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The Feast: Something nasty in the Welsh rabbit

The Feast: Something nasty in the Welsh rabbit

Film review: A dinner party turns into a nightmarish folk horror

Fri Aug 19 2022 - 05:00
My Old School: A pleasing tale of deception

My Old School: A pleasing tale of deception

Film review: Alan Cumming lip-syncs as the protagonist of this 1990s classroom scandal

Fri Aug 19 2022 - 05:00
‘My curiosity made me want to meet the wife of the man I was having an affair with’

‘My curiosity made me want to meet the wife of the man I was having an affair with’

The writer-director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet on her film Anaïs in Love, filming sex scenes, and the ‘loosening’ of French society

Mon Aug 15 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Nope on general release, Hole in the Head at the IFI, Where Is Anne Frank and Blind Ambition on select release

Sun Aug 14 2022 - 06:00
The Brontës: New film Emily imagines the life of the most mysterious of the sisters

The Brontës: New film Emily imagines the life of the most mysterious of the sisters

‘I wanted to connect the film to Wuthering Heights,’ says first-time writer-director Frances O’Connor

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 10:15
Where is Anne Frank? An exquisite, eye-catching animation

Where is Anne Frank? An exquisite, eye-catching animation

Review: The director of Waltz with Bashir translates Diary of Young Girl for pre-teen viewers

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 05:00
Blind Ambition: appealing documentary of an unlikely tale

Blind Ambition: appealing documentary of an unlikely tale

Four Zimbabwean men form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 05:00
Waltz with Bashir director aims to bring Anne Frank to new generation: ‘It’s important we use the past to tell the story of today’

Waltz with Bashir director aims to bring Anne Frank to new generation: ‘It’s important we use the past to tell the story of today’

Ali Folman conjures up Kitty from the pages of the famous diary in his first family animation

Wed Aug 10 2022 - 05:18
Four new films to see this week ... One of them is a lean, exhilarating thriller

Four new films to see this week ... One of them is a lean, exhilarating thriller

Thirteen Live and Prey streaming, Bullet Train and Maisie in cinemas

Sun Aug 07 2022 - 06:00
Maisie: Tribute to an artform that’s been changed forever

Maisie: Tribute to an artform that’s been changed forever

Britain’s oldest drag performer meets the US equivalent in warm, witty documentary

Fri Aug 05 2022 - 05:00
Prey film review: This thrilling new Predator movie is the year’s best action flick

Prey film review: This thrilling new Predator movie is the year’s best action flick

Thrilling new Predator instalment pitches the alien against a young Comanche girl and her dog

Fri Aug 05 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Hit the Road, Joyride, Fire of Love, The Deer King

Sun Jul 31 2022 - 06:00
‘When David was originally performing, it was still illegal to be homosexual in the UK’

‘When David was originally performing, it was still illegal to be homosexual in the UK’

A compelling, and frequently hilarious documentary about Maisie Trollette, Britain’s oldest drag queen, ahead of David Raven’s 85th birthday celebrations

Sat Jul 30 2022 - 05:00
The Deer King: Not the classic we might have hoped for

The Deer King: Not the classic we might have hoped for

Film review: Long-time Studio Ghibli animator makes his directorial debut

Fri Jul 29 2022 - 05:00
Fire of Love: Volcanic romance that should be seen on largest possible screen

Fire of Love: Volcanic romance that should be seen on largest possible screen

Moving, thrilling portrait of married volcano nuts, who first bonded over their love of Mount Etna

Fri Jul 29 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Where the Crawdads Sing on general release, Robust, Notre Dame on Fire and Kurt Vonnegut: Unstock in Time on limited release

Sun Jul 24 2022 - 06:00
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time — An extensive but scattershot documentary

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time — An extensive but scattershot documentary

Film review: Curb Your Enthusiasm director Robert B Weide’s fond portrait of a countercultural icon and friend

Fri Jul 22 2022 - 05:00
Notre Dame on Fire: Too soon

Notre Dame on Fire: Too soon

Film review: Jean-Jacques Annaud’s French disaster film feels too fresh to yield any surprises

Fri Jul 22 2022 - 00:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

Persuasion and The Gray Man streaming, The Railway Children Return and McEnroe on cinema release

Sun Jul 17 2022 - 06:00
Russo brothers: ‘There’s an inherent elitism in Anglo Cinema that is not interesting to us’

Russo brothers: ‘There’s an inherent elitism in Anglo Cinema that is not interesting to us’

Having directed four of the biggest movies of all time, Anthony and Joe Russo know what their audience wants — and how to reach it

Sat Jul 16 2022 - 05:00
McEnroe: Engaging chronicle of the softening of a superbrat

McEnroe: Engaging chronicle of the softening of a superbrat

The liveliest archive footage dates from McEnroe’s early punkish appearances on court

Fri Jul 15 2022 - 06:00
The Gray Man: High-octane hokum

The Gray Man: High-octane hokum

Film review: The Russo Bros return with Netflix’s biggest-budget movie to date, and it will make you pine for the relative complexity of Fast & Furious

Fri Jul 15 2022 - 06:00
Director Carrie Cracknell on Persuasion: ‘I always intended to absolutely honour the heart of the book’

Director Carrie Cracknell on Persuasion: ‘I always intended to absolutely honour the heart of the book’

Netflix has a new Jane Austen adaptation starring Dakota Johnson and Richard E Grant

Wed Jul 13 2022 - 05:30
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

The Sea Beast streaming, Thor: Love and Thunder, Brian and Charles and Futura on cinema release

Sun Jul 10 2022 - 06:00
Futura: A vibrant, vital chronicle of young Italy

Futura: A vibrant, vital chronicle of young Italy

Film review: Documentary finds an alarming sense of uncertainty among its subjects

