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Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Ticket to Paradise, Róise & Frank, Clerks III, Funny Pages

Sun Sept 18 2022 - 05:00
‘Marilyn Monroe was never respected. Not in her lifetime. She was consumed’

‘Marilyn Monroe was never respected. Not in her lifetime. She was consumed’

Is Andrew Dominik’s controversial biopic the latest act of exploitation of the star’s life?

Sat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Clerks III: The gang’s (nearly) all back in this enjoyable slice of Gen-X fan service

Clerks III: The gang’s (nearly) all back in this enjoyable slice of Gen-X fan service

Kevin Smith goes back to his New Jersey video store roots for this rough-hewn but heartfelt slacker reunion

Fri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
Funny Pages: Comic books story a million miles away from the Marvelverse

Funny Pages: Comic books story a million miles away from the Marvelverse

Owen Kline’s Cannes-pleaser is a darkly delightful glimpse into the underground of underground comix

Fri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
The talented Eoin Macken has come a long way: an  actor on the way up

The talented Eoin Macken has come a long way: an actor on the way up

This erstwhile UCD psychology undergraduate and model may not be a household name, but he really should be

Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
Hallelujah: How Leonard Cohen’s best-known song went from no-show to global hymn

Hallelujah: How Leonard Cohen’s best-known song went from no-show to global hymn

Filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine chart the strange history of a song that Bono has called the most perfect in the world

Wed Sept 14 2022 - 05:00
Juliette Binoche: ‘I know that situation ... to be in love with two men together’

Juliette Binoche: ‘I know that situation ... to be in love with two men together’

The protagonist makes bad choices in Both Sides of the Blade, but she’s made many good choices in her career

Sun Sept 11 2022 - 05:00
The Score: A musical crime caper with too many ideas and ambitions

The Score: A musical crime caper with too many ideas and ambitions

First-time film-maker Malachi Smyth has assembled a talented cast for this very different take on an old plot

Fri Sept 09 2022 - 05:00
Marilyn Monroe — topless, bloodied and killed by her lovers — just got exploited again

Marilyn Monroe — topless, bloodied and killed by her lovers — just got exploited again

Andrew Dominik’s long-delayed experimental film, featuring Ana de Armas as the Hollywood star, is daring but problematic

Thu Sept 08 2022 - 18:00

The discreet charmlessness of the bourgeoisie

Aga Woszczyńska’s debut film observes the moral emptiness of a holidaying Polish couple

Wed Sept 07 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Fall, Three Thousand Years of Longing, The Territory...and Blackbird

Sun Sept 04 2022 - 05:00
The Cry of Granuaile review: An entirely unique addition to the burgeoning Grace O’Malley canon

The Cry of Granuaile review: An entirely unique addition to the burgeoning Grace O’Malley canon

Review: Donal Foreman’s playful take collapses the boundaries between history and mythology

Fri Sept 02 2022 - 08:43
Fall review: Heightened suspense in effective genre thriller

Fall review: Heightened suspense in effective genre thriller

Don’t mind the dialogue and don’t look down

Fri Sept 02 2022 - 05:00
The Territory: Documenting the Amazon’s destruction

The Territory: Documenting the Amazon’s destruction

Review: Powerful film charts attack on ‘the heart of the whole world’

Fri Sept 02 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Official Competition, Beast, Queen of Glory, Mr Malcolm’s list

Sun Aug 28 2022 - 05:00
Hugh Bonneville on acting, adapting and his mother the MI6 operative: ‘We’re all performing in some way’

Hugh Bonneville on acting, adapting and his mother the MI6 operative: ‘We’re all performing in some way’

The actor’s life was changed by Downton Abbey and Paddington. Now he gets the chance to show his nasty side

Sat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Official Competition: Cruz and Banderas have a ball dismantling their own craft

Official Competition: Cruz and Banderas have a ball dismantling their own craft

Review: The script mercilessly skewers every outrageous story you’ve ever heard about obsessive film-makers

