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Compartment No 6: ‘In Russia everything is a bit bigger. The characters are a bit larger’

Compartment No 6: ‘In Russia everything is a bit bigger. The characters are a bit larger’

Juho Kuosmanen’s film places a Russian corner boy on a train with a Finnish student

Sat Apr 02 2022 - 05:00
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Haven’t we suffered enough?

Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Haven’t we suffered enough?

Grim sequel to an unimpressive original

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 05:00
True Things: Making a very big romantic mistake

True Things: Making a very big romantic mistake

Poised performances from two leads give this drama real intensity

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 05:00
Harry Wootliff: ‘That’s my genre – smart, strong women making bad choices’

Harry Wootliff: ‘That’s my genre – smart, strong women making bad choices’

The British film-maker on her new drama True Things and being true to herself

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Ambulance, The Cellar, The Worst Person in the World, River

Sun Mar 27 2022 - 06:00
River: Poetic exploration of the planet’s arteries

River: Poetic exploration of the planet’s arteries

Film review: Documentary features incredible aerial imagery and sonorous narration

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00
The Worst Person in the World: Life lessons for millennials

The Worst Person in the World: Life lessons for millennials

Film review: Freewheeling drama doesn’t always convince but has plenty to entertain

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

Fresh and Deep Water on demand, The Phantom of the Open and Hive in cinemas

Sun Mar 20 2022 - 06:00
Making The Worst Person in the World, an Oscar-nominated ‘unromantic comedy’

Making The Worst Person in the World, an Oscar-nominated ‘unromantic comedy’

The writer-director Joachim Trier on his character study of a flibbertigibbet

Sat Mar 19 2022 - 05:00
Hive: Award-winning portrait of feminist resistance in the face of oppression

Hive: Award-winning portrait of feminist resistance in the face of oppression

Kosovo-set drama focuses on inspirational central character

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00
Fresh: Wildly entertaining horror on modern dating

Fresh: Wildly entertaining horror on modern dating

Daisy Edgar-Jones shines in a clever film that contains the craziest reveal of the year

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00
Jacques Audiard: ‘My characters are all wrong about themselves’

Jacques Audiard: ‘My characters are all wrong about themselves’

The director’s new film, Paris, 13th District – a series of love stories – marks a departure

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

Red Rocket and Foscadh in cinemas, Turning Red and The Adam Project streaming

Sun Mar 13 2022 - 06:00
Foscadh: Get ready for the new wave as Gaeilge

Foscadh: Get ready for the new wave as Gaeilge

Dónall O Héalai shines in this ambiguous, compelling drama

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00
The Adam Project: Effective retro entertainment that comes back from the future

The Adam Project: Effective retro entertainment that comes back from the future

Film review: Ryan Reynolds time-travel adventure gives all the good lines to the boys

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00
Sean Baker: ‘Suitcase pimps live off female talent in the adult film world’

Sean Baker: ‘Suitcase pimps live off female talent in the adult film world’

The American director’s latest film, Red Rocket, is a ‘roller-coaster of tones and ethics’

Wed Mar 09 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

The Batman, Ali & Ava, and Irish-themed You Are Not My Mother and Nightride

Sun Mar 06 2022 - 06:00
Ali & Ava: Mature romance with emotional punch

Ali & Ava: Mature romance with emotional punch

This Yorkshire-set drama about a quietly magnetic couple is strangely joyful

Fri Mar 04 2022 - 05:00
You Are Not My Mother: An unholy marriage of Irish folklore and familial dysfunction

You Are Not My Mother: An unholy marriage of Irish folklore and familial dysfunction

Film review: Impressive debut blurs line between friction, bipolar disorder and the supernatural

Fri Mar 04 2022 - 05:00
Dónall Ó Héalai on his new role: ‘A few people have remarked on the haircut’

Dónall Ó Héalai on his new role: ‘A few people have remarked on the haircut’

The first bona fide Irish-language movie star on Arracht and his latest film, Foscadh

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 05:00
‘Cannon Arm’ and his quest to play an arcade game for 100 hours

‘Cannon Arm’ and his quest to play an arcade game for 100 hours

Director of extraordinary documentary talks about eccentric obsessives who inspired it

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Cyrano, The Duke, Foo Fighters’ Studio 666, Rurangi

Sun Feb 27 2022 - 06:00
The Batman reinvented, with Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, and Colin Farrell as The Penguin

The Batman reinvented, with Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, and Colin Farrell as The Penguin

Director Matt Reeves on his lifelong preparation for the latest Batman film

Sat Feb 26 2022 - 05:00
The Duke: Buoyant Brit-com keeps things fluffy and fun

The Duke: Buoyant Brit-com keeps things fluffy and fun

Film review: Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren deliver in this cosy comedy

