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No laughing matter: why are we so terrified of clowns?

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

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

'It' efficiently delivers the jolts, while mystery 'Wind River' provides more thoughtful fare

Fri Sept 08 2017 - 05:00
Insyriated review: War-torn quandaries in Syria

Insyriated review: War-torn quandaries in Syria

A fascinating ethical conundrum fails to fully ignite a drama that feels a little too contrived

Thu Sept 07 2017 - 09:15
Wind River: Snowy noir on a Native American reservation

Wind River: Snowy noir on a Native American reservation

A strong sense of place elevates this procedural above the norm

Thu Sept 07 2017 - 08:00
What happens when civilians join a therapy group in Folsom Prison

What happens when civilians join a therapy group in Folsom Prison

The Inside Circle is an intensive four-day therapy programme mixing civilians and prisoners

Wed Sept 06 2017 - 06:35
Slipknot: Day of the Gusano – an auditorium-shaking live experience

Slipknot: Day of the Gusano – an auditorium-shaking live experience

The nu-metal elder statesmen celebrate 20 years at the top with a 360-degree Mexico City concert film

Mon Sept 04 2017 - 15:53
Rooney Mara: ‘Doing the Irish accent was terrifying’

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 shooting

Dark Night review: anatomy of a mass shooting

Based on the Colorado cineplex shooting, this is an unsensational portrait of alienation

Thu Aug 31 2017 - 12:35
Grand old feminist potboiler from the murky streets of London

Grand old feminist potboiler from the murky streets of London

The Limehouse Golem review: Wonderful cast make themselves at home in the streets of 1880s London

Thu Aug 31 2017 - 10:38
Tara Lee: a raw talent cooking up a music and acting career

Tara Lee: a raw talent cooking up a music and acting career

She’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 actor

Thu Aug 31 2017 - 05:00
God’s Own Country review: love on a farmboy’s wages

God’s Own Country review: love on a farmboy’s wages

The ‘English Brokeback Mountain’ is a gritty, muddy, magical tale of love and livestock

Wed Aug 30 2017 - 18:01
Rough Night review: dead on arrival

Rough Night review: dead on arrival

This ladies night out comedy plays like a feminised version of the appalling Very Bad Things

Mon Aug 28 2017 - 13:01
‘There’s no way they’re going to let me take Tom Cruise camping in the jungle’

‘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 Made

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Cruise flies high, Soderbergh & co get lucky, and the big man’s back in a retooled T2

Fri Aug 25 2017 - 10:00
Detroit review: The victims get lost in the roar of the riot

Detroit review: The victims get lost in the roar of the riot

The riot is as virtuoso as any recent action sequence but this film’s problems run deep

Thu Aug 24 2017 - 05:00
Terminator 2 3D review: He's come back

Terminator 2 3D review: He's come back

This is a beautifully scrubbed new edition of James Cameron’s gargantuan 1984 hit

Wed Aug 23 2017 - 05:00
Al Gore interview: ‘We’ll show you, Donald Trump’

Al Gore interview: ‘We’ll show you, Donald Trump’

The Nobel-prizewinning, vegan politician on America’s inconvenient president

Sun Aug 20 2017 - 05:00
3DT2: James Cameron on tinkering with the Terminator

3DT2: James Cameron on tinkering with the Terminator

The ‘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 aquatic

The Odyssey review – exploring Jacques Cousteau’s life aquatic

This biopic of the French oceanographer is beautifully filmed, but sometimes flounders

Thu Aug 17 2017 - 06:00
The superhero film of the year: Al Gore saves the world again

The superhero film of the year: Al Gore saves the world again

A 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 Up

Napping Princess review: the saddest, loveliest romance since Pixar’s Up

Sci-fi and parallel universe gets a little cluttered, but be sure to stay for the credits

Wed Aug 16 2017 - 08:07
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

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 Tokyo

Fri Aug 11 2017 - 06:00
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature review: Call pest control

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature review: Call pest control

Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl and Jackie Chan are wasted in this superfluous sequel

Fri Aug 11 2017 - 05:20
So what is the meaning of Lowery’s existential fable ‘A Ghost Story’?