Fri Aug 26 2022 - 05:00
Mr Malcolm’s List film review: A charming but slender piece of Jane Austen fan fiction

Mr Malcolm’s List film review: A charming but slender piece of Jane Austen fan fiction

This creamy confection, shot in Ireland, has more in common with Bridgerton than Pride and Prejudice

Fri Aug 26 2022 - 05:00
Funny Pages and the fine art of cringemaking

Funny Pages and the fine art of cringemaking

Owen Kline’s comedy is about a young man’s ‘completely misguided ideas of authenticity’

Wed Aug 24 2022 - 05:00
Bat Out of Hell: The Musical — ‘The madness is the beauty of it’

Bat Out of Hell: The Musical — ‘The madness is the beauty of it’

Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf may be gone, but their magnum opus is live and dangerous

Tue Aug 23 2022 - 05:00
My Old School: A pleasing tale of deception

My Old School: A pleasing tale of deception

Film review: Alan Cumming lip-syncs as the protagonist of this 1990s classroom scandal

Fri Aug 19 2022 - 05:00
The Feast: Something nasty in the Welsh rabbit

The Feast: Something nasty in the Welsh rabbit

Film review: A dinner party turns into a nightmarish folk horror

Fri Aug 19 2022 - 05:00
‘My curiosity made me want to meet the wife of the man I was having an affair with’

‘My curiosity made me want to meet the wife of the man I was having an affair with’

The writer-director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet on her film Anaïs in Love, filming sex scenes, and the ‘loosening’ of French society

Mon Aug 15 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Nope on general release, Hole in the Head at the IFI, Where Is Anne Frank and Blind Ambition on select release

Sun Aug 14 2022 - 06:00
The Brontës: New film Emily imagines the life of the most mysterious of the sisters

The Brontës: New film Emily imagines the life of the most mysterious of the sisters

‘I wanted to connect the film to Wuthering Heights,’ says first-time writer-director Frances O’Connor

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 10:15
Blind Ambition: appealing documentary of an unlikely tale

Blind Ambition: appealing documentary of an unlikely tale

Four Zimbabwean men form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 05:00
Where is Anne Frank? An exquisite, eye-catching animation

Where is Anne Frank? An exquisite, eye-catching animation

Review: The director of Waltz with Bashir translates Diary of Young Girl for pre-teen viewers

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 05:00
Waltz with Bashir director aims to bring Anne Frank to new generation: ‘It’s important we use the past to tell the story of today’

Waltz with Bashir director aims to bring Anne Frank to new generation: ‘It’s important we use the past to tell the story of today’

Ali Folman conjures up Kitty from the pages of the famous diary in his first family animation

Wed Aug 10 2022 - 05:18
Four new films to see this week ... One of them is a lean, exhilarating thriller

Four new films to see this week ... One of them is a lean, exhilarating thriller

Thirteen Live and Prey streaming, Bullet Train and Maisie in cinemas

Sun Aug 07 2022 - 06:00
Prey film review: This thrilling new Predator movie is the year’s best action flick

Prey film review: This thrilling new Predator movie is the year’s best action flick

Thrilling new Predator instalment pitches the alien against a young Comanche girl and her dog

Fri Aug 05 2022 - 05:00
Maisie: Tribute to an artform that’s been changed forever

Maisie: Tribute to an artform that’s been changed forever

Britain’s oldest drag performer meets the US equivalent in warm, witty documentary

Fri Aug 05 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Hit the Road, Joyride, Fire of Love, The Deer King

Sun Jul 31 2022 - 06:00
‘When David was originally performing, it was still illegal to be homosexual in the UK’

‘When David was originally performing, it was still illegal to be homosexual in the UK’

A compelling, and frequently hilarious documentary about Maisie Trollette, Britain’s oldest drag queen, ahead of David Raven’s 85th birthday celebrations

