The Irish Times

Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Sat Jan 18 2020 - 06:10

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in December

You season 2, Noah Baumback’s Marriage Story, 6 Underground and The Witcher

Mon Dec 02 2019 - 05:45

The Two Popes: one giant leap of faith

Review: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce go full throttle in a sanitised version of the truth

Fri Nov 29 2019 - 05:00

Call me a snob, but Marvel’s Black Panther is ‘less than’ Scorsese’s Raging Bull

Donald Clarke: Kids’ movies are becoming the only cinema many punters will pay to see

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00

Donald Clarke: Why The Crown won’t make Olivia Colman’s brown eyes blue

Neither Claire Foy nor Colman look much like the queen, so does ocular continuity matter?

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00

What’s up and what’s down at the Toronto International Film Festival

Knives Out, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, The Goldfinch and The Report among the contenders

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 06:00

A dull Goldfinch, two funny popes, and Scarlett Johansson’s broken marriage

Toronto film festival: Opening weekend also included Knives Out, Greed and Sea Fever

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 11:15

The 100 greatest foreign-language films revealed

Only four out of the top 100 films directed by women in BBC poll of critics

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 06:42

John le Carré: the spymaster who was never left out in the cold

The spy novelist is 87, but his star has never shone brighter, with a BBC adaptation of ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ about to start

Fri Oct 26 2018 - 05:30

Colourful, efficient opening ceremony kicks off Rio 2016

South America’s first ever Olympic Games gets off to happy start writes Tom Hennigan in Rio

Sat Aug 06 2016 - 10:10

Letter from Rio: No ordinary Friday night as locals wait for the Games to begin

Is it not a bit much to ask Rio’s citizens to get up for Olympics in a year of domestic strife?

Fri Aug 05 2016 - 22:35

Rio 2016: 16 things to know about the business of the Olympics

Budget overruns, ‘proud sponsors’, sportswear battles and other ‘stuff that matters’

Fri Aug 05 2016 - 12:59

The witches of Oz

Rachel Weisz, star of Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful, talks feminism, witches and Elizabeth Taylor

Fri Mar 08 2013 - 00:00