Oscar nomination for Ruth Negga: ‘I became an actor to hide’The quiet Irish actor may be on the cusp of mega-stardom but she hasn’t lost sight of her craftFri Jan 20 2017 - 13:01
Split review: Personality disorders of a seriously deranged kindM Night Shyamalan’s bonkers return-to-form thriller starring James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy is enjoyably over the topThu Jan 19 2017 - 13:51
Lion review: Saroo Brierley’s remarkable true story roars with emotionIf you don’t blub at the end of Garth Davis’s feature debut, you may wish to secede from the human speciesThu Jan 19 2017 - 11:25
'The BBC is giving Mrs Brown her own chat show? I need a lie down'A talk show may be the ideal format for Brendan O'Carroll's Marmite creationThu Jan 19 2017 - 05:00
Audi Dublin International Film Festival launches its programme for 2017Festival guests this year include Vanessa Redgrave, Kerry Fox, Anna Friel, Jack Reynor, Cillian Murphy and Aiden GillenWed Jan 18 2017 - 14:17
Jackie review: extraordinary portrait of doomed American iconNatalie Portman shines as the grieving first lady struggling to maintain controlWed Jan 18 2017 - 13:00
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be in my dayWe can’t trust ourselves to responsibly assess the popular culture we imbibed as childrenSat Jan 14 2017 - 07:00
La La Land review: Romancing the Stone, as Gosling holds his ownIn Damien Chazelle’s dazzling musical, Emma Stone sings and dances like a pro, Ryan Gosling a little less so, but the lack of sure-footedness only adds to the charmFri Jan 13 2017 - 11:38
Casey Affleck: ‘It’s no fun being a giant movie star’An Oscar for ‘Manchester by the Sea’ would bring Ben’s younger brother the fame he’s been avoidingFri Jan 13 2017 - 05:35
Irish Film Board lauds Oscar hits but calls for increased funding2017 production slate includes films starring Pat Shortt, Cillian Murphy and Elle FanningThu Jan 12 2017 - 17:21
Live by Night review: Forget it Ben, this ain't ChinatownBen Affleck’s take on Denis Lehane’s gritty novel aims for Roman Polanski’s classic, but ends up closer to Warren Beatty’s Dick TracyThu Jan 12 2017 - 12:33
Whatever picture wins the Oscar, it will be seen as a comment on TrumpSomething will have gone terribly wrong if the Oscars fail to honour a film that fits comfortably into the Trump conversationWed Jan 11 2017 - 05:00
After Globes wins, ‘La La Land’ dominates Bafta nominationsFollowing some Irish triumph at major awards, Bafta delivers disappointing newsTue Jan 10 2017 - 08:37
‘La La Land’ pushes Golden Globes rivals into the dustIrish nominees come up short, Meryl Streep gives searing critique of Donald TrumpMon Jan 09 2017 - 10:55
The conflict between theists and atheists has become a godawful boreFor large sections of the population, Christianity is of no more interest than astrology, flat-Earthism or water dousing. It is no longer even worth rejecting.Sat Jan 07 2017 - 07:00
Brendan Gleeson: ‘It never crossed my mind I could be a movie star’Thousands once admired him as a stage actor, now millions revere him as the Irish bloke out of ‘Harry Potter’. Yet the affable former teacher remains remarkably unstarryFri Jan 06 2017 - 06:00
Assassin’s Creed review: Like Dan Brown on a bad day - with added FassbenderVideogame adaptations have an atrocious track record - this strange, boring movie is better than most such projects, but is still close to unendurableSat Dec 31 2016 - 06:31
Silence review: The passion (and the tedium) of Martin ScorseseLiam Neeson is a Jesuit gone native with Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver on his trailFri Dec 30 2016 - 10:42
Goodbye Pokémon Go. Goodnight killer clowns. Good luck BrangelinaIt wasn’t all tragedy and Trump – 2016 had its fair share of silly stories. And here they areFri Dec 30 2016 - 07:00
Marion Cotillard: “I don’t like to kill people, so that’s why I didn’t play Assassin’s Creed”The French Oscar winner reteams with the director and star of ‘Macbeth’ for this megabuck fantasyFri Dec 30 2016 - 06:00
Debbie Reynolds: Last surviving star of the great MGM musicalsSingin’ in the Rain regularly voted among the greatest of all American filmsThu Dec 29 2016 - 11:49
Donald Clarke: Touch of Hollywood macabre to death of Carrie Fisher‘Star Wars’ franchise turned actor into reluctant star who struggled with successWed Dec 28 2016 - 12:24
Zsa Zsa Gabor was the original Kim KardashianThere is nothing new about being famous for being famousSat Dec 24 2016 - 07:00
People of 2016: Oscar winner Ben Cleary. ‘Everything is changing’How does life change for a film-maker who now has that gold man on the shelf?Fri Dec 23 2016 - 10:30
Collateral Beauty review: one of the biggest cinematic catastrophes of 2016Just in time for Christmas, Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren and others serve up one of the biggest turkeys you've ever seenFri Dec 23 2016 - 06:30
