The Damned Don’t Cry: Brilliant Moroccan melodrama offsets tragedy with beautyFyzal Boulifa’s muscular second feature is about a mother and son’s achingly human need for security and belongingThu Jul 06 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekHarrison Ford does his gruffly charming best in frenetic but underwhelming Indiana Jones 5, plus enjoyable animation Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken, amiable doc Hello, Bookstore, and Succession’s Sarah Snook in eerie Run Rabbit RunSun Jul 02 2023 - 05:00
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken: starry cast fails to save an amiable but busy yarnAnimated film can’t decide if it’s a menstrual metaphor, generational conflict story, Nickelodeon sitcom or underwater Harry PotterFri Jun 30 2023 - 05:15
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Not even Harrison Ford’s gruff charm can save this phoney adventureTo damn this (hopefully) final instalment with the faintest praise, it’s not as bad as Kingdom of the Crystal SkullWed Jun 28 2023 - 20:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekWe Anderson’s exquisitely crafted but twee and exhausting Asteroid City, plus Jennifer Lawrence’s cringy, atrocious romcom No Hard Feelings and superior documentaries The Last Rider and The Super 8 YearsSun Jun 25 2023 - 05:00
Hello, Bookstore: A fond reminder that being in a bookshop can feel like a reunion with old friendsMove over, Tom Cruise; the jaunty owner of a US bookstore is this summer’s most compelling movie heroSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
The Last Rider: This Greg LeMond film is an antidote to the scandals that have rocked cyclingLeMond and his wife, Kathy, are the primary contributors to this engaging account of his second Tour de France winThu Jun 22 2023 - 05:00
No Hard Feelings review: Jennifer Lawrence may need to have a word with her agentWhat exactly is this supposed to be? The crummiest beta AI could produce a funnier movie than this oneWed Jun 21 2023 - 13:00
Four new films to see this weekHigh-energy superheroics in The Flash, plus the human body close up in De Humani Corporis Fabrica, gay religious drama You Can Live Forever, and trashily kinetic Extraction 2 on NetflixSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:00
Alexandra Burke on her screen debut in Pretty Red Dress: ‘I was beside myself when I got the part’Fifteen years after her X Factor success, this star retains the enthusiasm evident in that winning run of performancesSat Jun 17 2023 - 05:00
De Humani Corporis Fabrica: The faint of heart should look away nowThis French surgery documentary is cinema at its most visceralFri Jun 16 2023 - 05:00
You Can Live Forever: Teen romance versus religious dogma in a gentle LGBTQ dramaPuppy love between a grungy teenager and a minister’s daughter in a Jehovah’s Witness community in 1990s QuebecFri Jun 16 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekHard-hitting Native American drama War Pony and Ukrainian crime thriller Panfir, plus so-so Flamin’ Hot streaming on Disney — and yet another noisy TransformersSun Jun 11 2023 - 05:00
Riley Keough: ‘People wanted a white person they could identify with. That was a weird note we got a lot’The actor turned director talks about the love that went into bringing reservation drama War Pony to the big screenSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
Pamfir: Masculinity has seldom been more cartoonishly toxicA feral presence and carnivalesque showdown bring colour and Sturm und Drang to the grimmest localesFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:00
War Pony: Riley Keough’s directorial debut is a respectful portrayal of a Native American community under pressureThe compelling star of Daisy Jones & the Six successfully transitions to the other side of the cameraFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Paul Mescal in Carmen, Amanda and RealitySun Jun 04 2023 - 05:00
Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City: ‘Every scene and every sentence will have three or four hidden things’The Wes Anderson ensemble on how they made the Amerindie’s 11th feature.Sat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Reality: Sydney Sweeney shines as a whistleblower under FBI interrogation in this nail-biting thrillerTina Satter’s film adaptation of the case is inventive, but the film is ultimately a showcase for SweeneyFri Jun 02 2023 - 05:00
Amanda: Fleabag looks like a girlboss next to the heroine of this riotous Gen Z comedyThere’s something of the Greek weird wave or Wes Anderson in Carolina Cavalli’s deadpan humour, offset by Benedetta Porcaroli’s wildly energetic central turnFri Jun 02 2023 - 05:00
Sydney Sweeney on the demands of making Reality: ‘Once we got into that room there was no way out’The Euphoria star plays jailed US intelligence contractor Reality Winner in her new film. Her acting chops eclipse the scurrilous rumours, the memes and the nudityWed May 31 2023 - 18:38
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekPlus: The Little Mermaid, Disney’s latest live-action cash grab, is nicely sung. Plus Paul Schrader’s masterly Master Gardener, Irish documentary 406 Days, and Finland’s Ramboesque SisuSun May 28 2023 - 05:00
Paul Schrader: ‘I thought, you know what would really f*** with people’s heads? Let’s cast Kevin Spacey. The producer said no’The director is still hell-bent on provocation as his latest film, Master Gardener, portrays an interracial romance between a former Proud Boy and his young chargeSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
Master Gardener: a five-star masterclass from director Paul SchraderSchrader’s new film explores a provocative mix of racial tensions, class struggle and age-gap relationshipsFri May 26 2023 - 05:00
