeFri May 01 2020 - 06:00
Nothing Fancy: The English mother of Mexican cuisineFilm suggests Diana Kennedy is culinary evangelist with gift for performative bossinessFri May 01 2020 - 05:00
Three new movies to stream this weekendWeinstein in The Assistant, sex’n’death in Ema, Mexican food in Nothing FancyFri May 01 2020 - 00:00
TV for cocooners: 20 high-quality, old-school series to streamHere’s some cosy TV to make confinement more bearableThu Apr 30 2020 - 06:00
DannyBoy: Gits of a certain vintage will enjoy this Irish film set in 1981Review: Ferdia Mac Anna’s flimsy, low-budget film has an ingenuous charmThu Apr 30 2020 - 05:00
What kinds of films will we watch in the post Covid-19 era?Stories will need to establish whether they are set before, during or after the pandemicSat Apr 25 2020 - 05:00
