The Movie Quiz: Spot the ‘Richard Curtis film’ actually directed by Richard CurtisPlus: Tim Burton’s Depp count, lining up for Suicide Squad, Greta Garbo’s lamentFri Apr 02 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendGodzilla vs Kong, The Mauritanian, Minari, UndineFri Apr 02 2021 - 06:00
The Mauritanian: Guantánamo drama in need of greater biteReview: Tahar Rahim’s subtle performance lifts a gripping but flawed film about tortureFri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00
Godzilla vs Kong: Monster mash-up a cut above the restIn a puzzlingly uneven franchise, this one’s worthy of the price of admissionFri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00
Lee Isaac Chung: ‘There are a lot of hate crimes going on right now against Asians’The Korean-American filmmaker talks about Minari, which has won six Oscar nominations and comes at a fraught time for Asian communities in the USTue Mar 30 2021 - 05:00
Ian McKellen as Hamlet: Is ageism the last great barrier in the arts industry?Will the critics let them be sexagenarian murderers in peace? I wouldn’t count on itSat Mar 27 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendAmmonite, Tina, Six Minutes to Midnight, MalmkrogFri Mar 26 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Just how long is Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League?Plus: Oscar noms and counting, the 2nd best money-making film, Godzilla versus...?Fri Mar 26 2021 - 06:00
Six Minutes to Midnight: Who do you think you are kidding, Eddie Izzard?Not even Judi Dench can save writer and star Izzard’s prewar romp from drab mediocrityFri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00
Ammonite: Even the Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet sex scenes are too respectableFilm review: Starring two great actors, this could have been an awards magnetFri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00
Johnny Sexton x Ronan O’Gara x The Breakfast Club: How that viral video was madeAfter Rambo McIlroy and Graham Souness’s Brutal scent, Steven Connolly has a new parodyTue Mar 23 2021 - 14:53
Think you know the origin of 'posh'? You're wrong. AgainTrade in outlandish etymologies has been going on for as long as humans have had mouthsSat Mar 20 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What beans would Hannibal Lecter be serving up in Ireland?Plus: Stephen Rea’s Michael Collins meme and parenting an Oscar winnerFri Mar 19 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendThe Senator, Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, Town of Strangers, Banksy Most WantedFri Mar 19 2021 - 06:00
Town of Strangers: Delightful portrait of a remarkable Irish townTreasa O’Brien’s lively film about Gort blurs the line between fiction and documentaryFri Mar 19 2021 - 05:00
The Senator: Chilling exploration of Chappaquiddick cover-upFilm review: Five decades on, a scandal involving Ted Kennedy poses many questionsFri Mar 19 2021 - 05:00
Nick Broomfield: ‘It’s a choice, whether you get on with your parents’The film-maker’s latest explores his fraught relationship with his photographer fatherThu Mar 18 2021 - 05:00
Gort film Town of Strangers is a fascinating hybrid of fact and fictionTreasa O’Brien’s film explores a Galway town transformed by immigrationTue Mar 16 2021 - 05:00
Oscars 2021: Something has changed. And Donald Trump wouldn’t like itToday’s nominees look nothing like those we would have encountered in the 1990s or 2000sMon Mar 15 2021 - 17:42
Pandemic movie wins top award at Dublin International Film FestivalBest film winner Apples will be presented as an artefact of the Covid era in years to comeMon Mar 15 2021 - 09:42
Oscar nominations 2021: I can already tell you who’ll be shortlisted. ProbablyNominations for the 93rd Academy Awards are announced on Monday. Here are my predictionsSun Mar 14 2021 - 06:00
Piers Morgan, it is never wise to storm off a TV showThe unhappy truth is that it is almost impossible to storm off with dignitySat Mar 13 2021 - 05:00
Ruth Negga: ‘I didn’t experience explicit racism growing up. Maybe some exoticism’The Limerick actor is determined to play her part in making sure diverse voices are representedSat Mar 13 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is the full title of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm?Plus: Pirates at last count, losing a Golden Globe, in the possession of Studio GhibliFri Mar 12 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendJudas and the Black Messiah, Coming 2 America, The Little Things, CherryFri Mar 12 2021 - 06:00
