Fifty Shades of Black review: not great, but still 50 times better than the originalThe Wayans approach to comedy might be simple, but there’s still fun to be had seeing the execrable Fifty Shades of Grey get a good whippingWed Mar 09 2016 - 11:00
Goodnight Mommy review: Horror has just birthed some new terrifying twinsPreferring unease to jump-scares and psychosis to spooks, this astute psychological horror is an example of the genre at its very bestFri Mar 04 2016 - 16:40
Truth review: nowhere near the journalistic thriller it should have beenCate Blanchett and Robert Redford deliver starry performances, but the narrative focus remains fuzzy throughout this true-life taleFri Mar 04 2016 - 09:17
Hey dudes! The Coens on George Clooney, Hollywood and that Lebowski sequelBrothers Joel and Ethan Coen have teamed up with George Clooney for a fourth part in their ‘knucklehead’ trilogy - and there’s not a single Lebowski in sightFri Mar 04 2016 - 06:00
Time Out of Mind Review: Richard Gere excels in this meditation on homelessnessThe disenfranchised are seldom acknowledged in US cinema - Oren Moverman’s thoughtful drama achieves such a feat with considerable styleThu Mar 03 2016 - 17:22
King Jack review: a stunning, evocative American coming-of-age taleWith a beautifully poised script, King Jack delivers an honest depiction of adolescent sexuality and a terrifying depiction of teen violenceWed Mar 02 2016 - 13:37
Roger Allam: 'I can do posh'Roger Allam’s patrician roles on big screen made him go-to guy for lead role in film of David Park’s novel, writes Tara BradyFri Feb 26 2016 - 06:00
The Truth Commissioner review: Ouch, the Truth does hurtShallow characters, sketchy plotting and loud, clanging allusions bring down this fictional account of Northern IrelandThu Feb 25 2016 - 18:00
The Propaganda Game review: as frustrating as it is intriguingRather than exposing any truths, Alvaro Longoria’s handsomely-shot video diary merely adds to the riddle of North KoreaWed Feb 24 2016 - 17:33
ADiff review: Risteard O’Domhnaill fights ‘big oil’ in AtlanticCommentators, fishermen, politicians and scientists collectively scratch their heads over Ireland’s disregard for its own watersMon Feb 22 2016 - 17:55
ADiff review: Laurie Anderson’s five-star dogumentaryAnderson’s late dog Lolabelle recorded a ‘pretty good’ Christmas album and learned to paint and sculpt in her later yearsMon Feb 22 2016 - 17:54
ADiff review: Polish vampire mermaids cause chaos in The LureA defiantly odd reworking of The Little Mermaid is frequently more discombobulating than entertainingMon Feb 22 2016 - 17:40
ADiff review: Monica Bellucci impresses in Ville-MarieAn ingenious film that dresses tropes and plot lines from soap as verisimilitudeMon Feb 22 2016 - 17:29
Ellen Page: “I’m hoping that this is the moment where change actually happens”Tara Brady talks to the 26-year-old actress about coming out to the film industry and having the world at her feetSat Feb 20 2016 - 10:00
ADiff review: Oedipal goings-on in MammalDirector Rebecca Daly has a knack for carnality in a film punctuated by wailing, nocturnal tomcats and outbreaks of violenceThu Feb 18 2016 - 23:49
The Finest Hours review: the waves crash hard, but the derring-do doesn’tCasey Affleck brings colour to his most-able seaman, but Chris Pine can do little to animate the dull do-gooder hero of this Disney-at-sea action flickThu Feb 18 2016 - 23:40
Bone Tomahawk review: Kurt Russell's on top form in a way-out western with biteThe film is sly enough to function equally well as an old-fashioned shoot-‘em-up: or rather, shoot, if they’re luckyThu Feb 18 2016 - 23:32
Freeheld review: an elaborate game of hide and weepFlat, and lacking the archly deadened attributes of Todd Haynes’ Carol, a quartet of World’s Greatest Actors work hard to animate a timid movieThu Feb 18 2016 - 21:00
ADiff review: A posthumous victory for Hubert ButlerThe late essayist, once denounced by a papal nuncio as a dangerous communist, has the last laughThu Feb 18 2016 - 18:14
ADiff review: A spooky possession in PolandWhen likeable Piotr starts behaving oddly and talking Yiddish, there can only be one explanation . . .Thu Feb 18 2016 - 18:11
'Journalism is in a lot of trouble right now' - Mary Mapes on the road to TruthFired from her job after running a piece about George W Bush, former CBS producer Mary Mapes’ story is now a major film starring Cate Blanchett and Robert RedfordThu Feb 18 2016 - 17:00
ADiff review: Mustang is a coming-of-age tale that turns into a thrillerOscar-nominated Turkish drama is both brilliant and maddeningWed Feb 17 2016 - 16:27
ADiff review: Evolution’s strange sci-fi will blow your mindLucile Hadzihalilovic’s new film is an unsettling nightmarish masterpieceWed Feb 17 2016 - 16:27
ADiff review: Notfilm lets Samuel Beckett speakRoss Lipman’s doc makes interesting connections and assertionsWed Feb 17 2016 - 16:26
ADiff review: Black, a tale of star-crossed lovers in violent BrusselsA rivalry between African gangs turns brutal in this adaptation of gritty youth novelsWed Feb 17 2016 - 16:25
Claudia Cardinale: ‘Usually you live only one life. But I have lived 154 lives’The Italian star of such classics as 8½ and Once Upon a Time in the West is now 78 and has just completed her 154th feature. She talks about six decades in filmWed Feb 17 2016 - 06:00
