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Nails review: And you thought Irish hospitals were bad ...

Nails review: And you thought Irish hospitals were bad ...

The monster in this hospital-set horror film needs to be discharged

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 16:00
The sad story of Whitney Houston's bisexual love triangle

The sad story of Whitney Houston's bisexual love triangle

Whitney: Can I Be Me? Nick Broomfield’s devastating portrait of a fatally conflicted existence

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 13:58
Churchill review: Winston at his most shambolic

Churchill review: Winston at his most shambolic

Brian Cox does excellent work in the title role – unfortunately, often against the script

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 12:30
By the Time It Gets Dark review: The perils of putting history on film

By the Time It Gets Dark review: The perils of putting history on film

A dark Thai event that claimed many lives is given a shape-shifting treatment

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 07:00
The sad, secret life of Whitney Houston

The sad, secret life of Whitney Houston

Archive: From a secret lesbian relationship to a decades-long struggle with drugs, five years after singer’s death, a new film ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ examines what caused her tragic downfall

Sat Jun 10 2017 - 06:11
Six of the best films to see this weekend

Six of the best films to see this weekend

Quality blasts from the past include Wonder Woman and a Fritz Lang classic

Fri Jun 09 2017 - 12:07
The Shack review: A vision of heaven that feels like purgatory

The Shack review: A vision of heaven that feels like purgatory

Not even Octavia Spencer as God can save this Oprahfied version of paradise

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 12:30
Destiny: an eye-popping restoration of Fritz Lang’s classic

Destiny: an eye-popping restoration of Fritz Lang’s classic

The film that inspired may of cinema’s greatest auteurs returns to the big screen

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 07:00
Teresa Palmer: ‘I got kung-fu kicked in the back’

Teresa Palmer: ‘I got kung-fu kicked in the back’

The actor has a thing about going method, whether fooling Christian Bale as a stripper, playing a kidnap victim in a tiny basement, or working inside a giant head in a supermarket

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 06:05
Dublin Boyz n the Hood and gruesome gangland consequence

Dublin Boyz n the Hood and gruesome gangland consequence

‘Cardboard Gangsters’ is a ’hood film, not a gangster film, says director Mark O’Connor

Mon Jun 05 2017 - 06:00
Is Wonder Woman a feminist in hot pants?

Is Wonder Woman a feminist in hot pants?

Like Princess Leia or Miss Piggy, Wonder Woman is the token girl on a boy’s adventure

Sat Jun 03 2017 - 05:00
Six of the best movies to see on the big screen this weekend

Six of the best movies to see on the big screen this weekend

The best film of the week is an Oscar-nominated animation that's basically social realism for kids

Fri Jun 02 2017 - 05:59
Daughters of the Dust: the film that inspired Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Daughters of the Dust: the film that inspired Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Julie Dash’s lavish, poetic film gets a welcome restoration and re-release

Thu Jun 01 2017 - 11:30
After the Storm: lightly comic with a sting in the tail

After the Storm: lightly comic with a sting in the tail

A typically nuanced film from Hirokazu Koreeda about a deadbeat dad doing his best

Thu Jun 01 2017 - 07:00
Baywatch: A hunk of  junk that not even The Rock can rescue

Baywatch: A hunk of junk that not even The Rock can rescue

This reboot of the 1990s TV show is so poor, it even messes up the David Hasselhoff cameo

Mon May 29 2017 - 14:05
Closeness: No film will top this drama for walkouts and jeering

Closeness: No film will top this drama for walkouts and jeering

An ethically questionable scene had Cannes viewers shouting as they left the premiere

Sat May 27 2017 - 15:44
Bushwick review: out of step with contemporary Trumpian politics

Bushwick review: out of step with contemporary Trumpian politics

Bushwick envisages a second American Civil War in a New York borough

Sat May 27 2017 - 15:33
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts: rape-revenge, motherhood and ravishing beauty

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts: rape-revenge, motherhood and ravishing beauty

Cannes 2017: If you only see one feminist Indonesian Spaghetti Western this year, this should be it

