The Movie Quiz: Who shouldn’t really be playing dead in Toy Story?Plus: Which film is the least likely to be a favourite of Andy Dufresne?Fri Jul 03 2026 - 04:48
Himesh Patel on Enola Holmes 3: ‘The casting decisions were made to tell a very honest story about colonialism’The actor has gone from his teenage break in EastEnders to playing Dr Watson in Netflix’s Sherlock Holmes franchise, and roles in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Ryan Coogler’s The X-FilesWed Jul 01 2026 - 05:14
Enola Holmes 3 review: Old-school, funhouse yucks with unexpected pockets of gritMillie Bobby Brown as our daredevil heroine is back and unleashing the right kind of funWed Jul 01 2026 - 00:01
Penelope Keith: A commanding actor with an intense feel for comic timing ‘I wasn’t going to get very far on my looks’, Keith once told Michael Parkinson. ‘So I thought I’d better be the gag girl’ Mon Jun 29 2026 - 14:07
Actor Agnes O’Casey: ‘I have a very clear sense of my great-grandfather’s spirit and his mind’The Star City and Black Dove actor recalls being brought to productions of Séan O’Casey’s plays as childSun Jun 28 2026 - 06:00
Happy birthday, Mel Brooks: 100 gloriously tasteless years. Long may you remain above groundBrooks continues to live one of the great American lives. Let’s break with tradition and celebrate him while he’s still aliveSun Jun 28 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: In the Hand of Dante, Supergirl, Jackass: Best and Last, and Blue HeronOscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Milly Alcock and Johnny Knoxville feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 26th, 2026Sun Jun 28 2026 - 04:58
The Movie Quiz: In which of these decades has an Indiana Jones film not been largely set?How many of The Magnificent Seven were also in The Great Escape?Fri Jun 26 2026 - 04:51
Jackass: Best and Last – Johnny Knoxville’s ageing team go for prostate exams and colonoscopiesQuinquagenarian rascals are still devising new ways of frustrating supposed prohibitions on frat-boy masculinityThu Jun 25 2026 - 14:00
Supergirl review: No fun. Give us back the hungover barflyMilly Alcock’s spirited performance makes this Superman spin-off just about tolerable. But it lacks a single fresh ideaWed Jun 24 2026 - 17:00
Irish people are flocking back to the cinema. What’s going on?Cinema sales have jumped by 53%, perhaps because young people stuck at home with their parents need to get out of the houseSun Jun 21 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Toy Story 5, Nino, Familiar Touch and Lesbian Space PrincessTom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Théodore Pellerin and Kathleen Chalfant feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 19th, 2026Sun Jun 21 2026 - 04:51
‘I was so welcomed in France. I think it’s because I have the nose of a Frenchman’The Canadian actor Théodore Pellerin, star of Nino, straddles the European and North American movie worlds. With his looks, talent and nose for a good role, he should go farFri Jun 19 2026 - 05:16
Nino review: Théodore Pellerin exudes leading-man charisma in a gutsy, life-affirming movie Paris-set debut from Pauline Loquès bravely treats brush against mortality with a light touchFri Jun 19 2026 - 05:10
The Movie Quiz: How many actors have won Oscars for roles in Martin Scorsese films?Plus: What might have come into your head before, say, Singin’ in the Rain or A Night at the Opera?Fri Jun 19 2026 - 04:51
Liam Neeson-produced Lost Children of Tuam dramatisation to premiere at Galway Film FleadhMonica Dolan plays mother and baby home historian Catherine Corless in Frank Berry’s filmThu Jun 18 2026 - 09:30
Toy Story 5 review: Pixar’s founding franchise is getting squeaky around its middle-aged jointsGood gags are plentiful but the sense of a finger wagging throughout can’t help but temper the funTue Jun 16 2026 - 17:00
Face it, the casual mob cares not if phones impinge on the audience experience of othersFuture generations will find the notion of texting at the cinema or theatre as unacceptable as we now regard smoking in such placesSun Jun 14 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Disclosure Day, Pink Narcissus, Time and Water, The Fall of Sir Douglas WeatherfordEmily Blunt, Eve Hewson, Bobby Kendall, Andri Snær Magnason and Peter Mullan feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 12th, 2026Sun Jun 14 2026 - 04:50
The Movie Quiz: Which Toy Story do we reach next week?Plus: What is, at time of quizzing, the highest grossing film of 2026?Fri Jun 12 2026 - 04:55
Pink Narcissus review: This languorous queer sexual fantasy from 1971 has aged wellThe sense of adventure, experiment and risk remainsWed Jun 10 2026 - 06:00
Disclosure Day review: Eve Hewson asks the practical questions in Spielberg’s sprawling sci-fi yarnGloomier, less sentimental and less focused than ET and Close Encounters of the Third KindTue Jun 09 2026 - 17:00
Steven Spielberg’s best films, in reverse orderAs Disclosure Day arrives in cinemas, we rate each of the director’s 34 movies so farTue Jun 09 2026 - 05:17
A century on, Marilyn Monroe speaks to the possibilities the United States once offeredWith Miles Davis and Allen Ginsberg, the film star contributed to an unstoppable excitement about the futureSun Jun 07 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Savage House, Masters of the Universe, Afternoons of Solitude, ErupcjaRichard E Grant, Claire Foy, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrés Roca Rey and Charli XCX feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 5th, 2026Sun Jun 07 2026 - 04:53
