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
Pouring cold water on anti-fluoridation argumentsOpinion: ‘To be fair, none of these more colourful arguments seem to have been levelled in Dublin City Council’Sun Oct 12 2014 - 12:01
The top 50 films on Netflix, October 2014The classics section is surprisingly small, and the same schlock keeps coming up again and again, but there are plenty of movie gems lurking around NetflixFri Oct 10 2014 - 14:18
'71 review: a visceral reminder of dark daysThis visceral pursuit yarn makes Northern Ireland during the Troubles look like a distant hostile planetFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
The Rewrite review: Hugh Grant’s fringe may be gone, but the comic timing is still thereFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
Gold review: strong performances, convincing characterisationNiall Heery follows up ‘Small Engine Repair’ with ‘Gold’; the sort of film you want to hug indulgently to a welcoming bosomFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
Annabelle review: crying, talking, sleeping, walking evil dollThe toy could hardly seem more sinister if it had presented ‘Top of the Pops’ during the 1970sFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
Will Poulter: ‘Acting was a release from what I found to be a very tough period of my life’Even at 21, Will Poulter works hard at being the best thing in every picture he makes, writes Donald ClarkeFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:00
End may be approaching for absurd blasphemy offenceOpinion: Nobody should be discriminated against because of his or her personal philosophy (whether religious or not)Sat Oct 04 2014 - 00:01
There will be Vlad: an audience with young Dracula in AntrimThe Northern Irish set of Universal’s latest take on a horror legend seems to hark back more to a place called Westeros than to 15th-century RomaniaThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Why is it happy days in Northern Ireland, but anxious times in Cookstown?Opinion: Our most celebrated rock musician, Van Morrison, brings whole weather systems of misery onto stage with himSun Sept 28 2014 - 12:01
Denzel Washington: ‘People retire because they think they should, but you need that work to live’Can Denzel Washington really be about to turn 60? He came late to film but he’s already built up a fine legacyFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Woody Allen: ‘I am realistic in my appraisal of the human condition, but not realistic in my everyday life’Recent scandals haven’t dimmed Woody Allen’s enthusiasm for making films – though he doesn’t understand why people still want to watch themFri Sept 19 2014 - 00:20
