Familiar Touch review: An intimate and dignified portrait of dementiaSarah Friedland’s surefooted debut acknowledges loss without overshadowing its protagonistWed Jun 17 2026 - 05:06
‘Mark Fisher talked a lot about collective action. We wanted our film-making to reflect those values’The author of the influential Capitalist Realism died in 2017, aged 48. A new film explores his ideas and legacyMon Jun 15 2026 - 05:06
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
Time and Water review: An arresting documentary about Iceland’s disappearing glaciersSara Dosa resists catastrophising, allowing cracking ice to shoulder the film’s emotional heftThu Jun 11 2026 - 05:08
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford review: Peter Mullan tremendous in ambitious if uneven satireSean Dunn’s debut feature brings to mind Game of Thrones after-effects in NorthThu Jun 11 2026 - 05:06
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
Afternoons of Solitude review: The bull seems to sense it’s about to die in the ringWith no narration or commentary, this bullfighting documentary is a powerful condemnationFri Jun 05 2026 - 05:08
Erupcja review: Charli XCX has real screen clout in this appealing romantic dramaThe pop star brings quiet charisma to Pete Ohs's slight but affecting tale of rekindled feelingsThu Jun 04 2026 - 05:06
‘I told Keith Jarrett, If you don’t play I’m going to be f**ked. And you will be f**ked, too’In 1975 Vera Brandes set up the jazz pianist’s legendary Köln Concert. It’s now the subject of an award-winning film Tue Jun 02 2026 - 05:05
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
Fairyland review: A fond, wise chronicle of parenthood through turbulent decadesThe emotional force of Andrew Durham’s film is found in the two-step between parent and child as the sweep of LGBTQ+ history catches upThu May 28 2026 - 05:06
Backrooms review: Kane Parsons’s exquisite direction brings web’s scariest creepypasta to the big screenChiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star as damaged souls noclipping through a liminal purgatory of never-ending office spaceWed May 27 2026 - 11:00
‘When Laurent became ill I said I would stay beside him. We never imagined he would die so quickly’Robin Campillo on directing Enzo, which he wrote with his friend the late film-maker Laurent Cantet Wed May 27 2026 - 05:12
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
Cannes First Look review: Lola Petticrew shines in I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’s Irish line-upDaryl McCormack and Anthony Boyle join the actor in Clio Barnard’s portrait of friends confronting stalled lives and dashed hopesFri May 22 2026 - 09:49
Paul Rudd on filming in Dublin: ‘The people here are so hilarious. It was kind of a hoot’The Ant-Man of the last decade says he’s a big fan of Ireland - ‘The people here are so hilarious and down to earth’Fri May 22 2026 - 05:28
Cannes First Look review: Minotaur – grim chronicle of a selfish, privileged class willing to look the other wayAndrey Zvyagintsev delivers a chilling thriller set in provincial Russia during the Ukraine war, but the political allegory can feel overdoneThu May 21 2026 - 14:13
Cannes First Look review: Fjord - Nail-biting drama exploring European culture and toleranceCristian Mungiu’s tale confirms him as one of cinema’s sharpest moral observersThu May 21 2026 - 13:57
Cannes First Look review: Paper Tiger – Gangsters and fixers in grimy 1980s New York Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in latest drama from James GrayThu May 21 2026 - 13:51
Cannes First Look review: Bitter Christmas - You’ll wonder if Almodóvar is phoning it inEventually the Spanish auteur pulls the film’s threads together into a sharp and unexpectedly brilliant punchlineThu May 21 2026 - 13:44
Cannes 2026: Bardem, Blanchett and Almodóvar on a free Palestine, Bruce Dern on a storied lifeCannes likes its guests to remain tight-lipped on political issues. Try telling that to Pedro Almodóvar. And everyone elseThu May 21 2026 - 10:56
Tom & Jerry: Forbidden Compass review – Cartoon duo become supporting players in their own filmCat and mouse rivals are pushed aside for an assortment of flimsily sketched newcomers who absorb most of the screen timeThu May 21 2026 - 05:06
Hen review: Five stars for this compelling chicken-themed thrillerClucking heroine of György Pálfi’s compelling tale an unlikely emblem of ordinary existence under late-capitalist criminalityWed May 20 2026 - 05:08
Cannes First Look review: Jim Queen – This gay-influencer animated comedy is gleefully smuttyFashioned in the anarchic style of Rick and Morty, the film’s takedown of cliches keeps Cannes laughingTue May 19 2026 - 11:39
Cannes First Look review: Hope – Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi horror has an astonishing opening hourMichael Fassbender plays a distractingly artificial CGI alien. It’s fun. But make the fun stopTue May 19 2026 - 11:32
Cannes First Look review: The Unknown – Léa Seydoux stars in Arthur Harari’s body-swap horrorGendered prudishness that governs 13 Going on 30 gives way to unsettling self-examination and an intriguing gumshoe plotTue May 19 2026 - 11:22
