Bad Grandpa review: Sweary De Niro takes yet another turn for the worseThe once-unassailable actor swears and bludgeons his way through a comedy that is indeed bad, but in a defiantly odd wayTue Jan 26 2016 - 16:42
Irish films go down a storm at SundanceSing Street, Love & Friendship and Mammal earn rave reviews at independent festivalMon Jan 25 2016 - 14:30
Donald Clarke: Trump gets the laughs while Ted scares the establishmentIn Ted Cruz, the Tea Party finally has a candidate with a chance of seizing powerSat Jan 23 2016 - 01:00
The 33: ‘In another week they would have begun to die’The Chilean mining disaster is now a film, and the fact that 33 people came out alive is one of the great survival stories of our time, Héctor Tobar tells Donald ClarkeFri Jan 22 2016 - 06:00
The Assassin review: Tang tale and the Tao of techniqueThis visually ravishing historical martial arts film may be just a little too in love with its own artistryThu Jan 21 2016 - 21:00
Ride Along 2 review: Ice Cube returns in a sequel barely believable in its awfulnessOpening here this Friday, this is the film that finally knocked Star Wars: The Force Awakens off the top of the US box-office charts - go figureThu Jan 21 2016 - 15:44
Donald Clarke: Irish Oscar nods were due to great expectationsIrish success at Academy Awards shows the value of both cultural planning and self-beliefSat Jan 16 2016 - 01:00
Domhnall Gleeson: The Force is strong in this oneWith roles in ‘Frank’, ‘Ex Machina’ and ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, and a star turn in ‘The Revenant’, Gleeson’s career has gone stellarFri Jan 15 2016 - 14:00
Irish Oscar nominations exceed all expectationsPundits underestimated films’ potential ahead of Academy Awards announcementFri Jan 15 2016 - 08:04
Alan Rickman: acclaimed performer who became a hero with a villain’s mannerDonald Clarke on the late actor, a funny, warm man in person, who could never quite shake the whiff of brimstone on screenThu Jan 14 2016 - 16:45
Room review: home is where the room isThe walls close in on a mother and child in Lenny Abrahamson’s moving, harrowing adapation of the acclaimed novelThu Jan 14 2016 - 14:19
Irish talent front and centre in the 2016 Oscar nominationsSaoirse Ronan and Michael Fassbender get acting nominations, while ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Room’ both make the Best Picture listThu Jan 14 2016 - 14:11
The Revenant review: Beautiful but grisly exercise in suffering‘The Revenant’ is short on dialogue and thin on characterisation; however the misery is well worth enduringThu Jan 14 2016 - 13:45
Oscars 2016: Donald Clarke predicts the nominationsThere are more mysteries and imponderables this year than over the past decadeWed Jan 13 2016 - 09:20
Golden Globes 2016: Full list of winnersAlejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘The Revenant’ takes three awards in Los AngelesMon Jan 11 2016 - 10:30
Golden Globes: Brie Larson, Leonardo DiCaprio win bigSylvester Stallone takes best supporting actor for ‘Creed’ in Los Angeles ceremonyMon Jan 11 2016 - 10:30
Ronan has good chance of winning best actress at Golden GlobesDonald Clarke previews Sunday night’s award ceremony in Los AngelesSun Jan 10 2016 - 11:20
Donald Clarke: Saoirse Ronan being claimed by the UK not ‘a compliment’Journalist’s report has led to yet another controversy over the actor’s nationalitySat Jan 09 2016 - 17:40
Donald Clarke: No crying please, we’re IrishIt’s okay for President Obama to wipe away a tear in public, but then he’s an AmericanSat Jan 09 2016 - 01:00
People to watch in 2016: Film and TVIreland's film and TV industries continue their ascent this year, and these five actors and directors are set for big things in 2016Sat Jan 09 2016 - 00:00
Baftas 2016: ‘Brooklyn’, Saoirse Ronan and Fassbender nominated‘Bridge of Spies’ and ‘Carol’ lead pack with nine nominations each, ‘Room’ receives twoFri Jan 08 2016 - 15:33
Shem the Penman Sings Again Review: When James met JohnA delightful, playful study of the relationship between Joyce and McCormackThu Jan 07 2016 - 18:00
A War (Krigen) Review: Fighting from front line to home frontThe war in Afghanistan is the inspiration for a tense Danish courtroom dramaThu Jan 07 2016 - 18:00
The Hateful Eight review: The wheels come off the wagonTarantino sinks deeper into his auto-mythology with more haphazard plotting, gooey violence and endless dialogue, writes Donald ClarkeThu Jan 07 2016 - 17:00
Quentin Tarantino film distribution row hits some Irish audiences‘The Hateful Eight’ will be not be screened at Cineworld due to failure to agree termsTue Jan 05 2016 - 19:51
Top 10 ‘Get Off My Lawn’ moments of outrage in 2015Trump, tabloids, Gaybo’s grimace and questions of race and gender all make the listSat Jan 02 2016 - 10:07
