The Leisure Seeker: Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren well below their bestReview: The film is a long, slow Winnebago ride to a cold, cold graveThu Apr 19 2018 - 09:34
Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldiesWed Apr 18 2018 - 17:32
Monty Python hits Netflix. Here’s what to watch and avoidSome Monty Python is sexist, classist and unfunny. But, on the bright side of life ...Tue Apr 17 2018 - 16:40
The worst film titles of all timeThe upcoming ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ is so bad it's goodMon Apr 16 2018 - 09:11
Claire Denis: ‘We are normal people. Even though we are French’The distinguished film-maker continues her experiments in the unpredictable with her latest work – just don’t go asking what it’s like being a female directorSat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: A searing family drama from France, a gentle coming-out comedy from the US, and a heartwarming documentary from IrelandFri Apr 13 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Who is about to go (Han) Solo?Also: The film that was never No 1, welcome to the K Club, and Lean nites in DublinFri Apr 13 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Apr 13 2018 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The curse of the ‘crying laughing’ emoji, aka Blubbing DipstickThe Sobbing Cretin is popular with right-wing bullies and those with no imaginationFri Apr 13 2018 - 05:00
Cannes 2018: line-up features Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee and fresh facesProgramme flush with exciting talent but only three of 18 films competing for Palme d’Or have female directorsThu Apr 12 2018 - 13:44
Rampage review: the Rock v a giant ape. It’s worse than it soundsA flying wolf can’t make up for awful dialogue, absent humour and ropy CGIThu Apr 12 2018 - 06:00
Do film critics like me still matter? Occasionally, yesDonald Clarke: In a freak occurence, a movie has topped the box office based only on good reviewsThu Apr 12 2018 - 06:00
Truth or Dare: A good, honest, trashy horrorReview: The actors give it their all. There are super squirmy moments. The plot is illogicalWed Apr 11 2018 - 09:11
Custody review: Hurtling drama of a horrific boyhoodXavier Legrand’s portayal of domestic violence is a singular debutWed Apr 11 2018 - 09:00
Solo: A Star Wars Story: Hopeful trailer for a ‘troubled production’Smug dialogue, dystopian cityscapes and Chewbacca feature in clip for latest spin-offMon Apr 09 2018 - 13:03
A shortcut to immortality: kill the presidentWith Steven Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ opening at the Gate, what drives the perpetrators. from Booth to Oswald to Hinckley?Sat Apr 07 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Apr 06 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: A thriller so tense you can hear a pin drop, a hard-hitting Irish prison drama, and an epic about the French Aids crisisFri Apr 06 2018 - 06:00
The movie quiz: There's a Baldwin who doesn't act? ReallyAlso: the oldest man win an Oscar and spot the fake Aussie from the usual suspectsFri Apr 06 2018 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: ‘Roseanne’ is the latest cudgel in the brutal culture warsReaction to the sitcom’s 10th series highlights the yawning chasm of US politicsFri Apr 06 2018 - 05:00
120 BPM: Flawed but worthwhile saga of the French Aids yearsRobin Campillo’s film is at its best when at its most intimateFri Apr 06 2018 - 05:00
Thoroughbreds: a film so deliciously unpleasant, we highly recommended itTwo bored, haughty shrews plot a murder – it’s ‘Heathers’ meets ‘Double Indemnity’Fri Apr 06 2018 - 05:00
Making the Grade: Ken Wardrop’s grand piano film scales the heightsThe documentary maker’s film about people taking piano exams may be his warmest yetFri Apr 06 2018 - 05:00
Michael Inside: An Irish prison drama par excellenceReview: Frank Berry’s heart-breaking tale is shot through with generous humanismThu Apr 05 2018 - 13:53