Sat Jul 30 2022 - 05:00
The Deer King: Not the classic we might have hoped for

The Deer King: Not the classic we might have hoped for

Film review: Long-time Studio Ghibli animator makes his directorial debut

Fri Jul 29 2022 - 05:00
Fire of Love: Volcanic romance that should be seen on largest possible screen

Fire of Love: Volcanic romance that should be seen on largest possible screen

Moving, thrilling portrait of married volcano nuts, who first bonded over their love of Mount Etna

Fri Jul 29 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Where the Crawdads Sing on general release, Robust, Notre Dame on Fire and Kurt Vonnegut: Unstock in Time on limited release

Sun Jul 24 2022 - 06:00
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time — An extensive but scattershot documentary

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time — An extensive but scattershot documentary

Film review: Curb Your Enthusiasm director Robert B Weide’s fond portrait of a countercultural icon and friend

Fri Jul 22 2022 - 05:00
Notre Dame on Fire: Too soon

Notre Dame on Fire: Too soon

Film review: Jean-Jacques Annaud’s French disaster film feels too fresh to yield any surprises

Fri Jul 22 2022 - 00:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

Persuasion and The Gray Man streaming, The Railway Children Return and McEnroe on cinema release

Sun Jul 17 2022 - 06:00
Russo brothers: ‘There’s an inherent elitism in Anglo Cinema that is not interesting to us’

Russo brothers: ‘There’s an inherent elitism in Anglo Cinema that is not interesting to us’

Having directed four of the biggest movies of all time, Anthony and Joe Russo know what their audience wants — and how to reach it

Sat Jul 16 2022 - 05:00
McEnroe: Engaging chronicle of the softening of a superbrat

McEnroe: Engaging chronicle of the softening of a superbrat

The liveliest archive footage dates from McEnroe’s early punkish appearances on court

Fri Jul 15 2022 - 06:00
The Gray Man: High-octane hokum

The Gray Man: High-octane hokum

Film review: The Russo Bros return with Netflix’s biggest-budget movie to date, and it will make you pine for the relative complexity of Fast & Furious

Fri Jul 15 2022 - 06:00
Director Carrie Cracknell on Persuasion: ‘I always intended to absolutely honour the heart of the book’

Director Carrie Cracknell on Persuasion: ‘I always intended to absolutely honour the heart of the book’

Netflix has a new Jane Austen adaptation starring Dakota Johnson and Richard E Grant

Wed Jul 13 2022 - 05:30
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

The Sea Beast streaming, Thor: Love and Thunder, Brian and Charles and Futura on cinema release

Sun Jul 10 2022 - 06:00
Brian and Charles: A whimsical delight

Brian and Charles: A whimsical delight

Film review: English comedy about an inventor and his robot is like Wallace & Gromit without the clay

Fri Jul 08 2022 - 06:00
Futura: A vibrant, vital chronicle of young Italy

Futura: A vibrant, vital chronicle of young Italy

Film review: Documentary finds an alarming sense of uncertainty among its subjects

Fri Jul 08 2022 - 06:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Nitram, The Princess, Pompo: The Cinephile, Minions: The Rise of Gru

Sun Jul 03 2022 - 06:00
The massacre that ‘shifted everything in Australia ... It’s taboo to discuss it’

The massacre that ‘shifted everything in Australia ... It’s taboo to discuss it’

Justin Kurzel’s Cannes prizewinning film, Nitram, deals with an Australian tragedy — the Port Arthur Massacre

Sat Jul 02 2022 - 06:00
Brian and Charles — a debut feature from David Earl

Brian and Charles — a debut feature from David Earl

Ricky Gervais regular David Earl has co-written and starred in the summer’s most anticipated comedy

Sat Jul 02 2022 - 00:01
Pompo: The Cinéphile — A lively anime love letter to movie-making

Pompo: The Cinéphile — A lively anime love letter to movie-making

An attractive leading lady is overshadowed by the auteur’s hauteur

Fri Jul 01 2022 - 06:00
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