Dwayne Johnson: Can ‘The Rock’ save Hollywood?The golden era of a film selling itself on its star is over – but ‘Skyscraper’ does just thatSat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Pixar film festival comes to Dublin and Galway in AugustFeaturing a ‘Toy Story’ marathon and the beloved ‘Up’, ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘WALL-E’Fri Jul 13 2018 - 07:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: The Incredibles 2, First Reformed, Lost & Found, The Secret of MarrowboneFri Jul 13 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: How many Star Wars films has George Lucas directed?Also: What is Michael Flatley’s new film called: Bald Eagle, Blackbird, Grebe or Thrush?Fri Jul 13 2018 - 06:00
Hell is other people and other people can’t keep to themselvesThe horribly intrusive #PlaneBae story kicks up awkward questions about what makes us pay attention these daysFri Jul 13 2018 - 05:00
The Secret of Marrowbone: it’s familiar, but not always eerily familiarReview: It’s a shame Sergio G Sánchez didn’t stretch himself more in his directorial debutFri Jul 13 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jul 13 2018 - 00:00
The Irish film-maker who got Clooney, Deneuve and Beatty on screenMaverick director Liam O Mochain has spent six years, and his own money, on his new filmThu Jul 12 2018 - 05:00
Skyscraper: I enjoy The Rock’s films as much as anyone, but there are limits ...Review: It’s a shameless retread of ‘Die Hard’, lifting entire scenes from the 1980s classicWed Jul 11 2018 - 10:38
Incredibles 2 is as brilliant as the original – better in partsReview: You’ll gawp. You’ll ponder. And you’ll laugh the way only Pixar can make youTue Jul 10 2018 - 05:00
The movie quiz: ‘I’ll have what she’s having.’ Name that filmAlso: How many people have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?Fri Jul 06 2018 - 06:00
Five of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Mary Shelley, Whitney plus a reissue of Michael Cimino’s The Deer HunterFri Jul 06 2018 - 06:00
Turning classic movies into plays is just plain wrongClassic movie ‘All about Eve’ is being turned into a play with Gillian Anderson. Why?Fri Jul 06 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jul 06 2018 - 00:00
Swimming with Men: Rob Brydon becomes a synchronised swimmerReview: This very British film is never entirely awful, but it’s never very good eitherThu Jul 05 2018 - 17:36
Michael Flatley’s first film as writer, director and starA poster for ‘Blackbird’ suggests the plot of ‘Casablanca’, with Flatley in the Bogart roleThu Jul 05 2018 - 17:01
Mary Shelley: Mother of Frankenstein finally gets a biopicReview: Shot in Ireland, this is more posh Sunday telly than electrifying cinemaWed Jul 04 2018 - 14:11
Whitney: As heart-wrenching as anything you’ll see this yearReview: This film broke the allegation that Dee Dee Warwick molested Whitney HousonWed Jul 04 2018 - 14:00
‘They couldn’t look past me as a woman’Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour on breaking the rules and filming on the streets of DublinMon Jul 02 2018 - 06:00
Pope comes to Ireland: Here's our ready-made nostalgic article full of gems about the 1979 visitWant cultural references and a killer payoff? I am here to help youFri Jun 29 2018 - 09:39
The movie quiz: A question that will drive you apeAlso: Oscar blockbusters before inflation, Hollywood RIP, and Bond sans theme songFri Jun 29 2018 - 06:30
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Leave No Trace, Sicario 2, Dublin Oldschool, Patrick, The EndlessFri Jun 29 2018 - 06:15
The Endless: striking and puzzling UFO death cult horror‘If five per cent say I’m lost, five per cent say It was too obvious’, that’s about right,' say directors Justin Benson and Aaron Scott MoorheadFri Jun 29 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 29 2018 - 00:00
Vanessa Redgrave and Marisa Tomei to appear at Galway Film Fleadh30-year anniversary festival moves into the newly opened Pálás cinema for some screeningsThu Jun 28 2018 - 16:30
