Andrew Garfield: ‘I needed to be with these freaks and lunatics’Now starring in The Eyes of Tammy Faye the former web-slinger is tipped for an OscarSat Feb 05 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Jim Sheridan was the unusual director of whose biopic?Plus: How many Dan Brown adaptations has Ron Howard directed?Fri Feb 04 2022 - 06:00
Jockey: Well-crafted horse-racing drama drips with authenticityReview: Director Clint Bentley has done an exemplary job in recreating that worldFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
Money: The five-letter word that could kill the Wordle crazeNew York Times says online word game will ‘initially’ remain free to useFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
The Souvenir Part II: There is nothing else quite like this in cinemaJoanna Hogg’s quasi-autobiographical film may divide opinions, but that’s no bad thingFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
Baftas 2022: The nominations in fullKenneth Branagh’s Belfast has secured six nominations, with 11 for Denis Villeneuve’s DuneThu Feb 03 2022 - 14:34
Baftas 2022: Caitríona Balfe, Ruth Negga, Ciarán Hinds and Belfast among nominationsHalf the best supporting actress list are Irish. Dune dominates with 11 nominationsThu Feb 03 2022 - 14:22
Dublin International Film Festival 2022: In-person screenings and Adam McKay visitDomestic premiere of An Cailín Ciúin opens festival’s 20th edition on February 23rdWed Feb 02 2022 - 12:30
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekParallel Mothers, Amulet, Doineann, Sing 2Sun Jan 30 2022 - 06:00
Branagh’s Belfast is right, unionists didn't have a problem calling themselves IrishDonald Clarke: Even Ian Paisley saw no contradiction in being both British and IrishSat Jan 29 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: In Gremlins 2, which writer is deemed vital for civilisation?Plus: What just became the first ever Disney song to reach No 1 in the UK charts?Fri Jan 28 2022 - 06:00
Sing 2 review: Lord alone knows why Bono bothered to take the jobThe U2 singer appears in the guise of a grizzled lion and speaks in an American accentFri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
Doineann: Irish-language thriller starts strongly but peters outIsland noir has some nice touches until standard gangster fare takes overFri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
M&Ms have had an ‘inclusivity’ makeover. Excuse me while I overreactFox News host Tucker Carlson led the way in sneering at Green’s new androgynous lookWed Jan 26 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekKenneth Branagh's Belfast and Bradley Cooper in Nightmare Alley, plus Mass and CicadaSun Jan 23 2022 - 06:00
Mrs Brown and Madea: A meeting of culturally reviled phenomenaDonald Clarke: Maybe this is the future. Locate discrete fanbases and double your appealSat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
The 50 best films on Netflix right now: From classics to new Oscar contendersComedies, sci-fi, kids’ movies, documentaries ... Catch them before they disappearSat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many times have Scorsese and DiCaprio worked together?Plus: What do you get when you add up all the numbers in every Ocean’s film?Fri Jan 21 2022 - 06:00
Cicada: Despite a major flaw, there’s much to enjoy in this Manhattan romanceReview: This impressive drama has the compact shape of an elegant short storyFri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00
Belfast film review: Kenneth Branagh’s memoir is black-and-white and rose-tinted all overThe film is aggresively apolitical but as romanticised reverie it could hardly be betteredThu Jan 20 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekScream, Memoria and Cow in cinemas, Killing Field on demandSun Jan 16 2022 - 06:00
Catriona Balfe: ‘Monaghan in the ’80s, a guard’s daughter … you’re not particularly welcomed’The Monaghan star on modelling, motherhood – and becoming Kenneth Branagh’s maSat Jan 15 2022 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Hey Francis, leave our pets aloneThe Pope has launched a crusade against Squeaky the canary and Bowie the goldfishSat Jan 15 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Sidney Poitier was the 1st black man to win an acting Oscar; who was the 2nd?Plus: Which ski resort is about to not-quite-host one of the year’s big film festivals?Fri Jan 14 2022 - 06:00
