How to go from Rathmines to working with Hollywood’s A-listOscar-winning Irish director Benjamin Cleary on his thought-provoking metaphysical sci-fi debutThu Dec 16 2021 - 05:00
Srebrenica massacre drama shock winner in European Film AwardsQuo Vadis, Aida? scoops best film, director and actress prizes at ceremony in BerlinSun Dec 12 2021 - 16:41
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekWest Side Story, Don’t Look Up, Lamb, Clifford the Big Red DogSun Dec 12 2021 - 06:00
Clifford, the Big Red Dog: Colour me impressedLatest instalment of classic series will charm younger viewers – and a few adults tooFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:00
Lamb: Something strange down on the farmIcelandic art-horror is smart, clever and consistently surprisingFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:00
Jane Campion: ‘If New Zealand can be Middle Earth, it can be Montana’The director’s new film is a powerful study of masculinity set on a ranch in the 1920sThu Dec 09 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekJoaquin Phoenix in C’mon C’mon, The Hand of God, Final Account, Blue BayouSun Dec 05 2021 - 06:00
C’Mon C’Mon: Heartfelt tale of intergenerational bondingReview: Joaquin Phoenix is as understated as his Joker was largeFri Dec 03 2021 - 05:00
Final account: Eyewitnesses and participants in atrocityReview: Luke Holland’s documentary chronicles the mechanics of NazismFri Dec 03 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekHouse of Gucci, Encanto and JFK Revisited in cinemas, Bruised on NetflixSun Nov 28 2021 - 06:00
Halle Berry: ‘I was very disheartened after winning the Oscar’The actor on not getting parts she loves, and her directorial debut with MMA film BruisedSat Nov 27 2021 - 05:00
Encanto: Enchanting musical feels manufactured by a committeeReview: Lin-Manuel Miranda pens lyrics for Disney’s latest magical sing-songFri Nov 26 2021 - 05:00
Hypnotic Irish film reclaims the moon from the imperialistsTadhg O’Sullivan’s essay film takes the scenic route to everyone’s favourite satelliteThu Nov 25 2021 - 05:00
House of Gucci film review: A plodding, pointless movie from Ridley ScottIt’s difficult to count the ways in which this film is undeserving of your timeWed Nov 24 2021 - 05:00
Five new films to see in cinemas this weekThe Power of the Dog, King Richard, Petite Maman, Drive My Car, Ghostbusters: AfterlifeSun Nov 21 2021 - 06:00
Adam Driver: Drinking marathons in Ireland? ‘I can neither confirm nor deny this’The House of Gucci actor plans on ‘taking a break’ after starring in 17 roles since 2016Sat Nov 20 2021 - 05:00
Drive My Car: Engrossing Chekhovian adaptation of Murakami storyReview: Friendship and unhurried catharsis form spine of compelling dramaFri Nov 19 2021 - 05:00
Petite Maman: Doubles and duplicates abound in delightful magic-realist fableCéline Sciamma’s latest film is a delicately constructed miniatureFri Nov 19 2021 - 05:00
Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Who you gonna call? Not the people who made thisFilm review: It passes the time. That’s the best we can say about AfterlifeWed Nov 17 2021 - 05:00
Paolo Sorrentino: ‘Maradona inspired me to become a film-maker’The soccer star was the film-maker’s first contact with spectacle, with ‘a high form of entertainment’Mon Nov 15 2021 - 05:00
Three new films to see this weekClint Eastwood in Cry Macho, plus Tick, Tick...Boom! and Natural LightSun Nov 14 2021 - 06:00
Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘It’s really important to understand monsters, in order to stop them’The actor on masculinity, Jane Campion and his new western, The Power of the DogSat Nov 13 2021 - 05:00
Natural Light: Chilly exposition of wartime atrocitiesDesolate portrait of Hungarian soldiers ends up having deadening effectFri Nov 12 2021 - 05:00
Mike Leigh: ‘I’m not a jobbing director. I’ve only ever done my own thing’The acclaimed British director’s first feature film, Bleak Moments, is 50 years oldTue Nov 09 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekSpencer, The Card Counter, Love Yourself Today, EternalsSun Nov 07 2021 - 06:00