Sisu: Gold-thieving Nazis pick on the wrong guyStorming action film from Finland a welcome throwback to simpler, shared swastika-slaying valuesFri May 26 2023 - 04:45
Maya Hawke: ‘If you were to call me a child of nepotism, then I would be totally comfortable with it’Cannes diary 2023: Kidnapped is a film that you’ll bawl at least once and feel enraged for the rest of itThu May 25 2023 - 10:30
Melissa McCarthy on The Little Mermaid: ‘We all saw camp in the original and we all loved it’The scene-stealing star plays Ursula in Disney’s new live-action version of the story that has become an unlikely LGBTQ touchstoneWed May 24 2023 - 05:45
Asteroid City review: Wes Anderson’s new film feels like a pretty collection of actors in search of a movie In competition at Cannes, the director’s 11th feature is an aesthetic triumph. But Anderson’s trademark deadpan silences have seldom felt longerTue May 23 2023 - 21:31
Cannes: An unabashedly melodramatic and sexy film offers an unflinching anatomy of a coupleCannes diary 2023: Michelle Yeoh does not mince her words, dog vomit and the biggest laughs of the festival so farTue May 23 2023 - 13:32
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekJoaquin Phoenix in provocative character epic Beau Is Afraid and long-awaited Judy Blume adaptation Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, plus the 10th Fast & Furious and Under the Fig Trees from TunisiaSun May 21 2023 - 05:00
Rambo in Finland: ‘I really love films where people are picking on the wrong man’First Blood was a key influence on the remarkable Sisu by director Jalmari HelanderSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Judy Blume classic novel gets the big-screen treatment it deserves Blume’s seminal book adapted into a funny, exhilarating coming-of-age movie that will charm all gendersFri May 19 2023 - 05:00
Fast X: The Furious family just keeps getting bigger. And louder Unfortunate that gritty street races that once defined the Fast sequence have given way to green screen, CGI and unintelligible fast cutsThu May 18 2023 - 05:00
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me – An almost unbearably unhappy taleA documentary that works hard to humanise a woman so often depicted as a cartoonMon May 15 2023 - 17:00
Four new films to see this weekThe stars slightly charm in Book Club sequel, plus The Eight Mountains from Italy, Plan 75 from Japan, and Anna Nicole Smith documentary streamingSun May 14 2023 - 05:00
Brainwashed: How the male gaze in cinema has kept women boxed inNina Menkes on her startling new doc, which shows how women are framed, lit and shot in films to reinforce Hollywood’s male dominanceSat May 13 2023 - 05:00
The Eight Mountains: Bracing bromance slowly builds towards a sense of catharsisA deserving winner at Cannes, this film is narratively conventional, overlong and occasionally tangentialFri May 12 2023 - 05:15
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekA third enjoyable Guardians of the Galaxy, plus Irish drama Lakelands, Return to Seoul from South Korea and The Blue Caftan from FranceSun May 07 2023 - 05:00
Return to Seoul: Ji-Min Park is remarkable in this smart if maddening character studyDavy Chou’s film is a sobering depiction of the impact of intercountry adoptionFri May 05 2023 - 05:00
The Blue Caftan: Superb performances offset the glitches in this delicate romantic dramaThree central cast and the warmth of the screenplay get this Moroccan love story over the lineFri May 05 2023 - 05:00
Harka: ‘Who was this man who became the symbol of the Arab Spring? That was my entry point’Lotfy Nathan has turned Mohamed Bouazizi’s story into the powerful, poignant Harka, starring the extraordinary Adam BessaWed May 03 2023 - 05:15
Four new films on select release this weekIrish biopic on Ann Lovett, plus French feminist biker flick Rodeo and documentaries on Little Richard and Castro’s spiesSun Apr 30 2023 - 05:00
The SpongeBob Musical: ‘We all come to the stage smiling, all the songs are uplifting. Everyone is happy’One of the most widely distributed franchises in the world is coming to Dublin on a cloud of joy, laughter and inclusivitySat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Little Richard: I Am Everything – Rip-roaring bow for a star who was trangressive before the word existedIn common with its wild subject, Lisa Cortés’ documentary raises the roofFri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00
Rodeo: Electrifying biker flick leaves Fast & Furious in the dirt Newcomer Julie Ledru gives a phenomenal performace in Lola Quivoron’s Cannes breakoutWed Apr 26 2023 - 19:24
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBlazingly grotesque comic horror Evil Dead Rise, plus provocative Irish documentary Pray for Our Sinners, Sick of Myself from Norway and Pacifiction from FranceSun Apr 23 2023 - 05:00
Re-creating Ann Lovett’s last day: ‘This is one story that hasn’t been faced up to’Almost 40 years after the 15-year-old schoolgirl died after giving birth in a grotto, a new film tackles a difficult and sensitive subjectSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Sick of Myself: Pitch-black comedy makes merry with malignant narcissism and the worried wellKristine Kujath Thorp excels as Signe. whose need for sympathy is curiously touching even as her behaviour is repugnantFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
Pacifiction: A meandering, mysterious meditation on French imperialismAlbert Serra’s cryptic feature is visually remarkable but certainly not for everyoneFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
How to Blow Up a Pipeline: ‘an eco Ocean’s Eleven’The environmental movement finally has its own Oceans ElevenWed Apr 19 2023 - 05:30
