Mr Turner review: Spall grunts and swaggers his way through one of Mike Leighâs greatest filmsFri Oct 31 2014 - 09:12
Jesssica Paré: Mad, rad and very useful to knowThe Mad Men star on singing with The Jesus and Mary Chain, her new Irish movie Standby, and being constantly badgered for spoilers about the hit TV seriesFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:02
One Million Dubliners review: Homage to Glasnevin is a dead-cert winnerDocumentary on the famous cemetery a fitting tribute to the work of Shane MacThomaisFri Oct 31 2014 - 00:00
Gerry and Nigel just two peas in a mainstream insurgency podSinn FĂ©in and Ukip? Theyâre practically twins they areSat Oct 25 2014 - 07:21
Zabriskie Point review: Still properly blows the mindMichelangelo Antonioniâs groovy free-form symphony hits US 1960s counterculture right on the nailFri Oct 24 2014 - 17:54
Love, Rosie review: fake-Irish rom com bombThe street signs are just as phoney as the plot in this typical piece of ron-com sludgeFri Oct 24 2014 - 03:30
The Babadook review: a horror movie for the agesJennifer Kentâs truly original shocker is easily the best horror film to make it into commercial cinemas this yearFri Oct 24 2014 - 03:00
The Guarantee: the unmaking of modern IrelandâA bleak portrait of the end of a pocket empireâ. Writer Colin Murphy and producer John Kelleher tell Donald Clarke about bringing the story of the most expensive bank bailout in history to the big screenFri Oct 24 2014 - 02:00
Are gamers misogynistic? Some certainly areOpinion: âVirtually every time a feminist comments on video gaming culture, slope-headed reactionaries attempt to shut her down with threats of sexual violenceâSat Oct 18 2014 - 11:14
The Judge review: Downey and Duvall lower the bar all the waySomebody ought to issue a bench warrant against the makers of this corny, endless so-called thrillerFri Oct 17 2014 - 00:00
Showrunners review: 'Oh no, I have this bad back from lifting all this gold bullion'This entertaining documentary about TVâs movers & shakers is definitely running on plentyFri Oct 17 2014 - 00:00
Coppola dynasty: three generations of Coppola in filmGrandpa Francis may have lit the spark, but director Gia Coppola takes most of the inspiration for her debut film from the writing of good friend James Franco, she tellsDonald ClarkeFri Oct 17 2014 - 00:00
Pouring cold water on anti-fluoridation argumentsOpinion: âTo be fair, none of these more colourful arguments seem to have been levelled in Dublin City CouncilâSun Oct 12 2014 - 12:01
The top 50 films on Netflix, October 2014The classics section is surprisingly small, and the same schlock keeps coming up again and again, but there are plenty of movie gems lurking around NetflixFri Oct 10 2014 - 14:18
'71 review: a visceral reminder of dark daysThis visceral pursuit yarn makes Northern Ireland during the Troubles look like a distant hostile planetFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
Annabelle review: crying, talking, sleeping, walking evil dollThe toy could hardly seem more sinister if it had presented âTop of the Popsâ during the 1970sFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
Will Poulter: âActing was a release from what I found to be a very tough period of my lifeâEven at 21, Will Poulter works hard at being the best thing in every picture he makes, writes Donald ClarkeFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
Gold review: strong performances, convincing characterisationNiall Heery follows up âSmall Engine Repairâ with âGoldâ; the sort of film you want to hug indulgently to a welcoming bosomFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
The Rewrite review: Hugh Grantâs fringe may be gone, but the comic timing is still thereFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
End may be approaching for absurd blasphemy offenceOpinion: Nobody should be discriminated against because of his or her personal philosophy (whether religious or not)Sat Oct 04 2014 - 00:01
There will be Vlad: an audience with young Dracula in AntrimThe Northern Irish set of Universalâs latest take on a horror legend seems to hark back more to a place called Westeros than to 15th-century RomaniaThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Why is it happy days in Northern Ireland, but anxious times in Cookstown?Opinion: Our most celebrated rock musician, Van Morrison, brings whole weather systems of misery onto stage with himSun Sept 28 2014 - 12:01
Denzel Washington: âPeople retire because they think they should, but you need that work to liveâCan Denzel Washington really be about to turn 60? He came late to film but heâs already built up a fine legacyFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
What We Did on Our Holidays review: donât parents say the funniest things...Fri Sept 26 2014 - 00:00
âReinvented classical mechanics? ... Iâm afraid I canât sell that in PeoriaâSat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00
Woody Allen: âI am realistic in my appraisal of the human condition, but not realistic in my everyday lifeâRecent scandals havenât dimmed Woody Allenâs enthusiasm for making films â though he doesnât understand why people still want to watch themFri Sept 19 2014 - 00:20
A Walk Among the Tombstones review: more measured than the average Neeson punch-upFri Sept 19 2014 - 00:00
Director of The Guard says Irish films are not âintelligentâMcDonagh doesnât want Calvary regarded as Irish: âitâs just set in Ireland with lots of Irish charactersâMon Sept 15 2014 - 13:37
Make the most of your college days - itâs all downhill after thatOpinion: âWithin minutes of completing oneâs final exams, the vileness of the student state imbeds itself in the part of the human brain that controls irrational hatredsâSat Sept 13 2014 - 00:01
A Most Wanted Man review: Corbijn does Le Carré, Philip Seymour Hoffman steals the showFri Sept 12 2014 - 00:00
Pride and the pits: when gay rights met the striking minersNew movie Pride celebrates the unlikely meeting of Britainâs striking miners and gay rights campaigners in the 1980s. Poverty, homophobia, Aids and the defeat of the miners provide an unlikely backdrop. Donald Clarke takes pride in a cultural rebellionThu Sept 11 2014 - 17:00
