Oscars 2022: What are brilliant, awkward Van Morrison’s chances of winning best song?As the most important Irish performer of the rock era, how will he fare against Hollywood?Thu Mar 24 2022 - 09:30
Oscars 2022: This best picture list is even better than the real thingHere are 10 films that could have been nominated for best picture, but weren’tWed Mar 23 2022 - 10:19
Oscars 2022: Can Jessie Buckley win an award before Saoirse Ronan?Kerry woman Jessie Buckley has been nominated for best supporting actressTue Mar 22 2022 - 09:03
Oscars 2022: The odds just changed. It’s now a two-horse race for best pictureOnce a rank outsider, Coda has won best film from the Producers Guild of AmericaMon Mar 21 2022 - 10:10
Four new films to see this weekFresh and Deep Water on demand, The Phantom of the Open and Hive in cinemasSun Mar 20 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: From blockbusters to bum-breakers – why are films so long now?The doomsayers despairing at supposedly gnat-like modern attention spans are wrongSat Mar 19 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Can you spot the fake song from Mary Poppins?Plus: Around which university did Emilio, Rob, Ally, Demi and Judd circle?Fri Mar 18 2022 - 06:00
Belfast’s waning Oscar prospects: The film could go home with not a single awardIn ‘the curse of the early favourite’, Kenneth Branagh’s film has lots of nominations but few winsFri Mar 18 2022 - 05:45
Deep Water: Neurotic, not very erotic and pretty pathetic return from Fatal Attraction directorFilm review: Adrian Lyne’s ninth feature fails miserably to be any sort of good filmFri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00
The Phantom of the Open: Gentle comedy makes the cutTrue-ish comedy celebrates ‘world’s worst golfer’Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00
William Hurt, Oscar-winning American actor with troubled personal life, dies aged 71His career ranged from an Oscar win to the Marvel Cinematic UniverseSun Mar 13 2022 - 21:54
Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the DogKenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actressSun Mar 13 2022 - 21:00
Four new films to see this weekRed Rocket and Foscadh in cinemas, Turning Red and The Adam Project streamingSun Mar 13 2022 - 06:00
Iftas 2022: An Cailín Ciúin beats Belfast in ‘watershed moment for Irish-language cinema’Catherine Clinch (12) wins best actress while Moe Dunford wins best actor for NightrideSat Mar 12 2022 - 22:01
‘I was just a very confused actor. But I was really keen to learn’Mark Rylance on his unlikely road to Hollywood stardom, and why Brits love an underdogSat Mar 12 2022 - 05:00
The F-word, the one worse than feck, is all over pop and no one caresSwearing is big and clever. Just listen to Olivia Rodrigo, or look at the streaming figuresSat Mar 12 2022 - 05:00
Spoiler alert: The Batman contains an Irish-related secretA rumour did surface in November, but was shut down quickly. Now there’s little doubtFri Mar 11 2022 - 15:33
The Movie Quiz: What does Pixar’s WALL-E stand for?Plus: Which animal has never been the title character of a Disney Animation feature?Fri Mar 11 2022 - 06:00
Turning Red: A period drama of a very different huePixar’s latest tackles puberty and menstruation to make enchanting entertainmentFri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00
Red Rocket film review: Hilarious, unsettling portrait of a tarnished American dreamFrayed lives and unnerving relationships are vividly brought to life in Sean Baker’s latestFri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00
‘I was prowling around my flat:’ George MacKay on becoming a wolfThe English actor on new Irish film Wolf, Saoirse Ronan and his Celtic connectionsThu Mar 10 2022 - 05:00
Vortex wins best film at Dublin International Film FestivalLaura Samani wins best director for Small Body and Udo Kier takes best actorMon Mar 07 2022 - 11:08
‘My cheeks hurt because I can’t stop smiling’: Ruth Negga wins Independent Spirit AwardThe Limerick star received the best supporting actress award for PassingMon Mar 07 2022 - 07:09
Four new films to see this weekThe Batman, Ali & Ava, and Irish-themed You Are Not My Mother and NightrideSun Mar 06 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Pixar’s new period drama breaks down the menstruation tabooDomee Shi’s charming Turning Red takes aim at millennia of patriarchal queasinessSat Mar 05 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What city serenaded Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis?Plus: Who is about to follow after Michael Gough, Michael Caine and Jeremy Irons?Fri Mar 04 2022 - 06:00
