Films

Film review: Emily Watson and Paul Mescal excel in God's Creatures

"...suggests that Irish mothers are far more complicated than the clichés allow..."

Fri, 24 Mar, 2023

Film review: Creed III keeps the new-generation Rocky on his toes

"something of a retread of the classic boxing yarn, but there’s still plenty to enjoy here, and especially Jonathan Majors’ performance — as the humble ex-con who seizes his opportunity with a brutal interpretation of the sweet science"

Fri, 03 Mar, 2023

Paul Mescal speeds along red carpet in Dublin — for a very sweet reason though

The Maynooth man stars in God's Creatures, the opening night offering from Dublin International Film Festival

Fri, 24 Feb, 2023

Film review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is pure joy from start to finish

You never know what you might find if you peer too closely into the corners of an Airbnb, but it’s unlikely to be anything as delightful as Marcel, the tiny hero of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Allowing kids watch latest Batman akin to 'child abuse': Complaints from cinema-goers revealed

Concerns over 'sadistic, graphic violence' were among the complaints made to the Irish Film Classification Office last year

Thu, 02 Feb, 2023

Film review: Unwelcome is a horror that isn’t remotely scary, with a plot full of clichés

Those offended by Oirish stereotypes will find much to be exercised about here, although there’s no point in taking it personally: every character, whether Irish or English, or mythical creature, is a crudely drawn caricature.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2023

Film Review: Empire of Light is something of a love letter to cinema

That said, the film can feel jarringly simplistic at times on the complex subject of mental health

Fri, 13 Jan, 2023

Film review: Alcarràs is at its best when it explores the human cost of capitalism

Written by Arnau Vilaró and Carla Simón, with Simón directing, Alcarràs is a universal tale — there are elements here of Ireland’s The Field, for example, or France’s Jean de Florette, in its elegy for the traditional devotion to the ‘solid ground, beloved land’

Fri, 06 Jan, 2023

USA. Meg Ryan in a scene from (C)Columbia Pictures film: When Harry Met Sally (1989).
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When Harry Met Sally and Iron Man added to film registry

The 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally is one of 25 films chosen this year to enter the National Film Registry – a list which ranges from Disney’s The Little Mermaid to a 1898 silent documentary, long thought lost, about the Mardi Gras parade ...

Wed, 14 Dec, 2022

Film Review: The Silent Twins succeeds a little too well in recreating a self-contained world

It’s an imaginative and occasionally disturbing account of a passive refusal to play the game of life according to the established rules of engagement

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022

Film Review: The Wonder places faith against a post-Famine Ireland backdrop

"The chemistry between Florence Pugh and Kíla Lord Cassidy is crucial here, and both deliver excellent performances"

Sat, 05 Nov, 2022

Caped crusaders, Irish horror, and Bono the lion: the best movies to stream right now

Maybe you didn’t get to the cinema much in the first half of the year — here are the best movies now available to stream

Sun, 31 Jul, 2022

Film Review: Minions: The Rise of Gru finds the mascots running out of road

"...the story settles down to a predictable yarn occasionally enlivened by an outbreak of Minion-inspired mayhem"

Fri, 01 Jul, 2022

Film Review: Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is a tragedy of ambition and greed

Luhrmann is scrupulous in acknowledging Elvis’s debt to Big Mama Thornton, BB King and Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup, among many others

Fri, 24 Jun, 2022

Film review: Sneakerella - a cute idea that takes pains to tick all the fairytale boxes

If you’re in the mood for some toe-tapping songs and a wholly unrealistic but sweet-natured love story with a good old-fashioned moral at its heart, Sneakerella might just fit the bill

Fri, 13 May, 2022

Film review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is funny, poignant and self-aware

It may well prove one of the high points of Nic Cage’s long and varied career

Fri, 22 Apr, 2022

Paul Mescal, outdoor cinemas and 300-plus movies — it's Schull's Fastnet Film Festival

Stephen Rea, Aisling Walsh, Ciarán Hinds, Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, David Puttnam, and Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson will also be in the West Cork town next month

Fri, 22 Apr, 2022

Film review: Newt and his creatures are a sub-plot in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The gothic glory of Hogwarts back on the big screen in an ambitiously sprawling film

Fri, 08 Apr, 2022

'How on earth could you rate Suicide Squad 16?' among complaints to Irish Film Censor

One mother said the trailer for 'Free Guy' gave no signs "of the violence and killings and language it contained"

Thu, 17 Mar, 2022

Film review: Red Rocket a blackly comic account of one man's career as a porn star

Mikey has all the morals of a honey badger but it is very difficult to dislike him

Fri, 11 Mar, 2022

Film Review: Colin Farrell is unrecognisable as The Penguin in The Batman movie

"...then there’s Robert Pattinson, putting the goth into Gotham with his brooding presence, tousled hair, stubborn defiance and pragmatic understanding of his limitations..."

