The difference between the average unionist and average nationalist? Not muchThe Twelfth weekend neatly illustrates Freud’s ‘narcissism of small differences’Sat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jul 12 2019 - 06:00
Ron Howard: ‘Bono said Pavarotti was an emotional arm wrestler – he’d break your f**king arm’The director on telling Pavarotti’s larger-than-life story, making movies that last and looking for stories to shareFri Jul 12 2019 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: The Dead Don’t Die, Only You, Stuber, Eating Animals, The BrinkFri Jul 12 2019 - 05:30
The movie quiz: What ‘phase’ comes next in the Marvel movieverse?Also: Whose old man doesn’t rock, Oscar-nominated characters, based on an untrue storyFri Jul 12 2019 - 05:00
The Dead Don’t Die: The most light-hearted film of Jim Jarmusch’s careerReview: It’s so much fun that one slightly regrets the eventual arrival of the zombiesThu Jul 11 2019 - 06:00
Stuber: Laugh at this amusingly dumb comedy – it’s an endangered speciesReview: The buddy-cop comedy makes a rare comeback in this mid-summer diversionThu Jul 11 2019 - 05:00
Eating Animals: An anti-meat film to chill the blood and dull the appetiteReview: Future generations may look back on these practices as we now do at slaveryWed Jul 10 2019 - 05:00
Galway Film Fleadh: Which Irish films will be a breakout success?Prestigious festival provides point of reference for for the very best of new Irish cinemaMon Jul 08 2019 - 05:00
Jim Jarmusch: ‘The Dead Don’t Die cast were paid in oatmeal’The director on fighting to make movies, climate change and teenagers who can save the worldSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:30
All hail the Walkman and its legacy of individual freedomBlame the Walkman for bringing us all to the point of listening to music in isolationSat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00
Halle Bailey's casting as the Little Mermaid drove internet racists nuts. Or did it?Racist backlash to Disney's Little Mermaid casting wasn’t all it seemedFri Jul 05 2019 - 15:55
The Cold Blue: Stunning retelling of a second World War legendReview: The testimony of the airmen is what lingers most strongly in this documentaryFri Jul 05 2019 - 12:00
Who are the newly invited Irish members of Hollywood’s Academy?The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colourFri Jul 05 2019 - 08:54
Never Look Away: An undeniably enjoyable, absurdly long potboilerReview: Nobody has a hair out of place in this highly buffed account of a German artistFri Jul 05 2019 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: Midsommar, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Knife + HeartFri Jul 05 2019 - 06:30
Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jul 05 2019 - 06:00
The movie quiz: When did Woody Allen last appear on screen?Also: Ron Howard movies, directors’ last, filming Raymond Chandler, joining DCFri Jul 05 2019 - 05:30
Vita & Virginia: A tale of literary lovers fails to make wavesReview: Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki struggle in a strait-jacket of a scriptFri Jul 05 2019 - 05:00
‘We had it licked. Now America is the idiot cousin of Europe’Erik Nelson on his documentary about the bombing of Germany, and the resonances todayWed Jul 03 2019 - 06:00
Forbidden Hollywood: How an Irish Catholic put a stop to titillation in TinseltownBook review: Juicier sex scenes, bloodier violence and racier dialogue being lapped up by cinema goers came to a shuddering end in 1934Tue Jul 02 2019 - 06:00
Capricorns make fine flatmates. It’s Scorpios you need to watchAstrology is the perfect belief for the age of internet conspiracy and woolly faithSat Jun 29 2019 - 05:00
Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 28 2019 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: Yesterday, Metal Heart, Apollo 11, Support the Girls, In FabricFri Jun 28 2019 - 05:30
The movie quiz: What was Meryl Streep’s first ever Oscar nomination for?Also: Spinal Tap’s phony tune, first Trek for a new gen, spelling the Mysterio manFri Jun 28 2019 - 05:00