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 05:00
Cyrano: A classic successfully reborn

Cyrano: A classic successfully reborn

Film review: Dinklage deserves Oscar recognition for this fine musical reworking

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

Here Before, The Beatles and Charlie Chaplin in cinemas, Texas Chainsaw streaming

Sun Feb 20 2022 - 06:00
Dublin International Film Festival: What to see at the 2022 event

Dublin International Film Festival: What to see at the 2022 event

This year’s festival is looking back at past glories while screening future classics

Sat Feb 19 2022 - 05:00
Here Before: A creeping sense of dread

Here Before: A creeping sense of dread

Review: Stacey Gregg’s spooky Belfast-set psychodrama pushes all the right buttons

Fri Feb 18 2022 - 05:00
The Real Charlie Chaplin: Unravelling the little Tramp

The Real Charlie Chaplin: Unravelling the little Tramp

Between the myths and the mysteries, Chaplin remains hard to grasp

Fri Feb 18 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile, Oscar nominee Flee, Irish documentary The Dance, and Drive My Car director’s Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Sun Feb 13 2022 - 06:00
Flee: Oscar-tipped portrait of an Afghan refugee’s life

Flee: Oscar-tipped portrait of an Afghan refugee’s life

Review: Animated documentary tells story of long trek from Afghanistan to Denmark

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy: Middle-class people have feelings too

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy: Middle-class people have feelings too

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s second release in three months is a triptych of shortish stories

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00
Pat Collins captures the magic of creativity in The Dance

Pat Collins captures the magic of creativity in The Dance

Documentary achieves the near impossible: capturing transience of the medium it observes

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Belle, The Souvenir Part II, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Jockey

Sun Feb 06 2022 - 06:00
Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘I’m from the Highlands. So I’m a wee bit rough’

Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘I’m from the Highlands. So I’m a wee bit rough’

Star of The Souvenir sequel on improvised drama, her mother Tilda and loving cinema

Sat Feb 05 2022 - 05:00
Belle: Beauty and the Beast meet the metaverse

Belle: Beauty and the Beast meet the metaverse

Japanese fable marries dazzling spectacle, action and social commentary

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Biopic is too forgiving of its televangelist subject

The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Biopic is too forgiving of its televangelist subject

The film feels too generous to the female half of a controversial 1980s TV couple

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Parallel Mothers, Amulet, Doineann, Sing 2

Sun Jan 30 2022 - 06:00
Parallel Mothers: Only Almodóvar could tell such stories with wit, warmth and colour

Parallel Mothers: Only Almodóvar could tell such stories with wit, warmth and colour

Review: The Spanish director's new film wears its heart on its beautifully styled sleeve

Fri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
Amulet: When a house is not a home

Amulet: When a house is not a home

Review: A happy ending is unlikely in this revenge horror from debut writer-director Romola Garai

Fri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
Romola Garai: ‘Horror films are often incredibly moving’

Romola Garai: ‘Horror films are often incredibly moving’

The actor on being exploited in Hollywood, and ‘icky’ directorial feature debut Amulet

Mon Jan 24 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Four new films to see in cinemas this week

Kenneth Branagh's Belfast and Bradley Cooper in Nightmare Alley, plus Mass and Cicada

Sun Jan 23 2022 - 06:00
Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I always come back to the characters of mothers’

Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I always come back to the characters of mothers’

The Spanish director on how family and political history come together in his latest film

Sat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
The 50 best films on Netflix right now: From classics to new Oscar contenders

The 50 best films on Netflix right now: From classics to new Oscar contenders

Comedies, sci-fi, kids’ movies, documentaries ... Catch them before they disappear

Sat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
Mass review: Grieving parents deal with the aftermath of a school shooting

Mass review: Grieving parents deal with the aftermath of a school shooting

Review: The parents of a teen shooter meet the parents of a victim in this rousing drama

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00
Nightmare Alley: Bradley Cooper in the best scene of his career, but not the best film

Nightmare Alley: Bradley Cooper in the best scene of his career, but not the best film

Review: Guillermo del Toro’s film misses the post-war cynicism of the 1947 version

Wed Jan 19 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

Scream, Memoria and Cow in cinemas, Killing Field on demand

Sun Jan 16 2022 - 06:00
Scream: The thrill is gone from this lacklustre ‘requel’

Scream: The thrill is gone from this lacklustre ‘requel’

Review: Courteney Cox returns to replay the hits to no great effect

Fri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Memoria: A sonic mystery that will resonate deeply

Memoria: A sonic mystery that will resonate deeply

Tilda Swinton hears a strange sound in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s hypnotic film

Fri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week

Four new films to see this week

Boiling Point, A Hero, Munich: The Edge of War, The 355

Sun Jan 09 2022 - 06:00
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