‘Daring’ Romanian satire, Brendan Gleeson’s pub farewell and a perfect McGahern adaptation at Dublin International Film FestivalDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World scoops best film award while That They May Face The Rising Sun is named best Irish film as the festival concludesSat Mar 02 2024 - 14:00
Why is mouthy Hollywood so quiet on Israel and Gaza? It could be the most politically heated Oscars ceremony in decades. I wouldn’t count on itSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:30
Origin director Ava DuVernay: ‘There’s pain, there’s fear, there’s injustice’ The film-maker’s focus on equality and inclusion is helping to change the movie industry. Her new feature, based on the bestseller Caste, continues that fightSat Mar 02 2024 - 05:15
Dune: Part Two review – Denis Villeneuve tries hard to turn high-end pulp into holy writThis follow-up film is freighted with more self-importance than you would meet in the biblical epics satirised by the Monty Python crewFri Mar 01 2024 - 05:15
The Movie Quiz: How many Irish citizens are nominated for the upcoming Oscars? Calling all movie fans: can you ace our film quiz?Fri Mar 01 2024 - 05:00
Audrey or Sorrow review: Marina Carr daringly wraps Gothic comedy around a harrowing coreTheatre: Aisling O’Sullivan, Marie Mullen, Anna Healy, Nick Dunning, Zara Devlin and Patrick Martins star in a bravura production that shouldn’t work but mostly doesThu Feb 29 2024 - 09:31
Lisa Frankenstein review: Just about fun enough to sustain 101 clattering, dusty, dimly lit minutesThere is a sense throughout of good pals inviting us into their prank. For most of the time, one is happy to play alongWed Feb 28 2024 - 05:15
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024: full list of winners and nomineesOppenheimer cemented its status as the frontrunner ahead of the Oscars as Lily Gladstone picks up acting award for Killers of the Flower Moon,Sun Feb 25 2024 - 09:02
Cillian Murphy wins best actor at SAG awards as he now looks near-unstoppable favourite for Oscar Corkman wins at 30th Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles for lead role in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film OppenheimerSun Feb 25 2024 - 08:12
Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal as stars of four Beatles biopics? I’ve heard better ideasDonald Clarke: The musical biopic is among the most benighted of cinematic genres, but there is perhaps more chance of innovation with Sam Mendes’s planned setSun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekWim Wenders’s Tokyo-set Perfect Days, plus Memory, Wicked Little Letters and The Moon ThievesSun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00
Jessie Buckley: ‘I grew up in a household where music, writing and expressing yourself was really nurtured’After a decade of blistering success, the Wicked Little Letters star has had a year off. Next up for the newlywed? Chloé Zhao, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Penélope CruzSat Feb 24 2024 - 05:30
‘She reminds me of Saoirse Ronan’: young actor Sade Malone lights up opening night of Dublin International Film FestivalDublin International Film Festival: the star of the opening film, Sade Malone, spoke about moving to Dublin as a baby before getting back across the Irish SeaFri Feb 23 2024 - 15:03
The Movie Quiz: What is currently 2024′s highest grossing film worldwide?Plus: What new Oscar category has just been announced?Fri Feb 23 2024 - 05:00
Kin star Sam Keeley: ‘I failed my Leaving. I don’t know if acting was a good idea, but it worked for me’Already known to audiences for his roles in What Richard Did and RTÉ hit drama Kin, Irish actor Sam Keeley is making waves internationallyFri Feb 23 2024 - 05:00
Perfect Days review: Wim Wenders’s elegant, touching film may be his best drama since Wings of DesireSelected as the Japanese entry for the international feature Oscar, this is a film to live your life byThu Feb 22 2024 - 05:00
Barry Keoghan and his Irish buttocks: the naked Vanity Fair shoot is a win for the actor Donald Clarke: Being talked about matters. And this is us talking about himWed Feb 21 2024 - 16:37
Wicked Little Letters review: Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman swear like dockers in drama about ostracised Irish woman in quiet English townWhen anonymous obscene letters are delivered to local notables of a stuffy English town, the finger of blame points at an Irish womanWed Feb 21 2024 - 05:00
Why does Warner Bros want to erase its buzzy film Coyote Vs Acme?Donald Clarke: The same studio shelved its latest $70 million Batgirl film 18 months ago. What is going on?Tue Feb 20 2024 - 05:45
What do the Baftas tell us about Ireland’s Oscar hopes?The Age of Cillian has firmly arrived, but past history tells us anything can happen between now and next monthMon Feb 19 2024 - 09:30
Baftas 2024: Cillian Murphy scoops best actor award for OppenheimerCillian Murphy remains on track to become the first person born in Ireland to win best actor at the OscarsSun Feb 18 2024 - 19:45
Four new films to see this weekBob Marley: One Life, Madame Web, The Promised Land, The Taste of ThingsSun Feb 18 2024 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many of this year’s Oscar nominees for best director were born in the US? Plus: Who was neither Hannah nor any of her sisters?Fri Feb 16 2024 - 05:00
Madame Web review: Lip-smackin’, face-slappin’, brain-eatin’, dumb-makin’, money-wastin’Dakota Johnson’s charm saves this Spider-Man spin-off from utter gimcrack incoherence. But its product placement defies satireWed Feb 14 2024 - 16:44
