Gig of the Week: Virgin Media Dublin International Film FestivalIrish-made films Sea Fever, Vivarium, Arracht and Herself head the line-up this yearSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
Why are actors quick to blame everyone else for bad films?There is a long history of actors deriding poorly received work, with Cats star Rebel Wilson being the latestSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
Charlie Kaufman on being Kaufmanesque: ‘I don’t know what it means’The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director on his singular approach to filmmakingSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Jihad Jane, Talking About Trees, The Lost BoysFri Feb 14 2020 - 06:00
The movie quiz: The husbands of Academy Award winnersPlus: David Niven’s horses, 2020 sequels, John Boorman and a helpful bandFri Feb 14 2020 - 06:00
Emma. review: It’s cool but it’s no CluelessReview: Anya Taylor-Joy suffers as too-cool direction get in the way of a pretty enough diversionThu Feb 13 2020 - 06:00
Sonic the Hedgehog: They do make garbage like they used toReview: It’s not quite as bad as the awful trailer threatened. Just dull, bland and pointlessThu Feb 13 2020 - 05:00
My Oscars 2021 tips: One of these 10 will win next year’s best picture awardLast year we scored four out of nine without seeing a frame. That’s not to be snorted atTue Feb 11 2020 - 15:22
Oscars 2020: Everybody loves Parasite. But that’s not why it wonAnalysis: The youth vote and anti-Netflix bias were as important as the film’s brillianceMon Feb 10 2020 - 17:30
Oscars 2020: Parasite triggers great upset as cult Korean film wins best pictureSaoirse Ronan misses out; Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger take home Academy AwardsMon Feb 10 2020 - 05:53
Oscars 2020: Who will win and who should winWrap yourself in the flag and yell for Saoirse Ronan to bag an award – but she isn’t winningSat Feb 08 2020 - 06:45
John Boorman: ‘I have to take a measure of blame for Harvey Weinstein’The film-maker on family, Hollywood sex scandals, and feeling rooted in Co WicklowSat Feb 08 2020 - 06:15
Eímear Noone: ‘I will never forget him saying “Welcome to the Oscars”’On Sunday night, Noone will become the first woman to conduct at the Academy AwardsSat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00
No Netflix, I am not going to finish watching Schitt’s CreekThe once-great sitcom long ago committed the unforgivable sin of becoming niceSat Feb 08 2020 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Parasite, Honeyland, Daniel Isn’t RealFri Feb 07 2020 - 06:00
Oscars 2020: The movie quiz challengeIncluding: Saoirse Ronan’s nominated years and Oscar kids of Oscar-winning parentsFri Feb 07 2020 - 06:00
Honeyland: A terribly sweet, terribly sad double-Oscar nomineeReview: This charming film is a masterclass in documentary makingFri Feb 07 2020 - 05:00
Kirk Douglas: His 10 greatest performancesThe Hollywood great’s top films, from The Bad and the Beautiful to SpartacusThu Feb 06 2020 - 09:34
Underwater: Nothing to see here – literally – in this murky, appalling messReview: Mainstream Kristen Stewart is almost as bad as mainstream Julianne MooreThu Feb 06 2020 - 05:00
Kirk Douglas: The curtain falls on one of Hollywood’s greatestActor went from delivering newspapers in childhood to royalty of stage and screenThu Feb 06 2020 - 00:33
Parasite review: An exquisite film. A perfect social satireWhat really hooks you is the gorgeous smoothness of the narrative machineryWed Feb 05 2020 - 05:00
Bafta awards: Two Irish stars lose out to Renée Zellweger for best actressSaoirse Ronan in running for Little Women, while Jessie Buckley competed for Wild RoseSun Feb 02 2020 - 22:00
Calm down online bores, colour-blind casting isn’t ‘woke’With Dev Patel as David Copperfield, movies have caught up with theatre’s creative approachSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
Bong Joon Ho: ‘Even among ourselves we wonder why Korean cinema exploded’His movie Parasite is bookies’ favourite – ahead of The Irishman and Joker – for a best film OscarSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Which of these Irish stars was actually born in Ireland?Plus: The country without an Oscar and a trilogy named after a classic ice-creamFri Jan 31 2020 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: The Lighthouse, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Richard Jewell, Queen & SlimFri Jan 31 2020 - 06:00
