Viceroy’s House review: ludicrous opulence and class distinctions - perfect for Downton fansHugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson learn the truth of the ancient adage “the sun never sets on the British Empire because God doesn’t trust them in the dark”Thu Mar 02 2017 - 15:23
In Loco Parentis - a look at life in Ireland’s only primary-age boarding schoolNeasa Ní Chianáin unquestioning, affectionate documentary about Headfort School in Co Meath could do with some old-school disciplineThu Mar 02 2017 - 12:01
Certain Women review: a sorrowful tour de force from director Kelly ReichardtKristen Stewart, Michelle Williams and Laura Dern lead a formidable ensemble in a quiet, precise triptych of tales about longingThu Mar 02 2017 - 11:33
Xavier Dolan: ‘I’m not an enfant terrible. I’m a human being reacting’The young Canadian auteur has torn up the cinema rulebook, but his lack of formal film education gives his brilliance free rein on his new film ‘It’s Only the End of the World’Fri Feb 24 2017 - 05:35
A Cure for Wellness review: Lost in its own gothic ambitionsDane DeHaan is marvellous in Gore Verbinski gothic horror, but as the mysteries pile up, it all gets a bit sillyThu Feb 23 2017 - 13:00
Best review: a fair appraisal of the sad, messy life of a footballing legendDaniel Gordon’s documentary about George Best keeps its eye on the football, not the trainwreck, and prints the legend, mostlyThu Feb 23 2017 - 05:33
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins, from the Projects to the OscarsFrom the Miami Projects and care homes to college jock and an almost-stalled film career, Barry Jenkins’s route to eight Oscar nods is as extraordinary as his film MoonlightFri Feb 17 2017 - 05:00
John Wick: Chapter 2 review - sadface Keanu Reeves returns to kill everybodyLess a sequel than an escalation, the hitman of few words is back for more relentless action and stunning stuntworkThu Feb 16 2017 - 17:45
Hidden Figures review: A winning drama that reaches for the starsIt’s tricky to distil hard fact from light fiction, but the extraordinary story shines throughout this serious Oscar contenderThu Feb 16 2017 - 13:00
George Best said ‘I’m depressed and I need help’. And no one got itAs Daniel Gordon's new film about George Best comes to ADIFF, the director talks about the rise and fall of a footballing legendThu Feb 16 2017 - 05:00
Patriots Day review: Boston bombing thriller isn’t subtle, but delivers on actionAs a white-knuckle ride, Peter Berg’s thrilling chase film is flawless - just don't expect any insight or inclusivenessWed Feb 15 2017 - 10:33
20th Century Women review: a dazzled and confused paean to nostalgiaA spectacular ensemble cast on top form helps rescue Mike Mills’s meandering, contrived love-letter to the late 1970sThu Feb 09 2017 - 15:00
The Lego Batman Movie review: Batman never better as a psychopathic jerkDirector Chris McKay and star Will Arnett relentlessly prod at Batman with a welcome helping of BoJack Horseman-brand misery and narcissismThu Feb 09 2017 - 13:00
Ang Lee: 'We’re working 15 to 20 years ahead. No living being will see it'Why has Ang Lee made a film with technology that only a handful of people will be able to appreciate via a few US cinemas? He explains his technological gambleThu Feb 09 2017 - 05:57
Forty years on, the genocidal avenger of Taxi Driver still packs a psychodramatic punch“Some day a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets,” seethes Robert De Niro, with what could be an election-winning sloganWed Feb 08 2017 - 06:33
Gold review: Matthew McConaughey in Y-Fronts with a self-aware degree of sleazeMcConaughey’s indestructible charisma shines through this uneven mix of boys’ action and capitalist satireFri Feb 03 2017 - 12:59
Matthew McConaughey: ‘I will never be my hero’The languid actor discusses putting rom-coms behind him and putting on 20kg for ‘Gold’Fri Feb 03 2017 - 05:00
Toni Erdmann review: one of the funniest German films you will ever seeMaren Ade’s Oscar-nominated film displays an acute, moving and mortifying understanding of the generation gapThu Feb 02 2017 - 07:15
The Son of Joseph review: a deadpan French dramedy, in the biblical senseUS-born French filmmaker Eugène Green wears his Baroque-theatre origins on his sleeve in this ultra-droll comedy about sulky teens and useless fathersWed Feb 01 2017 - 16:11
Why did reporter Christine Chubbuck shoot herself live on air?Actor Rebecca Hall had serious reservations about tackling the macabre story around why Chubbuck killed herself in 1974. So what changed her mind?Sat Jan 28 2017 - 05:00
Cameraperson review: Kirsten Johnson's visual memoir of an extraordinary careerThe remarkable cinematographer behind such films as Fahrenheit 9/11, Citizenfour, Darfur Now and This Film Is Not Yet Rated looks back on a life well shotFri Jan 27 2017 - 11:19
Irvine Welsh: 'Brexit? Trump? It gives you more to write about. These are exciting times'The Scottish writer is disappointed on both counts, but he reckons it means some great books are just around the cornerFri Jan 27 2017 - 06:00
Sing review: a pitch-perfect, star-studded, snark-free, family-friendly singathonAn all-star cast, including Scarlett Johansson and Matthew McConaughey, belt out the hits and turn on the cutesy charm in this thoroughly entertaining animated musicalThu Jan 26 2017 - 13:30
Christine review: nimbly explores the dark times before a very public deathBased on the true story of an US TV news anchor’s on-air suicide, Antonio Campos’ compelling film teases out all the contradictions of Christine Chubbuck’s lifeThu Jan 26 2017 - 12:33