Fri May 26 2017 - 16:18
Good Time: Robert Pattinson’s latest gets a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Good Time: Robert Pattinson’s latest gets a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Pattinson robs a bank for all the right reasons, but things go horribly wrong in his completely whacko new film

Fri May 26 2017 - 14:29
How Nicole Kidman became the enviable queen of cool

How Nicole Kidman became the enviable queen of cool

The versatile, talented actor is blessed with impressive range and unafraid of taking risks

Fri May 26 2017 - 07:00
Zoe Kavanagh on the battle to bring ‘Demon Hunter’ to screen

Zoe Kavanagh on the battle to bring ‘Demon Hunter’ to screen

The Irish director's determination has paid off, with accolades and a big-screen release for her feature debut

Fri May 26 2017 - 06:30
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul review - the wheels have come off entirely

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul review - the wheels have come off entirely

The film series started out just as charming as Jeff Kinney’s books, but this fourth instalment is running on empty

Thu May 25 2017 - 17:00
I Am Not Madame Bovary:  Gorgeous, stylised example of Chinese box-office gold

I Am Not Madame Bovary: Gorgeous, stylised example of Chinese box-office gold

Director Feng Xiaogang is a master of observational comedy in his native land, and his humour travels with some success

Thu May 25 2017 - 12:30
The Other Side of Hope: a Finnish refugee crisis of conscience

The Other Side of Hope: a Finnish refugee crisis of conscience

Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki’s film is filled with curious oddballs, but there are also many ethical connundrums to contend with

Thu May 25 2017 - 11:00
Johnny Depp’s panto drunk pirate is worse than ever

Johnny Depp’s panto drunk pirate is worse than ever

The billion-dollar franchise plumbs new depths of awfulness with Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge

Wed May 24 2017 - 09:39
Spark: A Space Tail review - a disaster of cosmic proportions

Spark: A Space Tail review - a disaster of cosmic proportions

The animation is ugly and basic, the plot is lazy, and the voice talents of Jessica Biel, Patrick Stewart and others are completely wasted

Tue May 23 2017 - 17:39
Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king

Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king

The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’

Fri May 19 2017 - 06:00

Inversion review: a nuanced approach to a culture rife with indignant misogyny

For the the heroine of Behnam Behzadi’s latest, the predicament is clear - no husband, no agency

Thu May 18 2017 - 10:58
Colossal: Anne Hathaway returns in a dazzlingly original, and dark, fantasy

Colossal: Anne Hathaway returns in a dazzlingly original, and dark, fantasy

Hathaway plays an alcoholic loser with a strange connection to a monster levelling Seoul

Thu May 18 2017 - 06:15
Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ - one of the greatest weepies ever made

Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ - one of the greatest weepies ever made

The Italian director’s Oscar-winning tale remains as moving and tragic as on its first release

Wed May 17 2017 - 10:30
Jessica Chastain: ‘It was a very difficult upbringing’

Jessica Chastain: ‘It was a very difficult upbringing’

The star of ‘The Help’ and now ‘Miss Sloane’ is taking on inequality in Hollywood and beyond

Sat May 13 2017 - 05:00
Frantz: A scathingly anti-nationalist warning from history

Frantz: A scathingly anti-nationalist warning from history

A remake of Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 anti-war classic ‘Broken Lullaby’

Thu May 11 2017 - 12:30
In 1979 nobody bat an eyelid about Woody Allen's character (42) dating a 17-year-old

In 1979 nobody bat an eyelid about Woody Allen's character (42) dating a 17-year-old

Four decades on, Woody Allen’s classic movie 'Manhattan' is majorly compromised

Thu May 11 2017 - 07:37
Jawbone review: A gritty boxing movie that's well worth the pay-per-view

Jawbone review: A gritty boxing movie that's well worth the pay-per-view

Johnny Harris writes and stars as an alcoholic fighter going back in the ring, with great support from Ray Winstone, Michael Smiley and Ian McShane

Thu May 11 2017 - 07:00
Dennis Quaid: No dog was harmed in the making of this movie

Dennis Quaid: No dog was harmed in the making of this movie

When allegations surfaced of ill-treatment of dogs on Dennis Quaid's latest movie, the actor and campaigner had to snap back