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 film

Fri Aug 11 2017 - 05:00
Shin Godzilla review: Heavyweight monster mash packs punch

Shin Godzilla review: Heavyweight monster mash packs punch

Japan’s iconic giant lizard is back, and badder than ever, in this fast-moving reboot

Thu Aug 10 2017 - 08:00
Tom of Finland review – tasteful biopic of a homoerotic artist

Tom of Finland review – tasteful biopic of a homoerotic artist

Touko Laaksonen’s drawings of giant phalluses are glossed over in this engaging drama

Thu Aug 10 2017 - 05:00
Annabelle: Creation review – conjuring up a doll’s house of horrors

Annabelle: Creation review – conjuring up a doll’s house of horrors

Director David F Sandberg creates a spooky sense of dread, but the CGI monster is dull

Wed Aug 09 2017 - 00:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Maudie finds humanity in unlikely places, Williams profiles an icon for whom racing is life

Fri Aug 04 2017 - 06:00
James McAvoy: ‘I knew I had to make my character filthy’

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 racing

Williams review: Hard man with a hard-on for racing

This fascinating documentary about Formula 1 fanatic Frank Williams delivers both track action and familial dysfunction

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 10:20
Morrissey as a miserable young man: ‘entirely asexual and a bit of an arse’

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 over

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 09:46
Luc Besson’s $200m movie flop: how bad can it be?

Luc Besson’s $200m movie flop: how bad can it be?

Valerian review: After a promising start, the film plummets into atrociousness

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 13:07
Wish Upon review: a camp slumber-party classic

Wish Upon review: a camp slumber-party classic

This giddy, deliberately daft horror is aimed squarely at recent ‘Goosebumps’ graduates

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 10:49
‘The Crying Game’: ‘They wanted me to cast a woman that was pretending to be a man’

‘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 on

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 05:00
‘It's a romantic attempt to describe how we are as humans to an extra-terrestrial audience'

‘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 project

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 05:00
Hounds of Love review: hard to justify this punshing psychodrama

Hounds of Love review: hard to justify this punshing psychodrama

Australian director Ben Young’s horror debut is well-crafted but basically torture porn

Fri Jul 28 2017 - 05:00
The Wall review: Bro bantz and brutish action

The Wall review: Bro bantz and brutish action

Soldiers take on faceless foes in a deadly battle of wits in this taut war thriller

Thu Jul 27 2017 - 16:20
The Boy and the Beast review: An elaborate, unique cinematic talent

The Boy and the Beast review: An elaborate, unique cinematic talent

An orphaned boy joins a mythical kingdom and becomes a promising martial artist

Thu Jul 27 2017 - 12:35
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – Scatological jokes don’t come any cleaner

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – Scatological jokes don’t come any cleaner

Stray grown-ups will find plenty to amuse in the tale of two comic book authors

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 13:42
Song to Song: Terrence Malick’s worst film yet

Song to Song: Terrence Malick’s worst film yet

This incoherent muddle of falling leaves, cameos and tracking shots has nowhere to go

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 08:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

It’s hard to look past Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk – but there are a few other gems

Fri Jul 21 2017 - 06:00
Zoe Kazan: ‘Look at the numbers. It’s getting worse for women’

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 chums

47 Metres Down review: From sister act to best chums

Decent yarn never plummets the genre’s depths

Thu Jul 20 2017 - 08:00
Dunkirk review: No guts but plenty of glory in Nolan’s heavy calibre war film

Dunkirk review: No guts but plenty of glory in Nolan’s heavy calibre war film

The greatest spectacle of the summer puts all others to shame

Tue Jul 18 2017 - 09:38
Cars 3: Third time's an automotive charm

Cars 3: Third time's an automotive charm

A sly dig at inaccurate pollsters and lessons about male privilege leaves us pleasantly surprised

Fri Jul 14 2017 - 09:00
War for the Planet of the Apes: A spectacular finish for the trilogy

War for the Planet of the Apes: A spectacular finish for the trilogy

Trumpian subtexts, breathtaking visuals and an Oscar-worthy turn from Andy Serkis

Fri Jul 14 2017 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

This week, take your pick between inter-species war and holy-relic adventures

Fri Jul 14 2017 - 05:33
‘No place and no people had an effect on me like Ireland’

‘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 gem

Genocidal Organ review: A dark, futuristic anime gem

Despite a glossy fan-friendly package Shuko Murase’s film is demanding viewing

Wed Jul 12 2017 - 09:12
Sofia Coppola: ‘Colin Farrell is the thinking woman's hunk’

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 War

Fri Jul 07 2017 - 06:30
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