My Favourite Cake: A septuagenarian Brief Encounter jollied along by quiet political fury
A lonely retired nurse goes out on the prowl in Iran where she meets an unmarried taxi driver
War photographer Lee Miller finds a champion in Kate Winslet, but this long-delayed biopic isn’t worth the wait
Despite the starry cast and Winslet’s dogged commitment, Lee is a very ordinary film about an extraordinary woman
Malignant Humour review: This one-woman wonder is far funnier than a cancer-inspired circus act has any right to be
Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: Hannah Gumbrielle’s storytelling is acrobatic as she is in this show about her lymphoma diagnosis and treatment
Jared Harris: ‘It’s much harder now for films without people who wear their underwear outside their clothes’
The Reawakening star talks about his famous Irish father, being his own harshest critic and how big stars have not been good for small movies
Four new films to see this week
Tim Burton’s chaotic Beetlejuice sequel feels desperate, plus slow-burn folkie horror Starve Acre, superior Netflix drama Rebel Ridge, and striking Alzheimer’s doc Don’t Forget to Remember
Starve Acre: Hare-raising horror about ancient dark things in the unnerving Yorkshire Dales
Daniel Kokotajlo’s adaptation deftly embellishes domestic backstory into grander, grimmer mythology
First Look at Joker: Folie à Deux – Part musical, part prison movie, mostly plodding courtroom drama
Venice International Film Festival 2024: Any more songs and Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga would be starring in an operetta
Rebel Ridge: John Boyega quit Jeremy Saulnier’s long-delayed thriller. It’s actually pretty good
The American auteur’s effective thriller arrives four years and two shutdowns after the cameras started rolling
Four new films to see this week
Haunting, old-school Irish horror Oddity, plus prison-set biopic Sing Sing starring Colman Domingo, transitioned Elliot Page in tailor-made Close to You, and social-realist Swedish drama Paradise Is Burning
Close to You review: Elliot Page brings a fascinating biographical dimension to this intimate drama
Star of Juno and Whip It plays a trans man returning to the family home
Oddity: Nifty old-school horror from one of Ireland’s most exciting film-makers
Damian McCarthy’s directorial precision is complemented by wit and an imaginative backstory that deserves an expanded universe
Black Dog star Eddie Peng: ‘After 20 days I was thinking, come on, you can do this. I didn’t know if I was acting any more’
The former pop star has a hugely demanding role in his irresistible new film: almost wordless, physically demanding and requiring motorbike stunts
Cuckoo: Spooky sanatorium thriller is a flamboyantly unhinged tribute to Eurohorror
Tilman Singer goes big – maybe too big – with this wild and unsettlingly ambiguous follow-up to Luz
Between the Temples: Anxious Jewish comedy strikes gold with Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman
It’s not quite the May-December romance of Harold and Maude, but Schwartzman and Kane waltz impeccably through this arrestingly unpredictable film
Carol Kane: ‘Making The Princess Bride, there was something a little bit otherworldly about that experience’
The star of Between the Temples on learning Hebrew, working with her idol Bill Murray, and a dangerously funny take on mutton sandwiches