Donald Clarke: Try going outdoors, it might not be too badA big screen in a park isn’t everyone’s idea of a night at the movies, but it’ll workSat Jul 17 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Anthony Hopkins has played Hannibal how many times?Plus: ‘He loved the American dream with a vengeance’: the tagline to which movie?Fri Jul 16 2021 - 06:00
Deerskin: Jean Dujardin excels as a man in love with his jacketReview: Clothes maketh the man in this perplexing and darkly funny filmFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:00
Fear Street Parts One, Two & Three: a trilogy of oddball shockersNetflix offerings bridge the gap between YA aesthetic and grown-up(ish) horrorFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:00
Finding You: Months after Wild Mountain Thyme, Sky gives us more crock-of-gold baloneyReview: Twinkly ballads aside, it at least portrays Ireland as a modern placeWed Jul 14 2021 - 16:36
Vicky Krieps: ‘I lit a candle every day to not be nominated for an Oscar’The Luxembourger did not share Daniel Day-Lewis’s ire over Phantom Thread snubWed Jul 14 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekBlockbuster Black Widow, US indie First Cow, and Euro dramas Jumbo and ToveSun Jul 11 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What is the very first line in The Godfather?Plus: Jackie is my mom. Frank Jr is my brother. Who is my ex-wife?Fri Jul 09 2021 - 10:30
Jumbo: A magic-ride escape from realityThere is comedy and warmth in a drama about a woman’s love for an inanimate objectFri Jul 09 2021 - 05:00
Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel swansong is a cut aboveFlorence Pugh steals the show in the latest, mercifully fun superhero outing in the MCUFri Jul 09 2021 - 05:00
Galway Film Fleadh unveils this year’s ‘outdoor summer’ programmeThe mainstage will be an outdoor cinema with all events available to stream onlineWed Jul 07 2021 - 19:00
Iftas 2021: Posthumous award for ‘searing’ Nika McGuigan is the moment of the nightThe hit TV adaptation Normal People converts nine of its 15 nominations into IftasSun Jul 04 2021 - 23:00
Four new films to see this weekOscar winner Another Round, Irish horror Son, docs Last Man Standing, Lady BossSun Jul 04 2021 - 06:00
Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson: ‘We finally have an entire film dedicated to her’The Marvel film arrives a year-plus later than intended, in an evolving cinematic marketSun Jul 04 2021 - 05:00
There is no easier way to annoy a British soccer fan than referring to soccer as ‘soccer’Donald Clarke: The rejection of the word by English people happened weirdly recentlySat Jul 03 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is currently the highest grossing film of all time?Plus: Which unavoidable 1960s hit was derived from Lara’s Theme in Dr Zhivago?Fri Jul 02 2021 - 06:00
Another Round: An intoxicating mix of ideas about boozingThe glass is both half empty and half full in Thomas Vinterberg’s fascinating, funny filmFri Jul 02 2021 - 05:00
Son: Gothic parental horrors in the American southIrish director Ivan Kavanagh anchors his ambiguous horror in believable traumaFri Jul 02 2021 - 05:00
The 10 best movies of 2021 so far – in orderOur film correspondent on Nomadland, A Quiet Place Part II and a few overlooked gemsTue Jun 29 2021 - 09:20
Four new films to see this weekFast & Furious 9, Supernova, Fatima, The Hitman’s Wife’s BodyguardSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:00
The best new movies coming to cinema and TV this summerFilms are once again being shown on big screens, as well as on Netflix and Disney+Sun Jun 27 2021 - 05:00
Thomas Vinterberg: ‘We were fascinated with the dark side of drinking’Danish director of Another Round on creativity, destruction and temptation of moneySat Jun 26 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Is Spielberg returning to TV? Yes and noThe auteur’s Netflix deal is more a case of making peace with an evolving hybrid formSat Jun 26 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Black Widow is the first film in which phase of the MCU?Plus: One Scot. Two Englishmen. One Welshman. One Irishman. Who’s missing?Fri Jun 25 2021 - 06:00
Supernova: Irresistible film about life on the fringes of catastropheFilm review: Firth and Tucci are flawless as partners grappling with early dementiaFri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00
