SafeONE OF THE things we like about Jason Statham is his ability to straddle the line between self-parody and brow-furrowed sincerity…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Leader of the packIN 2010, Sylvester Stallone instituted a sort of honours system for contemporary action heroesFri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Albert NobbsTHE FACT THAT it took so long for this strange picture to secure Irish distribution is not a particularly encouraging sign.Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
The Avengers review: the work of a film-maker in love with his source materialThe much-trumpeted comic superhero collaboration is here at lastFri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Hysteria over fantasy games is just latest in long line of scaresScapegoats are shuffling their hooves nervously as the Breivik trial continues in OsloSat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
LockoutSTEPHEN ST LEGER and James Mather, two talented Irish directors, come close to pulling off a successful leap to the big time …Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
EllesIT’S AN AWFUL business being a middle-class woman in France. You can’t find time to get your work doneFri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Mad Mel under fire over historical Jewish projectWill we ever be set free from Mel Gibson news? Earlier this month Joe Eszterhas, the volatile screenwriter, released a letter…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Town of RunnersJERRY ROTHWELL, the director of such admired documentaries as Donor Unknown, makes a moving piece of this study of two female…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
From the blogs: 'Musicians have a habit of ceasing to matter'ALL SENSIBLE PEOPLE will, of course, rejoice at the news that Kraftwerk, one of the five greatest music acts of the last half…Thu Apr 19 2012 - 01:00
Are you ready for your scream test?THE FILMS: IT IS SAFE to say that most adults – most children for that matter – will be surprised by their first reading of …Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Goodbye, Rick Santorum - we miss having you to kick aroundThe former presidential candidate’s withdrawal is bad news for angry liberals everywhereSat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
The Cabin in the WoodsSO WE’RE BACK here again. Are we? In 1996 Wes Craven’s Scream unleashed self-conscious hell on unsuspecting horror fansFri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Delicacy/La DélicatesseAUDREY TAUTOU is rapidly evolving into a menace of significant proportionsFri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Would sir like a liberal dose of corporate etiquette with that?WOULD EVERYBODY please leave me alone? The world was a much more relaxing place when people in service and retail industries …Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Could Chloe be the next Carrie?Barely a week goes by without us bemoaning a remake that we don’t needFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
La Grande IllusionJEAN RENOIR, one of the very greatest film directors, came to view this key masterpiece with an ironically raised eyebrowFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Cameron to direct Prometheus sequel?It looks as if this writer was among many taken in by a low key April Fool last week.Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Documentaries on demandBe aware that, should you fail to catch up with Werner Herzog’s Into the Abyss or Jon Shenk’s The Island President at cinemas…Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Respecting the code of CannesWe have no news of what’s playing at this year’s Cannes Film FestivalFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Keane keen on new IFI roleThe Irish Film Institute has appointed Ross Keane as its new directorFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Bond at the OlympicsNoting that Sunday was April 1st, we had to treat odder news stories with some cautionFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
A Cat in Paris/Une Vie de ChatTHE MAKERS of this lively French animation owe Pixar a debt for tripping up with the useless Cars 2Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
'X Factor' element takes Titanic celebrations into murky watersMarking centenary is understandable but taste should not be thrown overboard eitherSat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
A Night To RememberTHERE IS something distinctly creepy about the euphoria surrounding the centenary “celebrations” of the launch and submersion…Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
The Island PresidentYOU’RE BOUND to think differently about global warming if you live on the MaldivesFri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Away with the fairies - and the dwarfsTarsem Singh, director of cult nightmare The Fall, mines the same seam of acid-tinged surrealism he exploited for last year’s…Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Wrath of the TitansRISE, RISE, oh heroic reader, and celebrate the ceremony of noise that is Wrath of the TitansFri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
The Kid with a Bike/Le Gamin au VéloTO CALL THE Dardenne brothers reliable is not to damn with faint praiseFri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
OrdetReligious devotion has never been the most fashionable subject in serious world cinemaFri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Washing our hands of pornography may be impossibleARE YOU uncertain where your moral compass is pointing? Stop for a moment and ask yourself this question: what would Raquel Welch…Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
Tension around Bin Laden filmWhen Kathryn Bigelow set out to make a film on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, she probably expected all kinds of controversyFri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
A hit film you’ve never heard ofThe second-biggest film of 2012 at the worldwide box-office has only been released in tiny handful of European countriesFri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
French finesseBe aware that the excellent Cork French Film Festival, which began last weekend, continues until Sunday.Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
If it’s his gold you’re after . . .As Saint Patrick’s Day approaches, the good people at the Screen Cinema in Dublin will be handing over their venue to an initiative…Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
The RavenIN RECENT YEARS, as cable television has continued its tyranny of quality, we’ve seen far too few cop shows hung around stupid…Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
A psychological approach to actingWILLEM DAFOE HAS been the bad guy in Spider-Man and Speed 2Thu Mar 08 2012 - 00:00
Americans, if you want the full Irish, take itTHERE’S A little corner of the internet where the air is permanently soft and lilting melodies underscore every homesick pang…Sat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
Billy’s schtick and Jolie’s pinBilly Crystal’s old-school turn as Oscar host received mixed reviews, but the viewing figures were up slightly.Fri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Razzies award usual suspectsHey everybody, it’s time for the perennially unamusing Razzie nominationsFri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Smash-and-grab Raid makes off with 2 gongsThe Raid (above), Gareth Evans’s Indonesian action film, is the first picture to win both the audience prize and the Dublin …Fri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Short film Oscar for GeorgeTerry George has been musing on his success at the Oscars last SundayFri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Lights, camera and not much actionIT SAYS SOMETHING about the growing predictability of the Oscars that the biggest surprise of the evening involved Meryl Streep…Tue Feb 28 2012 - 00:00
'The Artist' triumphs at the 84th OscarsAs expected, The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius’s black-and-white silent film, took the Academy Award for best picture last night…Mon Feb 27 2012 - 00:00