The Rhythm Section: Blake Lively looks more Pilates addict than heroin addictReview: Just one of many reasons to avoid this weird, thrown-together thrillerFri Jan 31 2020 - 05:00
Queen & Slim: Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith save this filmReview: This ‘Bonnie and Clyde for the Black Lives Matter generation’ isn’t a total failureThu Jan 30 2020 - 05:00
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: A tremendous film, a great young directorReview: Tom Hanks stars as the family entertainer Mr Rogers in Marielle Heller’s filmWed Jan 29 2020 - 05:00
Casting a Jesus or George Washington? Only Tom Hanks will doMr Rogers is an icon of US popular culture. Who better to play him than another icon?Mon Jan 27 2020 - 05:00
Sundance Film Festival: Irish film Herself wins rave reviewsPerformances praised in film about abused woman caught up in the Irish housing crisisSat Jan 25 2020 - 13:36
Simon and Garfunkel for people who don’t like Simon and GarfunkelDonald Clarke: Never cool, Bridge over Troubled Water spans tastes half a century onSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
Robert Eggers on bringing Robert Pattinson to The LighthouseIn 10 years no movie has attracted such a buzz at Director’s Fortnight in CannesSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: The Personal History of David Copperfield, Weathering with YouFri Jan 24 2020 - 06:00
The movie quiz: What mighty age is Olivia De Havilland?Plus: Holly Golightly’s kittie cat, shut out of the Oscars, and not starring Judi DenchFri Jan 24 2020 - 06:00
The Turning: This film is a total waste of time. Don’t even read the reviewReview: I can’t even spoil the ending of this movie. There isn’t one. It’s that badThu Jan 23 2020 - 07:00
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote: Compromised and astonishingly unfinishedReview: 25 years in the making, the hollowness of the female characters is bad timingThu Jan 23 2020 - 05:30
The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci delivers a minor miracleReview: This is maybe the best Dickens film adaptation since David LeanWed Jan 22 2020 - 05:00
Oscars 2020: Suddenly, it looks like 1917 will win Best PictureIn the space of an evening, Sam Mendes’s war film slashed to odds-on by all major bookiesMon Jan 20 2020 - 05:02
Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right nowHalf our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search forSat Jan 18 2020 - 06:10
Here’s why Billie Eilish’s Bond theme commission has hit a sour noteDonald Clarke: A 19-year-old electropop sensation is to write and sing the next Bond theme and Twitter is not amusedSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
Six of the best movies to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Just Mercy, Waves, A Hidden Life, BombshellFri Jan 17 2020 - 06:00
Bad Boys for Life review: The funny bits are funny. The serious bits are even funnierWill Smith and Martin Lawrence in a noisy, inconsequential violent rompFri Jan 17 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: What film recently took home the most Golden Globes?Plus: ‘Don’t answer the phone. Don’t open the door. Don’t try to escape’Fri Jan 17 2020 - 05:00
A Hidden Life: Terrence Malick’s beautiful, serious, sometimes infuriating filmReview: Sheer cinematic sweep of director’s latest impresses even as viewers’ patience is testedWed Jan 15 2020 - 10:20
The book v film debate: How much licence should screen adaptations take?David Copperfield, Normal People and Dune are all on the way, some more reverent than othersWed Jan 15 2020 - 05:00
Bombshell review: This film doesn’t have an idea in its pretty little headDespite its three Oscar nominations, Bombshell isn’t as smart as the women it depictsTue Jan 14 2020 - 12:01
Oscars 2020: Joker is a well made film but does it deserve 11 Academy Award nominations?How did film about a comic book idiot get more nominations than The Irishman?Tue Jan 14 2020 - 00:01
Oscars 2020: Saoirse Ronan receives fourth Academy Award nominationIrish star’s turn in Little Women pits her against Renée Zellweger in best-actress raceMon Jan 13 2020 - 16:14
August Diehl: ‘Acting with Malick you are part of a band making music’German actor on preparing for A Hidden Life with the unconventional directorMon Jan 13 2020 - 05:00
