Cannes 2022: Itâs the Spinal Tap sequel youâve been waiting forFestival diary: Rob Reiner plots fictional rock starsâ return, while thereâs trouble in TikTok LandFri May 20 2022 - 10:07
The Cannes Movie Quiz: What is the only Irish film to win the Palme dâOr?Plus: Which of our own actors appears in two films at Cannes 2022?Fri May 20 2022 - 06:00
Benediction: A poetâs war, life and lovesFilm review: Terence Davies has produced a sombre biopic of Siegfried SassoonFri May 20 2022 - 05:00
The Road Dance: A pleasant, middling sort of storyNicely acted period drama is afternoon telly entertainment on the big screenFri May 20 2022 - 05:00
Irish film Godâs Creatures premieres to warm applause at CannesPaul Mescal confirms ability to work enigmatic smiles in with dangerous charmThu May 19 2022 - 11:22
Godâs Creatures at Cannes: Paul Mescal and the âmuttered evasions of Irish family lifeâCannes Diary: Tom Cruise plays a blinder ... there's just one whisper of controversyThu May 19 2022 - 10:45
Top Gun: Maverick at Cannes â Tom Cruise returns in a masterful sequelCannes Diary: Our correspondent settles in for a feast of cinema at the 75th festivalWed May 18 2022 - 11:15
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekAn CailĂn CiĂșin, Vortex, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Droverâs WifeSun May 15 2022 - 06:00
Cannes festival 2022: prestige arthouse meets Hollywood glitz - plus ça changeTop Gun on screen - finally - and one of the starriest line-ups of auteurs in the eventâs historySat May 14 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Not even Wordle can escape the culture wars in the USThe NYT replaced the word âfetusâ in its puzzle â but not to placate Anglophone readersSat May 14 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: Pick out the auteur who has never directed Liam NeesonPlus: Who is taking over warbling duties that, 36 years ago, were with Berlin?Fri May 13 2022 - 06:00
An CailĂn CiĂșin review: Delicately beautiful Irish film lives up to its billingThis unsettling 1980s-set drama has a pervasive sense of unspoken menaceFri May 13 2022 - 05:00
The Droverâs Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson â A class on colonialismPowerful performances are let down by heavy-handed undergraduate didacticsFri May 13 2022 - 05:00
âNick Cave is an incredibly warm person who loves me right nowâAustralian director Andrew Dominik on his Marilyn Monroe film and bond with Nick CaveWed May 11 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekDoctor Strange, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, Wake Up Punk, Wild MenSun May 08 2022 - 06:00
Conversations with Friends: How we made the new Sally Rooney TV dramaDirector Lenny Abrahamson and cast talk about adapting the authorâs debut novelSat May 07 2022 - 06:05
Sam Raimi: âIt hurts when the audience doesnât really like your movieâDirector discusses working on no budget, Doctor Strange and playing Marvel catch-upSat May 07 2022 - 05:00
Maureen OâHara, latest victim of the bronze statue treatmentDonald Clarke: Itâs hard satisfy fans with an old-fashioned, vaguely naturalistic statueSat May 07 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: Which Python might go with Richard Harris & Clive Owen?Plus: Spot the novelist never adapted by Ismail Merchant and James IvoryFri May 06 2022 - 06:00
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle â Portrait of the last combatantFilm review: True story of the Japanese soldier who refused to surrender is impressively brought to lifeFri May 06 2022 - 05:00
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: Marvel-by-numbersReview: Swirling psychedelia canât hide the limitations of this disappointmentTue May 03 2022 - 04:20
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekDownton Abbey: A New Era, The Velvet Queen, Casablanca Beats, The Lady of HeavenSun May 01 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Is it time to dust off your 3D specs?Avatar kickstarted a brief and blurry 3D revival, Cameron could do it again this ChristmasSat Apr 30 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: What was the film in which Bacall taught Bogey to whistle?Plus: Who might have hung out with Dominic, Letty, Mia, Han, Luke and Deckard?Fri Apr 29 2022 - 06:00
The Lady of Heaven: A rare biopic in which the subject is never properly seenFilm review: Faith-based movie concerned with Muhammadâs daughter FatimaFri Apr 29 2022 - 05:00