Top 10 prison films to watch: Donald Clarke picks his favouritesAs acclaimed Irish movie Michael Inside is released, we look at prison movies from Birdman of Alcatraz to The Shawshank RedemptionThu Apr 05 2018 - 08:20
Steven Bochco, Hill Street Blues creator, was godfather of golden age of TVBochco, who has died in New York at 74, also created LA Law and NYPD BlueMon Apr 02 2018 - 13:10
Todd Haynes: ‘I was consciously making a film that I wanted kids to see’The director has flipped the script once again with his latest project ‘Wonderstruck’, a proper grown-up film about and for childrenSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Go straight to No 10 for the toughest Rolling Stones question everAlso: The 3rd rule of Fight Club, the Golden Girls’ Elvis, and Neta-Lee Hershlag before she was . . . ?Fri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: An animated masterpiece that manages to out-fantastic Mr FoxFri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00
Blockers: A smart, funny teen-sex comedyReview: Three friends set out to lose their virginity on prom night. Then mom finds outFri Mar 30 2018 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Which came first, the guilt or the Creme Egg?If Egg season has taught us anything, it is that recreational denial makes everything tastierFri Mar 30 2018 - 05:00
Midnight Sun: What can I say about Patrick Schwarzenegger that won’t get me shot?Review: ‘The young man could not be less animated if he were fashioned from Bakelite’Thu Mar 29 2018 - 06:00
The new dynasty actors: Skip Patrick Schwarzenegger, watch Elvis’s granddaughterScott Eastwood is no Clint, but Maya Hawke might be as good as Ethan and UmaWed Mar 28 2018 - 00:27
‘Ready Player One’ is no Spielberg masterpieceReview: It’s an undeniably entertaining film, but also retro-addicted and madly overlongTue Mar 27 2018 - 14:23
Has Olivia de Havilland’s last starring role just been cut short?The Hollywood great’s failed lawsuit has got fact-based TV and cinema off the hookMon Mar 26 2018 - 20:28
John Boyega: I don’t see myself as a celebrityFame and online haters don’t affect him but the Force remains strong with the Star Wars starSat Mar 24 2018 - 00:00
The movie quiz: Who is directing the next Bond film?And which of these actors is Irish-born: Negga, Ronan, Gambon, Fassbender?Fri Mar 23 2018 - 07:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Oprah in A Wrinkle in Time, and a Steven Soderbergh iPhone movieFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and rated'The Irish Times' what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:00
The great Jeremy Corbyn Russian hat conspiracy?‘Newsnight’ graphic shows how quickly people jump on potential biasFri Mar 23 2018 - 05:00
I Got Life: a marvellous, menopausal mini-odysseyBlandine Lenoir’s lovely, intricate film tackles a subject that rarely gets addressed in artFri Mar 23 2018 - 05:00
Unsane: A mental-health movie with a split personalityReview: Shot on an iPhone, Steven Soderbergh's movie starts well but ends badlyThu Mar 22 2018 - 09:54
Pacific Rim Uprising: Pacific Rim Uprising: Chaotic, incoherent and no darn funReview: The likable, energetic John Boyega aside, nothing about this film is very goodTue Mar 20 2018 - 18:00
The movie quiz: What was Diane Keaton’s last Woody Allen film?Did de Niro play Frankenstein? How many women won 2018 Oscars?Fri Mar 16 2018 - 07:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendMary Magdalene demythifies Christ’s 13th apostle, and Peter Rabbit bounds into cinemasFri Mar 16 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Mar 16 2018 - 06:00
The Square: impeccably acted, consistently wittyReview: But anyone who can make a coherent whole of all these elements deserves a prizeFri Mar 16 2018 - 05:00
Mary Magdalene: Who are you calling a prostitute?Review: Rooney Mara is as focused as ever in Garth Davis’s mildly revisionist biblical dramaFri Mar 16 2018 - 05:00
For all Brexit’s gung-ho, why does Britain still have no national day?Donald Clarke: You’d think there’d be a British St Patrick’s Day, with Union Jack beerFri Mar 16 2018 - 05:00
