The best movie of 2019, according to Irish film criticsIt’s clever, it’s funny, it’s dramatic, and this won’t be its last movie award this seasonTue Dec 17 2019 - 18:00
Which Skywalker? And nine other questions Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker must answerLike: Who are Rey’s parents? Who are Finn’s? Is it okay to include a digitised Carrie Fisher?Tue Dec 17 2019 - 06:00
Calling someone what they want to be called is the civilised, polite thing to doDonald Clarke: The non-binary pronoun ‘they’ is the dictionary’s word of the yearSat Dec 14 2019 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Beanpole, Citizen K, The Kingmaker, Jumanji: The Next Level, Fiddler: Miracle of MiraclesFri Dec 13 2019 - 05:30
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles – How a Jewish musical conquered the worldReview: Inside track on how Fiddler on the Roof became an unlikely cultural phenomenonFri Dec 13 2019 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Spot the Star Wars movie anagramPlus: Naming the non-Polanski and soundtracking Guardians of the GalaxyFri Dec 13 2019 - 05:00
Screen Actors Guild awards: have Saoirse Ronan’s Oscar hopes been dented?No nomination for Irish star of Little Women but Andrew Scott gets nod for FleabagWed Dec 11 2019 - 16:58
Jumanji: The Next Level – It’s ridiculous but never stops being good funReview: There’s killer apes and rogue Vikings, the Dannies DeVito and Glover and there’s The RockTue Dec 10 2019 - 15:34
Golden Globes 2020: Saoirse Ronan nominated for best actressIrish actor picks up fifth nod, for Little Women. Andrew Scott named for FleabagMon Dec 09 2019 - 13:18
The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliantWe start with Monos, Marriage Story and Midsommar. Find out what else makes the cutSun Dec 08 2019 - 06:00
‘Middle-aged rock bores are the Worst People in the World’Donald Clarke: Who cares that Billie Eilish had never heard of Van Halen?Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Who was first to win an Oscar for a Scorsese film?Plus: The number of the new Star Wars, never been with Bond, suggestive of Joni MitchellFri Dec 06 2019 - 05:55
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Ordinary Love, So Long My SonFri Dec 06 2019 - 05:30
The Last Right: a very Irish ‘Irish film’Review: A likeable salute to a Magic Ireland we don’t see much anymoreFri Dec 06 2019 - 05:30
‘The movie industry’s acceptance of Roman Polanski must end’Europe has always tolerated the sex offender, up for four major awards this weekendThu Dec 05 2019 - 09:55
Honey Boy: Shia LaBeouf’s autobiopic of life as a child actorReview: This is a harrowing, often effective film, with Lucas Hedges as a former child actor now in rehabThu Dec 05 2019 - 06:00
James Bond: No Time to Die – What we learned from first full trailerWe rummage through the first trailer for clues to the 25th Bond movieWed Dec 04 2019 - 17:05
Motherless Brooklyn: Edward Norton’s overlong vanity projectReview: There is a fine noir here somewhere, busting to escape the Friends of Ed Norton CabaretWed Dec 04 2019 - 09:36
Disney has done the right thing on its past offencesDonald Clarke: Move to attach warnings to films on Disney+ is honest and responsibleSat Nov 30 2019 - 05:00
Aisling Franciosi: ‘I knew it would maybe be too much for people’Playing a rape victim in The Nightingale was an emotional wrench for the Irish-Italian actorSat Nov 30 2019 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: Knives Out, The Two Popes, The Nightingale, The Biggest Little FarmFri Nov 29 2019 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Name Hitchcock's final film?Plus: Netflix releases, who played 007's Q and John Ford adaptations andFri Nov 29 2019 - 05:45
The Two Popes: one giant leap of faithReview: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce go full throttle in a sanitised version of the truthFri Nov 29 2019 - 05:00
The Irishman review: The sort of grown-up flick they don’t make any moreAl Pacino gives his most enjoyable performance in decades in Martin Scorsese’s sprawling filmThu Nov 28 2019 - 09:50
Clive James: Few others did so many things so wellJames was sharp in his literary criticism and largely invented modern television criticismWed Nov 27 2019 - 19:00
