Justin Kurzel

The Order review: This taut, gritty white-supremacist thriller could pass for a rediscovered early-1970s classic

Jude Law impresses as an FBI agent on the trail of murderous bank robbers, bomb-builders and counterfeiters

Wed Dec 18 2024 - 05:00

‘I was prowling around my flat:’ George MacKay on becoming a wolf

The English actor on new Irish film Wolf, Saoirse Ronan and his Celtic connections

Thu Mar 10 2022 - 05:00

The Tragedy of Macbeth: Lean, efficient take on the Scottish Play

Joel Coen delivers an expressionist version of the often-filmed drama

Tue Dec 21 2021 - 05:00

Donald Clarke: When is a new take on a movie not a remake?

A complex formula involving several variables dictates whether the word is appropriate

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 05:00

Confusion at Cannes as Spike Lee reveals Palme d’Or winner too soon

French director Julia Ducournau’s serial killer odyssey Titane wins top honour

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 05:00

50 scary films to watch at Halloween

Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits

Sun Oct 18 2020 - 06:00

Dublin the last international film festival to dodge the global shutdown

The singularly imaginative film, one of many discoveries, was a worthy winner

Mon Mar 09 2020 - 11:55

True History of the Kelly Gang: How an Irish bandit became Australian antihero

Review: This tale of colonial abuse in 1880s Australia is no neat origin story for Ned Kelly

Fri Feb 28 2020 - 05:00

George MacKay: ‘My influences? Conor McGregor and wallabies’

After his turn in 1917, the actor is tackling the role of iconic Australian outlaw Ned Kelly

Wed Feb 26 2020 - 05:00

Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00

Which films are in contention as interminable awards season ramps up?

Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 05:00

Irish movies feature strongly at Toronto International Film Festival

Canadian event is the most important cinema festival in North American calendar

Fri Aug 09 2019 - 08:45

Paddy Considine: ‘I can’t remember the last big film I’ve seen that was any good’

Director talks about his new film, his 'crippling' Irlen syndrome and why Hollywood isn’t everything

Fri Mar 30 2018 - 06:30

Slow West: ‘The Brits secretly all want to make westerns’

Interview: John Maclean, once of the Beta Band, set out to demythologise the western in his first film, Slow West. He’s succeeded

Mon Jun 22 2015 - 06:00

Cannes 2015: who’ll bag the Palme d’Or?

It looks like a three-horse race led by Todd Haynes’s ‘Carol’, starring Cate Blanchett, and László Nemes’s ‘Son of Saul’. Could Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s stunningly beautiful ‘The Assassin’ sneak through to win?

Sat May 23 2015 - 07:15

Catherine Deneuve adds glamour to low-key Cannes Film Festival

Opening film obscure, but the 68th festival has much to offer, writes Donald Clarke in Cannes

Thu May 14 2015 - 11:16

Irish co-production ‘The Lobster’ for Cannes Film Festival

Film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz selected for main competition

Thu Apr 16 2015 - 13:24

‘If you talk to anyone on set they don’t take me seriously at all – much to my dismay’

Few actors create characters that unnerve as much as Michael Fassbender, and in person he has an intensity that never quite fades. He talks method acting, metal music and making ‘Macbeth’

Sat May 03 2014 - 01:00