The Young Offenders is to become a TV seriesThe BBC/RTÉ co-production to get a six-episode run - and the Cork accents are stayingTue May 09 2017 - 12:41
No surly crew? Alien Covenant is not a proper Alien filmReview: A promising opening and solid cast can’t save Ridley Scott’s prequel-sequelMon May 08 2017 - 16:14
Is Christopher Nolan directing the next Bond film?He made sense of Batman. He is bossing Dunkirk. Is Nolan signed up for Bond 25?Mon May 08 2017 - 13:21
Johnny Depp’s going broke and the schadenfreude feels goodWe needed the Fyre Festival to fail. We needed Louis XVI to be guillotinedSat May 06 2017 - 06:00
Colm Meaney: ‘In this business, anybody who keeps their word for 7 minutes is pretty f**king rare’The Irish actor discusses Hollywood values, playing Martin McGuinness and what it taught him about 'Dr No' PaisleySat May 06 2017 - 05:00
The first Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival kicks off todayClassics such as ‘Barbarella’ and ‘The Fifth Element’ to get big-screen outingsFri May 05 2017 - 10:36
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: 10 questions of wonder and amazementThis week’s quiz features female superheroes, James Bonds and questions of realityFri May 05 2017 - 09:11
Sleepless review: It’ll keep you awake but don’t expect depthBaran bo Odar’s empty entertainment is an attractive, unpretentious catastropheThu May 04 2017 - 17:00
Mindhorn review: good-fun, high-concept Britcom with a bit too much plotJulian Barrett is 1980s TV clairvoyant investigator Mindhorn called back ito action to negotiate with real-life maniac the KestrelThu May 04 2017 - 11:15
The Journey review: ludicrous retelling of McGuinness and Paisley paths to peaceThere is a great movie to be made about the peace process - sadly, The Journey is not that filmThu May 04 2017 - 09:09
Black and white is the new black for feature filmsBoth Fury Road and Logan are getting re-releases in monochrome formWed May 03 2017 - 14:24
Ilie Nastase – the kind of ‘character’ sport doesn’t needThe oafish behaviour of Higgins and Nastase was once celebrated. Those days are goneSat Apr 29 2017 - 06:00
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: Bing might help, Hope will get you nowhereThis week’s quiz features four Draculas, three Guardians, two road warriors and one Adrian de la ToucheFri Apr 28 2017 - 06:32
Florence Pugh: the best actor you haven't heard ofFlorence Pugh was awarded best actress at this year’s ADiff for her steel-eyed performance in the revenge drama Lady Macbeth. And in person, the 20-year-old is just as formidableFri Apr 28 2017 - 05:12
Heal the Living review: delicately balancing life and deathA handsome teen gives up his heart - literally - in Katell Quillévéré’s impressive drama of interconnected tragic storiesThu Apr 27 2017 - 14:00
Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme dies aged 73The Oscar-winning film-maker also directed acclaimed films Philadelphia, Something Wild and the Talking Heads concert documentary Stop Making SenseWed Apr 26 2017 - 18:20
Hollywood writers strike: what it means for your favourite showsThe Walking Dead and new Star Trek spin-off Discovery will suffer, and if the strike is lengthy, Game of Thrones could tooWed Apr 26 2017 - 17:29
The Avatar sequels: Don’t bet against James Cameron as he sets release datesThe first Avatar broke records but left no cultural trace. Will its successors sink or soar?Tue Apr 25 2017 - 05:00
Guardians of the Galaxy 2: ‘Expensive. Vulgar. Desperate’Film review: The sequel has more quips, more kitsch, more spectacle, less plotMon Apr 24 2017 - 16:06
Back to your seat! Here come the post-credits movie scenesGuardians of the Galaxy 2 will have no fewer than five post-credit sequencesMon Apr 24 2017 - 14:33
I’m slightly proud that I don’t get Ed SheeranI listen to his songs for an hour, but still feel as if I’ve never heard a single one of themSat Apr 22 2017 - 06:00
The Gift review: a commendable if uneven study of griefThere are moments of promise in Damian O’Callaghan’s debut, but too often The Gift tends towards melodramaFri Apr 21 2017 - 12:00
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: Are you clueless or clued-in?This week’s quiz zooms from no place like home to a galaxy far, far awayFri Apr 21 2017 - 06:00
Gemma Arterton: ‘I wasn’t posh enough for some jobs’She never thought she’d work in film. Now, she’s determined to control her own destinyFri Apr 21 2017 - 05:12
Unforgettable review: The best worst 'erotic thriller' of all timeKatherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson’s ‘erotic thriller’ is as close to being objectively, verifiably dreadful as it getsThu Apr 20 2017 - 22:00
The Zookeeper’s Wife review: Walking a sugary thin lineDiane Ackerman's moving Holocaust true story is let down by fluffy bunnies - and Jessica Chastain’s accentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
