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
United States of Love review: for love, read misery and unrequited affectionFour women search for love in post-Communist Poland in Tomasz Wasilewski’s bleak but beautiful dramaThu Dec 08 2016 - 12:00
I Am Not a Serial Killer review: sour, wicked and pleasingly unusualChristopher Lloyd is the spooky suspect in Billy O’Brien’s thriller about a serial killer who hunts serial killersThu Dec 08 2016 - 11:33
Sully review: Hanks and Eastwood take a flight into sentimentalityClint Eastwood brings white-knuckle action - and a tear to the eye - in his boipic of the Miracle on the Hudson pilotFri Dec 02 2016 - 15:25
Bleed for This review: Boxing drama that rises above the clichésMiles Teller as 1990s fight star Vincent Pazienza who fights his way back into the ringFri Dec 02 2016 - 15:24
I, Olga Hepnarová review: Austere biopic of a mass murdererMichalina Olszanska delivers a stunning central performance as the last woman to receive the death penalty in CzechoslovakiaFri Dec 02 2016 - 15:23
The Ticket Awards 2016 - and the Film nominees are...Irish film puts in another quality shift of work; women are way out in front in the acting stakes; and animation is getting beyond the family film ghettoFri Dec 02 2016 - 06:00
Chi-Raq's Teyonah Parris: ‘You have to be resilient to be a black person in America’Teyonah Parris, star of Spike Lee’s latest, is proudly part of a new wave of representations of the African-American experience. But ‘to be in a minority is scary right now’, she saysThu Dec 01 2016 - 06:00
The Edge of Seventeen: funny, heart-breaking and keenly observedKelly Fremon Craig’s directorial debut, starring Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson, is the 21st-century ‘Clueless’ we’ve been waiting forWed Nov 30 2016 - 17:48
Deirdre O’Kane: ‘This year I’m going to get Christmas right. I say that every year’Back in Dublin after a decade away, the actor is hoping for a revival of the Christmas partyWed Nov 30 2016 - 00:00
The cocky Co Louth racing driver who was ‘better than Senna’The lively Louth driver who shoulda coulda been a superstar gets his own movieMon Nov 28 2016 - 05:00
Magnus review: a gloriously fun ode to the ‘Mozart of Chess’He check-mated Bill Gates in nine moves, he turned down JJ Abrams offer of a part in Star Trek - and now Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen deservedly has a movie all to himselfFri Nov 25 2016 - 15:04
Miles Teller: ‘I’m so proud of my Irish roots, it’s embarrassing’The rising star of Whiplash and Bleed For This on Irishness, boxing and clickbait - “You get scrutinised for a lot of things that are complete nonsense”Fri Nov 25 2016 - 06:00
South review: Low-key Irish drama is a real indie charmerElegant, musically themed feature proves that the best goods can come in small packagesThu Nov 24 2016 - 16:51
A United Kingdom review: A glossy account of a nasty timeThe British Empire is the baddie in this breathless true tale of love between an African prince and a British office clerkThu Nov 24 2016 - 16:50
Paterson review: Jim Jarmusch takes poetic licence to the end of the lineAdam Driver stars as a driver called Paterson from the town of Paterson in Jarmusch's latest slice of ZenThu Nov 24 2016 - 16:50
Bad Santa 2 review: You better watch out - all over againThurman Merman is still following Billy Bob Thornton’s drunken lecher around like a puppy in this belated, ho-ho-ho-hum sequelThu Nov 24 2016 - 07:11
Indignation review: Logan Lerman shines in stirring Philip Roth adaptationScreenwriter James Schamus makes a brilliant directorial debut with this compelling dramaThu Nov 17 2016 - 21:02
Your Name review: a twisty, amnesiac, body-swap, eco-disaster, aching love storyWith a constellation of plot twists amid poignant and funny observations, Makoto Shinka's star-crossed puppy love story is unlike anything in cinemas this yearThu Nov 17 2016 - 21:01
The Innocents review: brutal truth is the first casuality of this war storyHandsome cinematography and restrained direction fail to stop this second World War drama from sliding into sentimentalityThu Nov 17 2016 - 17:22
Rosamund Pike: from Bond girl to Gone Girl to leading womanWith four leading roles this year alone, Rosamund Pike has come a long way since her casting aged 21 alongside Pierce Brosnan's BondThu Nov 17 2016 - 17:00
Hooray for Nollywood: how women are taking on the world’s third largest film industryMaking it in Nigerian film isn’t easy - just ask Tope Oshin Ogun director, producer, actress, dialogue coach, casting director and mother of four boysWed Nov 16 2016 - 17:03
American Pastoral review: Ewan McGregor takes on Philip Roth - with some successFor his directorial debut, McGregor takes on the daunting talk of transferring Philip Roth’s 1997 Pulitzer prize-winner to the big screenMon Nov 14 2016 - 12:59
The Land of the Enlightened review: spectacularly lost in AfghanistanImpressive cinematography and stunning locations can’t make up for the lack of narrative coherence in this docu-drama hybridFri Nov 11 2016 - 10:22