Tag: John Hamm's ironic raised eyebrows the star attractionReview: There are women in the film, but none has anything you could call a personalityThu Jun 28 2018 - 09:39
The Endless: A cult movie that could become a cult movieReview: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s crafty film sits in a category all by itselfThu Jun 28 2018 - 06:00
Adrift: Damp survival epic based on a (spoiler alert) true storyReview: A new film genre seems to have grown up: the extreme survival movieWed Jun 27 2018 - 13:10
The 10 best films of the first half of 2018Donald Clarke: Only two Oscar nominees for best picture make our six-month review listWed Jun 27 2018 - 06:05
Dublin Oldschool: Dave Tynan’s wordy, puzzling, plotless filmThe screen fizzes with the talent of some of Ireland’s best actors. But it’s not enoughTue Jun 26 2018 - 05:00
The reel Dublin: Best movies about the capital cityDonald Clarke on the best portrayals of the city on film, from ‘The Informer’ to ‘Sing Street’Mon Jun 25 2018 - 09:37
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: In the Fade, The Happy Prince, Ocean’s 8, Kissing CandiceFri Jun 22 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Of course there’s a football film questionAlso: Alfred Hitchcock’s last, Oscar winners’ dads, and a helluva long weekendFri Jun 22 2018 - 06:00
In the Fade: Diane Kruger marries her former dope dealerReview: Gut-wrenching moments of tragedy in Fatih Akin’s gritty crime dramaFri Jun 22 2018 - 05:00
Violence. Sex. Drugs. Swearing. And other reasons to watch a filmDonald Clarke: What we object to at the cinema has changed. Movie ratings should tooFri Jun 22 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 22 2018 - 00:00
The Happy Prince: Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde just escapes the pantomine trapReview: Rupert Everett the writer-director isn’t as impressive as Rupert Everett the actorWed Jun 20 2018 - 10:00
Kissing Candice: This is not the Dundalk you thought you knewReview: ‘Things were better during the Troubles. Now the mad ones have the run of the place’Tue Jun 19 2018 - 09:55
Men shouldn’t review ‘Ocean’s 8’? Wrong, Cate BlanchettThe idea that only kids should review children’s films is even sillier, writes Donald ClarkeMon Jun 18 2018 - 07:17
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Hereditary, A Ciambra, Studio 54, The Sound of MusicFri Jun 15 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: How well do you know your Pixar?Also: What was the last non-sequel to top the box office for its year of release?Fri Jun 15 2018 - 06:00
Rupert Everett: ‘Lots of my friends got sick. I got famous’The ‘Happy Prince’ star on being gay, playing Oscar Wilde, and surviving the film worldFri Jun 15 2018 - 05:00
World Cup 2018: I’m the man Proper Football Fans despise mostI don’t like soccer, I only like the World Cup. Have you got that?Fri Jun 15 2018 - 05:00
Studio 54: Celebrity veneration and body fascism in 1977Review: Gripping tale of the 1970s New York disco that foretold of the world we now live inFri Jun 15 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 15 2018 - 00:00
‘Hereditary’ is a critical success, a box office smash. But do people actually like it?Cinema-goers are flocking to the art-horror film ... then giving out about it afterwardsThu Jun 14 2018 - 19:20
Super Troopers 2: A terrible and inexplicable sequelReview: Super Troopers belong to 2001, when Linkin Park were big and Clinton was presidentWed Jun 13 2018 - 10:00
16 film trailers were released last week. Which ones look good?Animated ‘Spiderman’ looks promising. But ‘Suspiria’, and new films from Steve McQueen and Lenny Abrahamson look breathtakingTue Jun 12 2018 - 06:00
‘U2 thought they were getting Grease. I gave them Apocalypse Now’Aoife McArdle has made her name with videos for Bryan Ferry and U2. Her debut feature, ‘Kissing Candice’, was made for a much lower budget, and yet is far more challengingTue Jun 12 2018 - 05:45
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, McQueen, All the Wild Horses, The Boy DownstairsFri Jun 08 2018 - 06:00
