The movie quiz: are you golden, or you just an empty globe?Also: The actor who never appeared in a Potter, living with Oscar nominations, and Thunderbirds are who?Fri Jan 12 2018 - 07:00
Oprah for president? This is the cult of celebrity gone madDonald Clarke: Oprah is extraordinary but being elevated purely on celebrity is wrong. Is this Trump’s legacy?Fri Jan 12 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Golden Globe-winning 'Three Billboards' and what makes Eric Clapton tickFri Jan 12 2018 - 05:00
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri review: A class act with too many implausible turnsMartin McDonagh’s unromantic comedy doesn’t fall apart, but its many threads frayFri Jan 12 2018 - 00:01
Saoirse Ronan one of only three best actress Ifta nomineesMaudie, Handsome Devil, Cardboard Gangsters, Three Billboards, The Farthest dominateThu Jan 11 2018 - 14:21
Darkest Hour review: Oldman is chunky, the script is clunkyThe latest film about Churchill is like something the BBC might show on a Sunday nightWed Jan 10 2018 - 05:00
Saoirse Ronan edges closer to an Oscar. Martin McDonagh still has a fight on his handsAnalysis: The Golden Globes over, thoughts turn to the most open Oscar race in decadesMon Jan 08 2018 - 17:30
Saoirse Ronan wins best actress at Golden GlobesMartin McDonagh wins best screenplay; attendees dress in blackMon Jan 08 2018 - 06:42
Golden Globes: Everything you need to knowIt’s shaping up to be a big night for Saoirse Ronan and the #MeToo movementSun Jan 07 2018 - 07:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Casting rather than cash is king in Getty kidnapping saga, while Ben Stiller wrestles with his big ego in Brad’s StatusFri Jan 05 2018 - 06:00
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: The next Star Wars spin-off?Also: Jim Sheridan characters, Casablanca’s most quotable line and Stand by Me’s starting pointFri Jan 05 2018 - 06:00
Jupiter’s Moon review: Refugee as superhero fails to convinceThis Hungarian art-house oddity is a technical marvel in search of a moral purposeFri Jan 05 2018 - 05:00
Boy babies wet their nappies at any lurch towards gender equalityThe three highest grossing movies in the US have women in leading roles – about timeFri Jan 05 2018 - 05:00
All the Money in the World: Great riches from Christopher PlummerAmong the most satisfyingly propulsive films Ridley Scott has delivered this centuryFri Jan 05 2018 - 00:00
2018 movie preview: 50 films to watch out forA Famine drama, another ‘Jurassic World’ and any number of Marvel blockbusters are on the waySat Dec 30 2017 - 05:00
The annual Get Off My Lawn! awards for online outrageFrom ill-judged advertising to Saoirse Ronan’s accent, here are the most annoying stories of the yearFri Dec 29 2017 - 17:34
The movie quiz: Who went home without an Oscar in 2017?Also: Bypassing Ireland, animated box-office, Hollywood RIP and Brian O’Driscoll’s film debutFri Dec 29 2017 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekJessica Chastain lays her cards on the table. Ferdinand the bull is releasedFri Dec 29 2017 - 06:00
The 50 best movies on Amazon PrimeNetflix’s main rival has come on in leaps and bounds since its threadbare debutFri Dec 29 2017 - 05:00
Hostiles review: A fiercely satisfying western of the old schoolThere is something of ‘The Searchers’ in director Scott Cooper’s elegiac taleFri Dec 29 2017 - 05:00
Molly’s Game: Jessica Chastain does yellow-pack ScorseseAaron Sorkin’s debut film isn’t going to get as many Oscar nominations as predictedThu Dec 28 2017 - 05:00
Eric Clapton opens up – even on his bizarre racist periodLili Zanuck’s documentary doesn’t shy away from the musician’s darkest daysThu Dec 28 2017 - 05:00
The 102 best films to watch on NetflixLight the fire, make the popcorn, and settle down for a binge-watch of some of these greatsSat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00
Test yourself with Donald Clarke’s Christmas movie quizWho narrates The Muppet Christmas Carol? Who won’t be pulling Santa’s sled?Fri Dec 22 2017 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Pitch Perfect 3 hits a whole host of high notes, while Jumanji just gets byFri Dec 22 2017 - 06:00
Bruce Springsteen is slightly less authentic than One DirectionSo Pet Shop Boys kept The Pogues off the Christmas number one in 1987. Get over itFri Dec 22 2017 - 05:00
