Isabelle Huppert

Oscars 2019: My money’s on Lady Gaga and ‘A Star Is Born’

Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol

Mon Sep 17 2018 - 12:03

Toronto may not have the Cannes kudos, but the gap is closing

Audience input and domestic films make TIFF more than just an Oscar barometer

Mon Sep 17 2018 - 11:22

‘Rosie’ may be an ‘issue film’, but it is charged with raw emotion

Film tackling homelessness crisis premieres at Toronto International Film Festival

Sat Sep 8 2018 - 03:00

After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover

Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women

Mon Jun 4 2018 - 16:52

Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 17:32

Claire Denis: ‘We are normal people. Even though we are French’

The distinguished film-maker continues her experiments in the unpredictable with her latest work – just don’t go asking what it’s like being a female director

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00

Making the Grade: Ken Wardrop’s grand piano film scales the heights

The documentary maker’s film about people taking piano exams may be his warmest yet

Fri Apr 6 2018 - 05:00

The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle

Dunkirk blows away the competition

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 16:38

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson wow in Wonder and James Franco hits gold in The Disaster Artist

Fri Dec 1 2017 - 06:00

Happy End review: Michael Haneke's nightmares about the future come true

Michael Haneke’s latest movie never quite gets started

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 11:48

Souvenir: a bizarre Eurovision comedy, with terrible music to boot

Isabelle Huppert struggles gamely with the role and the songs in this perplexing French dramedy

Wed Jul 5 2017 - 16:12

The 10 best films of 2017 so far

We’re halfway through the year – it’s time to take cinematic stock

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 14:00

Happy End review: An icy soap opera that uncoils like a watchful snake

Cannes 2017: Michael Haneke’s latest carries a defiantly conventional setup followed by the director at his most unconventional and teasing best

Mon May 22 2017 - 09:51

Cannes Film Festival begins amid heavy security

Show goes on as Michael Haneke tipped for third Palme D’Or, for ‘Happy End’

Tue May 16 2017 - 15:00

Elle review: A shocking, unconventional take on rape

Isabelle Huppert’s conspicuous authorship of central role may have muted controversy

Thu Mar 9 2017 - 11:00

Oscars 2017 predictions: What should win, and what will win

‘La La Land’ or ‘Moonlight’? Emma Stone or Natalie Portman? Casey Affleck or Denzel Washington? Donald Clarke makes his predictions for Sunday night's Oscars ceremony

Thu Feb 23 2017 - 05:00

Oscar nominations 2017: No big surprises in competitive categories

Can sunny favourite ‘La La Land’, with 14 nods, hope to match the 11 gongs of ‘Titanic’?

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 16:57

Oscars: Full list of 2017 Academy Award nominees

Winners will be announced on February 26th

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 14:04

Oscars 2017: Our predictions for this year’s nominations

It’s the time of year when we accurately pick around 83 percent of the main nominations

Mon Jan 23 2017 - 09:26

Oscar nomination for Ruth Negga: ‘I became an actor to hide’

The quiet Irish actor may be on the cusp of mega-stardom but she hasn’t lost sight of her craft

Fri Jan 20 2017 - 13:01

‘La La Land’ pushes Golden Globes rivals into the dust

Irish nominees come up short, Meryl Streep gives searing critique of Donald Trump

Mon Jan 9 2017 - 10:55

Cannes Film Festival: Ken Loach picks up second Palme D’Or

British film-maker’s win for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ leads evening of surprises in southern France

Sun May 22 2016 - 20:30

Cannes Film Festival set to save cinematic souls from limbo

Woody Allen in line to set record while Pedro Almodóvar and Cristi Puiu eye Palme d’Or

Wed May 11 2016 - 03:00

Cannes 2015: who’ll bag the Palme d’Or?

It looks like a three-horse race led by Todd Haynes’s ‘Carol’, starring Cate Blanchett, and László Nemes’s ‘Son of Saul’. Could Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s stunningly beautiful ‘The Assassin’ sneak through to win?

Sat May 23 2015 - 07:15