The Irish Times

Oscars 2022: Irish contingent among pre-ceremony Covid outbreaks

Belfast’s Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds have been isolating in New York after testing positive

Sun Mar 27 2022 - 09:36

Fresh: Wildly entertaining horror on modern dating

Daisy Edgar-Jones shines in a clever film that contains the craziest reveal of the year

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00

Oscars 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley and Ciarán Hinds among nominees

Belfast up for best picture and Van Morrison nominated for best original song

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 12:10

Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awards

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the Irish

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 05:55

Don’t Look Up: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s new film misses its target

There are decent jokes but Adam McKay’s comedy feels overstuffed

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 05:00

Adam McKay: ‘An Oscar? How the f**k did that happen?’

Oscar-winning filmaker Adam McKay has a new film about the end of the world

Sat Dec 04 2021 - 05:00

Michael Lewis: My pandemic prediction ‘was only partly right’

In his new book the Moneyball and Big Short author tackles the US response to Covid-19

Sat May 15 2021 - 06:00

Netflix has spent millions on its films, so why are they so mediocre?

Streaming giant Netflix has spent gazillions making movies, with little of quality to show for it

Sat Jan 16 2021 - 07:00

Netflix: 25 films to watch out for in 2021

Big names, Oscar contenders and everything from westerns to romcoms will hit the small screen this year

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 09:05

Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now

There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

The Comey Rule review: You actually begin to root for Trump

It is impossible for Brendan Gleeson to give a serious performance as Donald Trump

Wed Sept 30 2020 - 23:08

Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Sat Jan 18 2020 - 06:10

Netflix: the 10 best new films and shows to watch in May

Renee Zellweger stars in What/If; Knock Down the House looks at the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Wed May 01 2019 - 06:30

Theranos and me: A ‘Tallaght cowboy’ in a failed Silicon Valley start-up

Tony Nugent worked for the controversial blood-testing start-up and its fraudster founder

Sat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00

Oscars 2019: Nominated films play fast and loose with history

Most factual liberties are dramatically justifiable. But some seriously mislead viewers

Mon Feb 04 2019 - 09:53

Vice: Christian Bale is nuance-free as Dick Cheney

Review: The movie is never boring, but too often treats the audience like morons

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 13:45

Oscars 2019: the complete list of nominations

Irish-produced film The Favourite and Netflix’s Roma lead the way with 10 nominations each

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 14:13

Oscars 2019: Here’s who I predict will be nominated today

Donald Clarke: If I get fewer than 80% of these correct I’ll be disappointed

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 10:11

Golden Globes: shock as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ wins best drama

Freddie Mercury biopic and ‘Green Book’ win big at awards ceremony on Sunday night

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 07:36

Golden Globes 2019: full list of winners

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ beats runaway favourite ‘A Star Is Born’ to best drama film

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 06:50

Watch: How Christian Bale transformed into Dick Cheney for biopic

Actor has gained 40lb to play former US vice-president for ‘Big Short’ director

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 10:01

Which films will be up for next year’s Oscars? These ones will

Donald Clarke predicts 2019’s Best Picture nominees. He was nearly half right this year

Tue Mar 06 2018 - 16:24

Johnny Depp as Donald Trump – almost as funny as the real thing

Review: ‘The Art of the Deal: The Movie’, ‘Fortune’s Wheel’, ‘The Big Fat Quiz of Everything’

Fri Aug 19 2016 - 15:00

2016: The 50 best films on Netflix

While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’

Fri Jul 29 2016 - 12:30

Oscars 2016: Donald Clarke ranks the best picture nominations

Mainstream entertainments such as Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant jostle with independents including Brooklyn and Room

Thu Feb 25 2016 - 06:00

Brooklyn celebrates Bafta win but Saoirse loses out to Brie

Best film goes to The Revenant – tale of survival from 19th century US frontier

Sun Feb 14 2016 - 23:03

The Big Short review: nailing the crux of the crash

Brilliantly accessible, scathing account of the financial crisis based on the bestselling book

Fri Jan 22 2016 - 11:13

Oscars 2016: Donald Clarke predicts the nominations

There are more mysteries and imponderables this year than over the past decade

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 09:20

Ronan has good chance of winning best actress at Golden Globes

Donald Clarke previews Sunday night’s award ceremony in Los Angeles

Sun Jan 10 2016 - 11:20

Film review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Blow-dried blowhard Ron Burgundy and his crew are back in a fitfully funny media satire

Fri Dec 20 2013 - 00:00

Video: Our man on red carpet (for the first time)

Patrick Freyne tries his luck at doorstepping the stars of 'Anchorman 2'

Tue Dec 10 2013 - 01:01