Thu, 03 Mar, 2022

Germany Berlinale Alcarras Press Conference

Catalan family drama Alcarras wins Berlin’s Golden Bear award

The Catalan family drama Alcarras has won the Golden Bear award for best movie at the Berlin International Film Festival. Director Carla Simon’s film was picked from a field of 18 by a seven-member jury under American filmmaker M Night Shyamalan.

Wed, 16 Feb, 2022

Movie review: Death on the Nile is stylish but more melodramatic than expected

Two hours isn’t an overly long running time for a feature-length film about Poirot, but the issue here is how Kenneth Branagh chooses to spend that time

Fri, 11 Feb, 2022

Cork women use own homeless experience to make film about life on streets

A director and actor fundraising for a new short film about female homelessness have said in some cases women are having to hand over their child to relatives due to the unsuitability or dangers of some emergency accommodation.

Sun, 09 Jan, 2022

Matrix, Money Heist, Witcher: 15 streaming and cinema highlights for December

There are plenty of new releases on Netflix and other streaming services in December, while a slew of movies open in cinemas for the holiday season

Sun, 05 Dec, 2021

Movie review: The Rescue is a nerve-shredding account of humanity at its best

A raging underwater river and young boys trapped in a cave

Fri, 03 Dec, 2021

RTÉ Christmas schedule revealed: Cork specials and Tommy Tiernan lead the way

There are plenty of viewing options across the Irish networks during the festive season

Thu, 02 Dec, 2021

Movie review: Love Yourself Today is a concert film that’s about more than the music

The film revolves around Damien Dempsey’s annual Christmas gigs at Dublin’s Vicar Street

Fri, 05 Nov, 2021

Saturday TV Tips: Murder mysteries, romance, comedy, and epic drama this evening

With a bit of planning you could have back-to-back movies — The Pacifier, The Mummy, Take This Waltz, Murder on the Orient Express and Gladiator

Sat, 11 Sep, 2021

Cork French Film Festival to feature 11 Irish premieres

The festival will run from September 2 to 5 and feature 12 French-language films, including 11 Irish premieres

Tue, 17 Aug, 2021

Film review: The handsomest robot ever; and Ryan Reynolds up to his usual tricks

Free Guy's Ryan Reynolds is a handsome, goofball master of widescreen self-deprecation

Fri, 13 Aug, 2021

Movie reviews: It’s impossible to take your eyes off Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci in Supernova

Supernova; Fatherhood and F9: The Fast Saga reviewed

Fri, 25 Jun, 2021

Movie reviews: Time-travelling psychological thriller Flashback is gripping

And some regrets about sacrifices in Alex Ferguson documentary

Fri, 04 Jun, 2021

Movie Reviews: Cruella — an enjoyable, psychologically sophisticated story

And The 8th documentary is an emotional rollercoaster in its latter stages

Fri, 28 May, 2021

Where to watch the films nominated for this year's Oscars

Here is where you can catch up on all the films featuring in this weekend's Academy Awards in Ireland

Sun, 25 Apr, 2021

Neil Jordan tells Tommy Tiernan Show he was struck by Tom Cruise’s ‘vampiric’ lifestyle

Elsewhere on the final show of the season, two friends spoke of their surrogacy journey and fashion designer Joanne Hynes touched upon tweed

Sun, 18 Apr, 2021

This week's movies: Concrete Cowboy, Final Days and Thunder Force

— Idris Elba is an urban cowboy complete with a Stetson and a horse stabled in the front room

Fri, 09 Apr, 2021

Movie reviews: Jodie Foster impresses as civil rights lawyer in The Mauritanian

— Tom and Jerry's cartoon violence has a refreshing disregard for health and safety; and Godzilla vs Kong is a dystopian sci-fi fantasy on an operatic scale

Fri, 02 Apr, 2021

Star Trek: previous generations

As Patrick Stewart reprises his Picard role for a new series on Amazon, Donal O’Keeffe looks at the highlights of a sci-fi franchise boldly going for six decades.

Tue, 21 Jan, 2020

Saoirse Ronan gets her fourth Oscar nomination

The nominations for the Oscars have been announced.

Mon, 13 Jan, 2020

The Hot 100: The films, gigs, festivals and tv highlights of summer 2019

From movies to music, fashion to food, our writers pick the cultural highlights of summer.

Thu, 06 Jun, 2019

A movie at home for Valentine’s? Sofa, so romantic

Leave the crowded restaurants behind and make Valentine’s night a cosy, intimate affair with Ed Power’s selection of the best romantic movies available right now.

Wed, 13 Feb, 2019

Who will win big as movie award season approaches

This weekend’s Golden Globes herald the official start of awards season for the film world. Esther McCarthy predicts who’ll be making acceptance speeches over the next few weeks.

Thu, 03 Jan, 2019

Ten films to see in 2019

New instalments of Star Wars and Toy Story are among this year’s crop of eagerly anticipated movies, writes John Daly

Tue, 01 Jan, 2019