Alan Titchmarsh’s gardening trousers’ totally justified brush with North Korean censorsDonald Clarke: North Korea is right. Denim has become degenerateSun Mar 31 2024 - 05:00
Dev Patel: ‘I thought: what would young Dev want to see on screen? I created a movie for that guy’The star is on both sides of the camera in his directorial debut Monkey Man, an action movie that is really a ‘Trojan horse’ for more serious themesSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:30
Mothers’ Instinct: Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain excel in psychodrama that’s either ludicrous on purpose or just by accidentIf the costumes in this confusing film about two glamorous 1960s housewives were any more heightened, you’d demand a song and dance numberFri Mar 29 2024 - 05:30
The Beautiful Game: Hoary sporting cliches are given new life in a charmingly acted Homeless World Cup dramaTo be clear, there are no depictions of the desperate challenges homeless people face when not participating in an international soccer competitionFri Mar 29 2024 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who has yet to play the title character in a Marvel Cinematic Universe feature?Plus: Who has never held the record as the oldest ever winner of best actor Oscar?Fri Mar 29 2024 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week: Conor McGregor in Road House, Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate, Late Night with the Devil and The DelinquentsGyllenhaal and McGregor brawl on Amazon in Road House, plus class horror films Immaculate and Late Night with the Devil, and epic Argentine crime drama The DelinquentsSun Mar 24 2024 - 05:00
Jonathan Glazer’s Gaza remarks have been twisted by both sides. It requires effort to misunderstand the Oscar-winnerDonald Clarke: The film-maker’s relatively mild snatch of humanist polemic has resulted in a furore that shows no signs of going awaySun Mar 24 2024 - 05:00
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor on his new IRA heist film: ‘If it was fictitious you’d say it was too much’It retells the story of Rose Dugdale, the debutante who led a 1974 art robbery at Russborough HouseSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:15
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review – One star for the worst film of the year so farThis awful, wretched farrago showcases so much that is wrong with the Hollywood sausage-makerFri Mar 22 2024 - 05:11
The Movie Quiz: How many films won more than one Oscar this year?Plus: Who is missing: Chicolini, Pinky, Lt Bob Roland and...?Fri Mar 22 2024 - 05:00
Immaculate review: Sydney Sweeney is charismatic in disgustingly good scoop-their-eyeballs-out horrorFilm review: One of the current buzziest young stars Sydney Sweeney is as game as they come in a romp that allows few breaths to be takenThu Mar 21 2024 - 05:00
Road House review: Conor McGregor appears as a snorting maniac who smacks heads and severs tracheas in Swayze remakeAppearing opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, the Dubliner will not be mistaken for Lord Olivier in this second henchman roleWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:00
Sass, sex and recreational slaying: Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke on Drive-Away Dolls The film director and his wife have long worked together. Now they’ve teamed up to direct a wacky, anarchic, proudly lewd lesbian road movieSun Mar 17 2024 - 05:15
Planning to hate-watch Lindsay Lohan’s Irish Wish? Micksploitation addicts should prepare for disappointmentDonald Clarke: Lindsay Lohan’s new Netflix film is a harmless romantic comedy. There really isn’t much to be furious aboutSun Mar 17 2024 - 05:00
The St Patrick’s Day Movie Quiz: Wasn’t there a Derry Girl in Barbie? Which fair colleen was it?Plus: What in the name of St Hooley McHooley was Jamie Dornan chewing in 2020?Fri Mar 15 2024 - 05:00
Iftas 2024: Cillian Murphy, Saoirse Ronan nominated as Irish talents 'amongst best in the world'Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Barry Ward and Andrew Scott nominated in best actor categoryThu Mar 14 2024 - 10:36
Monster review: Hirokazu Kore-eda draws masterpieces in quiet desperation from his young starsThe Japanese director’s new film tells a story more slippery than that of Anatomy of a Fall. Pay attention throughoutThu Mar 14 2024 - 05:00
Copa 71 review: Hot pants, tracksuits and cigarette smoke – The irresistible story of the Women’s World Cup of 1971Let Serena Williams introduce you to the greatest sporting triumph you’ve never heard ofWed Mar 13 2024 - 05:00
Drive-Away Dolls review: This yellow-pack comedy from Ethan Coen raises the question ‘Oh brother, where art thou?’No good will can wholly brush away the ersatz hokeyness of this venture. It’s as if The Beatles managed to release a record by Herman’s HermitsWed Mar 13 2024 - 05:00
Oscars 2025: Donald Clarke predicts these 10 films will get best-picture nominationsHe missed out on a Poor Things prediction this year – how successful will he be for next year?Tue Mar 12 2024 - 11:00
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy now a ‘favourite’ for the next James Bond, plus other things we learned from the 96th Academy Awards Amid the kerfuffle, it was somewhat lost that the second-biggest winner of the evening was Poor Things – a remarkable feat for an Irish productionMon Mar 11 2024 - 15:02
Oscars 2024: ‘Very proud Irishman’ Cillian Murphy wins best actor, one of seven awards for OppenheimerEmma Stone wins best actress Oscar as Irish-produced Poor Things picks up four Academy AwardsMon Mar 11 2024 - 07:53
Oscars 2024: the complete list of winnersHere are all the winners of the 96th Academy Awards - and all the nomineesMon Mar 11 2024 - 05:04
Four new films to see this weekDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Copa 71, Origin, High & Low: John GallianoSun Mar 10 2024 - 10:13
Ranked: The 15 greatest Irish moments at the OscarsFrom Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker winning acting awards for My Left Foot to the Academy singing Happy Birthday to James Martin in 2023Sun Mar 10 2024 - 05:00