Downton Abbey: A New Era review â Both aristocrats and servants sound too middle classDominic West is superb in a strong cast battling valiantly with an overstuffed scriptTue Apr 26 2022 - 13:30
Four new films to see in cinemas and stream this weekHappening, Playground, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, EnnioSun Apr 24 2022 - 06:00
Why does nobody have the decency to protest any more?Donald Clarke: Protesters from the progressive left seem more easy to provoke these days than their conservative counterpartsSat Apr 23 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: The Northman shares much of its plot with Shakespeareâs...?Plus: Who was the last Corleone standing at the end of the Godfather trilogy?Fri Apr 22 2022 - 06:00
Happening review: Unwanted pregnancy in 1960s FranceAudrey Diwanâs award-winning study has the tension of a thrillerFri Apr 22 2022 - 05:00
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: Sharon Horgan is funny, Nic Cage is himselfReview: Cage plays a version of himself, similar to his Wild at Heart characterFri Apr 22 2022 - 05:00
Cannes 2022: Godâs Creatures starring Paul Mescal to premiere at upcoming festivalâSpecial screeningâ planned for offbeat horror film starring Kerry woman Jessie BuckleyTue Apr 19 2022 - 15:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekRobert Eggersâs The Northman, Bullock & Tatum in The Lost City, Small Body, BenedetaSun Apr 17 2022 - 06:00
Stephen Kingâs prolific writing will leave future generations gratefulDonald Clarke: Problem is not with the writer but with the smallness of the criticsâ mindsSat Apr 16 2022 - 00:00
âI am grateful for the experience. It was like I got a PhD in filmmakingâDirector Robert Eggers on making his bloody Viking epic The Northman in time of CovidSat Apr 16 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: What Oscar was Chris Rock presenting when âthatâ happened?Plus: Which decade saw the release of the most official Star Wars films?Fri Apr 15 2022 - 06:00
The Lost City: Not as much fun as it thinks it isTen minutes of Brad Pitt livens up a film woefully short on screwball energyFri Apr 15 2022 - 05:00
Cannes 2022: Baz Luhrmannâs Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick to be shown at film festivalUp to 35,000 accredited to attend the festival this year, the biggest showing since 2019Thu Apr 14 2022 - 14:18
The Northman: Gruesome Viking epic bustles with intelligence and inventionNo dull moments in Robert Eggersâ third film, though the extreme violence will not be for everyoneMon Apr 11 2022 - 18:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekThe Outfit, Fantastic Beasts 3, Compartment No 6, All I Can SaySun Apr 10 2022 - 06:00
Can rotund characters be represented by less rounded actors?Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readersSat Apr 09 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: Which record did CODA not break at the Oscars?Plus: How many times have Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis collaborated?Fri Apr 08 2022 - 06:00
The Outfit: A well-tailored but stagey mob dramaMark Rylance excels in this impressive if rather uncinematic filmFri Apr 08 2022 - 05:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore â an emotionally unengaging slogThe spell had been long broken before this barely tolerable third instalmentTue Apr 05 2022 - 15:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTrue Things, Morbius, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Bad GuysSun Apr 03 2022 - 06:00
Oscars 2022: While watching Will Smithâs meltdown, you may have missed this milestoneDonald Clarke: Apple TV+ became first streamer to win Best Picture gong for CODASat Apr 02 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: What unit of distance does Han Solo think is a unit of time?Plus: Peter Benchley, Michael Crichton, Thomas Keneally, Alice Walker and...?Fri Apr 01 2022 - 06:00
The Bad Guys: Bad, but not in a good wayPedestrian animation and ancient gags make this no fun for all the familyFri Apr 01 2022 - 05:00
Bruce Willis: A chilling anecdote lays bare the illness that ended his long and successful careerThe actorâs increasingly patchy career has been cut short by the disorder aphasiaThu Mar 31 2022 - 14:11
Morbius review: A Spider-Man spin-off written with a crayon and edited with a chainsawNeither of the first two Venom films were any good, but they both made mighty fortunesThu Mar 31 2022 - 12:20