Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendSpielberg, Hanks and Streep’s The Post is heavy with shadows of Trumpocracy while Liam Neeson just about stays on track in The CommuterFri Jan 19 2018 - 06:00
Video: ‘Coco’ dodges pitfalls and tops the pops at Mexican box officePixar says it’s dealing with the issues raised by John Lasseter’s inappropriate conductThu Jan 18 2018 - 12:00
The Final Year review: documentary about Barack Obama full of spinObama gave the filmmakers ‘unprecedented’ access. They made a weak documentaryThu Jan 18 2018 - 10:02
Coco: I see dead people, and they are kind, friendly and warmReview: What might have been complicated is accessible for even the youngest eyesThu Jan 18 2018 - 06:00
The Commuter review: Liam Neeson just about stays on trackBallymena’s finest takes another highly-stressed journey – this time on a trainWed Jan 17 2018 - 05:00
The Polka King: Likeable, lightweight larceny tale with an ‘Oom-Pah-Pah’ beatNew Netflix original sees Jack Black star in the real-life story of a Polish-American polka band leader jailed in 2004 for running a Ponzi schemeFri Jan 12 2018 - 13:56
‘I’ve great difficulty finding roles that aren’t just dying women’Kristin Scott Thomas on how French cinema has better roles for women, playing Churchill's wife – and BrexitFri Jan 12 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Golden Globe-winning 'Three Billboards' and what makes Eric Clapton tickFri Jan 12 2018 - 05:00
Manifesto review: 13 characters 12 too many for Cate BlanchettLet’s never speak again of her turns as a tattooed English punk and a bearded hoboThu Jan 11 2018 - 05:00
A Woman’s Life review: French period drama never looked so grittyStéphane Brizé has made a masterfully subtle and inventive melodramaThu Jan 11 2018 - 05:00
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars review – A fascinating chronicleThis portrait explains the roots of a pain that Clapton’s successful career did little to extinguishWed Jan 10 2018 - 06:00
Martin McDonagh: Harvey Weinstein? 'I hope he dies'Playwright and film maker on his new ‘feminist’ movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriSat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Casting rather than cash is king in Getty kidnapping saga, while Ben Stiller wrestles with his big ego in Brad’s StatusFri Jan 05 2018 - 06:00
Human Flow review: Migration crisis film is as epic as cinema getsChinese dissident Ai Weiwei’s film emphasises common humanity over sufferingThu Jan 04 2018 - 11:00
Walk with Me review: When Benedict Cumberbatch met Zen BuddhismFor those uninterested in mindfulness, this meandering portrait is a test of faithThu Jan 04 2018 - 05:00
‘You meet certain actors and it’s just... no’Brad’s Status director Mike White on the blurred lines between comedy and dramaThu Jan 04 2018 - 05:00
Brad’s Status review: A pointedly excruciating mid-life crisis comedyBen Stiller is gratingly effective as a self absorbed executive who envies his sonThu Jan 04 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekJessica Chastain lays her cards on the table. Ferdinand the bull is releasedFri Dec 29 2017 - 06:00
The 50 best movies on Amazon PrimeNetflix’s main rival has come on in leaps and bounds since its threadbare debutFri Dec 29 2017 - 05:00
The Climb review: a big-hearted crowd-pleaser in the name of loveFilm tells real-live story of Nadir Dendoune who went from Parisian banlieue to Everest summitThu Dec 28 2017 - 05:00
The Greatest Showman: misguided biopic of PT BarnumThey sing and dance like in ‘La La Land’, but there’s little behind the razzle-dazzleWed Dec 27 2017 - 16:38
The 102 best films to watch on NetflixLight the fire, make the popcorn, and settle down for a binge-watch of some of these greatsSat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Pitch Perfect 3 hits a whole host of high notes, while Jumanji just gets byFri Dec 22 2017 - 06:00
Aaron Sorkin: ‘The best storytellers on the planet are Irish’The screenwriter of ‘The Social Network’ makes his directorial debut with Molly's GameFri Dec 22 2017 - 05:00
Bright review: Will Smith dusts off his Men in Black suitBut Joel Edgerton’s turn as Smith’s partner is the best thing about this clever critique of raceThu Dec 21 2017 - 08:00
A very belated Jumanji sequel: Family fun let down by kinky bootsFollow-up to 1995 kids’ flick has a ‘big idea’ – but sadly succumbs to crass objectificationTue Dec 19 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendStar Wars: The Last Jedi has everyone talking but there are better movies to seeFri Dec 15 2017 - 06:00