Reissue of the Week: Boyz N the Hood – Still vital viewing after 25 yearsFilled with trash-talking and wise words, John Singleton’s provocative, funny, Oscar-nominated debut still dazzlesWed Nov 09 2016 - 22:09
John Waters: the filth and the funny‘I started Catholic and went backwards’ - cult film-maker John Waters unpacks his transgressive-laden career ahead of his appearance at Belfast’s Queer Arts FestivalWed Nov 09 2016 - 13:00
You’ve Been Trumped Too review: and you thought you’d reached peak disgust...Anthony Baxter’s film about 92-year-old Molly Forbes treatment at the hands of Trump shows beyond doubt the contempt he holds for “little people”Fri Nov 04 2016 - 16:35
James Bowen and the tale of the cat who saved the dayJames Bowen was a recovering addict when he took in a stray cat named Bob. The ginger tom helped turn his life around, which led to a bestseller and now a major feature filmFri Nov 04 2016 - 05:28
Nocturnal Animals review: a masterclass in style and substanceA superb cast, including Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon, weaves between fantasy and reality in Tom Ford’s edgy second featureThu Nov 03 2016 - 15:13
Under the Shadow: real-world terrors and supernatural horrorsSet in war-torn Tehran in the 1980s, this fantastic horror movie plays neat feminist games with familiar ghost-story tropesThu Nov 03 2016 - 12:57
Ben Affleck’s Accountant: an autistic savant with a killer complexGavin O’Connor, director of the hit thriller, takes a realist approach to an over-the-top plotMon Oct 31 2016 - 06:00
Train To Busan review: The undead are born againEchoes of George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead ripple through Yeon Sang-ho's first-rate zombie apocalypse filmThu Oct 27 2016 - 15:00
After Love review: asphyxiating, forensic depiction of marital breakdownA family slowly and brutally tears itself apart in Joachim Lafosse’s unflinching look at a marriage coming to an endWed Oct 26 2016 - 17:00
Cumberbatch as Dr Strange: expect $1 billion at the box officeBenedict Cumberbatch dons a cape and gets in touch with his chakras in a movie that stays true to Marvel’s tried-and-tested formulaMon Oct 24 2016 - 11:32
Lupita Nyong’o: ‘You have to speak up for the world you want to live in’‘Queen of Katwe’, the Oscar-winning actor’s new film, is an ‘anthem for dreaming out loud. I want to play a role in making opportunities for people of colour,’ she saysFri Oct 21 2016 - 12:00
John Carpenter: "A lot of old-timers like to bitch... Movies are for the young"Director John Carpenter has no regrets and little time for film whingers - he talks horror and electronica ahead of a Dublin performance of his best soundtracks and musicFri Oct 21 2016 - 06:11
The Queen of Katwe review: a feelgood triumph from DisneyTremendous central performances from David Oyelowo, Madina Nalwanga and Lupita Nyong’o propel this lively true-life tale of a Ugandan chess championThu Oct 20 2016 - 17:00
Ouija: Origin of Evil review - everything but the haunted kitchen sinkEvery horror cliche (well, almost) is thrown into the mix in this by-the-numbers horror sequelThu Oct 20 2016 - 16:00
Trolls review: A karaoke monster mash of minuscule proportionsAnna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake lead the voice cast in an animation that’s thin on plot but bursting with perky singalongsThu Oct 20 2016 - 12:00
Ken Loach: 'Most people don’t wallow in their poverty. Most people just get by'For five decades Ken Loach has been a champion of the disposessed: ‘It’s the moments of hope that make you catch your breath,’ he saysThu Oct 20 2016 - 07:05
The Surprise review: the best euthanasia rom-com of the yearOscar-winner Mike van Diem’s first film in 18 years is a funny delight with the lightest possible hue of black comedyTue Oct 18 2016 - 12:50
Kate Plays Christine review: the anatomy of an on-air suicideThis fascinating, maddening meta-doc sets itself the impossible task of exploring the interior life of a TV reporter who killed herselfThu Oct 13 2016 - 16:27
Storks review: The truth about the birds and the beesStorks do and don’t deliver babies in this confused though lively animated filmThu Oct 13 2016 - 13:22
Lights, camera, equality action - tackling misogyny one shot at a timeFilm-makers Kate Shenton and Jessica Cameron on how the horror genre is taking on misogyny in the film industryWed Oct 12 2016 - 14:02
Blood Father review: family values with added ultra-violenceMel Gibson channels an older, wounded version of his ‘Lethal Weapon’ character in this high-octane, ultra-violent action filmThu Oct 06 2016 - 23:41
The Fencer/Miekkailijaa review: a fabulous fencing film? TouchéAn Estonian fencer gets heroic treatment in this well-crafted sports biopicThu Oct 06 2016 - 13:00
War on Everyone review: puerile, tone-deaf and offensively stupidDespite gamy performances from Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård, John Michael McDonagh latest is a mishmash of second-hand tropes and bad tasteWed Oct 05 2016 - 17:12