10 things to note about the Cannes official selectionExpect VR, immigration, Michael Haneke’s potential record... and lots of Nicole KidmanThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:43
Cannes Film Festival to feature Colin Farrell’s latest role‘Twin Peaks’ reprise to be screened as Cannes film festival embraces television premieresThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Academy’s rule change could dash Irish animation Oscar hopesRule changes in the Oscars could make it tough for independent animated films such as Song of the Sea to secure nominationsThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Fast and Furious 8 review: It’s completely stupid. It’s completely awesomeLess may be more, but much more is much, much more - and no stunt is too crazy or extravagant for this barmy franchiseThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38
Show business is still hostile to open sexualityThe dictum that a male romantic lead should be potentially “available” to heterosexual female fans has barely relaxed since the days of Rock HudsonThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Going in Style review: tired jokes about tired bodiesAnother film pretending to show older people respect while treating them as jokesThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:36
Rules Don’t Apply review: Warren Beatty’s flat-footed tribute to Howard HughesBeatty’s off-kilter take on Hollywood’s famous recluse leans towards screwball, but never actually gets thereThu Apr 20 2017 - 11:15
Handsome Devil: Blackrock boy meets Blackrock boy – the movieWith contemporary fashions scored to 1980s musical references – John Butler's Handsome Devil is proudly traditional in its storytellingThu Apr 20 2017 - 06:40
‘Bunch of Kunst’ review: Nothing gets in the way of the punchCheeky title for fly-on-the-wall documentary on the Sleaford ModsWed Apr 19 2017 - 10:04
Why ‘Fast & Furious’ is bigger than Bond and Star Wars‘Fast & Furious 8’ was number one in more than 60 territories, and made $190m in China aloneTue Apr 18 2017 - 12:21
All hail the Japanese Film Festival in IrelandDelicate drama ‘Her Love Boils Bathwater’ is critics’ choice for best filmSun Apr 16 2017 - 17:35
Sgt Pepper’s: when The Beatles got high on pomposityWho knows when Sgt Pepper by The Beatles was first declared the greatest LP of all time? It’s not even their bestSat Apr 15 2017 - 06:00
Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer features Skellig MichaelThe first trailer for The Last Jedi was revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2017Fri Apr 14 2017 - 18:30
Michael O’Shea: A one-hit wonder 20 years in the makingTwo decades after graduating from film school, Michael O’Shea found himself selected for Cannes with his debut feature ‘The Transfiguration’Thu Apr 13 2017 - 12:00
Mulholland Dr review: David Lynch’s masterpiece returns to the big screenThe first great US film of the century still has us guessing 15 years laterWed Apr 12 2017 - 06:00
The Sense of an Ending review: A smart piece of translationJulian Barnes’s dryly comic Booker winner is nimbly adapted to suit the demands of mainstream cinemaWed Apr 12 2017 - 06:00
Saying the unsayable at the Iftas: ‘Do you know who I am?’Deep in the trenches of the red carpet press area at the Iftas, a ‘colleague’ nearly caused me to commit one of the great linguistic sinsMon Apr 10 2017 - 20:17
2017 Ifta Awards: ‘A Date for Mad Mary’ claims best pictureStatuettes also handed out for ‘The Siege of Jadotville’ and ‘The Young Offenders’Sat Apr 08 2017 - 21:30
Donald Clarke’s Movie Quiz: Are you a) a genius, b) an ignoramusThe weekly quiz goes multiple choice and from Annie Hall to Ronald ReaganFri Apr 07 2017 - 05:27
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendThis week, you can expand your political consciousness, shred your nerves or turn your stomach. Your choiceFri Apr 07 2017 - 05:00
Neruda review: Gael García Bernal’s latest almost disappears up its own dactylPablo Larraín’s take on Pablo Neruda’s life mixes the real and the surreal, but unfortunately loses touch with its charactersThu Apr 06 2017 - 22:00
Cunning subversion and sly black humour: the Czech New Wave comes to the IFIThe Intimate Lighting season focuses on one the great movements in post-war cinemaThu Apr 06 2017 - 17:05
Catherine Walker: the best Irish actress you never heard of?Catherine Walker overcame inevitable trials to construct one of the most intriguing CVs in Irish entertainment – and now she’s adding horror to the listThu Apr 06 2017 - 07:04
Raw review: a terrible beauty is bornThis might be the most revolting film you’ll ever see, but there is a method to the madness of director Julia DucournauWed Apr 05 2017 - 18:14
