Men, Women and Children review: the Twitterati made me do itAnsel Elgort, Adam Sandler and a big-name cast play it oh-so-serious in Jason Reitman’s latestFri Dec 05 2014 - 09:00
Ticket Awards 2014 - The best screen shotsIrish film had a standout year, franchises asserted their dominance, and some of the year’s best films came in documentary form. Donald Clarke and Tara Brady name-check the best - and a few of the worst - of 2014Fri Dec 05 2014 - 06:00
Penguins of Madagascar review: cracking jokes keep these birdbrains flying highBirds of little brain still manage to fly fairly high in funny sequelFri Dec 05 2014 - 05:00
Concerning Violence review: people powerColonialism and its violently radicalising effect is the subject of this chilling documentaryFri Dec 05 2014 - 04:00
Glassland listed for Sundance Film Festival competitionKerryman Gerard Barrett’s work among 12 films for World Cinema Dramatic CompetitionWed Dec 03 2014 - 23:34
Gregory Campbell should sharpen his cutting witDUP politician’s pathetic dig at Irish Language Act sullys the name of political insultSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
The Possibilities are Endless review: grace after tragedyThe story of Edwyn Collin's return and recovery after stroke is one of the unexpected surprises of the seasonFri Nov 28 2014 - 06:00
Ansel Elgort: there’s no fault with this starAnsel who? Elgort what? The suddenly red-hot 20 year old hearthrob from Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars talks Twitter and truthfulnessFri Nov 28 2014 - 00:00
Gifts: the best films and box setsMake Nidge and Ed Sheeran the perfect gifts this Christmas with music, TV, films and games for all the family to savourWed Nov 26 2014 - 08:00
Did International Men’s Day pass you by?Opinion: ‘The dominant order doesn’t need to celebrate its identity with annual festivals’Sat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Two Northern Irish films on Oscar live-action longlistA pornographer’s obsession in ‘SLR’ and facts of life in ‘Boogaloo and Graham’ make the cutFri Nov 21 2014 - 14:23
Chadwick Boseman: Standing up for James BrownChadwick Boseman, who plays 1960s pop star James Brown in a new biopic Get on Up, talks to Donald ClarkeFri Nov 21 2014 - 10:10
What we do in the Shadows review: a comedy about four vampires squabbling over the washing-upFri Nov 21 2014 - 06:15
The Homesman review: All kinds of grit to be savoured hereTommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank spark off each other like flinty knives in this elegantly elegiac and magnificently mean westernFri Nov 21 2014 - 06:00
Carte Noire French Film Festival at the Irish Film InstituteNow is the time to rush to the French cinematic barricadesFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I review - halfway decent, then it leaves you hangingThu Nov 20 2014 - 17:51
Band Aid: the day rebellious music died (yet again)Opinion: Charity single and Live Aid showed rock’s dangerous years were in the pastSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00
The Imitation Game review: the highest form of flatteryAlan Turing and his colleagues get the popular tribute they deserve in this pacy tale of derring-doFri Nov 14 2014 - 16:50
Third Person review: a cinema crash waiting to happenBeautiful people have all the frickin’ problems in Paul Haggis glossy but superficial dramaFri Nov 14 2014 - 00:00
Life Itself review: a critical take on a critic’s lifeThis documentary on the late Roger Ebert, America’s most beloved movie reviewer, gets a big thumbs upFri Nov 14 2014 - 00:00
Everything is awesome! Especially the internetPlease, let us not stereotype boorish, ignorant AmericansSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Noomi Rapace: “I think acting saved my life”Noomi Rapace certainly knows how to make an entrance – and how to talk. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus star discusses her love of Iceland, life as a 15-year-old wild child in Stockholm, and how acting saved her lifeFri Nov 07 2014 - 00:00
Badly behaved children don’t deserve a place at the cafe tableOpinion: ‘Children have enough advantages. They don’t have to go to work. They are allowed to eat delicious liquidised fruit pulp’Sat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
Mr Turner review: Spall grunts and swaggers his way through one of Mike Leigh’s greatest filmsFri Oct 31 2014 - 09:12
Jesssica Paré: Mad, rad and very useful to knowThe Mad Men star on singing with The Jesus and Mary Chain, her new Irish movie Standby, and being constantly badgered for spoilers about the hit TV seriesFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:02
One Million Dubliners review: Homage to Glasnevin is a dead-cert winnerDocumentary on the famous cemetery a fitting tribute to the work of Shane MacThomaisFri Oct 31 2014 - 00:00
Gerry and Nigel just two peas in a mainstream insurgency podSinn Féin and Ukip? They’re practically twins they areSat Oct 25 2014 - 07:21
Zabriskie Point review: Still properly blows the mindMichelangelo Antonioni’s groovy free-form symphony hits US 1960s counterculture right on the nailFri Oct 24 2014 - 17:54
Love, Rosie review: fake-Irish rom com bombThe street signs are just as phoney as the plot in this typical piece of ron-com sludgeFri Oct 24 2014 - 03:30
The Babadook review: a horror movie for the agesJennifer Kent’s truly original shocker is easily the best horror film to make it into commercial cinemas this yearFri Oct 24 2014 - 03:00
The Guarantee: the unmaking of modern Ireland‘A bleak portrait of the end of a pocket empire’. Writer Colin Murphy and producer John Kelleher tell Donald Clarke about bringing the story of the most expensive bank bailout in history to the big screenFri Oct 24 2014 - 02:00
Are gamers misogynistic? Some certainly areOpinion: ‘Virtually every time a feminist comments on video gaming culture, slope-headed reactionaries attempt to shut her down with threats of sexual violence’Sat Oct 18 2014 - 11:14
Coppola dynasty: three generations of Coppola in filmGrandpa Francis may have lit the spark, but director Gia Coppola takes most of the inspiration for her debut film from the writing of good friend James Franco, she tellsDonald ClarkeFri Oct 17 2014 - 00:00
The Judge review: Downey and Duvall lower the bar all the waySomebody ought to issue a bench warrant against the makers of this corny, endless so-called thrillerFri Oct 17 2014 - 00:00
Showrunners review: 'Oh no, I have this bad back from lifting all this gold bullion'This entertaining documentary about TV’s movers & shakers is definitely running on plentyFri Oct 17 2014 - 00:00