Nightride: One-last-job yarn set in Belfast splutters over the lineMoe Dunford impresses in a thriller that just manages to keep its real-time gimmick goingFri Mar 04 2022 - 05:00
The Dublin International Film Festival gets off to an energetic startAfter a fully online event last year, the city’s cinemas are open again for a festival stuffed with Irish and international featuresTue Mar 01 2022 - 05:00
The Batman: More dark turns in the city of nightmaresFilm review: There aren’t any gags, but this new iteration hits most of the right notesMon Feb 28 2022 - 17:00
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast wins no Screen Actors Guild award in ceremony of upsetsIrish actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo among the award-winning cast for CodaMon Feb 28 2022 - 13:50
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekCyrano, The Duke, Foo Fighters’ Studio 666, RurangiSun Feb 27 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Can you save Charlie Brooker’s cat from a shocking death?Interactive movie/video game Cat Burglar is a delightful oddity. Is this the future?Sat Feb 26 2022 - 05:00
Clio Barnard brings signature social realism to romcom-adjacent Ali & AvaThe Arbor director’s new film looks beyond stereotypes of working-class Britain to tell the story of people getting bySat Feb 26 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who will not be hosting the upcoming Academy Awards?Plus: Who has shared space with Mr Darcy, Remington Steele and Diane Lockhart?Fri Feb 25 2022 - 06:00
Studio 666: Foo Fighters horror mash-up is not good – but it’s good it existsThis revolting film is a welcome curio – it’s like The Monkees sitcom but much bloodierFri Feb 25 2022 - 05:00
Rurangi: A gentle, affecting drama of irrefutable humanityFilm review: Elz Carrad shines in New Zealand feature on a trans man returning homeFri Feb 25 2022 - 05:00
Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin lead nominations for Irish film and television awardsWinners to be announced at virtual and in-person events in March and AprilTue Feb 22 2022 - 10:45
Four new films to see this weekHere Before, The Beatles and Charlie Chaplin in cinemas, Texas Chainsaw streamingSun Feb 20 2022 - 06:00
‘I am 12. I don’t know what my career will be’ – Catherine Clinch, star of An Cailín CiúinActor shines in Irish-language film that secured spot at ‘big three’ European film festivalsSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Oscars turn to Twitter in attempt to reverse plummeting TV ratingsHashtag horror: US viewers to vote for #OscarsFanFavourite and #OscarsCheerMomentSat Feb 19 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What was the last Bond film with no opening title song?Plus: Who pulls together Tom Clancy, Eoin Colfer and Agatha Christie?Fri Feb 18 2022 - 06:00
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Absolute bloody rubbishReview: There’s very little to be said for this squalid sequel to the 1974 originalFri Feb 18 2022 - 05:00
The Beatles: The Rooftop Concert review – Cutting a long story shortPared-down version of Peter Jackson’s mega-documentary has great momentsFri Feb 18 2022 - 05:00
Andrea Riseborough: ‘I was shredding a duck and I had a moment of clarity’She left the Chinese restaurant for Rada to become one of her generation’s best actorsWed Feb 16 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekKenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile, Oscar nominee Flee, Irish documentary The Dance, and Drive My Car director’s Wheel of Fortune and FantasySun Feb 13 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Without Neighbours, Hollywood would have a staffing crisisThe sexless but sanguine soap is on the endangered list, struggling in a changed worldSat Feb 12 2022 - 05:00
The Dance: Fascinating close-up portrait of a creative processPat Collins’s documentary captures the development of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s MámFri Feb 11 2022 - 08:14
The Movie Quiz: Which Irish legend costars in Tyler Perry’s next Madea film?Plus: Who follows in the footsteps of José Ferrer, Gérard Depardieu and Steve Martin?Fri Feb 11 2022 - 06:00
Death on the Nile: Harmlessly enjoyable entertainmentKenneth Branagh’s long-delayed whodunnit overcomes most of its problemsFri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00
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 nominationsTue Feb 08 2022 - 17:45