Fri Jul 08 2022 - 06:00
Brian and Charles: A whimsical delight

Brian and Charles: A whimsical delight

Film review: English comedy about an inventor and his robot is like Wallace & Gromit without the clay

Fri Jul 08 2022 - 06:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Nitram, The Princess, Pompo: The Cinephile, Minions: The Rise of Gru

Sun Jul 03 2022 - 06:00
The massacre that ‘shifted everything in Australia ... It’s taboo to discuss it’

The massacre that ‘shifted everything in Australia ... It’s taboo to discuss it’

Justin Kurzel’s Cannes prizewinning film, Nitram, deals with an Australian tragedy — the Port Arthur Massacre

Sat Jul 02 2022 - 06:00
Brian and Charles — a debut feature from David Earl

Brian and Charles — a debut feature from David Earl

Ricky Gervais regular David Earl has co-written and starred in the summer’s most anticipated comedy

Sat Jul 02 2022 - 00:01
Minions: The Rise of Gru — Despicable mediocrity

Minions: The Rise of Gru — Despicable mediocrity

Film review: A series of skits that never threatens to congeal into anything resembling a plot

Fri Jul 01 2022 - 06:00
Pompo: The Cinéphile — A lively anime love letter to movie-making

Pompo: The Cinéphile — A lively anime love letter to movie-making

An attractive leading lady is overshadowed by the auteur’s hauteur

Fri Jul 01 2022 - 06:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekend

Four new films to see in cinemas this weekend

Elvis, The Black Phone, Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest, The Big Hit

Sun Jun 26 2022 - 06:00
Wim Wenders: Looking back through the rear-view mirror

Wim Wenders: Looking back through the rear-view mirror

The German film-maker on Paris, Texas; Bono; and a 50-year career as the IFI stages a retrospective

Sat Jun 25 2022 - 06:00
The Big Hit: Big-hearted Beckett production in a French prison

The Big Hit: Big-hearted Beckett production in a French prison

Film review: Prisoners wait for Godot in this irresistible yet undercooked film

Fri Jun 24 2022 - 06:00
The Black Phone: Spooky tale of child abduction and maligned spirits

The Black Phone: Spooky tale of child abduction and maligned spirits

Film Review: Ethan Hawke scares the kids in Blumhouse’s latest thriller

Fri Jun 24 2022 - 00:00
Daryl McCormack arrives as a leading man  — in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Daryl McCormack arrives as a leading man — in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

In this sex-positive movie, McCormack plays a smooth-talking sex worker hired by Emma Thompson’s character

Sat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
Pleasure: Hard-hitting drama about LA’s dark porn underbelly

Pleasure: Hard-hitting drama about LA’s dark porn underbelly

Director Ninja Thyberg’s ironically titled film betrays a misogynistic and toxic industry

Fri Jun 17 2022 - 05:00
Lightyear: There’s no buzz to this Toy Story spin-off

Lightyear: There’s no buzz to this Toy Story spin-off

A solid sci-fi concept gives way to bare adequacy and a perfunctory feel

Fri Jun 17 2022 - 05:00
Jacqueline Lentzou: ‘I could not find a producer because most producers here are men and they would look at me as if an alien’

Jacqueline Lentzou: ‘I could not find a producer because most producers here are men and they would look at me as if an alien’

The up-and-coming Greek film-maker talks about unspoken love, Tarot cards, and why she doesn’t subscribe to the so-called Weird Wave

Tue Jun 14 2022 - 06:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Swan Song, All My Friends Hate Me, Earwig, Jurassic World Dominion

Sun Jun 12 2022 - 06:00
Elvis is back in the building

Elvis is back in the building

Baz Luhrmann on his very rhinestone, glitter-bomb version of The King

Sat Jun 11 2022 - 06:00
Swan Song: Death has seldom been so much fun

Swan Song: Death has seldom been so much fun

Udo Kier puts in a career-best turn in director Todd Stephens’s impeccable odyssey

Fri Jun 10 2022 - 05:00
All My Friends Hate Me: A brilliant British horror-comedy of manners

All My Friends Hate Me: A brilliant British horror-comedy of manners

When old college chums gather in a country house in Devon, there’s misunderstood jokes, inappropriate pranks and fear

Fri Jun 10 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Men, I Am Zlatan, Olga, Bergman’s Island

Sun Jun 05 2022 - 06:00
Bergman Island: Despite the name, this is no masterpiece

Bergman Island: Despite the name, this is no masterpiece

Study of tensions among film-makers is a misfire

Fri Jun 03 2022 - 05:00
I am Zlatan: Engaging portrait of a true football superstar

I am Zlatan: Engaging portrait of a true football superstar

This dramatisation of the Swedish footballer’s life will engage even non-fans

Fri Jun 03 2022 - 05:00
Lucile Hadzihalilovic: ‘I grew up in south Morocco ... there was not a lot of access to the cinema’

Lucile Hadzihalilovic: ‘I grew up in south Morocco ... there was not a lot of access to the cinema’

Filmmaker discusses her new, unusual, project Earwig and working with her partner

Thu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Top Gun: Maverick, The Bob’s Burgers Movie, Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s), Between Two Worlds

Sun May 29 2022 - 06:00
Cannes 2022: Taylor Swift dodges a bullet by missing her boyfriend’s premiere

Cannes 2022: Taylor Swift dodges a bullet by missing her boyfriend’s premiere

Tara Brady frockwatches and sees the festival’s best and most forgettable films

Fri May 27 2022 - 12:34
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) – Interesting but superficial

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) – Interesting but superficial

Documentary has a wealth of materials but gets no closer to revealing the person

Fri May 27 2022 - 05:00
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