Donald Clarke

• Uncategorized
• April 27, 2011, 21:28

Yes, you saw it coming. A few weeks back I reported on the puzzling news that Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, long-gestated epic, was set to open in the UK and Ireland on May 4th. This would have meant …

• Moaning
• April 21, 2011, 16:54

All my writing life I have yearned to get into Pseuds’ Corner in Private Eye. Well, it looks as if I will have to make do with the domestic equivalent: The Hot Air Brigade in Phoenix Magazine. An entry in …

• Deaths
• April 21, 2011, 14:44

As you may be aware, Tim Hetherington, the talented photojournalist, has been killed while working in Libya. Hetherington emerged above ground last year when he co-directed a stunning documentary about the war in Afghanistan called Restrepo. The film has already …

• Best-of lists Hell Moaning
• April 19, 2011, 22:30

It’s not the silly season yet, so don’t take the question too seriously. Obviously, it’s always good fun to attach that title to something that people really love. If I want to annoy students, I generally suggest that the worst …

• Uncategorized
• April 15, 2011, 18:43

The sad, if expected, news reached us today that The Light House, the gorgeous arthouse cinema in Dublin’s Smithfield, is to close following the granting of a winding-up order to the site’s landlords. The rent — as detailed in the …

• Cannes
• April 14, 2011, 13:38

Last year there was much grumbling — some of it in this newspaper — about the quality of those films competing for the Palme d’Or at Cannes. This year’s programme, which was announced this morning, is potentially a great deal …

• Box Office Figures
• April 11, 2011, 22:23

It is only fair, now and then, to laud film “blogs” that, in their diligence and originality, put this piece of pap to shame. The chap at Box Office Quant deserve particular praise. Box office statistics are, of course, something …

• Uncategorized
• April 7, 2011, 23:06

I know what you’ve all been saying. There’s isn’t enough golf coverage in The Irish Times. Jeez. You can get through entire paragraphs without encountering mention of the sport. So, here’s some more in an unexpected place. Am I the …

• Television
• April 6, 2011, 18:55

Shut it, you slag! Get your kickers on and make us a cup of tea. All of which vintage parody is by way of introducing the news that something called Plan B — he’s a British warbler, apparently — has …

• Terry-Thomas
• April 4, 2011, 22:35

Sorry for not posting recently, but I have been away from the internet for a while and now I have to catch up with work. However, following on from a recent photograph of Margaret Rutherford, I here present an image …