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Donald Clarke

Whingeing about cinema and real life since 2009

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before-midnight Ten Great Movie Trilogies

We mark the release of Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight by hailing 10 of the greatest cinema triptychs.

01-05-11-huck-finn_full_600 Vote for the Great American Novel

Publishers Weekly is on a search for the Great White Whale of literary discourse. What can it all mean?

Contagion Poster The 10 best films to watch when couch-ridden with a cold.

Screenwriter bravely finds the energy to recommend films that can be enjoyed when laid low by seasonal complaints. Nice old films featuring nice old people prove to be just the ticket.

The Dublin Film Critics’ Circle delivers its verdict.

The votes from the Dublin Film Critics Circle — presided over by our own Tara Brady — are in and that lovely film The Artist has triumphed yet again. Yes, it’s true. The Artist does technically count as a 2012 …

Cahiers du Cinéma goes for Holy Motors

Cahiers du Cinéma‘s  ever-eccentric best-of-the-year list has just been unveiled. In previous years, the durable organ of French cinema has expressed admiration for such odd films as Vincent Gallo’s The Brown Bunny, Clint Eastwood’s Space Cowboys and Brian de Palma’s …

Silly Season: 10 best ever remakes.

Well, there is some context here. Next week, we get to see the much ballyhooed remake of Total Recall. Mind you, there is always a remake out. So, no attempt to make today’s silly season post relevant is necessary. This …

Quentin Tarantino’s 12 favourite films

The latest issue of Sight & Sound magazine details the top 10 suggestions submitted by voters in the directors’ poll of greatest ever films. The full lists are not officially available on the magazine’s website. But a few of them …

Vertigo takes the title. The Irish Times reveals its favourite films.

By now you should be aware that, after half a century on the throne, Citizen Kane has finally relinquished the title of The Greatest Film of all Time. Obviously, there is really no such thing. But the closest we have …