The SpongeBob Musical: ‘We all come to the stage smiling, all the songs are uplifting. Everyone is happy’One of the most widely distributed franchises in the world is coming to Dublin on a cloud of joy, laughter and inclusivitySat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Little Richard: I Am Everything – Rip-roaring bow for a star who was trangressive before the word existedIn common with its wild subject, Lisa Cortés’ documentary raises the roofFri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00
Rodeo: Electrifying biker flick leaves Fast & Furious in the dirt Newcomer Julie Ledru gives a phenomenal performace in Lola Quivoron’s Cannes breakoutWed Apr 26 2023 - 19:24
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBlazingly grotesque comic horror Evil Dead Rise, plus provocative Irish documentary Pray for Our Sinners, Sick of Myself from Norway and Pacifiction from FranceSun Apr 23 2023 - 05:00
Re-creating Ann Lovett’s last day: ‘This is one story that hasn’t been faced up to’Almost 40 years after the 15-year-old schoolgirl died after giving birth in a grotto, a new film tackles a difficult and sensitive subjectSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Sick of Myself: Pitch-black comedy makes merry with malignant narcissism and the worried wellKristine Kujath Thorp excels as Signe. whose need for sympathy is curiously touching even as her behaviour is repugnantFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
Pacifiction: A meandering, mysterious meditation on French imperialismAlbert Serra’s cryptic feature is visually remarkable but certainly not for everyoneFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
How to Blow Up a Pipeline: ‘an eco Ocean’s Eleven’The environmental movement finally has its own Oceans ElevenWed Apr 19 2023 - 05:30
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTwo raving Nic’s in gory horror comedy Renfield, plus masterly Japanese animation Suzume, Egyptian-set machinations in Cairo Conspiracy, and Léa Seydoux in affecting French drama One Fine MorningSun Apr 16 2023 - 05:00
Heathers is now a murderously catchy musical with legions of fans. But isn’t it dangerous to be this popular?The darkly satirical 1980s film has been reinvented as a feelgood musical that is inspiring Rocky Horror-style devotionSat Apr 15 2023 - 06:05
One Fine Morning: wait until you see Léa Seydoux’s no-nonsense Arlene Foster ‘do’Mia Hansen-Løve and Seydoux have created an engaging character study, even if the film doesn’t quite coalesce into a pleasing dramatic structureFri Apr 14 2023 - 05:10
Cairo Conspiracy: belting political thriller with shades of All the President’s Men and The Name of the RoseNervy political thriller was worthy winner at Cannes last year.Fri Apr 14 2023 - 05:00
Aidan Gillen: ‘It was liberating to get out a little early on Game of Thrones’Always keen on a new challenge, the unassuming Kin, Wire and Queer as Folk star gets on his gumshoes for Barber, his new filmThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:45
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBen Affleck’s Nike dramedy Air, plus Icelandic Godland, animated Super Mario Bros, and imaginative alt-history fantasy LOLASun Apr 09 2023 - 05:00
Godland: A crisis of faith plays out against spectacular Icelandic tableauxHlynur Pálmason’s strikes a doomy tone in this film not for the faint of heartFri Apr 07 2023 - 05:00
The Super Mario Bros Movie: Fun for kids, very okay for adultsOne this misstep aside, the film belts along with an assault of candy colours and a commendable command of canonical detailWed Apr 05 2023 - 14:24
Andrew Legge: ‘Lola is kind of Zelig if Zelig himself could make the film’The Irish director’s first feature is a wildly original retro sci-fi film about two politically polarised sistersWed Apr 05 2023 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekDungeons & Dragons and French drama The Night of the 12th in cinemas, Please Baby Please and Tetris streamingSun Apr 02 2023 - 05:00
The Night of the 12th: No easy solutions in this absorbing alpine murder mysteryFrench police procedural focuses on the investigation of a teenage girl’s violent death - and raises some very uncomfortable questionsFri Mar 31 2023 - 05:00
Please Baby Please: The most confounding film of the year benefits from a never-better Andrea RiseboroughAmanda Kramer’s leather-clad, neon-bathed shakedown of gender, greasers and groaning is unclassifiableThu Mar 30 2023 - 05:30
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekPaul Mescal is enigmatic in God’s Creatures, Keanu Reeves is back for more revenge as John Wick and moreSun Mar 26 2023 - 05:00
The Five Devils: Five stars for a time-travelling melodrama you could not have seen comingLéa Mysius’s swirling imagination is anchored by remarkable performances from Sally Dramé and Adèle ExarchopoulosFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:30
Infinity Pool: Nobody could accuse Brandon Cronenberg of tarnishing the family nameMia Goth and Alexander Skarsgärd endure a nightmarish vacationFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00
Léa Mysius: ‘I dreamed of this gift where I could get into someone’s head and see through their eyes’The French film-maker’s magical tone is all over The Five Devils, centred on the power of smellThu Mar 23 2023 - 05:45
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Imagine Harry Potter, but with head-stompingKeanu Reeves says ‘Yeah’ five times, and not much more, and it’s only ever one stuntman-rolling-down-steps away from implosion. Welcome to the WickiverseThu Mar 23 2023 - 02:00