Joy review: Jennifer Lawrence’s silver dollars playbookLawrence reunites with Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper and director David O Russell for an enjoyable – if thoroughly inauthentic – biopicFri Jan 01 2016 - 06:00
Movie preview: Films to see in 2016From now until next December, here are 50 big releases that will demand to be noticed over the next yearFri Jan 01 2016 - 01:00
Sleeping with Other People review: do ask, do tellCompared with the likes of ‘Trainwreck’, this modest comedy turns into a bedroom farce of a transcendent orderThu Dec 31 2015 - 15:00
The community spirit and awful on-screen romances of Alison BrieThe actor talks about playing ‘strong’ Trudy, wife to the awful Pete Campbell in Mad Men; and her new film, in which she dates jerksThu Dec 24 2015 - 06:00
Daddy’s Home review: these father figures just don’t add upWill Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg reprise their Other Guys double act, but Sean Anders’ latest comedy is strictly by-the-numbersWed Dec 23 2015 - 11:00
And the best British actor is . . . Saoirse Ronan? Really?Why does the London Film Critics’ Circle refer to Irish actors as British? It’s bafflingSun Dec 20 2015 - 17:42
Donald Clarke’s 2015: The Irish are coming. Yes, I knowIt looks as if we will see the most Irish Academy Awards everSat Dec 19 2015 - 14:00
Ireland’s Viva makes shortlist to join Oscar-chasing packPaddy Breathnach’s film portrays young gay man’s struggle to get by in present-day CubaFri Dec 18 2015 - 17:05
The Ticket Awards 2015 - and the awards for best film go to...We asked your opinions, and you responded in your thousands. Here are the results of the popular votes - and our critical takeFri Dec 18 2015 - 06:02
Reissue of the week: The Red Shoes - Powell and Pressburger’s 1948 film is still worth seeingMoira Shearer shines in a ballet story that explores the destructive side of artThu Dec 17 2015 - 12:04
Star Wars box office takings to rocket – that’s the Vader do itLet the game commence: Battle on to see which will be the most successful film to dateThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Star Wars review: New faces, old stories, star turn from the skelligJJ Abrams taps into Star Wars’ ancient energy without breaking any new ground, and a certain island almost steals the showWed Dec 16 2015 - 08:01
Donald Clarke: Controversy over Fury will do the roundsBoxer’s Sports Personality of the Year listing is proving contentiousSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
By the Sea review: Life’s a beach and then you film itAngelina Jolie Pitt’s passionate homage to 1970s foreign arthouse films is gorgeous but miserableFri Dec 11 2015 - 10:00
Guy Maddin: ‘I wanted to cure myself of myself’With ‘The Forbidden Room’, a sprawling tribute to lost films, the singular Canadian director has come up with his most ‘Guy Maddin-y’ film to dateFri Dec 11 2015 - 06:00
Peggy Guggenheim - Art Addict review: all hail the queen of high bohemiaGuggenheim heard Joyce sing, met Gertrude Stein, Picasso, Dali and Beckett... and then the Manhattan heiress's life got really interestingThu Dec 10 2015 - 15:46
Fassbender and Ronan nominated in Golden GlobesStrong Irish presence among the nominees shortlisted for the 73rd annual showThu Dec 10 2015 - 15:10
Reissue of the week: When Harry Met Sally - We’ll still have what she’s havingWhen Harry Met Sally is still sharp, funny and touching after all these yearsWed Dec 09 2015 - 18:00
Six Irish films to feature at Sundance Film FestivalMammal, Land of the Enlightened, The Lobster, Viva, Love & Friendship and Sing Street featureTue Dec 08 2015 - 16:40
Donald Clarke: Fat-shaming bullies feel they are making a moral pointStunt on London Underground highlights particular strain of aggressive prejudiceSat Dec 05 2015 - 08:03
The Ticket Awards 2015: FilmFranchises were creaky (though a certain space opera has yet to land); the best films were strange beasts; and the locals came good. Donald Clarke and Tara Brady on the best and worst of film in 2015Fri Dec 04 2015 - 06:00
Sunset Song review: A model of Scottish miseryBrutal dad, worse husband, children dying, a wife’s suicide – no one could accuse Davies of lightening the moodThu Dec 03 2015 - 18:00
The Ticket's Top 10 Movies of 2015It was a year of blockbusters, but 2015 was also distinguished by eccentric, smaller films that pushed various whacky agendas. Our list tends towards the latter...Thu Dec 03 2015 - 16:34
11 Minutes review: a bold experiment that winds up breaking its own ground rulesJerzy Skolimowski’s thriller covers all the angles with great invention, but still leaves a trail of confusion in its wakeThu Dec 03 2015 - 12:07
