Wildcat: A helpless creature, a traumatised young man, and too many unanswered questionsAs is often the case with fly-on-the-wall documentaries, we are often left wondering who is the fly and where is the wallFri Dec 23 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Donald Clarke’s bumper Christmas editionVarious Scrooges, Robins and Hollies are in the mix along with Home Alone and Die Hard, plus the most painful First Noel pun you’ll ever hearFri Dec 23 2022 - 05:00
The Queen of Spades: Martin Scorsese calls this stunning film a true classic. We agreeThe film returns at a time of the year when ghost stories are particularly cherishedThu Dec 22 2022 - 05:00
Oscars 2023: An Cailín Ciúin shortlisted for best international filmDonald Clarke: Colm Bairéad’s Irish-language film continues a remarkable run by becoming one of 15 titles vying for an Academy Awards nominationWed Dec 21 2022 - 20:21
Four new films to see this weekJames Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar sequel, plus indie thriller The Apology streaming and reissues of Fanny and Alexander and The Bishop’s WifeSun Dec 18 2022 - 05:00
The pointy-headed film critic is nothing new but audiences’ tastes have changedDonald Clarke: Elon Musk joined the catcalls against this year’s New York Times top tenSat Dec 17 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who was the first Irish performer nominated for an acting Oscar?Plus: What is the highest grossing Star Wars film of all time?Fri Dec 16 2022 - 05:00
The Bishop’s Wife: The third best Christmas film everThe 1947 film is loaded with Hollywood greatsFri Dec 16 2022 - 05:00
An Cailín Ciúin named film of the year by Dublin Film Critics’ CircleMartin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, guaranteed Oscar attention, was also honouredThu Dec 15 2022 - 16:07
Avatar: The Way of Water review – I needed a dark room and an ice pack on my forehead after thatThe liquid images all look as if they have spent too much time dissolving industrial strength toilet blockWed Dec 14 2022 - 17:33
Golden Globes 2023: The Banshees of Inisherin leads with eight nominationsMartin McDonagh’s film lands eight nominations, the most by a title this year, including best director and screenplayMon Dec 12 2022 - 16:27
Colin Farrell shows Jamie Lee Curtis music by Irish composer and she loves itFilm stars discuss inspirations, lessons learned in recovery and films in Variety’s ‘actors on actors’ videoMon Dec 12 2022 - 13:54
Four new films to see this weekA stop-motion version of Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro, plus Don DeLillo’s famously ‘unfilmable’ White Noise, British drama The Silent Twins and, from China, controversial Return to DustSun Dec 11 2022 - 05:00
Avatar: The Way of Water – Expect the film to make another huge splashJon Landau has produced the biggest blockbusters of all time, but now he and longtime collaborator James Cameron are going even bigger.Sat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00
These could be the most Irish Oscars everDonald Clarke: The country’s film actors are enjoying an unprecedented moment of global attentionSat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00
White Noise: Skewering black humour saves Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver Noah Baumbach’s fitful adaptation of Don DeLillo book is sometimes funny, sometimes mad, sometimes flaccidFri Dec 09 2022 - 05:15
The Silent Twins: Oddball sister act works in surprising waysThough skilfully made and formally structured, the film occasionally takes on the quality of ‘outsider art’Fri Dec 09 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who belongs with Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Matthew Lillard?Plus: So, which film has never topped the Sight and Sound critics’ poll?Fri Dec 09 2022 - 05:00
Kirstie Alley: Scientologist, Trump supporter and genius star of one the greatest US sitcomsThe actor, who felt shunned by Hollywood for her beliefs, made her Cheers character, Rebecca Howe, as much of a Reaganite icon as Gordon GekkoTue Dec 06 2022 - 10:25
Four new films to see this weekViolent Night on wide release, Tori and Lokita and Three Minutes: A Lengthening in select cinemas, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover streamingSun Dec 04 2022 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: The enduring divide over Oliver CromwellEnglish and Irish perceptions of the 17th century leader differ wildly, largely because the English know little or nothing about his actions in IrelandSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
The films of 2022: The good, the bad and the unexpectedThe medium still feels in queasy transition as this year presents a very mixed bag with a few surprisesSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
Violent Night: Part Home Alone, part Die Hard, part sentimentality. That’s not a recommendationTommy Wirkola’s unfunny, unexciting Christmas movie has a severe case of identity confusionFri Dec 02 2022 - 05:06
Tori and Lokita: Dardenne brothers’ heart-rending tale of misused immigrantsNot since the first decade of the century, with searing dramas such as L’Enfant and The Son, have the directors delivered something so abrasively movingFri Dec 02 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who gets swallowed whole at the end of Jaws?Plus: Who has the very first line in The Godfather?Fri Dec 02 2022 - 05:00