Charlie’s Angels: Nothing works. A terrible, terrible filmReview: Kristen Stewart, the classiest star of this disaster, is the most disappointingWed Nov 27 2019 - 12:52
Knives Out: Mr Star Wars directs Mr Bond in a delight of a movieReview: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans and Jamie Lee Curtis star in this energetic whodunnitTue Nov 26 2019 - 06:30
Tried gifting a movie or music stream? The campaign for physical objects starts hereIt’s no fun passing on a link to the latest Netflix box set at ChristmasSun Nov 24 2019 - 04:00
Will the fur fly when Cats finally hits our screens?Donald Clarke: The online kerfuffle should do Tom Hooper’s project no harmSat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
The movie quiz: What is the most misquoted line in Hollywood history?Plus: Woody Allen by the numbers, spelling the best Scrooge’s name, one Oscar at a timeFri Nov 22 2019 - 06:00
21 Bridges: Juicy gunplay, but a bonkers plotReview: Is this the best we can hope for now from cop thrillers?Fri Nov 22 2019 - 05:45
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: Blue Story, La Belle Epoque, Judy & Punch, Frozen 2, HarrietFri Nov 22 2019 - 05:30
Judy and Punch: Fascinating weaving of myth and gritty realityReview: Mia Wasikowska has never been better in a raging, uncontained performanceFri Nov 22 2019 - 05:30
Whisky expert suggests Scotch may not have been invented by the ScotsSpirits writer Dave Broom presents The Amber Light, a film about the drink and its cultural significanceThu Nov 21 2019 - 06:00
Let it go, again: Jennifer Lee on making Frozen 2Making a follow-up to the highest grossing animation ever was always going to be tough. ‘We realised there was more story to tell’Thu Nov 21 2019 - 06:00
Frozen 2: The plot is flimsy but it’s still lovableReview: The follow-up works a little too hard to be respectful to the original charmerWed Nov 20 2019 - 12:39
Nobody saw it coming ... 10 reasons Frozen became the highest grossing animation everSly feminism, a jerk of a prince, and a tune adored by girls, boys and karaoke drunksMon Nov 18 2019 - 14:57
‘Auk’ or ‘Orc’: Some people just don’t know their R’s from their elbowsConfirms a stubborn English belief that the right way is the way things are done in the southeast of UKSat Nov 16 2019 - 05:00
Mia Wasikowska: I got in trouble for an Irish accent beforeAlice in Wonderland made her a star but she prefers to stay out of the limelightSat Nov 16 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 Nov 15 2019 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekendNew this weekend: Marriage Story, Le Mans ’66, The ReportFri Nov 15 2019 - 05:30
The Report: 20 shades of gloom in the search for a troubling truthReview: Adam Driver intense as investigator who uncovered CIA’s torture methodsFri Nov 15 2019 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Which original Netflix film is the most watched?Plus: Back to the Future years, Mria’s favourite things, filmed in Ireland, the odd book outFri Nov 15 2019 - 05:00
Awright, Boris! The meaning of Boris Johnson’s walkabout videoIt’s hard not to think of Geri Halliwell in a Union Jack miniskirt as you watch the PMThu Nov 14 2019 - 09:42
Le Mans ’66: Matt Damon fights Christian Bale. Caitriona Balfe spectatesReview: Titled Ford v Ferrari in the US, this is a sweaty, oily macho throwbackThu Nov 14 2019 - 05:00
Marriage Story: A bitter divorce war with a surprisingly soft heartReview: Scarlett Johansson has never been better and Adam Driver is equally good in Noah Baumbach’s breakup taleWed Nov 13 2019 - 05:00
Le Mans ’66: ‘If the sponsors are staying away, we’ve done something right’Le Mans ’66 director James Mangold on Scorsese, the Marvel controversy and the state of filmWed Nov 13 2019 - 05:00
Don’t judge a book by its coverageDonald Clarke: BBC’s ‘novels that shaped our world’ list is terrible in a very particular waySat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00
‘The CIA won the broadcast war. They always do’Director Scott Z Burns talks about US torture practices, democracy and why he had to make The ReportFri Nov 08 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 Nov 08 2019 - 06:00