Prisoners of the Moon: The ‘100% Nazi’ behind the Moon landingReview: V2 rocket scientist Arthur Rudolph was spirited to the US to work on the space programmeThu Jun 27 2019 - 06:00
Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘The arts are something you have to do’In Fabric star has carved out a varied career in media but has not forgotten her rootsThu Jun 27 2019 - 05:00
Apollo 11: An energetic thrillride from liftoff to splashdownReview: This eye-wateringly beautiful film feels like a deep breath nervously exhaledWed Jun 26 2019 - 06:00
Metal Heart: Hugh O’Conor’s charming comedy set in middle-class suburban DublinReview: The film, directed by the former child actor, is stuffed with good dialogueWed Jun 26 2019 - 06:00
The new Once? The next Adam & Paul? Galway Film Fleadh unveils 2019 line-upExtra Ordinary, Never Grow Old, Animals and Supervized on bill for 31st festivalTue Jun 25 2019 - 18:00
The 10 best films of 2019 so farThe Favourite was savage, Eighth Grade gave us hope, Apollo 11 was cool and magicalMon Jun 24 2019 - 11:05
Scorsese’s Bob Dylan doc tangles up the truth with styleRolling Thunder Revue makes things up, but it's truer than other films we could mentionSat Jun 22 2019 - 05:00
Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 21 2019 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: Toy Story 4, Brightburn, Five SeasonsFri Jun 21 2019 - 05:30
The movie quiz: When did Tom and Nicole marry? And Brad and Angelina?Also: What fictional person was nominated for an Oscar in 2002? (That’s a clue)Fri Jun 21 2019 - 05:15
Toy Story 4: A bolted-on afterthought to a tidy trilogyReview: It’s not an embarrassment but Toy Story 4 is not a top-flight Pixar movieFri Jun 21 2019 - 05:00
Brightburn: Superhero horror makes for interesting yet frustrating viewingReview: This is a rare instance where we’d like to see the original theatrical releaseFri Jun 21 2019 - 05:00
Child’s Play: Unexpected reboot proves to be surprisingly enjoyableReview: Comic horror deserves immortalisation for its shameless trolling of Toy Story 4Fri Jun 21 2019 - 05:00
Will Avengers: Endgame re-release propel it to an all-time box-office record?A re-release with extra footage could take the Marvel film past the $2.788bn earned by AvatarWed Jun 19 2019 - 16:30
Don't talk to me; the conversation campaign is overWelcome, once again, to silence on the bus and personal distance on the trainSat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00
Hugh O’Conor: ‘I had to go to Irish college rather than be in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’The ‘My Left Foot’ child actor does not only act - he’s now a writer and film-maker tooSat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00
Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 14 2019 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Can you spot a fake Bond villain?Plus: What actor has recently been confirmed as the next Batman?Fri Jun 14 2019 - 06:00
Diego Maradona: Cheat, genius and living legendReview: Asif Kapadia’s documentary follows Maradona’s terrible, doomed momentumFri Jun 14 2019 - 05:30
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: Diego Maradona, We the AnimalsFri Jun 14 2019 - 05:30
Men in Black: International – You’ll need no help forgetting this oneReview: The movie’s only purpose is to reassure you of its own unnecessary existenceThu Jun 13 2019 - 16:45
Avengers: Endgame now probably won’t become the highest grossing film of all timeAs of last weekend, Endgame is just $50 million short of Avatar. Why won’t it catch it?Thu Jun 13 2019 - 00:21
For one night only: It’s Cirque du Soleil, the movieKurios: Cabinet of Curiosities shows jugglers, contortionists and acrobats doing their thingWed Jun 12 2019 - 10:42
Dolours Price: Civil rights activist, bomber and peace process scepticI, Dolours, a documentary portrait of late IRA woman Dolours Price, is essential viewingMon Jun 10 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 18 of the best shows to watch this weekI, Dolours tells the story of IRA activist Dolours Price, comedian Oliver Callan on the God question and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's war on plasticSun Jun 09 2019 - 06:00
