The Irish Times

‘I am grateful for the experience. It was like I got a PhD in filmmaking’

Director Robert Eggers on making his bloody Viking epic The Northman in time of Covid

Sat Apr 16 2022 - 00:00

The Batman: More dark turns in the city of nightmares

Film review: There aren’t any gags, but this new iteration hits most of the right notes

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 17:00

Jamie Dornan: ‘Since my dad died, it’s lit this extra fire within me’

With Belfast, the Fifty Shades of Grey star has planted himself firmly in prestige filmmaking

Tue Nov 23 2021 - 06:00

We Can be Heroes: A defiantly unthreatening movie from the oldest kid on the block

Review: Just try and stay out of the room for the excruciatingly sunny David Bowie cover

Thu Dec 31 2020 - 05:00

Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now

There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

Antonio Campos: ‘When I got into the New York Film Academy I lied about my age’

Devil All the Time director talks Southern Gothic, Netflix and the high cost of Elvis tunes

Wed Sept 16 2020 - 05:00

Colm Meaney on shooting in the pandemic: ‘I’ve been tested up the kazoo’

The actor has fronted a video highlighting the plight of backstage workers in theatre

Sat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00

Batman star Robert Pattinson tests positive for Covid-19

Actor will reportedly self-isolate as Warner Bros halts UK production of The Batman

Fri Sept 04 2020 - 08:32

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

Including Hilary Swank in space drama Away and Jessie Buckley in Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 06:00

Tenet review: Is Christopher Nolan’s film good enough to save cinema from Covid-19?

It has the makings of a gung-ho entertainment, but It’s hard to work out what’s happening

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 17:23

Ed Sheeran’s candid interview should change how we view eating disorders

It is hard to overstate the importance of male celebrities speaking on their disordered eating

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 06:01

Is Robert Pattinson trolling us with his horrifying pasta dish?

The actor’s pasta recipe features sugar, sliced cheese and an exploding microwave

Wed May 13 2020 - 10:12

Maureen Dowd: Trump the vampire enabler lives and lets die

Man tasked with leading US out of valley of death appears removed, shirking responsibility

Sun May 10 2020 - 18:45

Curzon Home Cinema: vivid selection of films to rent online

Art house classics rub shoulders with Palme d’Or winners and critically acclaimed works

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00

20 great travel movies to take you around the world while you’re stuck at home

From city breaks to train trips, Rome to the Amazon, these are all on streaming services

Mon Mar 30 2020 - 10:48

Ben Affleck: ‘It took me a long time to admit I am an alcoholic’

The Oscar-winning writer and Hollywood actor tried to drink away the pain. Now he’s trying honesty

Fri Feb 21 2020 - 06:00

Zoë Kravitz on High Fidelity: ‘A lot of white men who identified with the book think it’s theirs’

Following in her mother’s footsteps, Kravitz is starring in a new TV adaptation of the Nick Hornby book

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 05:45

Chris Messina: ‘Ireland is extraordinary; I could spend the rest of my life there’

Birds of Prey actor is a genuine nice guy, not of the disingenuous syndrome variety

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 05:00

The Lighthouse: Willem Dafoe is the best screen villain since Daniel Day Lewis

Review: Robert Pattinson’s easy naturalism curdles into something unnerving and evil

Wed Jan 29 2020 - 15:26

Robert Eggers on bringing Robert Pattinson to The Lighthouse

In 10 years no movie has attracted such a buzz at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes

Sat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00

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

Uncut Gems: How Adam Sandler and the Safdie brothers made a jewel of a film

Directors Joshua and Benjamin Safdie and their 10-year journey to making Uncut Gems

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00

Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00

The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliant

We start with Monos, Marriage Story and Midsommar. Find out what else makes the cut

Sun Dec 08 2019 - 06:00

Colin Farrell in line to play the Penguin in The Batman

The actor is talks to join Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz and Paul Dano in a neo-noir take on the superhero

Wed Nov 06 2019 - 11:52

Robert Pattinson: ‘People are very angry about Twilight. I never understood it’

The actor has reinvented himself since the megahit franchise. Up next: playing Batman

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 10:40

The King: Timothée Chalamet stars in a hunk of medieval hokum

Review: Not since Monty Python has a period Frenchman been as absurd as Robert Pattinson

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 10:45

James Gray: 'I went back to the US and got told I was nothing'

The director’s on working with Brad Pitt on Ad Astra, being ignored in America and making movies in Northern Ireland

Wed Sept 18 2019 - 06:06

Joanna Hogg: Back to the 1980s – without the rose-tinted lens

The director on her semi-autobiographical new film The Souvenir, starring her friend Tilda Swinton’s daughter, and how Batman stole her leading man Robert Pattinson

Fri Aug 23 2019 - 06:00

Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week rated

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 06:00

Tarantino, Almódovar and Loach head the old brat pack at Cannes

Fewer instant classics on show, but Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dark drama The Lighthouse and Irish horror Vivarium stand out

Fri May 24 2019 - 05:00