Fast & Furious 9: Never mind the physics, just go along for the rideImmerse yourself in ever-sillier stunts and the stars’ genuinely sparky interplayFri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week, including Pixar’s latest streamingLuca, In the Heights, In the Earth, The Money OrderSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
From ‘credit-card movies’ to a billion-dollar franchiseJustin Lin on starting out as an indie director, diversity in film, and making Fast & Furious 9, the latest in the superhit seriesSat Jun 19 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Sing it with me – the musical will outlive its boring detractorsIt has been driven underground at times, but the form remains reassuringly resilientSat Jun 19 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which Oscar winner has been a guest voice on The Simpsons?Plus: Dublin 8’s Hollywood studio icon, a classic 40 years old this monthFri Jun 18 2021 - 06:00
In the Earth: Weird goings-on (again) in rural EnglandReview: Ben Wheatley’s freak-folk horror makes up in mood what it lacks in coherenceFri Jun 18 2021 - 05:00
Luca: Pixar’s new film is lively and kind of funny. But it’s no Finding NemoDespite thin characters and loose plotting, this will still fill a gap for younger viewersFri Jun 18 2021 - 05:00
Reece Shearsmith: ‘We were nerds in that vicious way’The League of Gentlemen ‘would be a hard sell now because it’s so distinctively its own thing’Thu Jun 17 2021 - 05:00
Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominationsSally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous awardTue Jun 15 2021 - 08:30
Four new films to see this weekA Quiet Place II, The Father and Peter Rabbit 2 in cinemas, Ellie & Abbie on demandSun Jun 13 2021 - 06:00
What fresh vision of hell is this so-called ‘Portobello Plaza'?It takes self-parodic grandiosity to call this slab of uninviting Dublin pavement a plazaSat Jun 12 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Cruella de Vil made her first appearance in which film?Plus: Oscar acting and the Irish and The Quiet Man’s unspoken subjectFri Jun 11 2021 - 06:00
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt): Sweet teen sweetheartsReview: Charming lesbian rom-com set in and around a sunny Sydney high schoolFri Jun 11 2021 - 05:00
Cannes film festival 2021: Irish-produced movie secures place in prestigious Directors’ FortnightElement Pictures’ The Souvenir Part II stars Honor Swinton Byrne and Tilda SwintonTue Jun 08 2021 - 11:45
A Quiet Place Part II: Four stars for Cillian Murphy’s ruthless new film – the ingenuity never faltersFilm review: ‘More of the same’ has rarely been carried off with such elan. Roll on Part IIIMon Jun 07 2021 - 05:00
Paul Mescal scoops Bafta award for Normal People‘I am so lucky that I got to continue working ... this feels like a nice way to tie it up in a bow’Sun Jun 06 2021 - 22:04
Four new films to see this week, including Conjuring 3 in cinemasThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Dinner in America, Gunda, After LoveSun Jun 06 2021 - 06:00
Deirdre of the sorrows: Fianna Fáil election video is excruciating. Is that the point?Deirdre Conroy’s video plea to Dublin Bay South voters has to be seen to be regrettedSat Jun 05 2021 - 05:00
Cillian Murphy: ‘The less that people know about me the better’‘I didn’t see myself as a personality. I see myself as an actor. I think those are two distinct jobs’Sat Jun 05 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What really went down Psycho’s bloody plughole?Plus: ‘Who am I? You sure you wanna know?’ and the highest for the longestFri Jun 04 2021 - 06:00
After Love: compelling and complex tale of betrayalJoanna Scanlan shines in this subtle drama of a widow who learns a shocking secretFri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00
Gunda: The uncomfortable truth about how a sausage is madeViktor Kossakovsky’s film raises profound questions about our dominion over animalsFri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00
‘Cinema is not dead.’ Cannes film festival makes a promising returnAfter cancelling in 2020, Cannes returns this summer with an extensive programmeThu Jun 03 2021 - 14:45
A ‘disgusting movie’ made by ‘vile creatures’? This Irish film is far from that, says its directorLetitia Wright and Josh O’Connor star in Aisha, Frank Berry’s movie about direct provisionTue Jun 01 2021 - 13:00
Four new films to stream this weekCruella, I Used to Be Normal, Earwig and the Witch, Alex Ferguson: Never Give InSun May 30 2021 - 06:00
