Alfonso Cuarón

Disclaimer review: Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón are far too good for this glib, preening disappointment

Television: Blanchett’s intense acting style and Cuarón’s auteur touch prove wildly unsuited to the demands of the binge-watch era

Fri Oct 11 2024 - 10:00

Donald Clarke: Is it time to dust off your 3D specs?

Avatar kickstarted a brief and blurry 3D revival, Cameron could do it again this Christmas

Sat Apr 30 2022 - 00:00

Better luck next time, Netflix: Apple TV Plus wins Oscar battle of the streamers

CODA’s best picture triumph was a historic victory for the biggest company in the world

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 17:17

Oscars 2022: Will any Irish nominees win? Will Lady Gaga’s snub break the internet?

Donald Clarke: Here are 10 key questions on this year's Oscars nominations

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 17:45

Belfast film review: Kenneth Branagh’s memoir is black-and-white and rose-tinted all over

The film is aggresively apolitical but as romanticised reverie it could hardly be bettered

Thu Jan 20 2022 - 05:00

Jane Campion: ‘If New Zealand can be Middle Earth, it can be Montana’

The director’s new film is a powerful study of masculinity set on a ranch in the 1920s

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 05:00

The Hand of God: Paolo Sorrentino’s love letter to Naples

Movie has tragedy at its heart but more than anything else it is one of the great ‘city films’

Fri Dec 03 2021 - 05:00

Subtitles are in vogue. Let us all embrace the new lucidity

Donald Clarke: Four out of five young people say they regularly watch subtitled content

Sat Nov 20 2021 - 05:00

Film-maker Jim Cummings: The Hollywood that built Harvey Weinstein is still there

Cummings’s breakthrough style he calls ‘backyard Pixar’ is shaking up the film industry

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 05:00

Get you, wee man: There’s nothing wrong with my accent – and you shouldn’t need subtitles

The Belfast ‘brogue’ in Kenneth Branagh’s new film is stumping some US reviewers

Wed Sept 08 2021 - 13:20

Netflix’s 10 most watched movies – and what the list reveals

The list offers insights what does and doesn’t work within its ever-growing library – but can we expect more of the same?

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 12:30

Oscars 2020: Everybody loves Parasite. But that’s not why it won

Analysis: The youth vote and anti-Netflix bias were as important as the film’s brilliance

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 17:30

Netflix falling short in ferocious Oscar drive

A $70m campaign and 24 nominations may not bring it a big night

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 16:00

Hollywood’s Netflix tensions still bubbling as streamer returns to red carpet

A Best Picture Oscar may have to wait, but company is winning its war on film release windows

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 05:15

Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Sat Jan 18 2020 - 06:10

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

Film is still dodging bullets despite being under heavy fire

The Decade in Culture: As we move into the roaring twenties many things remain the same about the seventh art

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00

Netflix has revealed its most-watched content. You might be surprised

The streaming giant’s most popular films and TV series show where it might go next

Wed Oct 23 2019 - 13:11

James Gray: 'I went back to the US and got told I was nothing'

The director’s on working with Brad Pitt on Ad Astra, being ignored in America and making movies in Northern Ireland

Wed Sept 18 2019 - 06:06

Brad Pitt on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: ‘There’s no set like a Tarantino set’

Director Quentin Tarantino as enthusiastic as ever but can’t avoid criticism of his past

Sat Jul 27 2019 - 05:00

Netflix reinvents itself: ‘We’re really mostly a content company’

Company to release more interactive shows and foreign programmes as it looks to stay ahead

Fri Mar 22 2019 - 17:33

They fixed the Oscars! Or did they just get harder to predict?

Analysis: How did Green Book, an indifferent film with lazy racial politics, win best picture?

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 15:49

Oscars 2019: The full list of winners – Roma, Green Book and more

Multi-nominated Roma won best director, cinematography and foreign language film

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 08:40

Oscars 2019: Olivia Colman and Green Book triumph in a night of shocks

Green Book is best film, Bohemian Rhapsody wins most. Glenn Close overlooked for 7th time

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 06:28

Oscars 2019: Everything you need to know about the Academy Awards

Where can you watch the ceremony? When does it start and end? Who are the favourites?

Sat Feb 23 2019 - 11:59

Oscars 2019: Donald Clarke’s guide – Who will win? And who should?

The Favourite may be overlooked for the big prizes with Roma likely to steal the show

Sat Feb 23 2019 - 05:00

Without cinematography and editing, there’s no such thing as a film

Donald Clarke: This week’s Oscars news reflects the common, idiotic view that cinema is little more than a type of flat theatre that you can now watch on your telephone

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 15:12

Baftas 2019: complete list of winners

‘The Favourite’ and ‘Roma’ win the top prizes while Olivia Colman and Rami Malek take acting honours

Sun Feb 10 2019 - 22:35

Oscars 2019: 10 things we learned from the nominations

The Favourite could hardly have done better, but most of the big races are still competitive

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 16:52

Oscars 2019: the complete list of nominations

Irish-produced film The Favourite and Netflix’s Roma lead the way with 10 nominations each

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 14:13

Oscars 2019: 10 nominations for Irish production ‘The Favourite’

Academy Awards: Dubliner Robbie Ryan has been nominated for best cinematography

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 13:52

Oscars 2019: Here’s who I predict will be nominated today

Donald Clarke: If I get fewer than 80% of these correct I’ll be disappointed

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 10:11

Golden Globes: shock as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ wins best drama

Freddie Mercury biopic and ‘Green Book’ win big at awards ceremony on Sunday night

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 07:36

Golden Globes 2019: full list of winners

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ beats runaway favourite ‘A Star Is Born’ to best drama film

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 06:50