Best movie of all time: The world’s critics crown a new winnerSight and Sound’s influential list of the 100 greatest films of all time is voted on by more than 1,600 professionals around the worldThu Dec 01 2022 - 19:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBenoit Blanc returns in Glass Onion, plus muckraking Harvey Weinstein exposé She Said, YA cannibal romance Bones & All, and Roald Dahl’s Matilda the MusicalSun Nov 27 2022 - 05:00
Luke McManus: ‘The North Circular Road tells the story of Ireland’For his feature debut, the director offers a fascinating psychogeography of a thoroughfare and beyondSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:05
Donald Clarke: Commentators forget that Oscar-nominated misery is as old as the hillsAudiences are staying away from cinemas because of Covid and streaming, not because they won’t tolerate a downbeat drama any moreSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who was the first person born in the 21st century to be Oscar nominated?Plus: How many Marvel films have been released in 2022?Fri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
She Said: The unearthing of Harvey Weinstein’s crimes becomes a taut, powerful piece of film-makingCarey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as the journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor. Jennifer Ehle is moving as the Irish survivor Laura MaddenThu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
Glass Onion: Daniel Craig’s detective returns – in an Oscar-worthy line of nautical romper wearThis Knives Out sequel, part of a scarcely believable €450m two-film deal, features a hugely enjoyable performance from Daniel Craig as Benoit BlancWed Nov 23 2022 - 05:45
Cork Film Festival’s 67th edition closes off the cinematic year in atmospheric styleThe city’s maritime ambience is the perfect backdrop for 10 days of huddling indoors before the best recent cinemaMon Nov 21 2022 - 20:05
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekPaul Mescal in Aftersun, plus Armageddon Time, Aisha and BardoSun Nov 20 2022 - 05:00
‘These voices cannot be wiped off the table any longer’Director Maria Schrader’s She Said tells the story of the two New York Times reporters who broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s crimesSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
Fans have always been insane, but now they have a foghornDonald Clarke: Sexiest man alive Chris Evans has fallen foul of admirers by daring to have a girlfriendSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
Disenchanted feels muddled and half-cocked but Enniskerry looks like Disney WorldAmy Adams doesn’t get nearly enough worthwhile material in Disney’s exhausting sequel to EnchantedFri Nov 18 2022 - 13:56
Armageddon Time: Anthony Hopkins, transcendent, gives a performance to match any from his 60-year careerJames Gray’s semi-autobiographical drama about a Jewish family in 1980s New York, may be his best work in a 30-year careerFri Nov 18 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: In Bond world, who made the transition from Brosnan to Craig?Plus: The Breakfast Club ended with a song by a band from where?Fri Nov 18 2022 - 05:00
Aftersun review: Five stars for Paul Mescal’s new film. This is one for the agesReview: In Charlotte Wells’s directorial debut, Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio form an uncannily firm connection as father and daughterWed Nov 16 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekThe Black Panther sequel, plus No Bears from Iran and Irish documentaries of Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Richard HarrisSun Nov 13 2022 - 05:00
Don’t blame me, but we live our lives to a perpetual Calendar of ComplaintDonald Clarke: Like religion, it’s a useful distraction from the truly horrible wretchedness of existenceSat Nov 12 2022 - 05:41
Aisha director Frank Berry: ‘We need an asylum seeker system that’s more mindful of human rights’ The film-maker’s new project looks under the hood of direct provision in IrelandSat Nov 12 2022 - 05:00
‘We’ve come a long way’: Is food culture really culture at all?Arts producer turned artisan baker Gerry Godley and Irish Times film correspondent Donald Clarke chew over the evidenceSat Nov 12 2022 - 01:13
Clouded Reveries: Doireann Ní Ghríofa reviewThe poet is a captivating performer of her own workFri Nov 11 2022 - 05:00
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is ultimately a weary drag Letitia Wright makes centre stage her own in a film that deals sensitively with Chadwick Boseman’s death. But your mind may wander in this sluggish sequelThu Nov 10 2022 - 05:00
Belfast Film Festival: Patrick Kielty is deeply touching, Seána Kerslake is electric, as alwaysBallywalter, Prasanna Puwanarajah’s debut feature, gets this year’s event off to an impressive startMon Nov 07 2022 - 10:30
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekMy Father’s Dragon, Lyra, Living, The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat IngoldsbySun Nov 06 2022 - 05:00
Matt Hancock fiasco: The kangaroo’s penis theory of British politics remains unprovenDonald Clarke: Matt Hancock’s unveiling by I’m a Celebrity could hardly have gone worseSun Nov 06 2022 - 05:00
Paul Mescal: ‘I didn’t know actors growing up ... Actors didn’t come from Maynooth’The Kildare actor’s life was transformed in 2020 and his career has been on a roll ever sinceSat Nov 05 2022 - 05:00
