One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest review: Still raising hellThe sexual politics have dated but the themes of Miloš Forman’s classic remain potent and urgentThu Apr 13 2017 - 07:00
The Handmaiden review: Erotic, exotic and fully empoweredPark Chan-wook’s film provoked controversy for its sexual content but is not the bloody spectacle most were expectingThu Apr 13 2017 - 07:00
Scott Eastwood: Clint’s son rises, but under his own steamScott Eastwood on staying out out of his mega-famous dad’s shadow and stepping into the Fast and Furious franchise following the death of his friend Paul WalkerWed Apr 12 2017 - 06:30
Whatever happened to child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey?A new Netflix documentary ‘Casting JonBenét’ explores the mystery surrounding the death of the six-year-old in Colorado 20 years agoTue Apr 11 2017 - 05:30
Gael García Bernal: ‘You can’t separate art from politics’Impassioned Oscars speech a sharp reminder of actor's political commitmentFri Apr 07 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekendThis week, you can expand your political consciousness, shred your nerves or turn your stomach. Your choiceFri Apr 07 2017 - 05:00
This documentary will make you rethink everything about US black historyI Am Not Your Negro is already attracting the attention of bigots for its brillianceThu Apr 06 2017 - 11:39
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience - an hour of snorts and giggles for the little onesIt’s not a movie; it’s a perfect toddler-friendly outing - but be warned, there will be oinkingThu Apr 06 2017 - 07:05
A Dark Song review: a nifty, novel Irish horrorAmbiguity soon segues into full-blown weirdness in Liam Gavin’s impressive debut featureWed Apr 05 2017 - 13:31
A Quiet Passion review: Emily Dickinson, from lively girl to thundering wagonThe poet and proto-emo barely deems to step outside her own head in this portrayalTue Apr 04 2017 - 13:14
Fear Eats the Soul - Rainer Fassbinder’s masterpiece is as timely and affecting as everFassbinder’s 1974 drama is a bleak dissection of race, age, gender, bigotry and hateThu Mar 30 2017 - 11:23
The Age of Shadows review: Breakneck skulduggery in 1920s KoreaKim Jee-woon lays on the thrills from the start in this old-fashioned spy dramaThu Mar 30 2017 - 06:00
Cannibalism meets feminism in this new horror movieDirector Julia Ducournau’s feminist-cannibal horror-comedy ‘Raw’ made audience members faint in Toronto, but it's more than a horror movie; it’s a crossover movieThu Mar 30 2017 - 05:30
Ghost in the Shell needs a soul, like Scarlett Johansson’s robotRupert Sanders’ remake is exactly what you’d expect from a project that spent a decade getting kicked around HollywoodWed Mar 29 2017 - 10:04
‘Of course, corruption is not good. But people are complex’Cristian Mungui: 'It is not a very coherent movement to the extent that there was never any formal aesthetic criteria or manifesto’Wed Mar 29 2017 - 06:00
Smurfs: The Lost Village - a pretty sm*rfing pointless rebootThe live-action films have been smurfed from history, along with the snark and zingers - this reboot is strictly for the younger kidsTue Mar 28 2017 - 07:00
Jack Reynor: ‘I was afraid of being Han Solo’The Dublin actor on ‘Transformers’, ‘The Secret Scripture’ and why he’s wary of HollywoodSat Mar 25 2017 - 06:10
The Eyes of My Mother review: a perfectly ghoulish slice of American gothicThe debut feature from director Nicolas Pesce is a visceral, horrible and beautiful reviention of arthouseFri Mar 24 2017 - 10:54
Life review: There’s a very familiar alien monster in those space-station ventsJake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds are stuck between an extra-terrestrial and a hard place in this Alien knock-offThu Mar 23 2017 - 15:15
Aquarius review: a nuanced portrait of a badass ladyKleber Mendonça Filho’s dazzling drama is a sensual and subtle - and brilliantly doubles as a political allegoryThu Mar 23 2017 - 13:33
The Lost City of Z: a high-end adventure from the good old daysCharlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller bring the old-school in James Gray's superior based-on-fact Amazonian adventureWed Mar 22 2017 - 17:21
A story of austerity, but not as we know itScreenwriter Paul Laverty’s latest film – a tale of prosperity, austerity and olive trees – is set in a Spain that could be IrelandThu Mar 16 2017 - 22:00
Beauty and the Beast review: a joyless performance from Emma WatsonDisney's flat-pack rebuild of its own 1991 animation works as a straight-up musical, but beyond that it's pretty charmlessThu Mar 16 2017 - 16:32
The Salesman: Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winner is a serious film for serious timesFarhadi film entered history when Trump’s travel ban helped it towards an Oscar. It deserves to be known for more than thatThu Mar 16 2017 - 16:30
Personal Shopper review: Kristen Stewart refuses to give up the ghostA remarkable Kristen Stewart powers Olivier Assayas teasingly cryptic modern supernatural taleThu Mar 16 2017 - 15:00
Uncertain, a backwater US town filled with the most colourful characters imaginableEwan McNicol and Anna Sandilands’ warm, witty film about life in a Texas- Louisiana border town has rightly won every award possibleThu Mar 16 2017 - 13:33
Jason Blum, the man who made $193m on a $15,000 film budgetJason Blum, the man behind Split, Get Out, The Purge, Paranormal Activity and a host of other blockbuster hits, has a simple, strategic and proven approach to film productionThu Mar 16 2017 - 06:00