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage - just when you thought things couldn’t get any more ridiculousVin Diesel returns to punch people with a motorbike, go skiing in the jungle and go surfing on a motorbikeFri Jan 20 2017 - 10:00
Nicole Kidman is happy that she "looks Irish"The actor on ditching the A list, her Irish roots, and how her personal experience with adoption powered her latest role in LionFri Jan 20 2017 - 05:55
The Dreamed Ones review: Pen pals of a poetic bentThis cerebral German drama charts the odd long-distance relationship between a Nazi’s daughter and a Holocaust survivorThu Jan 19 2017 - 17:00
Pixar fans are in for a treat: sneak peaks and hidden cameosA new video has lots of hiddren treasures to offer fans of movies from A Bug’s Life to BraveThu Jan 19 2017 - 17:00
Anya Taylor-Joy: ‘This guy stuck his head out the window and said, If you stop you won’t regret it'Split star Anya Taylor-Joy’s humour and energy is irrepressible and she looks all set to make the jump from horror films to the mainstreamThu Jan 19 2017 - 07:36
Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s all-out wiseguy whirlwind, is back in cinemasThe director’s 1990 masterpiece is restored and remastered for the big screenWed Jan 18 2017 - 10:07
Natalie Portman on Jackie O: 'All the people in her life knew different versions of her'Natalie Portman his played many iconic roles, but none more heavy with history than Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife and widow of JFKFri Jan 13 2017 - 05:04
Manchester by the Sea review: A hyper-real dissection of macho despairThis exquisitely mounted depiction of unbridled misery pivots around Casey Affleck's performance, but as a character study, its trajectory simply has nowhere to goThu Jan 12 2017 - 15:33
Underworld: Blood Wars review - more like attack of the sexy Halloween costumesKate Beckinsale is back (again) as sexy werewolves take on sexy vampires (again)Thu Jan 12 2017 - 14:26
Endless Poetry review: the surreal deal from the master JodorowskyWith his trademark bursts of comic-book magic realism, Alejandro Jodorowsky follow-up to The Dance of Reality is a triumphThu Jan 05 2017 - 15:33
Film 2017: Coming to a big screen near you this yearThis year’s releases include films from Christopher Nolan, Sofia Coppola and Paul Thomas Anderson, and new episodes of Trainspotting, Blade Runner and Star WarsThu Jan 05 2017 - 05:02
A Monster Calls review: Sad and true and perfectly beautifulA young bot comes to terms with the darkness of life via the tales of a giant creature in this masterful family movieThu Dec 29 2016 - 11:33
Adam Driver, accidental superstar, on Star Wars, Scorsese and stepping up after 9/11In the past five years, Driver has worked with Eastwood, Spielberg, the Coens and now Scorsese - not bad for a former US Marine who never really had any acting ambitionThu Dec 29 2016 - 05:44
Monster Trucks review: A preposterous premise that proves just about roadworthyBlessed with low expectations, Chris Wedge’s kids’ yarn turns out to be not as monstrous as fearedMon Dec 26 2016 - 06:00
Ten things to watch on Amazon PrimeMake the most of the discounted first month as Prime video streaming arrives in IrelandFri Dec 23 2016 - 13:05
Ballerina review: an animated tale that dances along lightlyOne for the kids, this part puppy love story, part knockabout farce features superb animated choreography and an excellent voice castFri Dec 23 2016 - 10:52
The Eagle Huntress review: Gonna fly nowA girl strives to be Mongolia’s first eagle huntress in this splendid documentaryThu Dec 22 2016 - 15:33
Donnie Darko review: Down the rabbit hole once moreThe 2001 cult classic with star-to-be Jake Gyllenhaal is restored and rereleasedWed Dec 21 2016 - 05:00
Sigourney Weaver: ‘I want to do an Irish accent’The towering star of ‘Alien’, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Avatar’ deals with death in ‘A Monster Calls’Sat Dec 17 2016 - 05:00
Alejandro Jodorowsky: ‘I never seek money. I make films to lose money’The mysterious maestro behind ’70s head classic ‘El Topo’ is still making movies his wayFri Dec 16 2016 - 06:00
Into the Forest review: Survivalist sisters in the woodsEllen Page and Evan Rachel Wood impress in this pared-down feminist science fiction taleThu Dec 15 2016 - 15:00
The Black Hen review: Nepali drama puzzles and provokesChild actors are the stars of this impressive film set against the backdrop of civil warTue Dec 13 2016 - 17:20
Neil Diamond: He’ll say a little Christmas prayer for youAnother Yuletide album? ‘Christmas lends itself to exquisite expression,’ the songwriter explainsTue Dec 13 2016 - 00:00
Oliver Stone: ‘We owe Edward Snowden a huge debt. He’s a hero for our time’The reliably controversial American auteur spent 18 months talking to the CIA whistle-blower for his new filmSat Dec 10 2016 - 05:00
The Birth Of A Nation review: decently entertaining, but far from revolutionaryNate Parker’s Nat Turner biopic was preceded by much controversy and hoopla; in the end what we get is a rather conventional historical dramaThu Dec 08 2016 - 15:00
Life, Animated review: The power of love, and Disney cartoonsOscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams wonderful doc tells the story of an autistic boy who found his voice by immersing himself in the world of classic Disney filmsThu Dec 08 2016 - 13:15
