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Sanctuary: a forbidden tryst with a twist in the tail

Sanctuary: a forbidden tryst with a twist in the tail

Len Collin’s feature debut is a must-see knockabout comedy that takes a serious look at the rights of the intellectually disabled

Thu Jul 06 2017 - 07:30
'My stepfather always told me you can’t trust anyone but family'

'My stepfather always told me you can’t trust anyone but family'

Trey Edward Shults has a gift for imagining the worst and his latest film is a horror in tune with these dystopian times

Thu Jul 06 2017 - 06:22
Cars, Dunkirk, Spider-Man and more: the summer movie guide

Cars, Dunkirk, Spider-Man and more: the summer movie guide

From blockbusters to indie flicks, here are the best releases from now until autumn

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 05:00
All Eyez on Me: Tupac biopic fails to live up to the hip-hop legend

All Eyez on Me: Tupac biopic fails to live up to the hip-hop legend

Edges are duly smoothly and tricky questions are never posed

Fri Jun 30 2017 - 12:51
Alone in Berlin: Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson offer a timely blueprint for dissent

Alone in Berlin: Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson offer a timely blueprint for dissent

Solid performances help save Vincent Pérez’s anti-Nazi war drama from its low-budget stodginess

Fri Jun 30 2017 - 11:28
Steve Carell: Some people sprint to the top. For me it happened over years. I didn’t notice

Steve Carell: Some people sprint to the top. For me it happened over years. I didn’t notice

The actor on hitting every rung on the Hollywood ladder

Fri Jun 30 2017 - 06:30
The most enjoyable summer blockbuster has arrived

The most enjoyable summer blockbuster has arrived

Despicable Me 3 review: Minions, manic laughs and Pharrell Williams chimes in with his boppiest soundtrack to date

Thu Jun 29 2017 - 16:00
Kedi review: Truly, moggy, deeply in cat-crazy Istanbul

Kedi review: Truly, moggy, deeply in cat-crazy Istanbul

A wonderful tribute to the Turkish port city’s love of its lucky feline inhabitants

Thu Jun 29 2017 - 14:00
How the street cats of Istanbul landed on their feet

How the street cats of Istanbul landed on their feet

In Turkey, stray cats and humans coexist peacefully – why can’t we do the same here?

Thu Jun 29 2017 - 06:00
Revolutions: a hip, lively, amiable brusier of a film

Revolutions: a hip, lively, amiable brusier of a film

Filmed over five years, Laura McGann’s film follows the Irish women’s roller derby team from first shove to final whistle

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 07:30
Colin Trevorrow:  ‘Be proud of everything you paint, even if Mom doesn’t put it on the fridge’

Colin Trevorrow: ‘Be proud of everything you paint, even if Mom doesn’t put it on the fridge’

Director Colin Trevorrow made the jump from micro-budget films to blockbusters. But for his latest, he’s gone back to his indie roots, and the critics aren’t pleased

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 06:15
Once upon a pair of wheels: Edgar Wright on Baby Driver

Once upon a pair of wheels: Edgar Wright on Baby Driver

‘Closest thing to a British Quentin Tarantino’ on his movie about a getaway driver who loves tunes

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 06:00
The Book of Henry review: makes Jurassic Park seem plausible

The Book of Henry review: makes Jurassic Park seem plausible

A dying boy genius leaves instructions to catch a sexual predator – then it gets silly

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 17:00
Slack Bay (Ma Loute) review: flesh-eating French class comedy is an acquired taste

Slack Bay (Ma Loute) review: flesh-eating French class comedy is an acquired taste

Juliette Binoche heads a bizarre cast of characters in this deeply odd lampoon

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 13:24
Twice Shy review: walking softly on a well-trodden road

Twice Shy review: walking softly on a well-trodden road

This tale of a young Irish couple travelling to England for an abortion avoids rhetoric

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 07:00
The Irish movie set to spark a measured conversation about abortion

The Irish movie set to spark a measured conversation about abortion

Young Irish film-maker Tom Ryan knew he was opening a can of worms with ‘Twice Shy’, which features a couple put to the test by an unplanned pregnancy

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 05:15
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

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

From Whitney Houston to Dublin gangsters, here are the best of this week’s releases

Fri Jun 16 2017 - 05:00
Nails review: And you thought Irish hospitals were bad ...

