The Wild Robot review: This superb family film could become a classic
Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal star in what is the best feature cartoon from a major studio in years
The Apprentice film review: Ivana Trump taunts Donald for his orangeness. Then this drama’s most disturbing moment happens
Donald Trump’s moments of outright villainy get extra level of unease from flatness of his portrayal elsewhere in Ali Abbasi’s film
Toxic fandoms are increasingly out of control. Just ask Amandla Stenberg about what happened to The Acolyte
Downvoting and discriminatory language have only become more vigorous in the age of franchise streaming shows
Four new films to see this week
A homage and critique of Hong Kong action cinema in elegiac Stuntman, plus evocative Irish drama King Frankie, sci-fi romcom Timestalker, and a bland return to Stephen King’s ’Salem’s Lot
Find Your Eyes: ‘Oh Lord, will it be like this all the way through?’ we ask at first. But this tricky piece rewards surrender
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: In this unclassifiable performance piece, Benji Reid creates a seductive amalgam of theatre, choreography and photography
The Movie Quiz: Who was the first former SNL regular to win an acting Oscar?
Who belongs with fellow authors JG Ballard, Patrick McGrath, Stephen King and William S Burroughs?
King Frankie: An intriguing reminder of the Celtic Tiger delusions that hung around Ireland for decades
Peter Coonan works hard at creating two believable versions of the same troubled personality
Blitz first look: Could Saoirse Ronan be on track for a double Oscar nomination with her new film?
In Steve McQueen’s movie, the Irish star plays a distraught mother during the Luftwaffe’s raids on London during the second World War
’Salem’s Lot: An ominous foreboding precedes this Stephen King adaptation – for all the wrong reasons
From the perfunctory scene-setting to the dull, formless mess of generic action-horror that follows, little new is added
‘The studios have become more intrusive. They are not letting the film-makers tell the stories’
Hollywood producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, whose new movie is the family-friendly Transformers One, on film-industry pressures
Four new films to see this week
Turgid Joker: Folie à Deux falls flat, despite Phoenix and Gaga. Plus singular dark comedy A Different Man, West Bank-set drama The Teacher, and deadpan horror comedy Humanist Vampire...
‘I want to be alone’: Greta Garbo, sure. Daniel Day-Lewis, maybe not so much after all
The unconvincing retirement has history as a promotional tool in show business. Nobody believes that’s what’s going on with Day-Lewis
Guest Host Stranger Ghost: A genuinely original high concept gets its first outing
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: This nomadic play’s use of other productions’ sets mirrors the insecure tenures so many young people are forced to put up with
The Movie Quiz: How Many James Bond films have ‘gold’ somewhere in the title?
Plus: Which is not a late-era Francis Ford Coppola film?
A Different Man: Impressively original comedy that turns ideas of beauty and ugliness on their heads
Sebastian Stan plays a man with a disfiguring condition alongside Adam Pearson, who actually has that same condition