The Lady of Heaven: A rare biopic in which the subject is never properly seenFilm review: Faith-based movie concerned with Muhammad’s daughter FatimaFri Apr 29 2022 - 05:00
Downton Abbey: A New Era review – Both aristocrats and servants sound too middle classDominic West is superb in a strong cast battling valiantly with an overstuffed scriptTue Apr 26 2022 - 13:30
Four new films to see in cinemas and stream this weekHappening, Playground, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, EnnioSun Apr 24 2022 - 06:00
Why does nobody have the decency to protest any more?Donald Clarke: Protesters from the progressive left seem more easy to provoke these days than their conservative counterpartsSat Apr 23 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: The Northman shares much of its plot with Shakespeare’s...?Plus: Who was the last Corleone standing at the end of the Godfather trilogy?Fri Apr 22 2022 - 06:00
Happening review: Unwanted pregnancy in 1960s FranceAudrey Diwan’s award-winning study has the tension of a thrillerFri Apr 22 2022 - 05:00
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: Sharon Horgan is funny, Nic Cage is himselfReview: Cage plays a version of himself, similar to his Wild at Heart characterFri Apr 22 2022 - 05:00
Cannes 2022: God’s Creatures starring Paul Mescal to premiere at upcoming festival‘Special screening’ planned for offbeat horror film starring Kerry woman Jessie BuckleyTue Apr 19 2022 - 15:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekRobert Eggers’s The Northman, Bullock & Tatum in The Lost City, Small Body, BenedetaSun Apr 17 2022 - 06:00
Stephen King’s prolific writing will leave future generations gratefulDonald Clarke: Problem is not with the writer but with the smallness of the critics’ mindsSat Apr 16 2022 - 00:00
‘I am grateful for the experience. It was like I got a PhD in filmmaking’Director Robert Eggers on making his bloody Viking epic The Northman in time of CovidSat Apr 16 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: What Oscar was Chris Rock presenting when ‘that’ happened?Plus: Which decade saw the release of the most official Star Wars films?Fri Apr 15 2022 - 06:00
The Lost City: Not as much fun as it thinks it isTen minutes of Brad Pitt livens up a film woefully short on screwball energyFri Apr 15 2022 - 05:00
Cannes 2022: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick to be shown at film festivalUp to 35,000 accredited to attend the festival this year, the biggest showing since 2019Thu Apr 14 2022 - 14:18
The Northman: Gruesome Viking epic bustles with intelligence and inventionNo dull moments in Robert Eggers’ third film, though the extreme violence will not be for everyoneMon Apr 11 2022 - 18:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekThe Outfit, Fantastic Beasts 3, Compartment No 6, All I Can SaySun Apr 10 2022 - 06:00
Can rotund characters be represented by less rounded actors?Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readersSat Apr 09 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: Which record did CODA not break at the Oscars?Plus: How many times have Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis collaborated?Fri Apr 08 2022 - 06:00
The Outfit: A well-tailored but stagey mob dramaMark Rylance excels in this impressive if rather uncinematic filmFri Apr 08 2022 - 05:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – an emotionally unengaging slogThe spell had been long broken before this barely tolerable third instalmentTue Apr 05 2022 - 15:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTrue Things, Morbius, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Bad GuysSun Apr 03 2022 - 06:00
Oscars 2022: While watching Will Smith’s meltdown, you may have missed this milestoneDonald Clarke: Apple TV+ became first streamer to win Best Picture gong for CODASat Apr 02 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: What unit of distance does Han Solo think is a unit of time?Plus: Peter Benchley, Michael Crichton, Thomas Keneally, Alice Walker and...?Fri Apr 01 2022 - 06:00
The Bad Guys: Bad, but not in a good wayPedestrian animation and ancient gags make this no fun for all the familyFri Apr 01 2022 - 05:00
Bruce Willis: A chilling anecdote lays bare the illness that ended his long and successful careerThe actor’s increasingly patchy career has been cut short by the disorder aphasiaThu Mar 31 2022 - 14:11
Morbius review: A Spider-Man spin-off written with a crayon and edited with a chainsawNeither of the first two Venom films were any good, but they both made mighty fortunesThu Mar 31 2022 - 12:20
Oscars 2023: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nomineesDonald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy AwardsTue Mar 29 2022 - 13:30
Oscars: The last 22 best picture winners – in order of greatnessWhere does this year’s winner, CODA, sit in our ranking of 21st-century Oscar winners?Tue Mar 29 2022 - 05:55
Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry pranksterOscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snappedMon Mar 28 2022 - 14:51
Oscars 2022: Full list of winners, including Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast screenplayDune wins most awards. CODA takes best picture. Power of the Dog almost shut outMon Mar 28 2022 - 06:46
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture awardKenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical BelfastMon Mar 28 2022 - 05:58
Oscars 2022: Irish contingent among pre-ceremony Covid outbreaksBelfast’s Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds have been isolating in New York after testing positiveSun Mar 27 2022 - 09:36
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekAmbulance, The Cellar, The Worst Person in the World, RiverSun Mar 27 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: As a cyclist, I have the right to despise cyclistsDo you hate fair-weather cyclists? No, you hate me and my exclusionary attitude. I do tooSat Mar 26 2022 - 05:00
Oscars 2022: Who should win, and who will win?Ireland has its biggest haul of nominations since 2016, but has won few awards so farSat Mar 26 2022 - 05:00
Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinemaThe fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah ConnorFri Mar 25 2022 - 06:00
The Oscar Movie Quiz: Power of the Dog has how many acting nominations?Plus: How many ’22 nominees for best actress are in best picture nominees?Fri Mar 25 2022 - 06:00
Ambulance: Faint praise, but this is easily Michael Bay’s best film in 25 yearsFilm review: The director delivers a slightly more sophisticated take on his usual mayhemFri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00
The Cellar: Chilling tale set in a creepy Irish mansionFilm review: Spooky start and apocalyptic end set this film apart from the horror packFri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00
Oscars 2022: 11 great Irish moments at the Academy AwardsDaniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and many others have taken home an Oscar to IrelandThu Mar 24 2022 - 16:54
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