Angela Lansbury: still a star at 90The veteran actor, best known for playing Jessica Fletcher in ‘Murder, She Wrote’, credits Cork with saving her family. It’s just one of many plot twists in her extraordinary lifeSat Feb 13 2016 - 04:00
Oddball and the Penguins review: lovely, old-fashioned family entertainmentThe penguins are cute, but the big fluffy sheepdog steals the show in this delightful Aussie dramaThu Feb 11 2016 - 15:15
‘Deadpool’: TJ Miller relishes his role as a weasly sidekickThe comic actor, who is famous as Mr Mucus, is happy as long as he’s getting laughsThu Feb 11 2016 - 13:00
The Survivalist review: a lean, thrilling debut from director Stephen FingletonPitiless, economic storytelling from Fingleton is matched by a fantastic performances from Martin McCann, Olwen Fouéré and Mia GothThu Feb 11 2016 - 08:00
Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Road Chip review: gives rodents a bad nameSay your prayers - here comes the fourth instalment of the $1.3 billion and counting Ca$hmunks seriesWed Feb 10 2016 - 17:22
Zoolander 2 review: a really, really, really, ridiculously average sequelSilly jokes and A-list cameos pass the time, but it’s pretty much more of the same from Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and the rest of the gangWed Feb 10 2016 - 14:13
Grímur Hákonarson: from sheep whisperer to Cannes winnerNever mind the sub-zero temperatures and bad light – casting the right type of sheep proved just as tricky for Cannes-winner ‘Rams’ says director Grímur HákonarsonFri Feb 05 2016 - 06:00
Strangerland review: The dust devil is in the detailIrish cinematographer PJ Dillon brews up a terrific storm – literally and figurativelyThu Feb 04 2016 - 20:00
Goosebumps review: Blackly monstrous, good funWill today’s creepypasta kids still enjoy such silly fireside supernaturalism? We do hope soThu Feb 04 2016 - 19:00
Dad’s Army review: perpetrating a bit of a phoney warWhen the film sticks to old jokes, it serves some purpose. But too often we’re stuck in tea shops on dates with Catherine Zeta-JonesThu Feb 04 2016 - 16:40
Point Break review: Adrenaline flunkies defying gravity and logicRelentless action cannot dispel the toxic levels of claptrap that stink up this po-faced, slow-witted remakeThu Feb 04 2016 - 15:13
Michael Keaton: Ireland ahead of the curve on abuse issueKeaton returns to cinemas in Spotlight. He is an Oscar frontrunner, but has a keen eye on BrooklynFri Jan 29 2016 - 06:00
Youth review: a vague, beautiful-looking meditation on . . . well, what exactly?Michael Caine. Harvey Keitel. Jane Fonda. Rachel Weisz. Paul Dano - the great cast ultimately becomes marginalised by the busyness of Paolo Sorrentino’s latest filmThu Jan 28 2016 - 19:10
13 Hours review: Michael Bay shoots first, doesn’t ask questions laterThe director turns to the political sphere with this mindless actioner about Benghazi - he should stick to the giant robotsThu Jan 28 2016 - 15:56
Capture the flag review: take a trip to the dull side of the moonThis colourful animation tries a little too hard to get down with the kidsThu Jan 28 2016 - 15:25
The Big Short review: nailing the crux of the crashBrilliantly accessible, scathing account of the financial crisis based on the bestselling bookFri Jan 22 2016 - 11:13
Harvey Keitel: from the marines to the screen, from Scorsese to TarantinoThe actor with a five-decade mean streak of a career shows little signs of mellowing. 'I took on the ups and downs," he says. 'Sometimes they won. Sometimes I won'Fri Jan 22 2016 - 06:00
The 5th Wave review: Some decent action between the YA longing and the clichésThink Twilight with aliens. Or Ender’s Game with a girl in the lead. Or Divergent without the non-stopping trains... you get the pointThu Jan 21 2016 - 17:00
Our Brand is Crisis review: Just about makes a drama out of a crisisA constellation of likeable actors is on the case - including Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton - but the dramedy just doesn’t quite come together as it shouldThu Jan 21 2016 - 16:04
Ryan Coogler: ‘Apollo Creed meant everything to African-Americans’In the Rocky offshoot Creed, Ryan Coogler has made a rare boxing film with a black actor as star. The director talks about how he won over Sly, and the cultural importance of Apollo CreedSun Jan 17 2016 - 06:00
Adam McKay: ‘I just wanted people to understand that nothing has changed'The man behind such comedies as Anchorman and Step Brothers has toned down the farce for his latest film, the star-studded multi-Oscar-nominated The Big ShortFri Jan 15 2016 - 09:00
Creed review: a fresh glint in the eye of the tigerCreed firmly overthrows any notions that the Rocky films are trading on an elaborate Great White Hope mythologyThu Jan 14 2016 - 14:00
Lenny Abrahamson: ‘I couldn’t bear the idea that I wasn’t the smartest’The brain-box Irish film-maker suddenly finds himself a hot Oscar prospect with his acclaimed fifth feature, which is tearing up the awards trailFri Jan 08 2016 - 06:00
Last Hijack review: A Somali pirate’s tale that gets a little bit lost at seaTommy Pallotta’s documentary is nicely presented but lacks a coherent narrativeThu Jan 07 2016 - 11:00