Fri May 05 2017 - 06:30
Without Name review: hell-bound for naked forest nuttiness

Without Name review: hell-bound for naked forest nuttiness

Jagged edits and bad trip cliches mean Lorcan Finnegan’s latest fails to strike fear

Thu May 04 2017 - 16:00
A Dog’s Purpose review: a bouncy, wet-nosed, waggly-tailed dog’s-eye tale

A Dog’s Purpose review: a bouncy, wet-nosed, waggly-tailed dog’s-eye tale

A dog ponders the nature of his (and her) existence in Lasse Hallström’s wonderful family-friendly film

Thu May 04 2017 - 13:59
Julian Barratt: from The Mighty Boosh to a ‘Partridgean joke’

Julian Barratt: from The Mighty Boosh to a ‘Partridgean joke’

Barratt plays a ridiculous 1980s TV star in his new comedy film, Mindhorn

Thu May 04 2017 - 05:00
Harmonium review: A sadistically playful family drama

Harmonium review: A sadistically playful family drama

Koji Fukada’s tale of bad-ass bad karma toys with us – and then toys with us some more

Wed May 03 2017 - 17:00
Citizen Jane review: A timely warning against big-block buildings with ground-floor shop units

Citizen Jane review: A timely warning against big-block buildings with ground-floor shop units

Documentarian Matt Tyrnauer recounts how Jane Jacobs fought architectural giant Robert Moses and won

Wed May 03 2017 - 15:45

Why Kim Kardashian’s a fan of Irishman Terry George’s new film

At the core of The Promise is the first World War genocide of the Kardashians’ fellow Armenians, a cause close to the family's heart

Sat Apr 29 2017 - 05:00
Warning: Suntan may induce a midlife crisis/chronic cringing

Warning: Suntan may induce a midlife crisis/chronic cringing

A lonely middle-aged doctor is an unwelcome beach guest in a film that has to be watched through splayed fingers

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 10:32
The Promise review: Intimate complications amid the horrors of genocide

The Promise review: Intimate complications amid the horrors of genocide

Oscar-winning Irish director Terry George's latest sees Oscar Issac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale adrift in the Armenian genocide

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 06:45
'Not everybody wants to confront death. And pay for the ticket'

'Not everybody wants to confront death. And pay for the ticket'

The French director’s ‘Heal the Living’ follows the journey of a heart from donor to transplant recipient

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 06:30
Lady Macbeth review: a five-star stone-cold instant classic

Lady Macbeth review: a five-star stone-cold instant classic

Florence Pugh is stunning as the carnal, ruthless, suffering, pitiable, monstrous anti-heroine of William Oldroyd’s bold film

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 05:30
Warren Beatty: ‘I’ve had 16 books written about me. All baloney’

Warren Beatty: ‘I’ve had 16 books written about me. All baloney’

Warren Beatty, a true Hollywood maverick, sets the record straight on his six-decade-long career and the state of cinema today

Sat Apr 22 2017 - 05:00
The Belko Experiment: The Purge meets The Office, with added blood and guts

The Belko Experiment: The Purge meets The Office, with added blood and guts

The staff have 30 minutes to kill two of their office co-workers in this latest gorefest from the Blumhouse stable

Fri Apr 21 2017 - 06:49
Andrew Scott on the rugby-school comedy ‘Handsome Devil’

Andrew Scott on the rugby-school comedy ‘Handsome Devil’

The actor plays an inspirational teacher in the film about a gay loner and a jock

Fri Apr 21 2017 - 05:00
Their Finest review: Oh! What a lovely war film

Their Finest review: Oh! What a lovely war film

A great ensemble cast, featuring Gemma Arterton, Richard E Grant and Bill Nighy, put in a sterling effort in this second World War-set film-within-a-film comedy

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
The Transfiguration review: a transfixing subversion of the vampire genre

The Transfiguration review: a transfixing subversion of the vampire genre

Debut director Michael O’Shea's acclaimed film tells the tale of an outsider teen from the Projects with a chilling vampire obsession

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
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