A Christmas Tale / Un Conte De NoëlTHE DISTRIBUTORs of Arnaud Desplechin’s extraordinary new film have issued a carefully worded statement to explain why it is …Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Brideshead Revisited'OH MY D- D- DEAR!" Anthony Blanche, the camp aesthete in Evelyn Waugh's most delightfully barmy novel, might very well stutter…Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
Sex DriveIT SAYS HERE that this latest teen-sex, coming-of-age, gross-out, potty-mouthed road movie is based on a novel.Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
'Hunger' receives eight nominations for Ifta awards, including best filmAWARDS SEASON came to Dublin yesterday with the announcement of the nominations in 37 categories for the sixth annual Irish Film…Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
Love and Honour / Bushi No IchibunYOJI YAMADA brings his trilogy of pictures based on stories by Shuhei Fujisawa to a successful conclusion with this engrossing…Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2IT IS ONLY fair to acknowledge that the four Sisters of the Travelling Pants do set a genuinely good example to teenage girls…Fri Jan 2 2009 - 00:00
The ponderous side of PattiPATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE: Directed by Steven Sebring PG cert, limited release, 109 min **Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF HUNTER S THOMPSONALEX GIBNEY'S latest documentary is decadent and depravedFri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Garden of equalsIF YOU were feeling mean- spirited, you might dismiss the latest film from Jean Becker, a veteran of many genres, as an archetypal…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Fear of heightsCLIMBERS ARE notoriously pernickety about films based on their perilous sportFri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Rooted to the spotIF YOU CAN duck your head beneath the huge, jagged metaphor that hurtles through this Israeli production, then you should find…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
The ChildrenCONSIDERING how often film- makers have used children in horror - The Shining , The Exorcist , The Innocents and on and on - …Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaTHE TIME may finally have come to utter the following contentious words: Toy Story has a lot to answer for.Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
Año UñaI SUPPOSE you would have to describe this charming little picture from Jonás Cuarón - the 29-year- old son of Alfonso - as an…Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
Transporter 3IN A WEEK of interesting failures and partial triumphs, it's gratifying to welcome a film that succeeds so completely on its …Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
The Nightmare before Christmas 3-DTIM Burton's 1993 stop-motion fantasy gets a third dimension in what seems to be becoming a holiday perennial.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
The weekly movie quizQuestions: 1. Which country gives its title to an upcoming epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman?Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Four ChristmasesIT'S NEARLY Christmas. It's time to make room round your hearth for a jolly fat manFri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Niko the Way to the StarsMAGMA Pictures, an ambitious Galway-based outfit, has sold this animated Danish children's film to exhibitors all over the world…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
ChocolateFive years ago Prachya Pinkaew, a rising force in Thai cinema, forced new energy into the martial arts film with his clamorous…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Max PayneFILM CRITICS tend to be a tad stuffy about adaptations of video gamesFri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
THE WARLORDSOver the last decade, we have been offered a bevy of outrageously luscious Asian period dramas ( House of Flying Daggers, Hero…Fri Nov 7 2008 - 00:00
EASY VIRTUENoël Coward is given a hopelessly musty disinterment, writes Donald ClarkeFri Nov 7 2008 - 00:00
SCARWHAT AN outrage! Here we have a zero-budget horror film of the lowest imaginable quality (a Saw compote drizzled with Friday …Fri Nov 7 2008 - 00:00
'It's just a film. . . that's all it is'STEVE McQUEEN doesn't look like a man cycling into controversySat Nov 1 2008 - 00:00
Getting back in the frameFILM: Have you seen? By David Thompson, Allen lane, 1007pp, 22Sat Nov 1 2008 - 00:00
FUNNY BUNNYINTERVIEW: Anna Faris has made a name for herself as Hollywood's queen of raucous comedySat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Weird volume depicts Hollywood through eyes of a chimpanzeeBOOK OF THE DAY: Donald Clarke reviews Me Cheeta: The Autobiography by CheetaMon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
THE FALLDirected by Tarsem. Starring Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Catinca Untaru, Daniel Caltagirone. Club, IFI, Dublin, 117 minFri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Emma's bliss/Emmad GlückDirected by Sven Taddicken. Starring Jordis Triebel, Juergen Vogel 15A cert, Light House, Dublin, 99 minFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Journey to the Far Side of the SunDirected by Robert Parrish. Starring Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, Lynn Loring, Herbert Lom PG certFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Nights in RodantheDirected by George C Wolfe. Starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Scott Glenn, James Franco PG cert, gen release, 97 minFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame/Buda as sharm foru rikhtDirected by Hana Makhmalbaf. Starring Nikbakht Noruz 12A cert, Light House, Dublin, 81 minFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Just how horrible is Toby Young?Despite the film of his memoir, 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People', showing us the supposed wretchedness of his persona…Sat Oct 4 2008 - 01:00