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
The Cannes Movie Quiz: Which Irish actor is on this year’s jury?Plus: What won last year’s Palme d’Or?Fri May 15 2026 - 04:51
Barry Keoghan gives a tense, psychologically uneasy performance in Butterfly JamCannes 2026: Irish actor stars with Riley Keough in Kantemir Balagov’s singular family dramaThu May 14 2026 - 09:00
Once We Were Punks review: If you’re over a certain age, this is a moving Irish music documentaryOlder punks recall the oddness of once trying to be The Damned in a remote corner of CavanThu May 14 2026 - 05:10
Cannes First Look review: The Electric Kiss – Pierre Salvadori’s lovely film has fun untying a romantic knotCannes film festival 2026: Anaïs Demoustier plays a sideshow swindler in a complex story that’s been made to fizzleWed May 13 2026 - 09:51
Cannes 2026: Glamour, sheer excruciation and the vanishing Irish-shot film Bucking FastardThe festival opened with a very French, very odd ceremony featuring Jane Fonda, Peter Jackson and bad impersonations of Robert De Niro and Julia RobertsWed May 13 2026 - 09:49
Obsession: The best US horror film of the 2020s – starring a ringer for Paul Mescal Twisted love story directed by Curry Barker delivers a chilling critique of human relationshipsWed May 13 2026 - 05:12
‘My father thought my grandfather died in the Holocaust. It was all a lie’Director László Nemes’s traumatic family history has informed his twisty drama set in Budapest after the second World WarTue May 12 2026 - 05:16
Cannes 2026: Which Irish stars will be there and what will win the Palme D’Or? Distinguished line-up of auteurs grace festival as documentary on Traveller family flies green flagMon May 11 2026 - 05:03
Bill Nighy: ‘I’m pretending to be Irish. So God help us all. May my mother forgive me’500 Miles star on bagging an Irish passport and Michael Gambon’s geniusSun May 10 2026 - 05:29
So the Odyssey trailer has upset you. Shut up and stop whingingChristopher Nolan's film doesn’t open for another two months, and pedants are already getting their underwear in knotsSun May 10 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Iron Maiden – Burning Ambition, Trad, The Sheep Detectives, and Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft – The TourBruce Dickinson, Megan Nic Fhionnghaile, Hugh Jackman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 8, 2026Sun May 10 2026 - 04:54
Chris O’Dowd and Jane Fonda to play Niall O’Dowd and Jean Kennedy Smith in peace process dramaCiarán Hinds and John C Reilly also to star in Ceasefire, from In the Name of the Father writer Terry GeorgeFri May 08 2026 - 09:52
The Movie Quiz: Who has not directed a Fast & Furious title?Plus: Which golfer makes a celebrity cameo in The Devil Wears Prada 2?Fri May 08 2026 - 04:58
Trad review: Hats off to any film that can leave audiences on such a highLance Daly’s Irish road trip hits high notes with a star turn from Megan Nic FhionnghaileThu May 07 2026 - 05:12
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition review – Tight pants, greasy leather and a very excited Javier BardemThis decent documentary about the English heavy metal band is maybe a little short on humourWed May 06 2026 - 05:10
Gary Lydon’s sudden death comes before release of film in which he took a rare leading role Lydon’s death comes before the release of a film in which he took a rare leading roleSun May 03 2026 - 14:48
Derry Girls actor Kathy Kiera Clarke: ‘I feel like everything I did before doesn’t exist in many ways’Actor Kathy Kiera Clarke, best known as Derry Girls’ Aunt Sarah, on how the Troubles shaped her early lifeSun May 03 2026 - 06:00
Talk of New York-Jersey World Cup trek fuels one of history’s longest-running conflictsUS authorities have warned against soccer fans walking 15km to the MetLife Stadium but train tickets reportedly cost $150Sun May 03 2026 - 05:15