Cannes 2026: Cate Blanchett, John Travolta, Eric Cantona and six more talked about momentsAdam Driver responds to Lena Dunham’s explosive allegations and Michael Fassbender returns to acting as a day jobTue May 19 2026 - 10:49
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
Bob Odenkirk: ‘Breaking Bad was a show that I was surprised they kept on the air’The star of Normal was in his 50s when Breaking Bad made him a household name. ‘It’s better that way,’ he saysMon May 18 2026 - 05:14
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo review: Sexual desire becomes contagion and curse in haunting debutWriter-director doesn’t name the infection, but leaves little doubt that the spectre spooking the Chilean desert is the Aids crisisFri May 15 2026 - 05:08
The Christophers review: Steven Soderbergh’s film scrapes by thanks to a compelling castIan McKellen and Michaela Coel generate a tense and witty dynamicWed May 13 2026 - 05:06
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
‘I can’t remember my parents. We all need a story to understand where we come from’The film-maker Carla Simón on the semi-autobiographical Romería and searching for family history after being orphaned by AidsSat May 09 2026 - 10:00
The Sheep Detectives review: The farmyard hasn’t been this disarming since BabeHugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun and Chris O’Dowd star in an affecting children’s film that’s unafraid to confront mortalityFri May 08 2026 - 05:06
Billie Eilish (Live in 3D) review: Stunning views show raw power of an incredible artist James Cameron’s concert footage puts heartfelt focus on the fans Thu May 07 2026 - 15:00
Four new films to see this week: The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Song Cycle, Hokum, Reflection in a Dead DiamondMeryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adam Scott and Nick Kelly feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 1st, 2026Sun May 03 2026 - 04:53
Reflection in a Dead Diamond review: Who needs a new Bond film when there’s this to be dazzled by?The Belgian duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani have crafted the most convincing Bond film since A View to a KillFri May 01 2026 - 05:08
Hokum review: Adam Scott excels in this Irish ghost story with a sly sense of funDirector Damian McCarthy corrals witches, grief and dark comedy into a claustrophobic hotel dramaWed Apr 29 2026 - 05:06
Actor Adam Scott on filming in west Cork: ‘I was the American weirdo upstairs. I loved it’Severance star’s new film is Hokum, directed by the Irish film-maker Damian McCarthyMon Apr 27 2026 - 05:11
Four new films to see this week: Mother Mary, Rose of Nevada, Michael, Exit 8Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, George MacKay, Callum Turner and Michael Jackson feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of April 24th, 2026Sun Apr 26 2026 - 04:49
Exit 8 review: An elegant horror that forces the unfortunate hero’s paranoid mindset on the viewerTrapped in an endless passageway, the protagonist must scan his surroundings for anomaliesFri Apr 24 2026 - 05:06
Michael review: Two hours of cosplay karaoke – and absolutely no suggestion of improprietyJaafar Jackson does a good job channelling his late uncle, but this is a sanitised, corporatised cash-inTue Apr 21 2026 - 14:00
Primavera director Damiano Michieletto: ‘Wexford is in my heart. It’s an important part of my story’Crafting a film, he notes, is an adjacent but separate skill set from staging operaMon Apr 20 2026 - 05:06
Four new films to see this week: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Wizard of the Kremlin, The Blue TrailJack Reynor, Jennifer Lopez, Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander and Jude Law feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of April 16th, 2026Sun Apr 19 2026 - 04:58
The Blue Trail review: Ageing rebel’s spirit reawakens in defiant journey down the AmazonGabriel Mascaro’s exuberant film blends dystopian sci-fi with real-world concerns about elder careFri Apr 17 2026 - 05:08
The Wizard of the Kremlin review: Jude Law lends gravitas to this clunky dramaToo often the film feels like a prestige television series compressed into an unwieldy feature lengthFri Apr 17 2026 - 05:06
Couture director Alice Winocour: ‘Angelina Jolie was a punk when she was younger. She still has that spirit’The French director immersed herself in the fashion world for her upcoming movie, which stars Jolie as a film-maker who learns during Paris Fashion Week that she has breast cancerTue Apr 14 2026 - 05:12
Four new films to see this week: Father Mother Sister Brother, Undertone, You, Me & Tuscany, The StrangerTom Waits, Cate Blanchett, Halle Bailey, Benjamin Voisin and Rebecca Marder feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of April 10th, 2026Sun Apr 12 2026 - 04:55
Father Mother Sister Brother review: The lowest point of Jim Jarmusch’s wildly uneven film is sadly the Dublin sectionJim Jarmusch’s anthology of three family dramas is wildly uneven – Cate Blanchett and Vicky Krieps are miscastFri Apr 10 2026 - 05:08
Undertone review: Creepy Catholic iconography adds to unease of debut director’s eerie chillerIan Tuason shot the film in his own childhood home, where he cared for both parents at the end of their livesFri Apr 10 2026 - 05:06
