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Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Christmas movies for people who hate Christmas movies

It's the most wonderful time of year… for some. For others, the last thing they want to watch is 2 hours and 25 minutes of people faffing around London doing whatever they want.

Film • 24 Dec 24

"I would hold his hand" - Morgan Freeman remembers Nelson Mandela

Renowned actor and filmmaker Morgan Freeman is bringing his love and passion for blues music to Ireland this June.

RTÉ Arena • 08 Jun 23

Close Encounters of The Third Kind: the mothership of all UFO movies

Why we're still saucer-eyed for UFO movies

From Cold War paranoia in the 1950s to moving dramas about First Contact, the UFO movie has been a Hollywood staple for over seventy years. Alan Corr appeared on the Dave Fanning Show to talk about our abiding fascination with the unknown

Movies • 18 Aug 22

Legendary lyricist Don Black talks to RTÉ Arena

Don Black is a legendary Oscar-winning lyricist, the man who penned the lyrics to Born Free and Bond theme Diamonds Are Forever, as well as the musical Sunset Boulevard, where he worked alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber...

RTÉ Arena • 02 Sep 20

Lighthouse and Pálás cinemas re-open on July 27

Arthouse cinemas mas The Light House in Dublin and Pálás Galway will open their doors for the first time in four months on Monday, July 27 with a new programme of film classics and crowd-pleasers.

Movies • 21 Jul 20

Cat-astrophe! The reviews of Cats are in (and they're hilarious)

After that disastrous trailer broke the internet earlier this year, Cats has finally landed in cinemas worldwide, and it's fair to say that critics are having a field day... and a lot of fun trying to out-do each other with their bad reviews. How bad?

Movies • 19 Dec 19

Colm Tóibín and Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan

Four novels that would make great movies

Colm Tóibín's A Long Winter, Georges Simenon's The Blue Room, Katie Kitamura's A Separation and Italo Svevo's As A Man Grows Older (Senilità) would make great movies and one of them, it seems - A Separation - will in fact be realised in due course.

Books • 14 Aug 18

Coco loco: Movies & Musicals meets the team behind Pixar's latest

This Saturday afternoon, Aedín Gormley marks the opening of the new Pixar feature Coco with a chance to hear a public interview with director Lee Unkrich and producer by Darla K. Anderson.

Movies • 21 Jan 18

5 stone-cold movie classics on Netflix

Tired of the TV series binge-watch? Let me take you back to a time when we were happy to indulge in a stand-alone ninety plus minutes of engagement... Yes, I'm talking about a movie. And Netflix has lots of great ones!

movies • 21 Nov 17

Elvis Presley at the movies: sub-par flicks, box-office gold

Elvis Presley was paid a king's ransom for sub-par movies – because they were marketing gold.

Elvis Presley • 16 Aug 17

Irish priest Malachi Martin, the subject of the new documentary Hostage To The Devil, now on Netflix.

5 must-see documentaries on Netflix

Netflix can also be a source of turmoil as well as relaxation. Trawling to find something new and interesting to devour, only to look up and realise 40 minutes have passed by and no decision has been reached.

Film • 14 Mar 20

Roger Moore remembered - 5 classic roles

He was always the first person to make jokes about his rather limited capacities, but make no mistake: Sir Roger Moore was an icon, and a screen presence to reckoned with. Here, we celebrate five of his classic roles.

Movies • 23 May 17

Warren Beatty rules - the screen legend talks to RTÉ

A screen legend whose career has lasted from the golden era of Hollywood to present day, Warren Beatty sat down with RTÉ's Sinead Brennan to talk about his big-screen return, "baloney" tabloid rumours and more.

Film • 26 Apr 17

He knows gun-fu! Win John Wick on DVD

He's Back! As Keanu Reeves returns to Irish cinemas in the action-packed (and then some) thriller John Wick: Chapter Two, Warner Bros. Pictures and RTE Culture are giving you the chance to a DVD copy of the first John Wick.

Movies • 22 Feb 17

Pat Shortt's 1916 caper The Flag hits cinemas in October

A new comedy caper about the 1916 Rising starring Pat Shortt is set to hit cinemas in Ireland in October.

Culture • 11 Oct 16

Emma Suárez plays the forlorn, melancholy Julieta, the mother figure in an engrossing tale of family estrangement

Julieta marks Almodóvar's return to form

Based on three short stories by Alice Munro, with locations transferred from Canada to Spain, Julieta spans thirty years in the life of its titular character. It marks a return to form for director Pedro Almodóvar after the caper comedy I’m So Excited.

Culture • 27 Aug 16

Mulholland Drive. Best movie of the century so far. Discuss

Critics vote Mulholland Drive best film of 21st century

David Lynch's amnesiac neo-noir thriller Mulholland Drive has been named as the Best Movie of the Century so far in a landmark poll of film critics.

Movie • 24 Aug 16

Life On The Road is at its best when Brent is on stage

David Brent runs out of road in big screen debut

Brent returns for an enjoyable all too human tale of middle aged rock `n’ roll fantasy. However, the comedy of cringe almost completely loses its impact in movie form

Culture • 17 Aug 16

Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village opens in cinemas on Friday August 26 (Photos: Michael McLaughlin)

Knock movie trailer showcases another Irish must-see

Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village, the new film from the One Million Dubliners team about the Knock Shrine, opens later this month and if the mix of faith, heart and humour in the trailer is anything to go by, it's another homegrown must-see.

Headlines • 24 Aug 16

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