Killing Field: No, Bruce Willis hasn’t retired. He’s just been making bad films like thisReview: The Pulp Fiction star fails to add any value to this sub-Tarantino stinkerFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Cow: Affecting but unsentimental portrait of animal lifeAndrea Arnold’s film shows how we have stripped the character away from animal livesFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations: The list in fullSome of Hollywood’s biggest names are among the nominees for the 28th SAG awardsWed Jan 12 2022 - 17:30
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2022: Belfast and Ruth Negga prominent in nominationsNegga and Caitríona Balfe have consolidated their positions in the run-up to the OscarsWed Jan 12 2022 - 17:20
Golden Globes 2022: Full list of winners in film and televisionThe Power of the Dog, West Side Story and Succession each scored three awardsMon Jan 10 2022 - 06:05
Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awardsJane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the IrishMon Jan 10 2022 - 05:55
How about a little break from Harry Potter controversies?Not even the Marvel Cinematic Universe attracts this degree of debateSun Jan 09 2022 - 22:55
Four new films to see this weekBoiling Point, A Hero, Munich: The Edge of War, The 355Sun Jan 09 2022 - 06:00
Drop the needle, it’s the 1970s on screen – againDecade of brown carpets and complicated hair lives on in a long line of retro moviesSat Jan 08 2022 - 05:00
Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, was one of cinema’s most beautiful giantsDonald Clarke: The mellifluous Poitier didn’t just break down barriers, he was also of the great movie starsFri Jan 07 2022 - 17:40
The Movie Quiz: Peter Bogdanovich owed the title of one of his hits to whom?Plus: If Rachel was once Natalie and Ansel was once Richard, then who was Rita?Fri Jan 07 2022 - 06:00
Boiling Point: Claustrophobia in the kitchenOne-shot drama pants grim picture of restaurant lifeFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:00
The 355: All-female action romp fails to rise above second-rate materialDiane Kruger is the one bright light in a movie that’s weighed down by clichésFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: China’s financial success at the cinema is not a pandemic storyPeople’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growthSat Jan 01 2022 - 05:00
50 films to see in 2022: Belfast, Avatar 2 and Top Gun: MaverickAfter the pandemic nudged back blockbusters, this year should see a wide range of releasesSat Jan 01 2022 - 05:00
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain: Starry but misfiring biopicBenedict Cumberbatch plays yet another eccentric in this portrait of a Victorian artistFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:00
Licorice Pizza: A blast of a movie starring Seymour Hoffman’s sonReview: Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film is enjoyable, chaotic and evocativeFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:00
Live or let die? How James Bond can survive beyond the Daniel Craig eraThe future for the 007 brand is uncertain, but a full reboot is looking increasingly likelyWed Dec 29 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekThe Tragedy of Macbeth, Lola and the Sea, The King’s Man, Being the RicardosMon Dec 27 2021 - 06:00
The Matrix Resurrections review: Another clunky sequel, trapped in the last centuryLana Wachowski fails to dream up any new moves for this tired and dated sequelTue Dec 21 2021 - 16:00
Best films of 2021: Irish critics name their favouritesJane Campion’s The Power of the Dog dominated, scooping several awardsTue Dec 21 2021 - 10:25
The 12 Days of Christmas Bumper Movie QuizFrom a certain gabby partridge to a four hens on the batter to one genuine piperTue Dec 21 2021 - 10:00
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Lean, efficient take on the Scottish PlayJoel Coen delivers an expressionist version of the often-filmed dramaTue Dec 21 2021 - 05:00
The King’s Man: The best entry yet in the secret agent pastiche franchisePush the barmy politics to one side and wallow in the imaginative absurdityTue Dec 21 2021 - 00:00
Four new films to see this weekSpider-Man: No Way Home, Swan Song, The Lost Daughter, The Story of Film: A New GenerationSun Dec 19 2021 - 06:00
The 50 best films of 2021 – in reverse orderAmid sequels and superhero flicks, there were films worth going back into theatres forSat Dec 18 2021 - 05:00
