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‘Tonya Harding’s story is about a woman being told who she is supposed to be’

‘Tonya Harding’s story is about a woman being told who she is supposed to be’

Allison Janney relished the role that ‘has a particular resonance at this moment’

Fri Feb 16 2018 - 05:00
Goldstone: Power and corruption in the Australian outback

Goldstone: Power and corruption in the Australian outback

Review: Ivan Sen’s fifth feature is a contemporary western that targets racism

Fri Feb 16 2018 - 05:00
Irreplaceable You: A ‘terminal romance’ exclusive to Netflix

Irreplaceable You: A ‘terminal romance’ exclusive to Netflix

Review: Gritty it is not, but it won't have you reaching for the sick bucket either

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 05:00
Paul Schrader: ‘I have lived in the sweet spot of human history’

Paul Schrader: ‘I have lived in the sweet spot of human history’

He will always be introduced as the screenwriter behind ‘Taxi Driver’, but there are many more points of interest to Paul Schrader

Sat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00
“I said ‘I’m in the movie,’ and the guy on the gate said 'Yeah sure, me too' ”

“I said ‘I’m in the movie,’ and the guy on the gate said 'Yeah sure, me too' ”

Veteran character actor Richard Jenkins (70), who shared the screen with Newman and Pacino, is finally ready for the limelight

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 10:47
Fifty Shades Freed: About as sexy as a 1990s ice-cream ad

Fifty Shades Freed: About as sexy as a 1990s ice-cream ad

Review: Cinema’s dullest couple adjust to married life in this tedious instalment

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 07:56
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

New this week: Loveless offers a grimly brilliant portrayal of Russia today, Black Panther is an enjoyable Marvel of a different hue

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 06:00
Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas: Indy’s Spanish adventure

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas: Indy’s Spanish adventure

Review: This animation owes a large debt to Indiana Jones but cuts too many corners

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 05:00
The 15.17 to Paris: Thank-you not very much Mr Eastwood

The 15.17 to Paris: Thank-you not very much Mr Eastwood

Review: Clint Eastwood’s train attack re-enactment squeezes in too much reality

Thu Feb 08 2018 - 17:46
The Mercy: Half-starved Colin Firth in a half-finished movie

The Mercy: Half-starved Colin Firth in a half-finished movie

Review: A woeful, all-at-sea movie about a racing yachtsman who disappears

Thu Feb 08 2018 - 05:00
Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just scared to see me?

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just scared to see me?

‘Winchester’ has a haunted greenhouse, a haunted roller-skate and haunted chill airs

Fri Feb 02 2018 - 18:45
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Daniel Day-Lewis goes out in haute style, and Gerard Butler channels his inner Blackbeard

Fri Feb 02 2018 - 06:00
Makala: confrontational depiction of capitalism at work

Makala: confrontational depiction of capitalism at work

This Cannes-winner follows a Congolese man’s efforts to make and sell charcoal

Fri Feb 02 2018 - 05:00
Den of Thieves: A daft drunken cousin to films like Heat

Den of Thieves: A daft drunken cousin to films like Heat

Review: You’ll need a high tolerance of meat-heads to enjoy this film

Fri Feb 02 2018 - 05:00
Directing Daniel Day-Lewis: ‘I know. I’ve killed off the world’s greatest actor’

Directing Daniel Day-Lewis: ‘I know. I’ve killed off the world’s greatest actor’

Paul Thomas Anderson on directing Daniel Day-Lewis in his final film, Phantom Thread

Sat Jan 27 2018 - 05:00
12 Strong: A film as pointless as the war that inspired it

12 Strong: A film as pointless as the war that inspired it

Review: It makes the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan look like ‘The Magnificent Seven’

Fri Jan 26 2018 - 16:37
Five of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Five of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

New this week: Early Man is a primitive hoot, Last Flag Flying sombrely channels The Last Detail, and Downsizing proves the law of diminishing returns

Fri Jan 26 2018 - 06:00
‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’: Zany story of the National Lampoon

‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’: Zany story of the National Lampoon

Domhnall Gleeson stars in David Wain’s wacky film which is all about the zingers

Fri Jan 26 2018 - 05:00
Richard Linklater's so-so reworking of a 1970s classic

Richard Linklater's so-so reworking of a 1970s classic

Bryan Cranston channels Jack Nicholson in a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby’s Last Flag Flying

Thu Jan 25 2018 - 06:00
Glory review: A tragicomic tale of a troublesome timepiece

Glory review: A tragicomic tale of a troublesome timepiece

Bulgarian directors Grozeva and Valchanova create a timely, topical film about a watch

Thu Jan 25 2018 - 05:00
Dublin International Film Festival: the must-see movies

Dublin International Film Festival: the must-see movies

Films you should see at the tri-located 2018 Audi Dublin International Film Festival

Wed Jan 24 2018 - 19:00
Maisie Williams: ‘I really should get a house in Ireland’

Maisie Williams: ‘I really should get a house in Ireland’

The ‘Game of Thrones’ star on her love of Ireland, the problem with stereotypes and her first feminist icon

Tue Jan 23 2018 - 05:00
Steven Spielberg: ‘I didn’t think anybody would go to see ET’

Steven Spielberg: ‘I didn’t think anybody would go to see ET’

His new film ‘The Post’ neatly captures the Trumpian zeitgeist. But the director worries that ‘four-quadrant superhero franchises’ will drive these old-school films out of cinemas

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Spielberg, Hanks and Streep’s The Post is heavy with shadows of Trumpocracy while Liam Neeson just about stays on track in The Commuter