Bob Marley: One Love – Cringe, cliche and drippy flashbacksKingsley Ben-Adir almost wrestles his role into respectability, but the whiff of authorisation is overpoweringWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
Michael Winterbottom: ‘The film is about political violence. That theme is acutely relevant with what’s going on in Gaza’The director’s films have often stirred discontent. With his latest political thriller, Shoshana, set in 1930s Tel Aviv, he knows he must be ready for pushbackTue Feb 13 2024 - 09:15
Four new films to see this weekOccupied City, The Settlers, The Iron Claw, Double BlindSun Feb 11 2024 - 05:00
The frenzy around Tracy Chapman’s song Fast Car tells us much about the state of modern discourseDonald Clarke: She could have been someone before Luke Combs took all the plaudits, according to some people on the internetSun Feb 11 2024 - 05:00
The President review: Olwen Fouéré and Hugo Weaving give heroic performances in the Gate’s classy production The Dublin theatre teams up with Sydney Theatre Company to celebrate the underperformed Austrian great Thomas BernhardFri Feb 09 2024 - 08:46
The Movie Quiz: Lizzo, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith, Billie Eilish...who was not on the Barbie soundtrack? Plus: When (and what) was the last official VHS release of a studio feature?Fri Feb 09 2024 - 08:00
Double Blind review: This Irish horror will keep you wide awake. Which is just as wellYoung cast slap into one another with great energy in Ian Hunt-Duffy’s claustrophobic horrorFri Feb 09 2024 - 05:00
Occupied City review: After 10 minutes or so, you might grasp the daunting truth about Steve McQueen’s documentaryMade with his wife, Bianca Stigter, McQueen’s film catalogues horrors of Amsterdam during Nazi occupationThu Feb 08 2024 - 05:00
Two fingers to the lot of ye. And that includes Michael FassbenderDonald Clarke: As with other Americanisms, the single-digit salute has taken over from the good old V – even in west Belfast. Is nothing sacred?Sun Feb 04 2024 - 11:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekFive stars for astonishing drama The Zone of Interest. Plus multi-Oscar-nominated American Fiction, Japanese anime Blue Giant, and silly but fun comedy-thriller ArgylleSun Feb 04 2024 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What was the first Chaplin film with actual audible dialogue? Plus: ‘From the brother of the director of Ghost’ is the tagline to which 1990s film?Fri Feb 02 2024 - 05:30
Argylle review: Matthew Vaughn’s film is all flash, all brass and all McGuffinBryce Dallas Howard is so irrepressibly charming that Argylle proves hard to wholly resistWed Jan 31 2024 - 17:00
The Zone of Interest review: We will be discussing Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz film for decadesJonathan Glazer’s formally breathtaking film is unlikely to be bettered this yearWed Jan 31 2024 - 05:00
Donald Trump’s been playing The Smiths at his rallies. What a loserDonald Clarke: Johnny Marr’s disgusted at the misuse of his music. It's just the latest example of politicians latching on to inappropriate tunesSun Jan 28 2024 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekAll of Us Strangers, The Color Purple, Samsara, Padre PioSun Jan 28 2024 - 05:00
The Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott show: ‘I think people are excited by the sex scenes’The best Irish double act since Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell on All of Us Strangers, dissolving sexual boundaries and their approaches to fameSat Jan 27 2024 - 05:30
‘It’s like Big Brother in a Nazi house’: Christian Friedel on making The Zone of InterestIn Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-nominated film, Christian Friedel plays the commandant of Auschwitz. His performance became a search for the truthSat Jan 27 2024 - 05:15
Sundance: Kneecap film wins audience award at US festivalFictionalised autobiography of eponymous Belfast rap outfit, directed by Rich Peppiatt, is first Irish fiction feature win at festival since Once in 2007Fri Jan 26 2024 - 18:11
The Movie Quiz: Who is the youngest official James Bond?Plus: What’s missing: Beneath, Escape Conquest, Battle, Rise, War, Kingdom?Fri Jan 26 2024 - 08:00
Samsara review: A truly extraordinary film (even if it drives you mad)Not many films ask the audience to close their eyes for 20 minutes of its run timeThu Jan 25 2024 - 05:00
Oscars 2024: Was Greta Gerwig snubbed for a best director nomination and nine other questionsWere Barry Keoghan and Andrew Scott ever in the race?Wed Jan 24 2024 - 07:00
All of Us Strangers review: An emotional, intelligent and – yes – hot experienceAndrew Scott and Paul Mescal complement each other perfectly in a film about loss, love and the creative processWed Jan 24 2024 - 05:00
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy’s best actor nomination leads a strong showing for Irish film Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things scores a huge 11 nominations, a record for an Irish-produced filmTue Jan 23 2024 - 16:55
Dublin International Film Festival 2024: Marian Quinn’s TWIG to open; Isabelle Huppert and Steve McQueen to be honouredDonald Clarke: Enticing domestic releases include new works by Pat Collins, Dermot Malone and Danny McCaffertyMon Jan 22 2024 - 14:57
Oscars 2024: Will Barry Keoghan make the cut? Donald Clarke predicts this year’s nomineesBafta nomination system has rendered connections between the US and British academies less robust than was the caseSun Jan 21 2024 - 19:00
Four new films to see this week: Mean Girls, The Holdovers, The End We Start From, The KitchenFrom big-screen translation of the stage musical based on the 2004 high-school classic to a terrifying vision of neoliberal blighted London in the 2040sSun Jan 21 2024 - 05:00
