Do you sit in the back of a taxi or the front (like a dangerous sociopath)?Freedom from torture of having to “make conversation” is not too much to expect when paying by the mileSat Aug 26 2017 - 06:00
Bigelow on Detroit: ‘Racism hurts everyone. It’s a human story’Katherine Bigelow’s furious new film, ‘Detroit’, tackles historic racism and strikes some shocking notes. But the ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ director has been taking fire for even taking on the projectSat Aug 26 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendCruise flies high, Soderbergh & co get lucky, and the big man’s back in a retooled T2Fri Aug 25 2017 - 10:00
The movie quiz: Are you a-Cruisin’ for a a-bruisin’ with this week’s stumpers?Also: Donald Clarke tallies Taken, Garfield, Colin Farrell and a terrifyingly toothy predatorFri Aug 25 2017 - 06:00
American Made review: Tom Cruise in a Cold War ‘Goodfellas’? Count us inAnother Doug Liman collaboration lets Cruise have fun with who he used to beThu Aug 24 2017 - 05:15
Steven Soderbergh said he’d quit film. So why is he back?And what is the mystery behind “Rebecca Blunt”, the unknown talent who has written his latest film?Thu Aug 24 2017 - 05:00
Logan Lucky review: Steven Soderbergh back with a bang and a clangIt doesn’t all work, but the unique film-maker’s return is a qualified triumphTue Aug 22 2017 - 14:23
BBC releases list of top 100 comedy films of all timeThe hot list throws up all sorts of funny food for thoughtTue Aug 22 2017 - 14:00
Jerry Lewis: ‘An undeniable genius, comedy’s absolute’Lewis followed his partnership with Dean Martin with a string of critical hits and, of course, ‘The King of Comedy’Mon Aug 21 2017 - 09:00
Leo who? Anatomy of a silly-season news storyFrom Varadkar’s Chicago caper to the Walnut Whip, non-stories are now the real newsSat Aug 19 2017 - 06:00
Final Portrait review: rich detail from the life of GiacomettiStanley Tucci’s study of the Swiss artist is a rhapsody to bohemian Paris in the 1960sFri Aug 18 2017 - 06:00
Quest review: a portrait of real black lives in the Obama yearsStory of Christopher and Christine’a Rainey and their family struggles is gripping cinemaFri Aug 18 2017 - 06:00
The Hitman’s Bodyguard review: Can Reynolds and Jackson sink much lower?Elaborate action sequences fail to cover up the cliched characters and general idiocyThu Aug 17 2017 - 06:00
The Dark Tower review: A baffling tower of pulpThe Stephen King inspired film looks like a cluttered 95-minute trailerWed Aug 16 2017 - 14:00
Never say never: Daniel Craig confirms one more Bond filmAnd when he's finished as 007? Clondalkin man Aidan Turner looks nicely positionedWed Aug 16 2017 - 12:00
Political correctness hasn’t gone mad. It has made us nicerIt’s time to reclaim the phrase that bigots use to criticise tolerant, open-minded discourseSat Aug 12 2017 - 06:00
Carrie on screaming: the 20 best Stephen King moviesHis works have been adapted by Rob Reiner, Brian De Palma, Stanley Kubrick and David Cronenberg. And we’re soon to see more adaptations on screenSat Aug 12 2017 - 05:00
From Tara to Xanadu: the best houses in the moviesManderley in ‘Rebecca’, the floating home in ‘Up’ – fictional houses can envelop the viewerSat Aug 12 2017 - 00:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend‘A Ghost Story’ is a heartbreaking haunting while an award-winning Godzilla returns to stomp TokyoFri Aug 11 2017 - 06:00
Chiselled demigods and muscled heroes: Tom of Finland’s iconic imagesNew film about Nordic animator who was behind hugely influential post-war gay eroticaThu Aug 10 2017 - 05:00
A Ghost Story review: Haunted hipsters makes for a frightfully good filmDirector David Lowery’s playful ‘post horror’ makes an emotional connectionWed Aug 09 2017 - 16:45
Blockbusted! What was the worst film of the summer?Blockbuster season is almost over, and while it wasn’t as bad as last year, there were still some real stinkersWed Aug 09 2017 - 13:00
Atomic Blonde: embarrassingly clunky 1980s period detailThey stopped short of having Boy George run Charlize over with a Sinclair C5Tue Aug 08 2017 - 12:55
The best films to see in the cinema in AugustKathryn Bigelow gets controversial in ‘Detroit’. Domhnall Gleeson looks cool in ‘American Made’Mon Aug 07 2017 - 05:00
Snap out of it, Britain. Brexit won’t save youHmm . . . put my kids out of work or stay in the damned EU? Decisions, decisionsSat Aug 05 2017 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendMaudie finds humanity in unlikely places, Williams profiles an icon for whom racing is lifeFri Aug 04 2017 - 06:00
