Surprise: Phoenix flick a hoaxCasey Affleck has finally admitted – more or less – that I’m Still Here , his documentary on the apparent decline of actor Joaquin…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Endgame for Leo the LionThe saga of MGM’s struggle against financial annihilation continuesFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Enter the Void/Soudain La VideYOU COULDN’T say that Enter the Void wasn’t an ordealFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Back to the big house for Li-Lo?The Lindsay Lohan story continues to get sadderFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Death of a film-makerDonal Gilligan, the distinguished Irish cinematographer who worked on films such as Omagh and Mystics , has died of a sudden …Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
The TownA BIG SUCCESS in these territories, Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone truly transformed attitudes to the square-headed polymathFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Binoche passes the O’Hara testThe Kerry Film Festival, which runs from October 30th to November 6th, is to present Juliet Binoche with its annual Maureen O…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
The HoleEVERY NOW and then you come across a film that reminds you of a vanished genre: a class of entertainment that slipped away without…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Ultimate video nasty stays banned in IrelandThere’s no doubting the big story in Irish film this weekFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Re-release of 'I Spit on Your Grave' banned by film bodyTHE IRISH Film Classification Office has banned the DVD re-release of Meir Zarchi’s notorious 1978 horror film I Spit on Your…Tue Sept 21 2010 - 01:00
Shower power: 'Psycho' at 50The 1960s began with Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’, which, in spite of its agelessness, contains a lesson in why it’s a bad idea…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Just WrightWHAT IS the point of flying this thing across the Atlantic? Queen Latifah has some currency – though not as much as she deserves…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
The Other GuysIT WOULD BE as well not to over-praise the partnership between director Adam McKay and his star Will FerrellFri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Chinese film fan sees redApparently the Chinese are not all that happy with capitalism, after allFri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
2010 Venice festival awash with top filmsWhen many of the year’s most anticipated films failed to appear at Cannes, observers speculated that the Croisette’s loss might…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Yummy mummy in the makingHow many times has Penélope Cruz supposed to have been with child? Well, this time it’s trueFri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Death of Body Snatchers starTwo significant figures in world cinema died over the past weekFri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Return of the Pyjama partyIf you missed Maya Derrington’s documentary Pyjama Girls on its brief release at the Irish Film Institute, be aware that this…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Magazine springs to lifeCurious director David Lynch will be guest editing the next issue of Wallpaper* magazine with the equally eccentric theatre-maker…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Affleck will be here baby hereBen Affleck, whose debut feature as director, Gone Baby Gone , was a big hit in Ireland, will visit Dublin on September 20th …Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Ireland coated with pixie dustMajor productions continue to shoot in Ireland. This week, filming begins on Neverland , a prequel to the Peter Pan story.Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
CyrusTHE LATEST FILM from the Duplass brothers, those key figures in the so-called mumblecore movement, wallows in a singular class…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Dubliner’s Cause has an effectCongratulation to budding Dublin scribe Shane McCabeFri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Godard not tempted by Oscar's 'bit of metal'Jean-Luc Godard, now 79, will not be travelling to accept his honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Swansong: Story of Occi ByrneTHIS CAUTIOUSLY budgeted Irish film began life as a one-man show by the experienced actor (now film director) Conor McDermottroe…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Stones film back from exileFollowing the recent successful reissue of The Rolling Stones’s gloriously ramshackle 1972 album, Exile on Main Street, the accompanying…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz1 What comes after Buster, Diane and Michael?Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Going the distanceTHE PRESENCE of Drew Barrymore in a romantic comedy suggests that you can expect something a tad saltier than industry-standard…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
The bearable scariness of BinocheShe’s quaint and philosophical, but despite being the walking archetype of French insouciance, Juliette Binoche seems to have…Sat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
Indie Chile celebratedDid you know that this year marks (by one reckoning, anyway) the 200th anniversary of Chile’s independence from Spain? Well, …Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Swansong set for northwest debutIn further regional distribution news, we learn that Swansong: The Story of Occi Byrne , the debut feature from Sligo’s Conor…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
SoulboyTHE NORTHERN soul scene has (unless you’re a 52-year-old from Wigan) remained a somewhat unexplored footnote in British pop-cultural…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Oscar gongs for the greatsThe Academy has announced who is to receive the next batch of honorary OscarsFri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Certified conformity/copie conformeABBAS KIAROSTAMI has spent four decades making oblique, fascinating films in his native IranFri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Cherry Tree LaneTHE CAREER of Paul Andrew Williams has been a strange and puzzling businessFri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Women of the midlands prove their pulling powerHis & Hers continues to break recordsFri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Irish five named for TorontoOnce again the Irish Film Board is able to announce a healthy presence at the upcoming Toronto film festivalFri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Because they’re worth itIt’s time for another of those Forbes magazine money listsFri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Bonded by bloodOI, DANNY Boy! Where do you think you’re going, you muppet? The only surprising thing about this industry-standard British gangster…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Tinseltown wakes up to spin yarns of the webIt’s taken a while, but Hollywood finally seems to have woken up to this internet thingFri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
Grown UpsOF ALL the witless, puerile, offensive exercises in garbage dispersal that Adam Sandler has brought us – and he’s brought us …Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
ShortSpace screeningsFilmbase, the admirable facility in Dublin’s Temple Bar, is launching a new event at which the makers of short films can get …Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
Silly Sorcerer’s Apprentice gaffeApologies to the good people from The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeFri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
Toy Story 3 triumphsThere’s no doubt about the identity of the summer’s box-office sensationFri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
Harry Popper and the prophylacticsA Swiss condom manufacturer is in trouble for marketing a prophylactic featuring a bespectacled wizard named Harry Popper on …Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
