Donald Clarke

• Oscars
• February 28, 2011, 15:08

I’m sure few of you bothered to stay up to watch the Oscars last night. That was a wise choice. Move along. Move along. There’s nothing to see here. I’ll be mouthing off in the paper tomorrow about the awards’ …

• Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
• February 27, 2011, 13:22

Last night, in what is fast becoming an amiable tradition, the good people from the Dublin Film Critics Circle gathered to hand out their awards for the James Dublin International Film Festival. Ms Tara Brady, president of that august body, …

• Margaret Rutherford
• February 22, 2011, 22:57

I’m afraid I’m very busy with the Jameson Dublin International Film festival this week. So there’s just time to post a picture of Margaret Rutherford and move on. Here it is:

• 3-D Politics
• February 18, 2011, 15:36

Isn’t there some theory arguing that, after a certain number of iterations, any argument on the internet will result in a mention of Hitler? “You prefer dogs to cats? So did Hitler. What does that tell you? Huh, huh?” That …

• Politics Trailerspotting
• February 15, 2011, 16:22

First off, before anybody else chimes in, let me confirm that, at this point, I cannot offer a fair answer to that question. The film will not emerge until April. Who knows? It could be a roaring masterpiece. But the …

• Politics
• February 13, 2011, 20:59

As others have noted, the coming election has thrown up an unprecedented number of independent candidates. It looks as if I might actually get to vote for the Trotskyite Cat Party or Lord Bannahead. I’ve done so before and have …

• Uncategorized
• February 11, 2011, 13:32

Apologies for reposting a photograph that, earlier in the week, appeared elsewhere in this corner of the website, but the ubiquity of this picture showing Meryl Sheep as Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming Iron Lady is worth commenting on. If …

• Uncategorized
• February 8, 2011, 22:42

No, I’m not talking about the Oscars. Is there any institution less mirthsome than The Golden Raspberry Awards? Don’t get me wrong. I bow to nobody in my enthusiasm for turning wretched films into metaphorical peñatas. But the Razzies are …

• Uncategorized
• February 6, 2011, 21:07

Well, it’s on its way. Later this week, nearly two months after it emerged in the United States, the Coen brothers’ excellent western finds its way into British and Irish cinemas. Intelligent cinemagoers will rejoice. Having stumbled a little at …

• Uncategorized
• February 4, 2011, 19:22

As several of you have pointed out, there is an appalling howler in this week’s quiz. The seventh question runs as follows: What’s missing: Spanking the Monkey, Requiem for a Dream, The Damned United, Alien 3? As you may not have …

• Uncategorized
• February 2, 2011, 21:00

That’s got your attention. Hasn’t it? Hang on. I hope that header doesn’t attract lunatic amounts of Spam. Anyway, the subject under discussion is the bizarre retitling of Anglophone pictures when overseas. It seems as if Made in Dagenham, the …