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Despite setting post-pandemic box-office records, the industry is still struggling with an existential crisis that compares to the arrival of television in the 1950s
The Light House cinema in Dublin and Pálás in Galway annihilate records with busiest weekends ever
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The screenplay is positively philosophical at times, as a self-conscious plot spins ever deeper into creative absurdity
Stars of Greta Gerwig’s new film talk ‘Kenergy’, tackling the complexity of Barbie and Gosling’s disappointing rollerblading skills
If the box-office projections are right, the battle between Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie won’t even be close
Inspired by a German ‘exhibitionist and floozy’ and reviled by generations of feminists, Barbie now synonymises more than a child’s doll
It is difficult to locate the narrative or emotional core in a film that has difficulty settling upon what story it wants to tell
The films to watch out for this season – including two that make up the most anticipated movie weekend in years
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Donald Clarke: The frenzy of online irony is woven in with reasonable expectations the film could turn out to be a classic
Damien Chazelle’s evocation of pre-talkie Hollywood features some of his very best work but also some of his clumsiest follies
Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards
She left the Chinese restaurant for Rada to become one of her generation’s best actors
The sexless but sanguine soap is on the endangered list, struggling in a changed world
Review: James Gunn’s comic-strip fantasy delivers on its own terms
Films are once again being shown on big screens, as well as on Netflix and Disney+
The compelling film of the Harding-Kerrigan scandal gets to the heart of human frailty
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Donald Clarke: A genuinely offensive remark is one thing. But don’t hang critics out to dry
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