Love Yourself Today: Finds focus in cathartic power of songReview: Damien Dempsey’s work is meaningful and this heartfelt documentary can attestFri Nov 05 2021 - 05:00
The Card Counter: Oscar Isaac is magnetic in this powerful, politically charged dramaPaul Schrader’s stylish film revisits his twin preoccupations with despair and salvationFri Nov 05 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekPassing, Last Night in Soho, Azor, AntlersSun Oct 31 2021 - 06:00
Kristen Stewart: ‘Diana was cool. She made the world feel pretty special’The actor on capturing the voice, walk and every tiny mannerism of Princess Diana in film SpencerSat Oct 30 2021 - 05:00
Antlers: Run-of-the-mill thrills in time for HalloweenFilm review: Despite good intentions, this American horror story fails to igniteFri Oct 29 2021 - 05:00
Azor: Fear and loathing during Argentina’s dirty warReview: Knotty conspiracies and obfuscations abound in unsettling dramaFri Oct 29 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekDune, The French Dispatch, Dear Evan Hansen, Boss Baby 2Sun Oct 24 2021 - 06:00
Dune: A pretty but ponderous start to a lengthy epicFirst instalment of sci-fi trilogy has more than a few longueursFri Oct 22 2021 - 06:38
Boss Baby 2: Infantile and not in a good wayLazily scripted sequel is a chore to watch and tests one’s faith in the three-act structureFri Oct 22 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekendThe Last Duel, Arracht, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao, Venom: Let There Be CarnageSun Oct 17 2021 - 06:00
Dave Bautista: ‘Professional wrestling brought me out of my shell’Dune actor gets to grip with the dramatics that facilitated leap from fight ring to screenSat Oct 16 2021 - 05:00
Venom: Let There Be Carnage – The baddest bad movie of the yearFilm: Marvel sequel might have been a blast if the exchanges were not so dullFri Oct 15 2021 - 05:00
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão: They don’t often make them like this any moreReview: This old-school melodrama about unhappy sisters is anything but miserablismFri Oct 15 2021 - 05:00
Film-maker Jim Cummings: The Hollywood that built Harvey Weinstein is still thereCummings’s breakthrough style he calls ‘backyard Pixar’ is shaking up the film industryWed Oct 13 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekSweetheart, Deadly Cuts, My Little Sister, The Addams Family 2Sun Oct 10 2021 - 06:00
Tom Sullivan: ‘The famine is still a powder keg emotionally for us as a nation’The film-maker on new drama Arracht, love of Gaeilge and move from acting to directingSat Oct 09 2021 - 05:00
My Little Sister: Sibling loyalty in Alpine settingFilm review: Finely crafted family drama charts relationship between twinsFri Oct 08 2021 - 05:00
The Addams Family 2: The nightmare continuesFilm review: Can the much-loved family survive this appalling desecration?Fri Oct 08 2021 - 05:00
Victoria Smurfit: ‘The minute I turned 40 I was given a resting bitch face’In Deadly Cuts, the actor has an over-the-top evil role to match her turn as Cruella de VilWed Oct 06 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekNo Time to Die, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, Anne at 13,000 Ft, GagarineSun Oct 03 2021 - 06:00
Anne at 13,000 Ft: A brilliant performance you’ll watch through your fingersFilm review: Toronto prize-winner follows life of a socially awkward daycare assistantFri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00
Gagarine: Dreams of space in the rubble of modernityFilm review: In a Parisian banlieue a teenager seeks to recreate a vanished dreamFri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00
‘When you are drawing yourself, you can draw yourself however you want’For many LGBTQ people, underground comics provided their first glimpse of representationMon Sept 27 2021 - 05:00
Four new movies to see this weekThe Many Saints of Newark, The Alpinist, The Green Knight and The StarlingSun Sept 26 2021 - 06:00
The Green Knight: Gawain you good thingVisually impressive but narratively suspect take on the Arthurian legendFri Sept 24 2021 - 05:00
