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Last and First Men: An extraordinary, engrossing and moving piece of cinema

Last and First Men: An extraordinary, engrossing and moving piece of cinema

Review: The first and last film by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, who died in 2018

Wed Jul 29 2020 - 05:00
‘Our film says you can be both: a good mother and a good astronaut’

‘Our film says you can be both: a good mother and a good astronaut’

Alice Winocour’s Proxima challenges the male monopoly on space travel stories

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 05:00
Paddy Slattery: ‘Film could be poetic. It could be spiritual’

Paddy Slattery: ‘Film could be poetic. It could be spiritual’

Film-maker's cherished Broken Law makes it to cinema – with awards already won

Sat Jul 25 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekend

Four new films to see this weekend

Saint Frances, Stage Mother on release, Last and First Men, The Traitor streaming

Fri Jul 24 2020 - 06:00
Stage Mother: Glittery, old-fashioned and big-hearted

Stage Mother: Glittery, old-fashioned and big-hearted

Review: There’s nothing novel in the plot or characterisation, but plenty that’s camp

Fri Jul 24 2020 - 05:00
Demi Isaac Oviawe of Young Offenders: ‘I naturally have a resting bitch face’

Demi Isaac Oviawe of Young Offenders: ‘I naturally have a resting bitch face’

The Young Offenders star on race in Ireland, being tall and juggling acting with school

Sat Jul 18 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekend

Four new films to stream this weekend

Clemency, The Night Eats the World, Landless, Come as You Are

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 05:00
The Night Eats the World: A new kind of zombie hits our screens

The Night Eats the World: A new kind of zombie hits our screens

Review: Non-vocal zombies make for a fine and creepy innovation – not a rampaging horde in sight

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 05:00
Landless: Capturing the stamina required for political change

Landless: Capturing the stamina required for political change

Review: Film chronicles life of 600 families occupying property owned by indebted sugarcane plant

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 05:00
Finding the Way Back: A career-best performance from Ben Affleck

Finding the Way Back: A career-best performance from Ben Affleck

Review: He marries hulking physicality and internal demons with grief and addiction

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 07:53
Scoob! Scooby-Doo adaptation has hideous animation and a useless plot

Scoob! Scooby-Doo adaptation has hideous animation and a useless plot

Frustratingly, there are some good jokes and ideas buried in the displeasing film

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 07:47
‘There is a class of white people that is hearing us for the first time’

‘There is a class of white people that is hearing us for the first time’

Gina Prince-Bythewood, director of the Netflix movie The Old Guard, on getting films made as a black woman in Hollywood

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 06:00
Pierce Brosnan: ‘I was an only child from a fractured family’

Pierce Brosnan: ‘I was an only child from a fractured family’

The Irish actor on ‘growing a beard, going grey, and playing Gerry Adams or Will Farrell’s dad’

Sat Jul 04 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekend

Four new films to stream this weekend

Hamilton, Lynn + Lucy, The Booksellers, Inheritance

Fri Jul 03 2020 - 06:00
Lynn + Lucy: A surefooted, gripping, moving film

Lynn + Lucy: A surefooted, gripping, moving film

Review: The cast are terrific, Roxanne Scrimshaw and Nichola Burley positively transfixing

Thu Jul 02 2020 - 05:00
Hamilton the movie soars above its stage-bound origins

Hamilton the movie soars above its stage-bound origins

Review: The cultural event of this troubled season – it might even break the internet

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 12:32
Hamilton: The Broadway smash that made its way to the White House

Hamilton: The Broadway smash that made its way to the White House

Film of the musical comes to Disney+ on July 3rd - but what is all the fuss about?

Sat Jun 27 2020 - 05:00
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Enjoyable silliness that hits the right notes

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Enjoyable silliness that hits the right notes

Review: Pierce Brosnan has not arched his eyebrows this much in years

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 05:00
Fanny Lye Deliver’d: The dampest spectacle you will see this year

Fanny Lye Deliver’d: The dampest spectacle you will see this year

Review: Thomas Clay’s latest film is a home invasion horror with a Cromwellian twist

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 05:00
Charles Dance: ‘The English did not behave very well, I’m afraid’

Charles Dance: ‘The English did not behave very well, I’m afraid’

The actor’s new film, Fanny Lye Deliver’d, is set during the turmoil of the English revolution

Wed Jun 24 2020 - 05:00
On the Record: A #MeToo documentary about hip-hop producer Russell Simmons

On the Record: A #MeToo documentary about hip-hop producer Russell Simmons

A new film looking at allegations of sexual abuse at Def Jam records

Sat Jun 20 2020 - 05:00
7500: Who will succumb to Stockholm Syndrome first?

7500: Who will succumb to Stockholm Syndrome first?

Review: This clever feature marks a welcome return for Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Fri Jun 19 2020 - 05:00
Joan of Arc: The world’s most unlikely summer franchise

Joan of Arc: The world’s most unlikely summer franchise

Review: This is not so much a Joan of Arc movie as an anti-Joan of Arc movie

Fri Jun 19 2020 - 05:00
The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order

The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order

Is Jamie Dornan better than Donal McCann? Ruth Negga superior to Brenda Fricker?