Nails review: And you thought Irish hospitals were bad ...

The monster in this hospital-set horror film needs to be discharged

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 16:00
The sad story of Whitney Houston's bisexual love triangle

The sad story of Whitney Houston's bisexual love triangle

Whitney: Can I Be Me? Nick Broomfield’s devastating portrait of a fatally conflicted existence

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 13:58
Churchill review: Winston at his most shambolic

Churchill review: Winston at his most shambolic

Brian Cox does excellent work in the title role – unfortunately, often against the script

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 12:30
By the Time It Gets Dark review: The perils of putting history on film

By the Time It Gets Dark review: The perils of putting history on film

A dark Thai event that claimed many lives is given a shape-shifting treatment

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 07:00
The sad, secret life of Whitney Houston

The sad, secret life of Whitney Houston

Archive: From a secret lesbian relationship to a decades-long struggle with drugs, five years after singer’s death, a new film ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ examines what caused her tragic downfall

Sat Jun 10 2017 - 06:11
Six of the best films to see this weekend

Six of the best films to see this weekend

Quality blasts from the past include Wonder Woman and a Fritz Lang classic

Fri Jun 09 2017 - 12:07
The Shack review: A vision of heaven that feels like purgatory

The Shack review: A vision of heaven that feels like purgatory

Not even Octavia Spencer as God can save this Oprahfied version of paradise

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 12:30
Destiny: an eye-popping restoration of Fritz Lang’s classic

Destiny: an eye-popping restoration of Fritz Lang’s classic

The film that inspired may of cinema’s greatest auteurs returns to the big screen

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 07:00
Teresa Palmer: ‘I got kung-fu kicked in the back’

Teresa Palmer: ‘I got kung-fu kicked in the back’

The actor has a thing about going method, whether fooling Christian Bale as a stripper, playing a kidnap victim in a tiny basement, or working inside a giant head in a supermarket

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 06:05
Dublin Boyz n the Hood and gruesome gangland consequence

Dublin Boyz n the Hood and gruesome gangland consequence

‘Cardboard Gangsters’ is a ’hood film, not a gangster film, says director Mark O’Connor

Mon Jun 05 2017 - 06:00
Is Wonder Woman a feminist in hot pants?

Is Wonder Woman a feminist in hot pants?

Like Princess Leia or Miss Piggy, Wonder Woman is the token girl on a boy’s adventure

Sat Jun 03 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best movies to see on the big screen this weekend

Six of the best movies to see on the big screen this weekend

The best film of the week is an Oscar-nominated animation that's basically social realism for kids

Fri Jun 02 2017 - 05:59
Daughters of the Dust: the film that inspired Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Daughters of the Dust: the film that inspired Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Julie Dash’s lavish, poetic film gets a welcome restoration and re-release

Thu Jun 01 2017 - 11:30
After the Storm: lightly comic with a sting in the tail

After the Storm: lightly comic with a sting in the tail

A typically nuanced film from Hirokazu Koreeda about a deadbeat dad doing his best

Thu Jun 01 2017 - 07:00
Baywatch: A hunk of  junk that not even The Rock can rescue

Baywatch: A hunk of junk that not even The Rock can rescue

This reboot of the 1990s TV show is so poor, it even messes up the David Hasselhoff cameo

Mon May 29 2017 - 14:05
Closeness: No film will top this drama for walkouts and jeering

Closeness: No film will top this drama for walkouts and jeering

An ethically questionable scene had Cannes viewers shouting as they left the premiere

Sat May 27 2017 - 15:44
Bushwick review: out of step with contemporary Trumpian politics

