Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy: Middle-class people have feelings tooRyusuke Hamaguchi’s second release in three months is a triptych of shortish storiesFri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00
Flee: Oscar-tipped portrait of an Afghan refugee’s lifeReview: Animated documentary tells story of long trek from Afghanistan to DenmarkFri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00
Pat Collins captures the magic of creativity in The DanceDocumentary achieves the near impossible: capturing transience of the medium it observesMon Feb 07 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBelle, The Souvenir Part II, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, JockeySun Feb 06 2022 - 06:00
Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘I’m from the Highlands. So I’m a wee bit rough’Star of The Souvenir sequel on improvised drama, her mother Tilda and loving cinemaSat Feb 05 2022 - 05:00
The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Biopic is too forgiving of its televangelist subjectThe film feels too generous to the female half of a controversial 1980s TV coupleFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
Belle: Beauty and the Beast meet the metaverseJapanese fable marries dazzling spectacle, action and social commentaryFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekParallel Mothers, Amulet, Doineann, Sing 2Sun Jan 30 2022 - 06:00
Parallel Mothers: Only Almodóvar could tell such stories with wit, warmth and colourReview: The Spanish director's new film wears its heart on its beautifully styled sleeveFri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
Amulet: When a house is not a homeReview: A happy ending is unlikely in this revenge horror from debut writer-director Romola GaraiFri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
Romola Garai: ‘Horror films are often incredibly moving’The actor on being exploited in Hollywood, and ‘icky’ directorial feature debut AmuletMon Jan 24 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekKenneth Branagh's Belfast and Bradley Cooper in Nightmare Alley, plus Mass and CicadaSun Jan 23 2022 - 06:00
The 50 best films on Netflix right now: From classics to new Oscar contendersComedies, sci-fi, kids’ movies, documentaries ... Catch them before they disappearSat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I always come back to the characters of mothers’The Spanish director on how family and political history come together in his latest filmSat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
Mass review: Grieving parents deal with the aftermath of a school shootingReview: The parents of a teen shooter meet the parents of a victim in this rousing dramaFri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00
Nightmare Alley: Bradley Cooper in the best scene of his career, but not the best filmReview: Guillermo del Toro’s film misses the post-war cynicism of the 1947 versionWed Jan 19 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekScream, Memoria and Cow in cinemas, Killing Field on demandSun Jan 16 2022 - 06:00
Memoria: A sonic mystery that will resonate deeplyTilda Swinton hears a strange sound in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s hypnotic filmFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Scream: The thrill is gone from this lacklustre ‘requel’Review: Courteney Cox returns to replay the hits to no great effectFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekBoiling Point, A Hero, Munich: The Edge of War, The 355Sun Jan 09 2022 - 06:00
Peter Dinklage: ‘Belfast was my home away from home. I miss it terribly’The Game of Thrones actor on choosing roles, avoiding social media and his new film, CyranoSat Jan 08 2022 - 05:00
Munich: The Edge of War – This Netflix adaptation will appease youJeremy Irons is a nuanced Neville Chamberlain in this worthwhile historical dramaFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:00
A Hero: A white lie snowballs into catastropheMoral quandaries abound in Asghar Farhadi’s bustling Iranian dramaFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:00
Film-maker Jamila Wignot on Alvin Ailey: ‘He was a dance evangelist’For all the sensual plié and arabesque, Ailey remains a profoundly sad documentaryTue Jan 04 2022 - 05:00
The Humans: The nightmare before ThanksgivingReview: Family tensions and financial pressures in a claustrophobic New York apartmentFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:00
Titane: A wild and crazy tripPalme d’Or winner is a transgressive, delirious rompFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:00
Titane director Julia Ducournau: ‘I thought the film was going to be way more controversial’The French director’s new film won the Palme d’Or at CannesWed Dec 29 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekThe Tragedy of Macbeth, Lola and the Sea, The King’s Man, Being the RicardosMon Dec 27 2021 - 06:00
Being the Ricardos: A sticky situation but not much comedyAaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes take on a classic sitcom offers little insightTue Dec 21 2021 - 05:00
Lola and the Sea: Taking a road trip towards understandingMya Bollaers is wonderful as a high-spirited young trans womanTue Dec 21 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekSpider-Man: No Way Home, Swan Song, The Lost Daughter, The Story of Film: A New GenerationSun Dec 19 2021 - 06:00
The 50 best films of 2021 – in reverse orderAmid sequels and superhero flicks, there were films worth going back into theatres forSat Dec 18 2021 - 05:00
The Lost Daughter: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal find trouble in paradiseMaggie Gyllenhaal maintains a constant air of dread in her first film as a writer-directorFri Dec 17 2021 - 05:00
Swan Song: Through the looking-glass to bypass deathIrish director Benjamin Cleary makes a fascinating feature debutFri Dec 17 2021 - 05:00
How to go from Rathmines to working with Hollywood’s A-listOscar-winning Irish director Benjamin Cleary on his thought-provoking metaphysical sci-fi debutThu Dec 16 2021 - 05:00
Srebrenica massacre drama shock winner in European Film AwardsQuo Vadis, Aida? scoops best film, director and actress prizes at ceremony in BerlinSun Dec 12 2021 - 16:41
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekWest Side Story, Don’t Look Up, Lamb, Clifford the Big Red DogSun Dec 12 2021 - 06:00
Clifford, the Big Red Dog: Colour me impressedLatest instalment of classic series will charm younger viewers – and a few adults tooFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:00
Lamb: Something strange down on the farmIcelandic art-horror is smart, clever and consistently surprisingFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:00
Jane Campion: ‘If New Zealand can be Middle Earth, it can be Montana’The director’s new film is a powerful study of masculinity set on a ranch in the 1920sThu Dec 09 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekJoaquin Phoenix in C’mon C’mon, The Hand of God, Final Account, Blue BayouSun Dec 05 2021 - 06:00
C’Mon C’Mon: Heartfelt tale of intergenerational bondingReview: Joaquin Phoenix is as understated as his Joker was largeFri Dec 03 2021 - 05:00
Final account: Eyewitnesses and participants in atrocityReview: Luke Holland’s documentary chronicles the mechanics of NazismFri Dec 03 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekHouse of Gucci, Encanto and JFK Revisited in cinemas, Bruised on NetflixSun Nov 28 2021 - 06:00
Halle Berry: ‘I was very disheartened after winning the Oscar’The actor on not getting parts she loves, and her directorial debut with MMA film BruisedSat Nov 27 2021 - 05:00
Encanto: Enchanting musical feels manufactured by a committeeReview: Lin-Manuel Miranda pens lyrics for Disney’s latest magical sing-songFri Nov 26 2021 - 05:00
Hypnotic Irish film reclaims the moon from the imperialistsTadhg O’Sullivan’s essay film takes the scenic route to everyone’s favourite satelliteThu Nov 25 2021 - 05:00
House of Gucci film review: A plodding, pointless movie from Ridley ScottIt’s difficult to count the ways in which this film is undeserving of your timeWed Nov 24 2021 - 05:00
Five new films to see in cinemas this weekThe Power of the Dog, King Richard, Petite Maman, Drive My Car, Ghostbusters: AfterlifeSun Nov 21 2021 - 06:00
Adam Driver: Drinking marathons in Ireland? ‘I can neither confirm nor deny this’The House of Gucci actor plans on ‘taking a break’ after starring in 17 roles since 2016Sat Nov 20 2021 - 05:00
