Lake TahoeWHEN WATCHING extreme exercises in narrative minimalism – even from the masters, such as Jim Jarmusch or Abbas Kiarostami – the…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursBEFORE making general facetious remarks about the third film in Fox’s glacially (get it?) boring prehistoric franchise, let us…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
GIGANTICAT VARIOUS points in this fantastically pointless and dizzyingly pompous quirky comedy, a bearded figure (played by Zach Galifianakis…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
The Coen clan: keeping it in the family"I guess I end up playing eccentric guys in Joel and Ethan's movies," John Turturro says.Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
KatynThe 1940 Katyn massacre, in which the Russian NKVD murdered several thousand Polish soldiers, has been looming over Andrzej Wajda…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Red Cliff/Chi BiHow fortunate for John Woo that warfare in third-century China appears to have had so much to do with hurtling fireballs.Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
The Last House on the LeftWHAT TO MAKE of this troubling exercise in creative depravity?Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Anything For Her/ Pour ElleIF YOUR special one was wrongly arrested for murder, would you do anything to secure his or her release?Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Fermat’s Room/la Habitación De FermatJust last week, when reviewing the chuckle-headed puzzle movie 12 Rounds , I made facetious reference do that old conundrum in…Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
What’s so great about 3-D?I was hoping I wouldn’t have to talk to you about 3-DFri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Fireflies in the gardenIF THERE’S anything more annoying than a dumb film that rejoices in its dumbness, it’s a dumb film that thinks itself smart…Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
The girl cut in two/La fille coupée en deuxTHE GIRL CUT in two of the title goes by the name of Gabrielle DeneigeFri May 29 2009 - 01:00
12 RoundsRenny Harlin’s 12 Round s is formulaic action rubbish, writes DONALD CLARKEFri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert ExperienceOKAY, LET’S get the proviso out of the way firstFri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Mark of an angel/ L'empreinte de l'angeIT IS probably best to know as little as possible about the plot of this hugely tense French drama before entering the cinema…Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
TormentedMIGHT IT BE interesting to transfer the conventions of the American high-school slasher film to an English comprehensive? Well…Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
AwaydaysTHERE HAVE, in recent years, been few less welcome developments than the rise of the football hooligan movieFri May 22 2009 - 01:00
Synecdoche, New YorkIN AN interview in today’s Ticket , Charlie Kaufman, writer of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
On a decade of near-anarchy in the UKSOCIETY : When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies. By Andy Beckett. Faber and Faber, 576pp, £20.Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
It's a plot! A plot, I tell you!The 45-year-old, spectacle- wearing film writer picked up the prominent newspaper and looked hard at the story on the eighth …Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
CoralineREADERS OF The Ticket , being educated sorts, will know that the Freudian phrase das unheimliche literally translates as “unhomely…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
O’ HortenIN RECENT years, quirkiness has, quite understandably, got itself something of a bad nameFri May 08 2009 - 01:00
ChériYOU KNOW you’re in trouble when the best jokes in a film come from the costumesFri May 08 2009 - 01:00
The UninvitedSATAN HAS set aside a special corner of Hades for atrocious American remakes of Asian horror filmsFri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Crank, high voltageAT SOME POINT in this truly extraordinary film, Jason Statham encounters a character who claims to have something called “Full…Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
The comedian spinning politicsArmando Iannucci’s new film puts him squarely on the red carpet, but after years at the coalface of British comedy why is he …Sat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Race to Witch MountainTHIS WEEKEND, there will, I suspect, be more than a few fathers groaning about the fact that they are forced to watch Duane Johnson…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Tony ManeroIs there a subtle gag at work here? This profoundly peculiar film, Chile’s submission for the best foreign-language picture at…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
ReligulousTESTIFY! Bill Maher, HBO’s libertarian wiseacre, and Larry Charles, director of Borat , have made a film about the ever inflammatory…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Modern Life/La Vie ModerneJOHN FORD is said to have claimed that the most compelling image in cinema is that of the human faceFri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
GenovaWHO’D HAVE thought it? After a decade of dizzyingly prolific eclecticism, Michael Winterbottom finally threatens to fall into…Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Two LoversIF JOAQUIN Phoenix is to be believed, then this film offers us a final chance to enjoy his acting before he disappears into the…Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
TysonI WOULD GUESS that almost everybody has a question they’d like to ask Mike TysonFri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Spirits, Samurai And CyborgsSpirits, Samurai And Cyborgs, Irish Film Institute, Dublin, Sat-Sun, www.ifi.ie, 01-6795744Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Lesbian vampire kIllersHEY, IT IS what it is and what it is is Shaun of the DeadFri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
Flash of geniusTHROUGHOUT this passably diverting drama, I constantly found myself glancing over my shoulder to check if the cat was weeing …Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
Crime TimeGUN CRAZY/THE BIG COMBO Irish Film Institute, Dublin Fri-Thurs www.irishfilm.ieFri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
HUSHWHEN DID the bickering couple join bad mobile phone coverage and the gap-toothed petrol-station attendant as an essential cliché…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
WCA DECADE after hoodwinking the likes of George Clooney and Kenneth Branagh into making involuntary cameos in The Book that Wrote…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Book of Kells hits the big screenThe iconic tome is the inspiration for a new Irish film involving serpents, Vikings and a bold young hero – and there’s not a…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
The Young VictoriaI SUPPOSE we were bound to encounter a film with this title sooner or laterFri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