Cherry: So what do you do after Avengers: Endgame?Review: Make a dreary crime drama in your hometown, say the Russo BrothersFri Mar 12 2021 - 05:00
Judas and the Black Messiah: Daniel Kaluuya is transcendent in this thrilling pictureThe story of the killing of a young Black Panther is flawed but fiercely muscularThu Mar 11 2021 - 08:18
Baftas 2021: Three Irish nominees in an impressively diverse line-upNomadland and Rocks lead the running; four women in competition for best-director prizeTue Mar 09 2021 - 14:55
Generational wars are created by ad executives. Don’t let them winThe promiscuous brandishing of generational cohorts is a disease of the modern ageSat Mar 06 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many films have Scorsese and De Niro made together?Plus: Back to the Future II’s year, MCU’s first villain, front seats at Moonlight debacleFri Mar 05 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendNotturno, Raya and the Last Dragon, Moxie, BacktraceFri Mar 05 2021 - 06:00
Notturno: Beauty and horror in the conflict zoneReview: Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary depicts a world defined by fear and extremismFri Mar 05 2021 - 05:00
Backtrace: Why did Sylvester Stallone even bother?Film review: Sly should have stayed away from this boring, chaotic messFri Mar 05 2021 - 05:00
Golden Globes 2021: Nomadland starring Frances McDormand wins best dramatic filmChloé Zhao becomes only the second woman, after Barbra Streisand, to win best directorMon Mar 01 2021 - 05:57
Golden Globes 2021: Who should win, who will win and are any of them Irish?Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awardsSun Feb 28 2021 - 06:00
Steve McQueen: ‘Calling me a political director is like calling me a male director’The director of Hunger and 12 Years a Slave talks about his series Small AxeSat Feb 27 2021 - 05:00
Forget bingewatching. Week-by-week, drip-feed TV is backNetflix almost annihilated the weekly TV episode. Then came WandavisionSat Feb 27 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What was Popeye’s podiatry pointer?Plus: Saoirse Ronan’s 1st of 4 nominations, the many Marxes, Spike Lee’s companyFri Feb 26 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendPelé, The Owners, The United States vs Billie Holiday, IWOW: I Walk on WaterFri Feb 26 2021 - 06:00
The Owners: Trespassers will be bloodily prosecutedFilm review: Efficient adaptation of Belgian comic begins as home invasion thriller and ends in Old Dark House territoryFri Feb 26 2021 - 05:00
The US vs Billie Holiday: Overheated portrait fails to hit the high notesIf Andra Day were in a better film, she’d be in contention for an OscarFri Feb 26 2021 - 05:00
Martin Scorsese says we are overusing the c-word (no, not that one)The word ‘content’ has come to cover any moving image you can stick before puntersSat Feb 20 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady: Four new films to stream this weekendOur movie critics rate Zappa, I Care a Lot, To Olivia, and Hellraiser: JudgmentFri Feb 19 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: How many official Star Wars films came out in the 20th century?Plus: Branagh and Shakespeare, the name of Oscar’s top prize, one director’s literary listFri Feb 19 2021 - 06:00
Zappa: Love or hate him, Frank Zappa deserves respectAlex Winter’s documentary portrait of the musician should win over the most resistantFri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00
To Olivia: Portrait of a famous family in distressFilm review: Sometimes clunky drama on the bereavement of Roald Dahl and Patricia NealFri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00
Conversations with Friends: Cast revealed for TV drama of Sally Rooney’s first novelComing after the phenomenal success of Normal People, the series is fiercely anticipatedWed Feb 17 2021 - 15:10
That Guy: The actor everyone recognises but no one can nameJohn Carroll Lynch on life as an almost famous face, his Irish roots and his new Disney+ seriesMon Feb 15 2021 - 05:00
Neil Jordan: ‘I couldn’t make The Crying Game today’The director on his new historical fiction novel, Harvey Weinstein and ageism in filmSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
Oscars 2021: Has the awards season already gone wrong?This year we’re back with historical dramas treating real-life figures with qualified respectSat Feb 13 2021 - 05:00