Fri Jan 19 2018 - 06:00
Video: ‘Coco’ dodges pitfalls and tops the pops at Mexican box office

Video: ‘Coco’ dodges pitfalls and tops the pops at Mexican box office

Pixar says it’s dealing with the issues raised by John Lasseter’s inappropriate conduct

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 12:00
The Final Year review: documentary about Barack Obama full of spin

The Final Year review: documentary about Barack Obama full of spin

Obama gave the filmmakers ‘unprecedented’ access. They made a weak documentary

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 10:02
Coco: I see dead people, and they are kind, friendly and warm

Coco: I see dead people, and they are kind, friendly and warm

Review: What might have been complicated is accessible for even the youngest eyes

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 06:00
The Commuter review: Liam Neeson just about stays on track

The Commuter review: Liam Neeson just about stays on track

Ballymena’s finest takes another highly-stressed journey – this time on a train

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 05:00
The Polka King: Likeable, lightweight larceny tale with an ‘Oom-Pah-Pah’ beat

The Polka King: Likeable, lightweight larceny tale with an ‘Oom-Pah-Pah’ beat

New Netflix original sees Jack Black star in the real-life story of a Polish-American polka band leader jailed in 2004 for running a Ponzi scheme

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 13:56
‘I’ve great difficulty finding roles that aren’t just dying women’

‘I’ve great difficulty finding roles that aren’t just dying women’

Kristin Scott Thomas on how French cinema has better roles for women, playing Churchill's wife – and Brexit

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

New this week: Golden Globe-winning 'Three Billboards' and what makes Eric Clapton tick

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 05:00
Manifesto review: 13 characters 12 too many for Cate Blanchett

Manifesto review: 13 characters 12 too many for Cate Blanchett

Let’s never speak again of her turns as a tattooed English punk and a bearded hobo

Thu Jan 11 2018 - 05:00
A Woman’s Life review: French period drama never looked so gritty

A Woman’s Life review: French period drama never looked so gritty

Stéphane Brizé has made a masterfully subtle and inventive melodrama

Thu Jan 11 2018 - 05:00
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars review – A fascinating chronicle

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars review – A fascinating chronicle

This portrait explains the roots of a pain that Clapton’s successful career did little to extinguish

Wed Jan 10 2018 - 06:00
Martin McDonagh: Harvey Weinstein? 'I hope he dies'

Martin McDonagh: Harvey Weinstein? 'I hope he dies'

Playwright and film maker on his new ‘feminist’ movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

New this week: Casting rather than cash is king in Getty kidnapping saga, while Ben Stiller wrestles with his big ego in Brad’s Status

Fri Jan 05 2018 - 06:00
Human Flow review: Migration crisis film is as epic as cinema gets

Human Flow review: Migration crisis film is as epic as cinema gets

Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei’s film emphasises common humanity over suffering

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 11:00
‘You meet certain actors and it’s just... no’

‘You meet certain actors and it’s just... no’

Brad’s Status director Mike White on the blurred lines between comedy and drama

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 05:00
Walk with Me review: When Benedict Cumberbatch met Zen Buddhism

Walk with Me review: When Benedict Cumberbatch met Zen Buddhism

For those uninterested in mindfulness, this meandering portrait is a test of faith

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 05:00
Brad’s Status review: A pointedly excruciating mid-life crisis comedy

Brad’s Status review: A pointedly excruciating mid-life crisis comedy

Ben Stiller is gratingly effective as a self absorbed executive who envies his son

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this week

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this week

Jessica Chastain lays her cards on the table. Ferdinand the bull is released

Fri Dec 29 2017 - 06:00
The 50 best movies on Amazon Prime

The 50 best movies on Amazon Prime

Netflix’s main rival has come on in leaps and bounds since its threadbare debut

Fri Dec 29 2017 - 05:00
The Climb review: a big-hearted crowd-pleaser in the name of love

The Climb review: a big-hearted crowd-pleaser in the name of love

Film tells real-live story of Nadir Dendoune who went from Parisian banlieue to Everest summit

Thu Dec 28 2017 - 05:00
The Greatest Showman: misguided biopic of PT Barnum

The Greatest Showman: misguided biopic of PT Barnum

They sing and dance like in ‘La La Land’, but there’s little behind the razzle-dazzle

Wed Dec 27 2017 - 16:38
The 102 best films to watch on Netflix

The 102 best films to watch on Netflix

Light the fire, make the popcorn, and settle down for a binge-watch of some of these greats

Sat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

New this week: Pitch Perfect 3 hits a whole host of high notes, while Jumanji just gets by

Fri Dec 22 2017 - 06:00
Aaron Sorkin: ‘The best storytellers on the planet are Irish’

Aaron Sorkin: ‘The best storytellers on the planet are Irish’

The screenwriter of ‘The Social Network’ makes his directorial debut with Molly's Game

Fri Dec 22 2017 - 05:00
Bright review: Will Smith dusts off his Men in Black suit

Bright review: Will Smith dusts off his Men in Black suit

But Joel Edgerton’s turn as Smith’s partner is the best thing about this clever critique of race

Thu Dec 21 2017 - 08:00
A very belated Jumanji sequel: Family fun let down by kinky boots

A very belated Jumanji sequel: Family fun let down by kinky boots

Follow-up to 1995 kids’ flick has a ‘big idea’ – but sadly succumbs to crass objectification

Tue Dec 19 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has everyone talking but there are better movies to see

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 06:00
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