Pitch Perfect 3: Perfectly in tune with its own mad formulaForget about plot: this is the most uncomplicated fun you will have this ChristmasTue Dec 19 2017 - 13:04
Irish Times films-of-2017 reader poll distorted by online campaignRustling through this year’s ballot papers, there is something puzzling going on...Sat Dec 16 2017 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Are you a Jedi master of numbers?Also: Selina Kyle’s scratchy aka, the first billion-dollar movie, and a classic Caine jobFri Dec 15 2017 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendStar Wars: The Last Jedi has everyone talking but there are better movies to seeFri Dec 15 2017 - 06:00
The Christmas murder mystery film we all need in our livesBob Geldof solves a murder in the midst of Band Aid in James Ward Byrkit’s proposed filmFri Dec 15 2017 - 05:00
Pierce Brosnan as Gerry Adams: the movie you need to see nowForget ‘Star Wars’. Stay in tonight and watch the straight-to-Netflix film, ‘The Foreigner’Fri Dec 15 2017 - 00:01
The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics CircleDunkirk blows away the competitionThu Dec 14 2017 - 16:38
The Prince of Nothingwood review: The strange film king of AfghanistanSonia Kronlund’s documentary on the Afghan film-maker Salim Shaheen is full of vibrant personal portraitsThu Dec 14 2017 - 05:00
Star Wars: The Last Jedi review: boring, bloated and confusingThe latest instalment will fill a Star Wars-shaped hole but is punishingly longTue Dec 12 2017 - 17:16
Star Wars: The Last Jedi ... Film insiders tweet their verdicts‘Best movie since Empire.’ At least, that’s what people who went to the premiere saidMon Dec 11 2017 - 16:13
Golden Globes: Saoirse Ronan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin McDonagh and Caitriona Balfe up for awards‘The Breadwinner’, by Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon, nominated for best animated featureMon Dec 11 2017 - 14:27
Star Wars bumper quiz: May the trivia be with youTest yourself on the opening scroll, the disco thump, Bobo’s debut and Darth’s descendantsSat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Kinopolis celebrates Poland’s fecund film cultureThis year's festival features Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Spoor’, Maria Sadowska’s ‘The Art of Loving’, and Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze’s 'Birds Are Singing in Kigali'Sat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00
Donald Trump believes he’s Luke Skywalker: How Star Wars works for everyoneWith the release of The Last Jedi imminent, a look back at how the ‘Star Wars’ juggernaut started in a ‘galaxy far, far away’Sat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00
Saoirse Ronan the star attraction at Dublin screening of Lady BirdIrish star may become only third female actor to score three Oscar nominations before age 23Sat Dec 09 2017 - 00:22
The movie quiz: Where is the ‘happiest place on Earth’?Also: Tarantino’s joints, a star hits the big 01, trippin’ in ’68, and a new girl with a dragon tattooFri Dec 08 2017 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Jake Gyllenhaal in a survivor’s story, an ageless assassin in ancient Japan, and clever Yuletide horrorFri Dec 08 2017 - 06:00
Too many critics still regard television as an inferior mediumThe inclusion of 'Twin Peaks: The Return' on such lists is bizarre: it’s a TV series. Right?Fri Dec 08 2017 - 05:00
Brigsby Bear review: A strange creature of tonal shiftsCommitted performances cannot save this bizarre story of abduction and reconciliationWed Dec 06 2017 - 05:00
Menashe review: The most emotionally honest film you'll see this yearMenashe deserves our attention for its oddness and heart aloneWed Dec 06 2017 - 05:00
Jake Gyllenhaal never better in moving Boston marathon dramaStronger review: The true story of a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing avoids the clichés of the genreWed Dec 06 2017 - 05:00
Saoirse Ronan’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ is unfunny PaddywhackerySaoirse Ronan – national treasure and a total pro – deserves better material than thisMon Dec 04 2017 - 09:32
Ticket Awards 2017: The best films of the yearHere are our favourite film moments of the last year. Don't forget to vote for yoursSat Dec 02 2017 - 06:46
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendJulia Roberts and Owen Wilson wow in Wonder and James Franco hits gold in The Disaster ArtistFri Dec 01 2017 - 06:00