The English just can’t escape the taint of classDonald Clarke: Whether it’s Britpop, The Beatles or The Last Dinner Party, the English just can’t escape the taint of classSun Mar 10 2024 - 05:00
Ranked: the 25 greatest films to lose out on best picture OscarThe films that were nominated for best picture but never won, losing out more often than not to a lesser workSat Mar 09 2024 - 12:00
The Movie Quiz: What is the highest-grossing film ever directed solely by a woman?A special movie quiz in honour of International Women’s Day 2024Fri Mar 08 2024 - 08:00
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy looks unbeatable. Who else should win and who will win?It’s shaping up to be Oppenheimer’s year at the Academy Awards. What about Barbie? And could Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things also do well?Fri Mar 08 2024 - 05:15
Origin review: Clunky metaphors aside, Ava DuVernay’s film delivers emotional kick and intellectual gristIf there is occasionally the sense we are attending a lecture, it is being given by the most engaging of teachersThu Mar 07 2024 - 05:00
Diablo Cody: ‘It was a bit chilling. Suddenly grown men are following you home’ Lisa Frankenstein, the Oscar winner’s new film, is a defiantly silly hoot. But it also touches on a ‘very specific danger’ that girls first feel as teenagersSun Mar 03 2024 - 05:15
Four new films to see this weekDune: Part Two, Lisa Frankenstein, Spaceman, Four DaughtersSun Mar 03 2024 - 05:00
Kevin Costner’s no great fan of westerns. So how come he’s making another one?Donald Clarke: The actor left Yellowstone to direct Horizon: An American saga. It seems the deadest of genres has risen from the grave againSun Mar 03 2024 - 05:00
‘Daring’ Romanian satire, Brendan Gleeson’s pub farewell and a perfect McGahern adaptation at Dublin International Film FestivalDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World scoops best film award while That They May Face The Rising Sun is named best Irish film as the festival concludesSat Mar 02 2024 - 14:00
Why is mouthy Hollywood so quiet on Israel and Gaza? It could be the most politically heated Oscars ceremony in decades. I wouldn’t count on itSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:30
Origin director Ava DuVernay: ‘There’s pain, there’s fear, there’s injustice’ The film-maker’s focus on equality and inclusion is helping to change the movie industry. Her new feature, based on the bestseller Caste, continues that fightSat Mar 02 2024 - 05:15
Dune: Part Two review – Denis Villeneuve tries hard to turn high-end pulp into holy writThis follow-up film is freighted with more self-importance than you would meet in the biblical epics satirised by the Monty Python crewFri Mar 01 2024 - 05:15
The Movie Quiz: How many Irish citizens are nominated for the upcoming Oscars? Calling all movie fans: can you ace our film quiz?Fri Mar 01 2024 - 05:00
Audrey or Sorrow review: Marina Carr daringly wraps Gothic comedy around a harrowing coreTheatre: Aisling O’Sullivan, Marie Mullen, Anna Healy, Nick Dunning, Zara Devlin and Patrick Martins star in a bravura production that shouldn’t work but mostly doesThu Feb 29 2024 - 09:31
Lisa Frankenstein review: Just about fun enough to sustain 101 clattering, dusty, dimly lit minutesThere is a sense throughout of good pals inviting us into their prank. For most of the time, one is happy to play alongWed Feb 28 2024 - 05:15
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024: full list of winners and nomineesOppenheimer cemented its status as the frontrunner ahead of the Oscars as Lily Gladstone picks up acting award for Killers of the Flower Moon,Sun Feb 25 2024 - 09:02
Cillian Murphy wins best actor at SAG awards as he now looks near-unstoppable favourite for Oscar Corkman wins at 30th Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles for lead role in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film OppenheimerSun Feb 25 2024 - 08:12
Four new films to see this weekWim Wenders’s Tokyo-set Perfect Days, plus Memory, Wicked Little Letters and The Moon ThievesSun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00
Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal as stars of four Beatles biopics? I’ve heard better ideasDonald Clarke: The musical biopic is among the most benighted of cinematic genres, but there is perhaps more chance of innovation with Sam Mendes’s planned setSun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00
Jessie Buckley: ‘I grew up in a household where music, writing and expressing yourself was really nurtured’After a decade of blistering success, the Wicked Little Letters star has had a year off. Next up for the newlywed? Chloé Zhao, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Penélope CruzSat Feb 24 2024 - 05:30
‘She reminds me of Saoirse Ronan’: young actor Sade Malone lights up opening night of Dublin International Film FestivalDublin International Film Festival: the star of the opening film, Sade Malone, spoke about moving to Dublin as a baby before getting back across the Irish SeaFri Feb 23 2024 - 15:03
Kin star Sam Keeley: ‘I failed my Leaving. I don’t know if acting was a good idea, but it worked for me’Already known to audiences for his roles in What Richard Did and RTÉ hit drama Kin, Irish actor Sam Keeley is making waves internationallyFri Feb 23 2024 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is currently 2024′s highest grossing film worldwide?Plus: What new Oscar category has just been announced?Fri Feb 23 2024 - 05:00
Perfect Days review: Wim Wenders’s elegant, touching film may be his best drama since Wings of DesireSelected as the Japanese entry for the international feature Oscar, this is a film to live your life byThu Feb 22 2024 - 05:00
Barry Keoghan and his Irish buttocks: the naked Vanity Fair shoot is a win for the actor Donald Clarke: Being talked about matters. And this is us talking about himWed Feb 21 2024 - 16:37
