At Venice film festival, it can be worth getting soaked to the underwear for a not very good movieJay Kelly, starring George Clooney, and After the Hunt, featuring Julia Roberts, were, respectively, pedestrian and dizzyingly incoherentThu Sept 04 2025 - 05:03
First Look: Amanda Seyfried is electrifying in Mona Fastvold’s masterly Testament of Ann LeeThe feature has premiered at Venice International Film Festival without a distributor. That deserves to be rectifiedTue Sept 02 2025 - 15:25
The Movie Quiz: Which Irishman has not won an acting prize at Venice?Test your knowledge on all thing Venice International Film Festival with these 10 questionsMon Sept 01 2025 - 09:44
Why it matters who wins what in Venice and CannesDonald Clarke: Why it matters who wins what at the Venice International Film FestivalSun Aug 31 2025 - 05:18
Darren Aronofsky: ‘What happened over Covid was the streaming war. That’s what killed cinema’The director’s latest film, Caught Stealing, keeps more within genre lines (this time, crime caper) than many of his other, less categorisable works such as Requiem for a Dream and Mother!Sun Aug 31 2025 - 05:14
Four new films to see this week: Caught Stealing, Christy, Young Mothers and Little Trouble GirlsAustin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Danny Power and Diarmuid Noyes feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of August 29th, 2025Sun Aug 31 2025 - 05:03
First Look: Watch out for Eve Hewson in George Clooney’s cameo-stuffed new satire on stardomVenice International Film Festival 2025: With Jay Kelly, a satire on stardom, Noah Baumbach just about gets back on trackThu Aug 28 2025 - 21:00
Christy: Clattering, noisy, joyful portrait of life in a troubled north Cork suburbFilm-maker Brendan Canty’s debut feature finds the sweet spot between geezer romp and gritty social realismThu Aug 28 2025 - 05:12
The ultimate in movie-star glamour: Emma Stone, Julia Roberts and George Clooney get their speedboats readyVenice International Film Festival 2025 is getting under way – and for Hollywood stars nothing tops arriving on a glossy motor launchWed Aug 27 2025 - 05:13
Caught Stealing review: Darren Aronofsky’s crime caper is good fun but tonally chaoticSomething happens a third of the way in that should change everything, but doesn’tWed Aug 27 2025 - 05:07
A biopic of Sinéad O’Connor? There are reasons to want what we haven’t yet got A film about Sinéad O’Connor could prove welcome Sun Aug 24 2025 - 05:06
Four new films to see this week: Sorry, Baby, The Life of Chuck, Eddington and Oslo Stories: SexEva Victor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal star in a quartet of movies released in the week of August 23rd, 2025Sun Aug 24 2025 - 05:01
Everything and the Kitchen Sink by Simon Matthews: A survey of entertainment in pre-Beatles BritainThough not a history of gritty realism in film and beyond, kitchen sink is certainly the prevailing mood Sat Aug 23 2025 - 14:27
Pierce Brosnan interview: ‘John Huston said I was too handsome. It can get in the way’The Irish actor, star of The Thursday Murder Club, on losing a John Huston role because of his face, the James Bond years and the state of the USFri Aug 22 2025 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Which is not an Elvis flick?Plus: Who among the current Fantastic Four has not appeared in a Ridley Scott film?Fri Aug 22 2025 - 05:00
Sorry, Baby review: Eva Victor’s near-perfect debut is clever, warm and originalThis rare optimistic film from the independent sector likes almost all of its charactersThu Aug 21 2025 - 05:12
The Life of Chuck review: Stephen King adaptation starts strongly and goes backwardsThe fans Mike Flanagan’s film has acquired seem moved to near-religious ecstasy. Beware of the evangelistsWed Aug 20 2025 - 05:09
Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’The director, who made a name for himself with the video for Hozier’s mega-hit Take Me to Church in 2013, on joining forces with the BBC for his feature film debutTue Aug 19 2025 - 05:15
Terence Stamp, a kid from London’s East End, appeared in all the right films for all the right directorsStamp, who has died aged 87, and Julie Christie were the 1960s signature couple: suave, casual, staggeringly good-lookingMon Aug 18 2025 - 09:08
Emma Raducanu and the crying child: it’s clear who’s to blameThe tennis star’s complaints to the umpire about this disruptive audience highlight an age-old problemSun Aug 17 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week: Materialists, Together, Night Always Comes and Oslo Stories: LoveDave Franco, Alison Brie, Pedro Pascal, Dakota Johnson and Vanessa Kirby star in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 15th, 2025Sun Aug 17 2025 - 05:00
Mel Gibson: ‘I’ve still got the Irish passport... I think I understand the quirky nature of the Irish mind’Veteran filmmaker is in Trim, Co Meath, for the 30th anniversary of Braveheart, which he directed and starred inSat Aug 16 2025 - 05:31
The Movie Quiz: Which Saturday Night Fever song is a recommended guide to the rhythm for manual CPR?Plus: Who, in 1999, soundtracked the apparent end of the world?Fri Aug 15 2025 - 05:00
The Weir review: A kingly Brendan Gleeson, a magnificent Tom Vaughan-LawlorConor McPherson directs his own drama, now almost 30 years old, with a cast that also includes Seán McGinley, Kate Phillips and Owen McDonnellThu Aug 14 2025 - 06:01
Together review: Alison Brie and Dave Franco star in stomach-churning masterclass in eughThis twisty, shameless entertainment starring the real-life marrieds has tremendous fun playing with how the sexes are perceivedThu Aug 14 2025 - 05:00
