The Book ThiefSmart older kids might buy this too cosy depiction of Germany’s descent into fascismFri Feb 28 2014 - 00:00
Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAsBrendan and Domhnall Gleeson nominated in the best actor categoryThu Feb 27 2014 - 13:46
Celebrities mouthing off can be annoying but let’s give them the benefit of the doubtOpinion: It hurts a little, but I’m going to say it anyway. You keep at it, BonoSat Feb 22 2014 - 00:01
Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 and Volume 2Lars Von Trier continues on his highly eccentric way with this bold and bonkers epicFri Feb 21 2014 - 10:58
Elementary my dear WatsonCautious and couched, Emily Watson is an actor who exhibits reason and calm at every turn. So how did such a sober person find herself in such as dangerous business? “I was pretty bloody minded . . .”Fri Feb 21 2014 - 00:00
McQueen brought to earth as ‘Gravity’ wins six BaftasIt was a night of surprises – not least when Tinie Tempah high-fived Prince WilliamMon Feb 17 2014 - 01:01
We’ve been sheltered from the weather, but now it’s all changeOpinion: How strange it is that global warming has become an issue that divides right and leftSun Feb 16 2014 - 00:01
The Morgan formula: how to put famous lives on filmScreenwriter Peter Morgan developed a neat way of portraying personalities, from Tony Blair and David Frost to the queen: focus on one incident. Now everyone’s at itFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Richard Dreyfuss on Spielberg and Stone, Hollywood and the almighty dollarStill the curmudgeon after all these years, Richard Dreyfuss - who's in Dublin this week for the JDIFF - hasn’t lost any of his appetite for bashing Hollywood and colleagues who irritate him.Fri Feb 14 2014 - 00:00
HerSpike Jonze’s new film is a deeply humane fable about love in the nth degreeFri Feb 14 2014 - 00:00
Former child star Shirley Temple dies aged 85Juvenile star began acting aged three and became the most famous child actor of all timeTue Feb 11 2014 - 18:43
A Fiennes romanceRalph Fiennes talks about his childhood in Ireland, the great Bond conundrum, and dipping into the complicated private life of a fellow English celebrity – Charles DickensSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
The ancient art of rhetoric can still thrive in a hostile climateOpinion: The public oration was at its most powerful before the arrival of mass literacySat Feb 08 2014 - 00:01
Robocop's other half Abbie Cornish keeps it countryThe Australian has come a long way, from lauded turns in arthouse hits to the new Robocop. Donald Clarke talks to the star – if only he can get a word in over the puppies and parakeetsFri Feb 07 2014 - 00:00
Homophobia in focus: Dallas Buyers Club reviewAn obnoxious homophobe becomes a most unlikely hero in the fight against Aids in this stirring true-life dramaFri Feb 07 2014 - 00:00
Philip Seymour Hoffman: a strange kind of movie starRather than being bullied into adoration by tub-thumping promotion, filmgoers felt they had discovered Hoffman all on their ownMon Feb 03 2014 - 17:43
Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New YorkOscar-winning actor (46) dies from an apparent drug overdose in his apartmentMon Feb 03 2014 - 10:26
The appeal of Garth Brooks is destined to remain a mystery to people like usOpinion: The tapenade-eaters are always going to remain immune to the charms of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’Sat Feb 01 2014 - 00:01
Lone SurvivorGet past the dubious, gung-ho imperialism and this is a gripping, gruelling thrillerFri Jan 31 2014 - 13:33
Matthew McConaughey's hunk evolutionHe was once known primarily as a mahogany beefcake, but a series of thrilling performances has seen Matthew McConaughey’s critical star rise to the very top. The Oscar nominee talks reinvention, rom-coms and running the gauntlet of awards seasonFri Jan 31 2014 - 00:00
Why is it that spoilers seem to make so many people lose the plot?Opinion: If Dr Johnson could get by without issuing spoiler warnings surely the rest of us canSun Jan 26 2014 - 00:01
JDIFF 2014: A fest for the sensesFrom the flicks to the deliberations, Donald Clarke’s 10 must-sees, must-hears for this year’s Dublin film festivalFri Jan 24 2014 - 12:20
Hugh O’Conor: the long road from Young Poisoner to reluctant stagHugh O’Conor’s brilliant childhood performances are seared into our collective memory – and as his grown-up self gets a big-screen outing in new Irish comedy The Stag, he sits down with Donald Clarke to talk early success, turning 40 and everything in betweenFri Jan 24 2014 - 00:00
The Wolf of Wall StreetMartin Scorsese’s study of Wall Street excess is beautifully made but madly over the topThu Jan 23 2014 - 16:11
Programme for 12th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival revealedThis year’s guests include actors Richard Dreyfuss, Terry Gilliam, John Hurt and Jason PriestleyTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:01
