Liam Neeson: Unexpectedly beating up people at age 65Liam Neeson never expected to be beating up people on a train at the age of 65 – or still getting into trouble for opening his big Ballymena mouthFri Jan 19 2018 - 05:00
Rey: Filmed over seven years, it often feels that wayThis unconventional historical yarn is disjointed, self-important and lacks humourFri Jan 19 2018 - 00:00
The Post: Steven Spielberg’s latest irresistible entertainmentTom Hanks is stubborn, Meryl Streep is vulnerable, the whole film is elegantWed Jan 17 2018 - 05:00
Christoph Waltz: slightly sinister, supremely talentedPrecise, odd and a little bit untrustworthy, the Oscar-winner is the best thing in ‘Downsizing’Sat Jan 13 2018 - 05:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