The Movie Quiz: Who recently directed Billie Eilish?Plus: Which TV cartoon hero returns to cinemas this weekend?Fri Jun 05 2026 - 04:51
Marjane Satrapi: Iranian film-maker and graphic novelist ‘dies of sadness’ at 56 Satrapi was known for Persepolis, a graphic novel series later turned into award-winning filmThu Jun 04 2026 - 13:57
Savage House review: Richard E Grant, Claire Foy and much boozing, humping and double dealingThis film feels like an elaborate, if mid-priced, tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s immortal Barry Lyndon Wed Jun 03 2026 - 23:00
Masters of the Universe review: All solid good fun. All professionally honed. A minor miracleBrash, retro and self-aware, this Mattel franchise film walks the fine line between stupid and cleverTue Jun 02 2026 - 14:00
Horror films Backrooms and Obsession are doing something astonishingThe building success of Obsession speaks to the power of strong reviews and stronger word of mouth – and twentysomething YouTube film-makersSun May 31 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Power Ballad, Tuner, Backrooms and FairylandPaul Rudd, Dustin Hoffman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Emilia Jones feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 29th, 2026Sun May 31 2026 - 04:58
Tuner review: At 88, Dustin Hoffman still has it opposite Leo Woodall in old-school thrillerConsistently original performances and witty dialogue paper over the cracksFri May 29 2026 - 05:08
Power Ballad review: Paul Rudd stars in a solid Irish slab of musical shtickPaul Rudd and Nick Jonas star as musicians involved in a case of songwriting pilfering in John Carney’s warm, charming filmWed May 27 2026 - 05:12
Cannes 2026: A rumble of discontent, a swell of anxiety and a provocative Palme d’Or winnerPeople who haven’t seen Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord are already trading spittle-flecked invective on social media. It will generate furious debate all the way up to awards seasonMon May 25 2026 - 10:34
Cannes 2026: Cristian Mungiu wins top Palme d’Or for provocative drama FjordCeremony, presented this year by actor Eye Haïdara, was a combination of slick passion and euro-oddnessSun May 24 2026 - 09:06
No ‘Tolkien’s Epic Pooh’: Top books list is rage bait but it’s of the highest qualityThe Guardian’s much talked-about ‘100 best novels’ ranking is a surprisingly old-fashioned list largely composed of long-established greatsSun May 24 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Finding Emily, Hen and Tom & Jerry: Forbidden CompassPedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 22nd, 2026Sun May 24 2026 - 04:54
The Movie Quiz: How does Star Wars begin?Plus: Who does not appear anywhere in Michael?Fri May 22 2026 - 04:56
Cannes First Look review: Tin Castle paints a touching, confounding portrait of an Irish Traveller familyAlexander Murphy’s documentary about Pa’ and Lisa O’Reilly and their 10 children has a sense that we’re drifting towards an inevitable closureWed May 20 2026 - 09:29
Finding Emily review: Manchester romcom undone by clunky momentsLead actors have a spring-fresh charm but Minnie Driver’s character feels lifted from an American campus filmWed May 20 2026 - 05:10
The Mandalorian and Grogu review: Plenty of explosions, blissfully little Star Wars lorePedro Pascal leads the cast in an undemanding romp that features the franchise’s signature blend of low culture and high professionalismTue May 19 2026 - 14:00
Tarik Saleh: ‘A country with a lot of power and money wanted me to do a propaganda series’Eagles of the Republic director Tarik Saleh on his political satire that pokes fun at Egypt’s presidentTue May 19 2026 - 05:12
Four new films to see this week: Obsession, Once We Were Punks, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo and The ChristophersMichael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 15th, 2026Mon May 18 2026 - 11:30
Cannes 2026: Why almost nowhere else is as good at generating ear-bursting controversyFrom the Paris protests of 1968 to Lars von Trier’s Hitler gag in 2011: here, if nowhere else, cinema still mattersSun May 17 2026 - 05:15
From Game of Thrones to Star Wars: Pedro Pascal’s slow road to the Hollywood blockbusterAfter the struggle of career-building, actor says it’s ‘very fitting’ that the longest he’s gotten to play a character is within the Star Wars franchiseSat May 16 2026 - 05:25
Cannes First Look review: Fatherland – Five stars for Pawlikowski’s icy draught of a filmHanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller play Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika in a feature that completes a remarkable trilogyFri May 15 2026 - 17:07
Cannes First Look review: The Match – Maradona, Lineker and the ‘hand of God’ goalThis film about England’s quarter-final against Argentina at the 1986 World Cup is immaculately balanced Fri May 15 2026 - 16:51
Cannes First Look review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a film-making triumphHannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star in Jane Schoenbrun’s Sunset Boulevard of slasher filmsFri May 15 2026 - 16:34
Barry Keoghan on his directing ambitions: ‘I don’t think people would understand what I’m saying’Cannes film festival 2026: The Cailín Ciúin team returns, panic at the Marriott, and The Fast and the Furious at 25Fri May 15 2026 - 14:05