Blood, sugar, sex, magic: The Love Witch director Anna Biller goes retroAnna Biller, the creative powerhouse behind the unashamedly retro The Love Witch, talks technicolour, feminism and multitaskingFri Mar 10 2017 - 06:00
Catfight review: Anne Heche and Sandra Oh beat seven shades of snot out of each otherCatfight plays like a movie Larry David might make after a sex-change and years of fight training, and that’s a good thingThu Mar 09 2017 - 17:19
The Dancer review: the mysterious tale of the dancer from Hozier’s Take Me to ChurchSteven Cantor’s winning documentary tells the amazing story of Sergei Polunin’s shock retirement and return to balletThu Mar 09 2017 - 16:15
The Student review: a timely reminder of how religion is used to subjugate othersAn unhinged adolescent and his theological rants cause havoc at a state school in this chilling Cannes prize-winner from Kirill SerebrennikovThu Mar 09 2017 - 12:33
Fist Fight review: Ice Cube rolls up his sleeves for a lame last day of schoolIce Cube and the rest of the teaching faculty take centre stage in this painfully floundering high-school comedyMon Mar 06 2017 - 10:44
Gillian Anderson: A woman of extremely few wordsRecreating Lady Mountbatten’s cut-glass accent in Viceroy’s House is something Gillian Anderson is happy to talk about but unfortunately, that’s where the chit-chat begins and endsFri Mar 03 2017 - 06:02
Viceroy’s House review: ludicrous opulence and class distinctions - perfect for Downton fansHugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson learn the truth of the ancient adage “the sun never sets on the British Empire because God doesn’t trust them in the dark”Thu Mar 02 2017 - 15:23
In Loco Parentis - a look at life in Ireland’s only primary-age boarding schoolNeasa Ní Chianáin unquestioning, affectionate documentary about Headfort School in Co Meath could do with some old-school disciplineThu Mar 02 2017 - 12:01
Certain Women review: a sorrowful tour de force from director Kelly ReichardtKristen Stewart, Michelle Williams and Laura Dern lead a formidable ensemble in a quiet, precise triptych of tales about longingThu Mar 02 2017 - 11:33
Xavier Dolan: ‘I’m not an enfant terrible. I’m a human being reacting’The young Canadian auteur has torn up the cinema rulebook, but his lack of formal film education gives his brilliance free rein on his new film ‘It’s Only the End of the World’Fri Feb 24 2017 - 05:35
A Cure for Wellness review: Lost in its own gothic ambitionsDane DeHaan is marvellous in Gore Verbinski gothic horror, but as the mysteries pile up, it all gets a bit sillyThu Feb 23 2017 - 13:00
Best review: a fair appraisal of the sad, messy life of a footballing legendDaniel Gordon’s documentary about George Best keeps its eye on the football, not the trainwreck, and prints the legend, mostlyThu Feb 23 2017 - 05:33
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins, from the Projects to the OscarsFrom the Miami Projects and care homes to college jock and an almost-stalled film career, Barry Jenkins’s route to eight Oscar nods is as extraordinary as his film MoonlightFri Feb 17 2017 - 05:00
John Wick: Chapter 2 review - sadface Keanu Reeves returns to kill everybodyLess a sequel than an escalation, the hitman of few words is back for more relentless action and stunning stuntworkThu Feb 16 2017 - 17:45
Hidden Figures review: A winning drama that reaches for the starsIt’s tricky to distil hard fact from light fiction, but the extraordinary story shines throughout this serious Oscar contenderThu Feb 16 2017 - 13:00
George Best said ‘I’m depressed and I need help’. And no one got itAs Daniel Gordon's new film about George Best comes to ADIFF, the director talks about the rise and fall of a footballing legendThu Feb 16 2017 - 05:00
Patriots Day review: Boston bombing thriller isn’t subtle, but delivers on actionAs a white-knuckle ride, Peter Berg’s thrilling chase film is flawless - just don't expect any insight or inclusivenessWed Feb 15 2017 - 10:33
20th Century Women review: a dazzled and confused paean to nostalgiaA spectacular ensemble cast on top form helps rescue Mike Mills’s meandering, contrived love-letter to the late 1970sThu Feb 09 2017 - 15:00
The Lego Batman Movie review: Batman never better as a psychopathic jerkDirector Chris McKay and star Will Arnett relentlessly prod at Batman with a welcome helping of BoJack Horseman-brand misery and narcissismThu Feb 09 2017 - 13:00
Ang Lee: 'We’re working 15 to 20 years ahead. No living being will see it'Why has Ang Lee made a film with technology that only a handful of people will be able to appreciate via a few US cinemas? He explains his technological gambleThu Feb 09 2017 - 05:57
Forty years on, the genocidal avenger of Taxi Driver still packs a psychodramatic punch“Some day a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets,” seethes Robert De Niro, with what could be an election-winning sloganWed Feb 08 2017 - 06:33
Gold review: Matthew McConaughey in Y-Fronts with a self-aware degree of sleazeMcConaughey’s indestructible charisma shines through this uneven mix of boys’ action and capitalist satireFri Feb 03 2017 - 12:59
Matthew McConaughey: ‘I will never be my hero’The languid actor discusses putting rom-coms behind him and putting on 20kg for ‘Gold’Fri Feb 03 2017 - 05:00