Bushwick review: out of step with contemporary Trumpian politics

Bushwick envisages a second American Civil War in a New York borough

Sat May 27 2017 - 15:33
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts: rape-revenge, motherhood and ravishing beauty

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts: rape-revenge, motherhood and ravishing beauty

Cannes 2017: If you only see one feminist Indonesian Spaghetti Western this year, this should be it

Fri May 26 2017 - 16:18
Good Time: Robert Pattinson’s latest gets a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Good Time: Robert Pattinson’s latest gets a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Pattinson robs a bank for all the right reasons, but things go horribly wrong in his completely whacko new film

Fri May 26 2017 - 14:29
How Nicole Kidman became the enviable queen of cool

How Nicole Kidman became the enviable queen of cool

The versatile, talented actor is blessed with impressive range and unafraid of taking risks

Fri May 26 2017 - 07:00
Zoe Kavanagh on the battle to bring ‘Demon Hunter’ to screen

Zoe Kavanagh on the battle to bring ‘Demon Hunter’ to screen

The Irish director's determination has paid off, with accolades and a big-screen release for her feature debut

Fri May 26 2017 - 06:30
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul review - the wheels have come off entirely

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul review - the wheels have come off entirely

The film series started out just as charming as Jeff Kinney’s books, but this fourth instalment is running on empty

Thu May 25 2017 - 17:00
I Am Not Madame Bovary:  Gorgeous, stylised example of Chinese box-office gold

I Am Not Madame Bovary: Gorgeous, stylised example of Chinese box-office gold

Director Feng Xiaogang is a master of observational comedy in his native land, and his humour travels with some success

Thu May 25 2017 - 12:30
The Other Side of Hope: a Finnish refugee crisis of conscience

The Other Side of Hope: a Finnish refugee crisis of conscience

Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki’s film is filled with curious oddballs, but there are also many ethical connundrums to contend with

Thu May 25 2017 - 11:00
Johnny Depp’s panto drunk pirate is worse than ever

Johnny Depp’s panto drunk pirate is worse than ever

The billion-dollar franchise plumbs new depths of awfulness with Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge

Wed May 24 2017 - 09:39
Spark: A Space Tail review - a disaster of cosmic proportions

Spark: A Space Tail review - a disaster of cosmic proportions

The animation is ugly and basic, the plot is lazy, and the voice talents of Jessica Biel, Patrick Stewart and others are completely wasted

Tue May 23 2017 - 17:39
Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king

Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king

The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’

Fri May 19 2017 - 06:00

Inversion review: a nuanced approach to a culture rife with indignant misogyny

For the the heroine of Behnam Behzadi’s latest, the predicament is clear - no husband, no agency

Thu May 18 2017 - 10:58
Colossal: Anne Hathaway returns in a dazzlingly original, and dark, fantasy

Colossal: Anne Hathaway returns in a dazzlingly original, and dark, fantasy

Hathaway plays an alcoholic loser with a strange connection to a monster levelling Seoul

Thu May 18 2017 - 06:15
Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ - one of the greatest weepies ever made

Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ - one of the greatest weepies ever made

The Italian director’s Oscar-winning tale remains as moving and tragic as on its first release

Wed May 17 2017 - 10:30
Jessica Chastain: ‘It was a very difficult upbringing’

Jessica Chastain: ‘It was a very difficult upbringing’

The star of ‘The Help’ and now ‘Miss Sloane’ is taking on inequality in Hollywood and beyond

Sat May 13 2017 - 05:00
Frantz: A scathingly anti-nationalist warning from history

Frantz: A scathingly anti-nationalist warning from history

A remake of Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 anti-war classic ‘Broken Lullaby’

Thu May 11 2017 - 12:30
In 1979 nobody bat an eyelid about Woody Allen's character (42) dating a 17-year-old

In 1979 nobody bat an eyelid about Woody Allen's character (42) dating a 17-year-old

Four decades on, Woody Allen’s classic movie 'Manhattan' is majorly compromised

Thu May 11 2017 - 07:37
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