Blockbusters bombed while Irish film soaredCulture review 2016: The surge in Irish cinema continued with cracking diverse domestic films, and getting to see the Oscars in the flesh was a treatFri Dec 23 2016 - 05:00
Why Him? review: Good cast, shame about the comedyJames Franco and Bryan Cranston improvise gamely in this good-natured but ho-hum farceThu Dec 22 2016 - 11:30
Passengers review: In space, no one can hear you scream at your agentJennifer Lawrence's gravity holds, but Chris Pratt is about 20 million light years out of his comfort zone in this morally indefensible clunkerTue Dec 20 2016 - 13:54
Presents of mind: Stuck for a Christmas gift idea?Whether it’s music, movies or television, we’re here to save the dayMon Dec 19 2016 - 00:00
Irish Twitter in the days of #kittyoshea and #thunderingdisgraceOr imagine a Trump-like Nixon tweeting away in the small hours – #notacrook, #expletivedeletedSat Dec 17 2016 - 07:00
Ticket Awards: the best Film of 2016Mad Mary drove you wild, Fantastic Beasts lived up to its name, and competition was fierce in all categories. Here are the film winners in The Ticket Awards 2016Fri Dec 16 2016 - 06:09
Uncle Howard review: Emotional look at film-maker who died of AidsAaron Brookner's documentary explores the life of his uncle Howard Brookner in a wonderful ode to 1980s New YorkThu Dec 15 2016 - 12:15
Scrooge review: A Carol that hits all the top notesAlastair Sim and a superb supporting cast make this 1951 retelling of Dickens' classic the best ever committed to filmThu Dec 15 2016 - 12:06
Can Rogue One annihilate the box office? Gareth Edwards takes the long viewAs Rogue One lands in cinemas worldwide, star Felicity Jones and director Gareth Edwards talk about hype, expectation and the sacred ground of Star WarsThu Dec 15 2016 - 05:00
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story review - this time it's warThe Star Wars spin-off is filled with enough canon lore and spectacle to thrill hardcore fans, but the film’s greatest selling point is the central performance by Felicity JonesTue Dec 13 2016 - 17:43
Golden Globes 2017: Irish talent racks up the nominationsColin Farrell, Ruth Negga, Caitriona Balfe and ‘Sing Street’ all in the runningMon Dec 12 2016 - 18:20
Have yourself a very Merry Christmas – but only if you are whiteThe festive meatheads are circling after a mall in Minnesota employs a black Santa ClausSat Dec 10 2016 - 07:00
Happy birthday Kirk Douglas, 100 years not outA survivor of the Great Depression, two World Wars, McCarthyism and a stroke, it looks as if they haven’t built the condition that can destroy Kirk DouglasFri Dec 09 2016 - 16:49
Dead Along the Way review: A dead ringer for Tarantino - in a good wayIrish director Maurice O’Carroll's thriller wears its influences on its sleeve, and proves to be a reasonably effective exercise in cinematic ventriloquismThu Dec 08 2016 - 15:50
Snowden review: a Stone-cold liberal treatOliver Stone nails his political colours to the mast early on, and delivers his most entertaining film in yearsThu Dec 08 2016 - 13:00
Christopher Lloyd: Another ‘Back to the Future’ in his future?From ‘Taxi’ to Irish horror ‘I Am Not a Serial Killer’, Doc Brown’s maxim is: ‘I like to work’Thu Dec 08 2016 - 05:00
Office Christmas Party review: Jennifer Aniston is the bitch who stole ChristmasAniston is sublime, but the rest of the film is as much fun as a family row at ChristmasWed Dec 07 2016 - 18:39
Donald Clarke: Why shouldn’t Kate Bush admire Theresa May?Bush, the cool face of prog rock, has always gone her own way. But the Tories? C’monSat Dec 03 2016 - 06:00
What were the best films of 2016? Here are our top 10The Ticket Awards 2016: Our film writers select their favourite movies of 2016Fri Dec 02 2016 - 06:30
The Ticket Awards 2016 - and the Film nominees are...Irish film puts in another quality shift of work; women are way out in front in the acting stakes; and animation is getting beyond the family film ghettoFri Dec 02 2016 - 06:00
Crash and Burn review: Tommy Byrne - Far beyond drivenRubber meets the road in this sterling Irish documentary about one-time Irish Formula One driver Tommy ByrneThu Dec 01 2016 - 14:02
Moana review: If it walks like a Disney princess . . .The songs are great but the girl power a bit confused in this enjoyable animated adventureThu Dec 01 2016 - 11:00
Chi-Raq review: Spike Lee’s call to make love not gang warA gorgeous, fall-blast take on ancient Greek classic ‘Lysistrata’ updates the action to violence-plagued ChicagoThu Dec 01 2016 - 06:10
Dog Eat Dog review: Paul Schrader out-Tarantinos QuentinNicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe are truly unhinged in this defiantly barmy thrillerWed Nov 30 2016 - 10:41
Donald Clarke: Yes, of course it’s another column about Trump‘We shall henceforth refer to the shock election feat as the Orange Toxic Event’Sat Nov 26 2016 - 07:00