Four new films to see this weekLiam Neeson takes on the hardest of hard-boiled detectives in Marlowe, sparky romantic comedy Rye Lane plus intriguing horror sequel from Ti WestSun Mar 19 2023 - 05:00
Neil Gaiman: ‘15 minutes before the end I realise I have tears running down my face’Even the multiple media mastering author was astonished by the stage adaptation of his novel, An Ocean at the End of the LaneSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
Pearl: Ti West’s voguish slasher flick is fun, if not quite as much fun as it thinksWith its lurid libidinous action and over-the-top murders, Pearl is a jokey spin-off of a jokey filmFri Mar 17 2023 - 05:30
Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Slumming A-list actors, dreary world-building and eye-watering CGIThis underwhelming sequel has no sense of jeopardy, and is unlikely to revive the ailing DC Extended UniverseFri Mar 17 2023 - 05:00
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom – ‘I felt like if we went through hardship, it could translate into the film’Pawo Choyning Dorji and his crew had a mountain to climb to shoot their Oscar-nominated movie set in a remote school in BhutanFri Mar 10 2023 - 11:02
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Pleasing, rough-hewn chronicle of New York music scene of early 2000sArchive footage does the talking for LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, Karen O and The Moldy Peaches in Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace’s filmFri Mar 10 2023 - 05:00
Bríd Brennan: ‘From childhood you’re trying to tell the story of who you are’A fan of quietly passionate roles, the actor has just made My Sailor, My Love, a romance that grapples with the way our lives are now structuredThu Mar 09 2023 - 06:00
Luther: The Fallen Sun – The best James Bond we never had just about holds your attentionIdris Elba’s detective arrives at Netflix in a film about a global serial killer that is as distasteful as it is sillyWed Mar 08 2023 - 05:00
Lukas Dhont on the difficulties of teenage friendship: ‘I pushed people away, although I didn’t really want to’: Lukas Dhont has crafted an extraordinary drama from the expectations and prejudices experienced by young menSat Mar 04 2023 - 00:00
Close: Five stars for Lukas Dhont’s powerful coming-of-age filmYou can predict where the Belgian director’s tragedy is headed, but this Cannes Grand Prix winner still makes an indelible emotional impactFri Mar 03 2023 - 05:00
I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking): A film as scrappy as its rollerskating, job-juggling heroineKelley Kali attempts to hustle her way out of homelessness in this raw South by Southwest jury-prize winnerFri Mar 03 2023 - 04:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekHigh concept horror-comedy Cocaine Bear and Lily James in romcom What’s Love Got to Do with It?, plus Joyland from Pakistan and Broker from South KoreaSun Feb 26 2023 - 05:00
Joyland: Extraordinary, unmissable tale of unexpected attraction Pakistani director Saim Sadiq’s Cannes-winning debut has huge heart and beautifully drawn charactersFri Feb 24 2023 - 05:00
Broker: A sweet-natured drama about babies for saleJapanese master Hirokazu Koreeda turns in his latest humanist crowd-pleaserFri Feb 24 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTiny titan Paul Rudd returns in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, plus Hugh Jackman in tough drama The Son, charming animated Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, and provocative pro-nuclear doc Atomic HopeSun Feb 19 2023 - 05:00
The Son: Hugh Jackman shines in devastating drama that probes depression, guilt, and dutyFlorian Zeller’s grown-up drama should have been an Oscar contenderFri Feb 17 2023 - 05:05
Atomic Hope: Swimming against the tide in nuclear power debateFor the general public, atomic energy is an image of Homer Simpson asleep at his workstation. It’s Chernobyl. It’s FukushimaFri Feb 17 2023 - 04:55
Asif Kapadia’s Creature: ‘All of the crew were into dance. Even our electricians went to the ballet’The Oscar-winning director of Amy and Senna is reinventing filmed performance with an electrifying version of Akram Khan’s celebrated modern balletWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
‘There are all types of queer people, and they deserve to have their stories told’Georgia Oakley was inspired to make Blue Jean when lesbian protesters abseiled into the House of Lords to protest Section 28Mon Feb 13 2023 - 00:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekOscar-nominated Women Talking, plus Channing Tatum takes another twirl as Magic Mike, gritty British drama Blue Jean, and French kids animation Epic TailsSun Feb 12 2023 - 05:00
Siân Phillips on marriage to Peter O’Toole: ‘It was like holding sand in my hand’Peter O’Toole’s former wife is central to a new documentary portrait of the Lawrence of Arabia starSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
Dublin International Film Festival line-up features big names and fresh talentA guest appearance from Oscar nominee Paul Mescal and an array of new Irish and international productions make for a lively 21st edition of the festivalSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
Blue Jean: An elegantly structured film composed of clever, delicate movementsGeorgia Oakley’s debut feature is as restrained as Rosy McEwen’s excellent performanceFri Feb 10 2023 - 05:00
Epic Tails: Cheers for Greek mythology references; jeers for everything elseOlympians depicted in this new family comedy start off as jerks, behave abominably, and emerge, well, as jerksFri Feb 10 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekPuss in Boots: The Last Wish, EO, Saint Omer, The WhaleSun Feb 05 2023 - 05:00
