Donald Clarke
Chief Film Correspondent at Irish Times
Film correspondent and general blowhard for The Irish Times. Bias so-called 'critic'. He do the police in different voices.
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3 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Donald Clarke
This fine documentary on the Palestine solidarity encampments at Columbia University, in Manhattan, makes much of comparisons with student protests against the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. We are reminded that the mainstream United States was not then much impressed with the students’ actions.
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5 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Donald Clarke
When does the summer begin? Hollywood, sharing some ancient Druidical energy, always gets a few of its big beasts out of the cage before May is done. This year it was Thunderbolts* and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. But we are plumping for the cinematic space laid out between the Cannes and Venice film festivals: June, July, August. Sorry to say, sequels and reboots still dominate the blockbuster economy.
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6 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Donald Clarke
A lottery winner (Key) hires his favourite musician (Basden) to play on a remote island. The singer’s former bandmate (Mulligan) turns up to cause quiet mayhem. If John Carney allowed the regulars from a Richard Osman-hosted game show to ad-lib through one of his low-key musicals, it might play like The Ballad of Wallis Island – a little movie that could.
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6 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Donald Clarke
An unwritten rule in journalism states that you need at least three occurrences of an unexpected phenomenon to generate a “What’s up with that?” feature. Having fruitlessly searched for a third, I am, however, forced to settle for just two examples of current TV shows revisiting Columbo’s “howcatchem” structure. You see that in the excellent Poker Face. You also see it in the amiable Elsbeth. What’s up with that?
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Donald Clarke
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Much deserved. Ulster ledge.
So….. this happened @BAFTA #bluelights ❤️ https://t.co/MxgkR7VvwN
Yup. All the good ol’ boys be racking up their Versace luggage on the fence and shootin’ all hell outa it.
.@Versace you are our new Bud Lite.
I’m not the only one to point to the spectre at the feast, but that really is an appalling “overseas” percentage.
‘SINNERS’ has grossed $23M in its fourth weekend for just a 31% drop from last weekend. The movie has now earned $216M domestically and $264M worldwide. https://t.co/j9VpKVcel9
