Class act overkillIt’s that tune again! Arvo Pärt tops the charts for cinematic over-exposureThu Sept 12 2013 - 18:27
Film review: White House DownBarack Obama meets Die Hard in this ludicrously enjoyable thrillerThu Sept 12 2013 - 15:38
No offence to George Best, but Loyalists could be doing with a few more heroesOpinion: Could the Protestant people of the North be a little uncomfortable with culture?Sat Sept 07 2013 - 00:01
David Lowery: Timeless in TexasFilm-maker David Lowery on his Texan aesthetic, why he prefers old-school celluloid to the new world of digital film-making and what it’s like working with Casey Affleck and Rooney MaraFri Sept 06 2013 - 00:00
The English language is literally spiralling exponentially out of the control of pedantsOpinion: a word now seems to mean what a lot of people think it might meanSat Aug 31 2013 - 00:01
Ireland's boy racers fuel Johnny Gogan’s need for SpeedThe Irish film-maker discusses his serious thriller about road racing in the Border countiesFri Aug 30 2013 - 00:00
Upstream ColourShane Carruth’s mind-bending follow-up to Primer bewitches as it puzzlesFri Aug 30 2013 - 00:00
Bristling at the bearded Jeremy Paxman? Or too hip to be hirsute? It’s a fuzzy issueThe level of coverage for Beardgate has been more than a little baffling. What the heck is going on?Sat Aug 24 2013 - 00:01
Does it matter if films betray their own internal logic? Sometimes.Does it matter if films betray their own internal logic? Sometimes.Fri Aug 23 2013 - 00:00
Shane Carruth’s precision visionThe director of the head-spinng Upstream Colour discusses his weird, beautiful, mathematically sound visionFri Aug 23 2013 - 00:00
‘Sun’ decision to drop Page Three in Ireland reflects well on ‘cultural differences’Opinion: Catholics and feminists find themselves on the same side on this issue at leastSat Aug 17 2013 - 00:01
Touching on a Turkish taboo‘Kuma’, a touching drama about a ‘second wife’ in a Turkish community in Vienna, has polarised opinion, but its Austrian-Kurdish director, Umut Dag, is unrepentantFri Aug 16 2013 - 00:00
Review: Wahlberg and Washington in 2 GunsThe charismatic stars lift this breezy action thriller a good bit above the routine, writes Donald ClarkeFri Aug 16 2013 - 00:00
No need to see red just yet over Russian parliament’s assault on the pink sideOpinion: Stance on gay rights may not be extreme enough to earn pariah statusSat Aug 10 2013 - 00:01
‘I’d abolish the royal family’ - Steve Coogan on what separates him from Alan PartridgeThe man behind Alan Partridge discusses politics, privacy and Irishness – and his new movie, Alpha Papa.Fri Aug 09 2013 - 00:00
Pope has no intention of doing for the church what Gorbachev did for the USSRIf you want to set an original moral compass you don’t belong within any organised religionSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Girls in the Gang: Laurent Cantet on Foxfire‘Foxfire’, the story of the gradual deterioration of a feminist group in 1950s America, gave Palme d’Or-winning French director Laurent Cantet a chance to look at the era’s mythologyFri Aug 02 2013 - 00:00
Will JK’s Cuckoo call at the box office?Donald Clarke isn’t sure if the pseudonymous crime writer can duplicate the cinematic success of the fantasy novelistFri Aug 02 2013 - 00:00
Regulating pornography is no simple matterSoftware is bound to throw up absurd anomaliesSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Life is ShorttPat Shortt discusses his new role in a recession comedy and life as a national treasureFri Jul 19 2013 - 00:00
Galway Film Fleadh: keeping the flag flying for Irish cinemaThe festival, in its 25th year, continued to showcase new home-grown features, from mainstream-friendly recession comedy ‘Life’s a Breeze’ to the off-centre ‘Out of Here’Tue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
If we’re in the same community, how come I don’t know who you are?Word first used to soften tribalism has now become almost meaninglessSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Will Pixar still make the grade at Monsters University?Pixar’s monster hits, such as Monsters Inc, Toy Story and Up, have set the bar high for the company. So with disappointing films of late, is the once-great Pixar slipping?Fri Jul 12 2013 - 00:00