Sat Jun 13 2020 - 05:00
Da 5 Bloods: Spike Lee’s implausible pot-of-gold adventure

Da 5 Bloods: Spike Lee’s implausible pot-of-gold adventure

Review: Director, nonetheless, manages to mine a compelling parallel political narrative

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 05:00
Virus Tropical: Delightful, monochrome screen adaptation of a graphic novel

Virus Tropical: Delightful, monochrome screen adaptation of a graphic novel

Review: Power Paola’s latest offering is a breezy, heartfelt coming-of-age tale

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 05:00
Judd Apatow: ‘When people tell stories about being horrible, it’s always hilarious’

Judd Apatow: ‘When people tell stories about being horrible, it’s always hilarious’

Comedy’s fairy godfather goes serious for his new film, The King of Staten Island

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 05:00
Kenneth Branagh: ‘It’s a challenge, Irishness in cinema’

Kenneth Branagh: ‘It’s a challenge, Irishness in cinema’

The Belfast-born director has, at last, put Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl on the screen

Sun Jun 07 2020 - 05:00
MS Slavic 7: Well-crafted inquiry into an unknowable relationship

MS Slavic 7: Well-crafted inquiry into an unknowable relationship

Co-directors examine decades of letters between Polish refugees revealing ‘fantasy of love’

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 05:00
A Rainy Day in New York: Unfunny, anachronistic, unmarketable

A Rainy Day in New York: Unfunny, anachronistic, unmarketable

Woody Allen’s latest is dated and slipshod with flimsy one-liners and story

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekend

Four new films to stream this weekend

Dating Amber, A Rainy Day in New York, Miss Slavic 7, Echo in the Canyon

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 00:00
The Vast of Night: Ingenious sci-fi on a microbudget

The Vast of Night: Ingenious sci-fi on a microbudget

Review: Multiple prize winner wears its TV influences on its sleeve but is altogether fresh

Fri May 29 2020 - 13:50
The High Note: Moments of greatness but a few out-of-tune bits

The High Note: Moments of greatness but a few out-of-tune bits

Review: Music snob Dakota Johnson strikes up a friendship with a washed-up superstar

Fri May 29 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekend

Four new films to stream this weekend

The Vast of Night, Mike Wallace Is Here, Only the Animals, and The High Note

Fri May 29 2020 - 00:00
Antonia Campbell-Hughes: ‘I like hard graft. That’s what I believe in’

Antonia Campbell-Hughes: ‘I like hard graft. That’s what I believe in’

The actor returns to Donegal to get behind the camera for the first but not the last time

Tue May 26 2020 - 05:00
‘After Waves I needed to get therapy and I needed to do a rom-com’

‘After Waves I needed to get therapy and I needed to do a rom-com’

Kelvin Harrison Jr on the excitement of working on a movie about strong women

Sat May 23 2020 - 05:00
The County: A spiky, lopsided Icelandic hymn to individualism

The County: A spiky, lopsided Icelandic hymn to individualism

Review: There’s an uncomfortable Randian dimension to the gritty protagonist

Fri May 22 2020 - 05:00
Take Me Somewhere Nice: Spirited sexual awakening dramedy

Take Me Somewhere Nice: Spirited sexual awakening dramedy

Review: A Dutch-raised teen returns to Bosnia for an eventful and surreal adventure

Fri May 22 2020 - 05:00
Film-maker Pedro Costa: ‘There is no Beckett or Joyce in cinema’

Film-maker Pedro Costa: ‘There is no Beckett or Joyce in cinema’

The Portuguese director on finding the story for his award-winning film Vitalina Varela

Tue May 19 2020 - 05:00
Cassandro, The Exotico!: Handmade, heartfelt and against the grain

Cassandro, The Exotico!: Handmade, heartfelt and against the grain

Review: Marie Losier’s one-woman crew follows gay luchador Saúl Armendáriz

Fri May 15 2020 - 05:00
Vitalina Varela: The most unfortunate casualty of cinema closures

Vitalina Varela: The most unfortunate casualty of cinema closures

Review: Nobody makes cinema quite like Pedro Costa. This is a movie to wash over you

Fri May 15 2020 - 05:00
Eliza Hittman: ‘How can you talk about abortion and not politics?’

Eliza Hittman: ‘How can you talk about abortion and not politics?’

Never Rarely Sometimes Always avoids the cuddly approach to reproductive issues

Tue May 12 2020 - 05:00
Films to stream right now: 10 great crime movies on Netflix and beyond

Films to stream right now: 10 great crime movies on Netflix and beyond

From Goodfellas to Gone Girl, gripping films to watch on Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV

Fri May 08 2020 - 06:00
Romantic Comedy: History of the genre tracked from the 1930s

Romantic Comedy: History of the genre tracked from the 1930s

Review: Writer-director Elizabeth Sankey delivers note-perfect riffs on rom-com genre

Fri May 08 2020 - 05:00
Ginghina’s thoughts on football are more than thoughts about football

Ginghina’s thoughts on football are more than thoughts about football

Film review: We are shown a complicated knot of regrets, ambitions, contrariness and personal philosophy

Fri May 08 2020 - 05:00
Corneliu Porumboiu: From a whistle to a screen

Corneliu Porumboiu: From a whistle to a screen

The Romanian director’s thriller The Whistlers was inspired by a unique language

Wed May 06 2020 - 05:00
Movies to stream right now: 10 great romantic comedies

Movies to stream right now: 10 great romantic comedies

Netflix, Google and Apple have some of the headiest screen rom-coms of all time

Mon May 04 2020 - 11:00
Gael García Bernal: ‘All couples are weird’

Gael García Bernal: ‘All couples are weird’

The Mexican actor’s daring, brilliant new film, Ema, offers a different concept of family

Sat May 02 2020 - 05:00
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order

The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises

Sat May 02 2020 - 05:00
Ema: A heady fusion of dance and sexual coupling

Ema: A heady fusion of dance and sexual coupling

Film review: Pablo Larraín’s incendiary tale of grief and healing moves to its own rhythm

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 11:00
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