Materialists review: This non-romcom has the welcome oddness of a future classicDon’t mind the baffled American critics: Celine Song’s follow-up to her Oscar-nominated Past Lives is gorgeous and intelligentWed Aug 13 2025 - 09:10
Film-maker Dag Johan Haugerud: From laid-off librarian to Golden Bear-winning director of the Oslo Stories trilogyThe Norwegian director on writing a convincing teenage girl, how the camera embellishes beauty, and achieving international success at the age of 60Mon Aug 11 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week: Weapons, Freakier Friday, The Kingdom and Conor Walsh: Selected Piano WorksA quartet of movies released in the week of August 8th, 2025Sun Aug 10 2025 - 05:00
Are Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson really an item? What’s not to celebrate?The apparently happy couple look like the sort of neighbours you’d trust to feed your cat while you’re in MarbellaFri Aug 08 2025 - 14:57
The Movie Quiz: What was that feckin’ Mrs Brown’s Boys film called?Plus: The chap behind which series is about to embark on Bond 26?Fri Aug 08 2025 - 05:00
Conor Walsh: Selected Piano Works review – Quietly persuasive, impressively original of the late Mayo musicianKeith Walsh has fashioned a touching study of a fascinating, if allusive, personality who died suddenly aged 36Thu Aug 07 2025 - 05:00
Weapons review: The best Stephen King adaptation to not be adapted from a Stephen King storyJulia Garner and Josh Brolin star in Zach Cregger’s film about a weird disturbance in a small townWed Aug 06 2025 - 05:00
South Park isn’t letting go of Donald Trump’s hambone any time soonMatt Stone and Trey Parker’s Comedy Central satire wrongfoots attempts to nail down its politics. That’s as it should beSun Aug 03 2025 - 05:20
Four new films to see this week: The Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, Late Shift and Oslo Stories: Dreams (Sex Love)A quartet of movies released in the week of August 1st, 2025Sun Aug 03 2025 - 05:00
Bring Her Back director Danny Philippou: ‘I love the psycho-biddy genre. It allows actors to really play’Grown adults have been covering their eyes and hyperventilating at the RackaRacka brothers’ new film. It also has important things to say about griefSat Aug 02 2025 - 05:14
The Movie Quiz: Where in Dublin was Checkpoint Charlie situated back in 1965?Plus: Who was (jointly) the first actor Oscar-nominated for a Stephen King film?Fri Aug 01 2025 - 05:00
Late Shift review: A nursing meltdown opens us up to unseen and underappreciated livesLeonie Benesch plays a surgical nurse doing vital midnight duty in a hospital strained by understaffingThu Jul 31 2025 - 05:08
The Naked Gun review: Liam Neeson a bit of a puzzle amid big dumb fun It doesn’t matter what it’s parodying, the film delivers lots of good jokesWed Jul 30 2025 - 14:00
‘I am thrilled’: Cillian Murphy’s new film to have its European premiere in CorkThe Oscar winner’s new film Steve, a Netflix production, is adapted Max Porter’s best-selling novel ShyMon Jul 28 2025 - 16:22
Four new films to see this week: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Gazer, Dying/Sterben and The Bad Guys 2A quartet of movies released in the week of July 25th, 2025Sun Jul 27 2025 - 05:00
Liam Neeson: From Paisley-loving Catholic boy to actor, then action man, now comedy star The Irish actor has spent a decade leaping from helicopters, evading grenades and putting his foot in it. Now for The Naked GunFri Jul 25 2025 - 16:00
The Bad Guys 2 review: Tolerable sequel is dragged down by an overcomplicated plotThis sits between the ballet of Looney Tunes and the less sophisticated Scooby DooFri Jul 25 2025 - 05:08
The Movie Quiz: Which Hitchcock film features a future crew member of the Nostromo?Plus: Who has been declared the highest-grossing movie star of all time?Fri Jul 25 2025 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Why do Irish people love to get annoyed about ‘Oirish’ films?Yes, Americans keep stereotyping us in ‘Oirish’ films – but why do we remain so eager to get annoyed about it?Thu Jul 24 2025 - 14:40
The Fantastic Four: First Steps review - Good, clean, retro funNo homework is required. This MCU film can be enjoyed or loathed on its own uncomplicated termsTue Jul 22 2025 - 17:00
US right-wingers fear Superman’s woke ideology. Trust me, guys, you’ll be grandFormer Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway has decried the new movie and even an ex-Superman has implied the man of steel could go broke by going wokeSun Jul 20 2025 - 05:20
Barry Lyndon turns 50: Is Kubrick’s epic, filmed in Ireland, a folly or a masterpiece?The lavish take on Thackeray’s novel received mixed reviews on its first release, but has secured its place among the greatsSat Jul 19 2025 - 05:16
The Movie Quiz: Who has never played Kevin Costner’s wife?Plus: Which studio’s films were, from 1924-1928, introduced by a Dublin-born legend?Fri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
Four Letters of Love review: Every interior in this preposterous film suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne team up with antique spinning-wheels, nuns and vowels from all 32 countiesFri Jul 18 2025 - 05:10
Friendship review: This twisted buddy-buddy movie is funny but not much fun Comedian Tim Robinson brings the cringe factor – and suppressed fury – to Andrew DeYoung’s writing and directing debut Fri Jul 18 2025 - 05:08