The man who has made 100 films in Afghanistan but can't read or writeWith 110 movies under his belt, Afghan filmmaker Salim Shaheen finally made it to the red carpet in Cannes as the star of a charming and hilarious documentary portrait by French journalist Sonia KronlundFri Dec 15 2017 - 05:00
Mountain review: How the hell did they film that?Jennifer Peedom’s film is high on spectacle - viewers without a head for heights might not make it past the opening sequenceThu Dec 14 2017 - 05:00
Ferdinand review: A children’s classic gets the family-film treatmentCarlos Saldanha embellishes ‘The Story of Ferdinand’ with tried-and-tested subplotsThu Dec 14 2017 - 05:00
Mountains May Depart review: A tour de force of epic Chinese proportionsAn Oedipal drama, national allegory and futuristic science fiction form a stunning triptychWed Dec 13 2017 - 05:00
The strange death at the heart of CIA's shadowy MK-Ultra programmeErrol Morris’s pioneering documentary goes from intrigue to psychological consumptionWed Dec 13 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Jake Gyllenhaal in a survivor’s story, an ageless assassin in ancient Japan, and clever Yuletide horrorFri Dec 08 2017 - 06:00
‘Rabbis were calling us up and asking us to stop making the movie’‘Menashe’ director Joshua Z Weinstein on making his warm-hearted drama about a Hasidic Jewish community in New York, shot in Yiddish with non-professional actorsFri Dec 08 2017 - 05:00
Takashi Miike: 'Manga was a magic that gave children dreams'Between his 103 directorial credits, Takashi Miike has staged a Kabuki play, created dozens of music videos and documentaries, and even made kids' showsFri Dec 08 2017 - 05:00
Blade of the Immortal review: Bloody marvellous samurai carve-upManga maverick Takashi Miike’s 100th feature is imaginative, chaotic and lots of funThu Dec 07 2017 - 11:00
Better Watch Out review: Making a bloody mess of ChristmasThis delightfully nasty and entertaining take on Home Alone is a seasonal giftThu Dec 07 2017 - 05:00
Lu Over The Wall review: A fishy tale from Japan that’s hard to catchJapanese director Masaaki Yuasa is on a roll in 2017Tue Dec 05 2017 - 14:26
The Dinner review: A bitter taste, a biting twistSteve Coogan has seldom been better as the irascible PaulTue Dec 05 2017 - 14:06
Ticket Awards 2017: The best films of the yearHere are our favourite film moments of the last year. Don't forget to vote for yoursSat Dec 02 2017 - 06:46
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendJulia Roberts and Owen Wilson wow in Wonder and James Franco hits gold in The Disaster ArtistFri Dec 01 2017 - 06:00
Wonder review: An old-fashioned family delight that will leave you in tearsDon’t fight the chemistry of Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts or the cuteness of Jacob TremblayThu Nov 30 2017 - 07:31
The Man Who Invented Christmas review: Bah humbugThe story of how Charles Dickens created A Christmas Carol lacks seasonal cheerWed Nov 29 2017 - 13:49
The Disaster Artist review: The best of times, the worst of timesJames Franco is excellent in the real-life story of the worst film in cinemaWed Nov 29 2017 - 11:47
Mark Hamill: ‘If I had to climb a Skellig, I was staying at the top’The Luke Skywalker actor on fame, Carrie Fisher and making Star Wars in IrelandSat Nov 25 2017 - 05:00
The man who ruined ChristmasFour years after his much-lamented death in a Downton Abbey Christmas special, actor Dan Stevens is restoring some festive cheer with his portrayal of Charles Dickens, the writer credited with ‘inventing’ ChristmasFri Nov 24 2017 - 10:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendNew this week: Battle of the Sexes is the feminist v male chauvinist pig showdown we need right nowFri Nov 24 2017 - 06:00
Battle of the Sexes review: Game, set, match to Billy Jean‘Male Chauvinist Pig versus Hairy Legged Feminist! You’re still a feminist, right?’Fri Nov 24 2017 - 05:00
A riveting journey into the wild with Jane GoodallJane review: The scientist's work with chimpanzees in Tanzania makes for ravishing viewingThu Nov 23 2017 - 11:00
‘Among men, there’s certain aspects that are supposed to stay suppressed’Harris Dickinson, the rising British actor, has been praised for his performance in the Sundance prizewinner Beach RatsThu Nov 23 2017 - 05:00
