The best baddies in townThe entire population of a small American village is herded into the local church by British soldiersSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
That's what friends are forCursai Ealaine Teoranta: The Truth about Gerry (RTE1, Tuesday)Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Telling it like it wasYou don't see many documentaries in the cinema these days, agrees director Kevin MacDonaldSat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Drama over documentary`I'm a great believer in the idea that you can tell the truth in dramas far better than you can in documentaries," says director…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Rough trade, rough draftThe old Hollywood gag about the Polish starlet who was so dim she slept with the writer may be in need of some revision in light…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Limited additionReports of the demise of Cursai Ealaine were, it seems, prematureSat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Now here's an offer you really can't refuseThree New Jersey mobsters (allegedly) are sitting in a car, discussing their favourite TV showSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
`I have to live out my destiny'`How many American movies do you see about jobs any more?" asks Oliver StoneSat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
Reprising the Rats`Frank, Sammy and Dean: the Rat Pack, Live from Las Vegas!" Well, not exactly - it's really Louis, Peter and Clive, live from…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Some things `shouldn't be shown'Modern Times: The Price of Eggs (BBC2, Wednesday)Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
The Insider dealIt comes as a surprise that Michael Mann is not an anti-smoking fanaticSat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Vaunting Victorian valuesMike Leigh has a reputation for grumpiness, I'm warned before going to meet him at a screening of his new film for Irish Times…Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
CinemaNext Tuesday is the centenary of the birth of the great Spanish director, Luis BunuelSat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
CinemaOne of the many remarkable things about digital animation supremo John Lasseter, the man who brought us Toy Story and A Bug's…Sat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
Patriarch role in `Amongst Women' won most praiseWhen Tony Doyle stepped up to accept the Lifetime Achievement award from the Film Institute of Ireland in December 1998, the …Sat Jan 29 2000 - 00:00
CinemaAt 5 a.m. on December 1st, Ben Eadar, the Holywood, Co Down, home of Ireland's most celebrated documentary-maker, John TSat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
`General' wins best film awardThe feature films The General and I Went Down and the television drama Amongst Women figured strongly at the inaugural Irish …Mon Nov 29 1999 - 00:00
Monsieur Hulot's picturesThe clown/film-maker has an honoured place within the history of cinema, particularly in the first half of this centurySat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Woody Allen: A Biography by John Baxter (HarperCollins Entertainment, £8.99 in UK)The picture which emerges in Baxter's unflattering but scrupulously fair biography is of a man who jealously guards his power…Sat Nov 20 1999 - 00:00
Mapping the Irish empireOne of the minor side effects of millennium fever is that, up to now, we've been largely spared the "What were the 1990s all …Sat Nov 13 1999 - 00:00
CinemaThe 12th Foyle Film Festival opens next Friday in Derry with the Irish premiere of Michael Winterbottom's Northern Irish-set …Sat Nov 06 1999 - 00:00
Joking for IrelandTake a look at the British television schedules for next week, and you'll notice a remarkable thing: there are Irishmen everywhere…Sat Nov 06 1999 - 00:00
Time to take on Tarzan (and friends)On an autumn afternoon, the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square offers a vision of the New Europe which would have surprised Jean…Sat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Irish film-maker takes Cork short film awardA young Irish film-maker has won the prestigious European Short Film Award at this year's Murphy's Cork Film Festival.Mon Oct 18 1999 - 01:00
FilmThe closing weekend of this year's Cork Film Festival offers an attractive bill of international and Irish fareSat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Shhhhhhhhhh!Maybe it's because I'm a spoiled, snobbish elitist - and that's not something I'm happy about - but I have to confess I'm finding…Sat Oct 02 1999 - 01:00
Dogme cleaned upFollowing the twin provocations/inspirations of Thomas Vinterberg's Festen and Lars Von Trier's The Idiots, Mifune, the third…Fri Oct 01 1999 - 01:00
Film FringeFilms, in a theatre festival? Does it really make sense for this year's Fringe to be dabbling in celluloid? Absolutely, says …Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
The mogul who never grew upWhat makes a mogul? The legendary Sam Goldwyn was "one of the lucky ones whose great hearts, shallow and commonplace as bedpans…Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
There's nothing dodgy about his actingWhile I'm sitting with Ray Winstone in the almost-deserted bar of the Clarence Hotel on a Wednesday afternoon, a Scottish drunk…Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00