The Piano: A feminist classic? 25 years on it doesn’t look like itReview: In Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning screenplay the female lead character is left to choose the lesser of two evils, both rapistsThu Jun 14 2018 - 06:00
The hand that writes the film review is pale and maleMore than three-quarters of film critics are men, a new study findsWed Jun 13 2018 - 06:00
The real Sound of Music: Maria was no flibbertigibbet, and she didn’t teach the kids songsThe 1965 musical was ‘a sugar-coated lie’ with little in common with the real Von TrappsSat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, McQueen, All the Wild Horses, The Boy DownstairsFri Jun 08 2018 - 06:00
New Town Utopia: Finding beauty in brutalismReview: Exploring the artistic undertones of England’s largest post-war ‘New Town’Fri Jun 08 2018 - 05:00
The Boy Downstairs: ‘When Harry Met Sally’ for millennialsZosia Mamet shows a delicate comic touch in this hugely likeable New York rom-comFri Jun 08 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 08 2018 - 00:00
Alexander McQueen film asks no awkward questionsReview: Even in death, the enigmatic designer has evaded the documentariansWed Jun 06 2018 - 11:55
Louise Brooks: ‘I was always late, but just too damn stunning for them to fire me’The dancer, actor, gossip columnist and muse was one of the most modern of starsSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: My Friend Dahmer, Pandora's Box and That SummerFri Jun 01 2018 - 06:00
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom: ‘I wanted a dinosaur that would be very scary’Director JA Bayona has more dinosaurs than any previous instalment and the most dangerous beastie to dateFri Jun 01 2018 - 06:00
Pandora’s Box: A German masterpiece of bracing oddnessReview: Collaboration between GW Pabst and Louise Brooks almost didn’t happenFri Jun 01 2018 - 05:30
L’Amant Double: Dodgy erotic encounters and sheet-clutchingReview: They don’t make inappropriate girl-slapping erotica like they used toFri Jun 01 2018 - 05:10
That Summer: How the walls fell in on the HamptonsReview: Documentary about how a patrician family descended into genteel squalorFri Jun 01 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Jun 01 2018 - 04:00
At school with a serial killer: growing up with Jeffrey DahmerMarc Meyers’s My Friend Dahmer is adapted from the graphic novel by John Backderf, aka DerfWed May 30 2018 - 05:00
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summerIncredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go AgainSat May 26 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew releases: The Breadwinner, Zama, Edie, Jeune Femme, Citizen Lane, Deadpool 2Fri May 25 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri May 25 2018 - 06:00
Even When I Fall: ex-circus slaves on a tightrope to recoveryReview: This story of Nepalese girls sold into slavery in a circus is unexpectedly feelgoodFri May 25 2018 - 05:00
Zama: Halting drama makes for a unique viewing experienceReview: Comedy of disappointment as hero is the architect of much of his own bad luckFri May 25 2018 - 05:00
Edie: One last Highland fling for a not-so-merry widowReview: Sheila Hancock plays a cantankerous old bag on a quest to climb a Scottish mountainThu May 24 2018 - 21:00
Show Dogs review: Talking dog film makes no senseA terrific voice cast are squandered on a sceenplay littered with feeble jokesThu May 24 2018 - 19:00
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’: The making of a weak movieThings were ‘getting weird’ on the set of the Han Solo film. So they changed directorMon May 21 2018 - 05:00
Angelina Jolie, the Breadwinner and me. By Nora TwomeyThe co-founder of Cartoon Saloon on teaming up with the A-list star for their Oscar-nominated animation, and using cartoons to help children make sense of the worldSat May 19 2018 - 06:00
Ian McEwan: adapting books for movies is ‘technically challenging’‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoonSat May 19 2018 - 05:00
‘Allure’ excavates sexual trauma to darkly fascinating and meaningful effectReview: Evan Rachel Wood flip-flops between victim and victimiser in this study of abuse of powerFri May 18 2018 - 13:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendJeune Femme, Citizen Lane, Deadpool 2, Dive, Redoubtable, Sherlock GnomesFri May 18 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri May 18 2018 - 06:00
Citizen Lane: Deft strokes paint a picture of a wonderful contradictionReview: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor shines in a vibrant biopic of Hugh Lane with real artistic meritFri May 18 2018 - 05:00
Cannes 2018: Bada bing! Travolta brings the Mob to the red carpetCannes diary: Protests against Gaza killings and racism also take centre stageThu May 17 2018 - 14:15
Jeune Femme: Comedy with a soaring, free-spirited leadReview: A white-knuckle sense of emotional freefall powers every fraught sceneThu May 17 2018 - 05:00
Cannes 2018: ‘Solo’ reviews no better than so-soCannes diary: Competitive von Trier outrage and debating the meaning of shoesWed May 16 2018 - 17:05
Solo: A Star Wars Story. Great start, shame about the restReview: It has pretty good opening 20 minutes, but slides quickly into incoherenceTue May 15 2018 - 23:42
Citizen Lane: Art and the creation of the Irish nationHugh Lane’s contribution to cultural history is the focus of Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s new filmSat May 12 2018 - 05:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and ratedThe Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri May 11 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Godard at the barricades in ’68, and the plot’s afoot in gnomastic HolmesFri May 11 2018 - 06:00
Breaking In: They broke into the wrong houseReview: It’s a neat, effective entertainment with a a delicious response to the lead burglar’s assertion that the heroine is ‘only a woman’Fri May 11 2018 - 05:00
Have a Nice Day (Hao Ji Le): ‘Reservoir Dogs’ meets ‘Loveless’Review: One-man band Liu Jian’s three-year labour of love is a crime saga that fizzes with intellectFri May 11 2018 - 05:00
‘Entebbe’: Uncertain film on the Israeli-Palestine conflict will please no-oneReview: It’s hard to see who the film is for – bring back ‘Delta Force’: never mind the dire implications, we know where we stand with Chuck NorrisThu May 10 2018 - 09:28
Sherlock Gnomes: Fun film, pity about Johnny DeppReview: It's a gnom com with a PR problem, as allegations hang over its lead actorThu May 10 2018 - 05:00
Gabrielle Union: ‘We are underrepresented compared to white men’‘Breaking In’ star and producer talks about her new film, and the long road ahead to achieve fair representationFri May 04 2018 - 06:30
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and rated'The Irish Times' what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri May 04 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Tough-minded Tully is not what you expect when you’re expectingFri May 04 2018 - 06:00
Mary and the Witch’s Flower review: We are not in Hogwarts anymore, TotoThis tale of spells and broomsticks in the Studio Ghibli spirit will sweep you awayFri May 04 2018 - 05:00
The Young Karl Marx: Birth of a working-class superheroReview: A cerebral bromance between the charismatic Marx and the rakish EngelsFri May 04 2018 - 05:00
Lean on Pete: Horse and boy film is an emotional knockoutReview: Charlie Plummer shows himself to be the best young actor of his generationThu May 03 2018 - 14:18
Irish film-maker investigates the rise of land grabbing in CambodiaA Cambodian Spring by Chris Kelly also follows the political evolution the Buddhist monk and activist the Venerable Luon SovathThu May 03 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendSuperhero chaos in Avengers, the jolting thiller Beast, and a James Whale classicFri Apr 27 2018 - 06:00
Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and rated'The Irish Times' what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across IrelandFri Apr 27 2018 - 06:00