There have always been people like Maude Lewis. We're never kind enough to themMaudie review: Aisling Walsh delivers a sad film about poor people, but it could scarcely be more open to benevolence and quiet humanismThu Aug 03 2017 - 06:12
'Morrissey tries to be cool. That's more endearing than people who are cool'The rising Scottish actor Jack Lowden speaks about how he made Dunkirk and emoting Morrissey in ‘England is Mine’Thu Aug 03 2017 - 05:48
The Emoji Movie: A dire effort to pick the pockets of young, vulnerable cretinsThis is a hopeless effort to make a universe from product placementWed Aug 02 2017 - 09:40
Land of Mine review: when the shooting stops, the war beginsMartin Zandvliet’s taut, Oscar-nominated drama is economic, impeccably acted and impressively aware of its moral conundrumsTue Aug 01 2017 - 17:52
Sam Shepard, RIP: Was this a man? You’re damn right it wasThe playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and friend of Ireland has died aged 73Mon Jul 31 2017 - 18:22
Jeanne Moreau: very French, half-English and a little IrishThe throaty actor – a walking embodiment of French sophistication – has died aged 89Mon Jul 31 2017 - 15:00
Are creeping Americanisms your bugaboo? This will likely tick you offWhen it comes to hating this hot mess, the Irish are nearly as British as the British themselvesSat Jul 29 2017 - 06:00
Vincent Browne’s last show: A classic display of Browneian MotionTV Review: Better then Seinfeld’s finale, but Jedward should have given him a HumveeFri Jul 28 2017 - 08:00
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: They’ve taken an arm – can a leg be far behind?This week’s quiz includes Star Trek, Rory O’Shea and Howard Hughes. See how you rate on our Bond baddie scaleFri Jul 28 2017 - 06:00
Ethan Hawke: ‘It’s a dance with fire. I saw that with River’s death'Hawke was a posterboy for generation X actors. But after seeing first hand where his precocious talent could lead, he's become a thoughtful veteran of the Hollywood machineFri Jul 28 2017 - 05:00
The Big Sick: A romcom that hits all the right notesFilm follows traditional rhythms while entertaining a most unusual plot turnThu Jul 27 2017 - 13:15
Girls Trip: largely terrible, crazily overlong party comedyReview: The film’s strong cast are wasted in this huge bloated messWed Jul 26 2017 - 14:33
The Farthest: An epic, moving Irish space movieIrish director Emer Reynolds knits together a documentary that informs and movesWed Jul 26 2017 - 11:30
Hey America, give us back International Pi Day, you fascistsWhy should March 14th – or 3/14 as the US would have it – be designated International Pi Day? It’s patently clear that July 22nd – or 22/7 – is its rightful date. You do the mathsSat Jul 22 2017 - 06:00
A bloodless coup: The clean fight in Christopher Nolan’s DunkirkThe auteur’s war film is stunning, but its heroic approach reflects an industry still uncomfortable with the bloody reality of the second World WarSat Jul 22 2017 - 05:00
Donald Clarke’s Movie Quiz: songs, sex scenes and SpielbergWe mark you out of 10 on our Pixar scaleFri Jul 21 2017 - 07:30
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendIt’s hard to look past Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk – but there are a few other gemsFri Jul 21 2017 - 06:00
City of Ghosts review: Life and death in Syria's RaqaaMatthew Heineman follows up ‘Cartel Land’ with a documentary on Islamic State’s atrocities in SyriaThu Jul 20 2017 - 09:06
10 of the best John Coltrane tracksThe great saxophonist died 50 years ago this week. Here are 10 of his finest momentsWed Jul 19 2017 - 14:00
The best films from this year’s Galway Film FleadhMichael Inside, Maze and Song of Granite are among the strong field of new Irish filmMon Jul 17 2017 - 09:59
Director George Romero, inventor of the modern zombie film, diesAn American original, he was best known for Night of the Living DeadMon Jul 17 2017 - 02:16
‘Michael Inside’ wins top prize at Galway Film FleadhGalway event focuses on new Irish talent and trying to increase women in production rolesSun Jul 16 2017 - 23:11
How did smoking on Love Island become a hotter topic than live sex?Astonishingly, cigarettes are Love Island’s biggest turn-offSat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00
The Beguiled: Colin Farrell stirs passions to the very edgeTensions rise in a subtle fashion in Sofia Coppola’s strange but worthwhile dramaFri Jul 14 2017 - 07:12