No laughing matter: why are we so terrified of clowns?Real-life clowns are protesting that Stephen King’s ‘It’ is killing their business. So why are they so often seen as evil?Sat Sept 09 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend'It' efficiently delivers the jolts, while mystery 'Wind River' provides more thoughtful fareFri Sept 08 2017 - 05:00
Insyriated review: War-torn quandaries in SyriaA fascinating ethical conundrum fails to fully ignite a drama that feels a little too contrivedThu Sept 07 2017 - 09:15
Wind River: Snowy noir on a Native American reservationA strong sense of place elevates this procedural above the normThu Sept 07 2017 - 08:00
What happens when civilians join a therapy group in Folsom PrisonThe Inside Circle is an intensive four-day therapy programme mixing civilians and prisonersWed Sept 06 2017 - 06:35
Slipknot: Day of the Gusano – an auditorium-shaking live experienceThe nu-metal elder statesmen celebrate 20 years at the top with a 360-degree Mexico City concert filmMon Sept 04 2017 - 15:53
Rooney Mara: ‘Doing the Irish accent was terrifying’The star of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ on Jim Sheridan's ‘The Secret Scripture’ and how her friend Cate Blanchett helped her get cast in sexual abuse drama ‘Una’Fri Sept 01 2017 - 00:00
Dark Night review: anatomy of a mass shootingBased on the Colorado cineplex shooting, this is an unsensational portrait of alienationThu Aug 31 2017 - 12:35
Grand old feminist potboiler from the murky streets of LondonThe Limehouse Golem review: Wonderful cast make themselves at home in the streets of 1880s LondonThu Aug 31 2017 - 10:38
Tara Lee: a raw talent cooking up a music and acting careerShe’s been in ‘Raw’, ‘The Fall’, ‘A Date for Mad Mary’ and stars in newfilm ‘Moon Dogs’, but the 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Donard didn’t always see herself as an actorThu Aug 31 2017 - 05:00
God’s Own Country review: love on a farmboy’s wagesThe ‘English Brokeback Mountain’ is a gritty, muddy, magical tale of love and livestockWed Aug 30 2017 - 18:01
Rough Night review: dead on arrivalThis ladies night out comedy plays like a feminised version of the appalling Very Bad ThingsMon Aug 28 2017 - 13:01
‘There’s no way they’re going to let me take Tom Cruise camping in the jungle’Doug Liman on his guerilla filmmaking techniques in American MadeSat Aug 26 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendCruise flies high, Soderbergh & co get lucky, and the big man’s back in a retooled T2Fri Aug 25 2017 - 10:00
Detroit review: The victims get lost in the roar of the riotThe riot is as virtuoso as any recent action sequence but this film’s problems run deepThu Aug 24 2017 - 05:00
Terminator 2 3D review: He's come backThis is a beautifully scrubbed new edition of James Cameron’s gargantuan 1984 hitWed Aug 23 2017 - 05:00
Al Gore interview: ‘We’ll show you, Donald Trump’The Nobel-prizewinning, vegan politician on America’s inconvenient presidentSun Aug 20 2017 - 05:00
3DT2: James Cameron on tinkering with the TerminatorThe ‘Avatar’ and ‘Titanic’ director seeks to make epic but intimate movies – so why does one of sci fi's finest really need a 3D reboot?Fri Aug 18 2017 - 05:00
The Odyssey review – exploring Jacques Cousteau’s life aquaticThis biopic of the French oceanographer is beautifully filmed, but sometimes floundersThu Aug 17 2017 - 06:00
The superhero film of the year: Al Gore saves the world againA decade after ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ comes ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’Wed Aug 16 2017 - 16:42
Napping Princess review: the saddest, loveliest romance since Pixar’s UpSci-fi and parallel universe gets a little cluttered, but be sure to stay for the creditsWed Aug 16 2017 - 08:07
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend‘A Ghost Story’ is a heartbreaking haunting while an award-winning Godzilla returns to stomp TokyoFri Aug 11 2017 - 06:00
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature review: Call pest controlWill Arnett, Katherine Heigl and Jackie Chan are wasted in this superfluous sequelFri Aug 11 2017 - 05:20
So what is the meaning of Lowery’s existential fable ‘A Ghost Story’?Writer-director thinks there may be a Catholic sensibility underscoring his new filmFri Aug 11 2017 - 05:00
Shin Godzilla review: Heavyweight monster mash packs punchJapan’s iconic giant lizard is back, and badder than ever, in this fast-moving rebootThu Aug 10 2017 - 08:00
