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
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
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
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
The movie quiz: Who is Deadpool’s alliterative alter ego?Also: The youngest ever best Oscar actress, going dame-less, and Adam Sandler – not!Fri Jun 08 2018 - 06:00
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
Is it time to hold a wake for ‘woke’?It did not take long for the word to get twisted and turned back on the socially responsibleFri Jun 08 2018 - 05:00
All the Wild Horses: ‘The Great British Bake Off’ on horsebackReview: No one in this documentary seems easy company, but it could become cult viewingFri Jun 08 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 08 2018 - 00:00
Jurassic World has reached fifth-film-in-a series exhaustion‘Episode Five Syndrome’ has blighted film franchises from Star Trek to RockyThu Jun 07 2018 - 09:31
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – A satisfyingly vicious movieReview: Playful and mildly risky, it’s the second best film in the ‘Jurassic’ sequenceTue Jun 05 2018 - 20:00
After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeoverDonald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry WomenMon Jun 04 2018 - 16:52
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: My Friend Dahmer, Pandora's Box and That SummerFri Jun 01 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: What film starts with The End?And which came first: Solo, A New Hope, Phantom Menace or Rogue One?Fri Jun 01 2018 - 06:00
The trouble with Ayn Rand and Zack Snyder’s ‘The Fountainhead’?Reviled director to film reviled libertarian hero’s novel. This is a bad ideaFri Jun 01 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 01 2018 - 04:00
My Friend Dahmer: The lunatic as a confused young manReview: This biopic reminds us what a terrifying place American high school can beThu May 31 2018 - 06:00
Ismael’s Ghosts: Marion Cotillard turns up, and things get messyReview: The wife who went missing 20 years ago reappears and introduces herself to her husband’s new squeezeThu May 31 2018 - 06:00
Book Club: Don’t be fooled by the great actors. This is an awful filmReview: It has the stupidest premise you’ll encounter outside a Schwarzenegger comedyWed May 30 2018 - 06:00
Jane Fonda: From Oscar-winning actor to 50 shades of ****Fonda may be the greatest actor of her age. What’s she doing in the awful ‘Book Club’?Mon May 28 2018 - 12:19
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew releases: The Breadwinner, Zama, Edie, Jeune Femme, Citizen Lane, Deadpool 2Fri May 25 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 May 25 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Do you know your Tom Cruise wives?This week's film quiz is rated on the Streisand scale. Which Barbra are you?Fri May 25 2018 - 06:00
Saoirse Ronan, how could you? I almost fell off the couchDonald Clarke: Few noticed her ‘Chesil Beach’ faux pas. Which is good. Isn’t it?Fri May 25 2018 - 05:00
‘I am appalled at my own generation leaving things in such a mess’Still feisty and busy at 85, Sheila Hancock remains connected to the zeitgeistFri May 25 2018 - 05:00
The Breadwinner: Another winning tale from Cartoon SaloonReview: The animation is gorgeous in this Oscar-nominated feature about a young woman supporting her family under the Taliban in Kabul, but the real magic is in the storytellingWed May 23 2018 - 16:41
The World Cup is keeping the big movies out of cinemas in JuneMovie scheduling is a voodoo science - nobody knows why certain releases work in certain slotsWed May 23 2018 - 12:09
On Chesil Beach: Saoirse Ronan’s new film not wholly satisfyingReview: Ian McEwan’s own script cannot find a cinematic substitute for his sharp proseTue May 22 2018 - 14:59
Weinstein sex claims overshadow Cannes as Japanese drama winsAsia Argento stuns audience with Weinstein allegation: ‘festival was his hunting ground’Sat May 19 2018 - 20:00
Cannes 2018: our correspondent goes to the dogsCannes daily: on the last day of the festival, some inaccurate predictions and Terry Gilliam’s long-cherished project disappointsSat May 19 2018 - 15:55
Cannes 2018: Von Trier tells me he wanted more walkouts and denies Bjork allegationCannes diary: our film correspondent meets the controversial director and rounds up the rest of the newsFri May 18 2018 - 10:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendJeune Femme, Citizen Lane, Deadpool 2, Dive, Redoubtable, Sherlock GnomesFri May 18 2018 - 06:00