Tom of Finland review – tasteful biopic of a homoerotic artistTouko Laaksonen’s drawings of giant phalluses are glossed over in this engaging dramaThu Aug 10 2017 - 05:00
Annabelle: Creation review – conjuring up a doll’s house of horrorsDirector David F Sandberg creates a spooky sense of dread, but the CGI monster is dullWed Aug 09 2017 - 00:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendMaudie finds humanity in unlikely places, Williams profiles an icon for whom racing is lifeFri Aug 04 2017 - 06:00
James McAvoy: ‘I knew I had to make my character filthy’‘Like he hasn’t changed his knickers in weeks. Not like the spy world in Bourne’Fri Aug 04 2017 - 05:49
Williams review: Hard man with a hard-on for racingThis fascinating documentary about Formula 1 fanatic Frank Williams delivers both track action and familial dysfunctionThu Aug 03 2017 - 10:20
Morrissey as a miserable young man: ‘entirely asexual and a bit of an arse’England is Mine review: Unauthorised biopic of the singer is a little lopsided but there’s plenty for Smiths fans to pore overThu Aug 03 2017 - 09:46
Luc Besson’s $200m movie flop: how bad can it be?Valerian review: After a promising start, the film plummets into atrociousnessTue Aug 01 2017 - 13:07
Wish Upon review: a camp slumber-party classicThis giddy, deliberately daft horror is aimed squarely at recent ‘Goosebumps’ graduatesTue Aug 01 2017 - 10:49
‘The Crying Game’: ‘They wanted me to cast a woman that was pretending to be a man’Director Neil Jordan and star Stephen Rea discuss the making of a masterpiece, 25 years onTue Aug 01 2017 - 05:00
‘It's a romantic attempt to describe how we are as humans to an extra-terrestrial audience'Emer Reynolds's new film ‘The Farthest’ looks at the extraordinary, humbling story the Voyager space projectSat Jul 29 2017 - 05:00
Hounds of Love review: hard to justify this punshing psychodramaAustralian director Ben Young’s horror debut is well-crafted but basically torture pornFri Jul 28 2017 - 05:00
The Wall review: Bro bantz and brutish actionSoldiers take on faceless foes in a deadly battle of wits in this taut war thrillerThu Jul 27 2017 - 16:20
The Boy and the Beast review: An elaborate, unique cinematic talentAn orphaned boy joins a mythical kingdom and becomes a promising martial artistThu Jul 27 2017 - 12:35
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – Scatological jokes don’t come any cleanerStray grown-ups will find plenty to amuse in the tale of two comic book authorsWed Jul 26 2017 - 13:42
Song to Song: Terrence Malick’s worst film yetThis incoherent muddle of falling leaves, cameos and tracking shots has nowhere to goTue Jul 25 2017 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendIt’s hard to look past Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk – but there are a few other gemsFri Jul 21 2017 - 06:00
Zoe Kazan: ‘Look at the numbers. It’s getting worse for women’Zoe Kazan is evolving from writer to actor and is hoping to subvert rom-com stereotypes with ‘The Big Sick’Fri Jul 21 2017 - 05:45
47 Metres Down review: From sister act to best chumsDecent yarn never plummets the genre’s depthsThu Jul 20 2017 - 08:00
Dunkirk review: No guts but plenty of glory in Nolan’s heavy calibre war filmThe greatest spectacle of the summer puts all others to shameTue Jul 18 2017 - 09:38
Cars 3: Third time's an automotive charmA sly dig at inaccurate pollsters and lessons about male privilege leaves us pleasantly surprisedFri Jul 14 2017 - 09:00
War for the Planet of the Apes: A spectacular finish for the trilogyTrumpian subtexts, breathtaking visuals and an Oscar-worthy turn from Andy SerkisFri Jul 14 2017 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendThis week, take your pick between inter-species war and holy-relic adventuresFri Jul 14 2017 - 05:33
‘No place and no people had an effect on me like Ireland’‘Pilgrimage’ and 'Punisher' star Jon Bernthal on how he got his life back on track, and shooting in Ireland, 'the most beautiful place in Earth'Thu Jul 13 2017 - 05:12
Genocidal Organ review: A dark, futuristic anime gemDespite a glossy fan-friendly package Shuko Murase’s film is demanding viewingWed Jul 12 2017 - 09:12
Sofia Coppola: ‘Colin Farrell is the thinking woman's hunk’Coppola's latest film ‘The Beguiled’ sees Dublin actor Colin Farrell stirring passions in an all-girls school during the US Civil WarFri Jul 07 2017 - 06:30
