Ma Ma review: Penelope Cruz emotes her way through a vanity project of staggering proportionsHigh melodrama mingles with appalling bad taste in this Spanish drama about a schoolteacher diagnosed with breast cancerFri Jun 24 2016 - 12:29
No Home Movie review: a profound final statement from Chantal AkermanMoments of almost unbearable sadness punctuate the great director’s final film, completed shortly before Akerman killed herself last yearThu Jun 23 2016 - 17:23
Jodie Whittaker: 'It’s about learning to live'After roles in Broadchurch and Attack the Block, Whittaker plays a film fangirl in Adult Life SkillsThu Jun 23 2016 - 14:00
Suburra review: a slick thriller dripping with ultraviolence and seedy machismoCrack-pipe death and prostitution have seldom looked so glamourous as in Stefano Sollima’s gripping follow-up to 'All Cops Are Bastards'Thu Jun 23 2016 - 12:59
Adult Life Skills review: two thumbs up for this warm, witty comedyQuirks and odd characters abound in Rachel Tunnard’s film, which won the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca film festival in AprilWed Jun 22 2016 - 14:59
The Secret Life of Pets review: these dog are having their dayThis star-studded animated comedy has plenty of breakneck action, but could do with a few sharper zingersTue Jun 21 2016 - 06:02
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) review: sex and lies for the Snapchat generationEva Husson displays a fine knack for everyday detail, but this hazy French drama’s lack of focus ultimately reduces it to a hot messThu Jun 16 2016 - 17:00
#WszystkoGra (Game On) review: Warsaw has seldom looked as romanticSisterhood is to the fore in this warm-hearted multi-generational Polish musical comedyThu Jun 16 2016 - 14:01
Gods of Egypt review: Gods make complete spectacles of themselvesGerard Butler stars as a Glaswegian-accented Egyptian god, but whitewashing is the least of this film’s many problemsThu Jun 16 2016 - 12:10
Conjuring 2 director James Wan: 'Studio horrors are by-the-book. They don't have to be'Saw, Insidious, Furious 7, The Conjuring - James Wan has a magic touch when it comes to box-office horror, but little time for most of his contemporariesThu Jun 16 2016 - 08:00
Salma Hayek: ‘If I was a white man, I would be bigger than Harvey Weinstein’Interviews of the Year: Sex-Mex appeal made Salma Hayek a hot name, but she has continually surprised and challenged Hollywood with her choices, from playing Frida Kahlo to creating Ugly BettyFri Jun 10 2016 - 06:00
When Marnie Was There review: a magic melancholic supernatural detective storyThis Academy Award contender from Studio Ghibli, about a pre-teen and her secret friend, can stand proudly beside the other classic animationsThu Jun 09 2016 - 18:15
Fire at Sea review: a visceral call to arms from those left to ferry the corpsesGianfranco Rosi's multi-award-winning film details life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where death comes ashore with frightening routineThu Jun 09 2016 - 17:30
The Boss review: Melissa McCarthy delivers slapstick of a different hueThe plot is off the cheap rack, but McCarthy’s foul-mouthed performance as a disgraced corporate boss is unashamedly feminised and a little bit irresistibleThu Jun 09 2016 - 13:00
The Stanford Prison Experiment review: what could possibly go wrong?Kyle Patrick Alvarez's retelling of the infamous 1971 psychological experiment by Philip Zimbardo stays true to the original events to chilling effectThu Jun 09 2016 - 11:11
Race review: how Jesse Owens beat the odds - and the Aryans - in BerlinThe triumphant 1936 Olympic bid by Jesse Owens is given the classic underdog sports movie treatment in this warm and honest biopicFri Jun 03 2016 - 14:28
The Nice Guys review: we’ve seen these tricksy charms beforeThis film can feel like a throwback to the 1990s, but it does serve up the laughsThu Jun 02 2016 - 17:00
Me Before You review: might as well have been called '50 Shades of Wheelchair'In the glossy, frothy world of this adaptation of Jojo Moyes’s popular novel, paraplegia is not impairment: it is merely a plot deviceThu Jun 02 2016 - 13:00
The Nice Guys director Shane Black: a lethal writing weaponThe Long Kiss Goodnight and Lethal Weapon writer talks frankly about kicking the drink, scoring a billion-dollar hit with Iron Man 3, and making a new PredatorThu Jun 02 2016 - 11:00
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach review - all hail the soft-spoken subversiveLouise Osmond's documentary offers us a warm, engaging portrait of Britain's most uncompromising film-makerWed Jun 01 2016 - 07:59
Orla Brady: from Dublin to Hollywood to kicking ass in the BadlandsThe star of the new Eileen Gray biopic The Price of Desire talks about why she left Ireland and getting fighting fit for a second season of AMC’s hit show Into the BadlandsMon May 30 2016 - 14:42
Alice Through the Looking Glass review: a sad reflection on all concernedThe starry cast - including Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska and the late Alan Rickman - is not enough to save this dire $170 million SFX dog-and-pony showFri May 27 2016 - 10:45
Mon Roi/My King review: beautiful people falling apart beautifullyVincent Cassel enjoys playing the jerk to Emmanuelle Bercot's Cannes-winning turn as a stubborn romanticFri May 27 2016 - 07:00
Stephen Amell: 'I look at a weight and I start to build muscle'Having started out as a spinning instructor, Stephen Amell is continuing something of a family tradition with his comic-book roles. And he's certainly not short of confidenceFri May 27 2016 - 06:00
The Daughter review: a directorial debut that’s well worth its weight in woeAustralian director Simon Stone, along with big names Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill and Miranda Otto, take Ibsen’s 'The Wild Duck' to dark new placesThu May 26 2016 - 13:00
Pericles the Black: a smudged antihero on the lamRiccardo Scamarcio never wavers even as this Mob film loses its wayFri May 20 2016 - 15:32
Risk Cannes review: Julian Assange is back in the spotlightLaura Poitras returns with a documentary on Assange that’s a sprawling ridealong through the cyber warsFri May 20 2016 - 15:22
Geoffrey Rush: ‘I used to be the Fool; now I’m Lear’20 years after ‘Shine’, the self-effacing Aussie is the youngest actor to have won the elite acting treble of an Oscar, Emmy and TonyFri May 20 2016 - 06:00
Kate Beckinsale: Phone taps and Austen super powersKate Beckinsale might be a go-to girl for Jane Austen adaptations, in between badass superhero roles. But her family life growing up had more to do with miners’ marches, Trotskyism and having their phone tappedFri May 20 2016 - 06:00
The Red Turtle Cannes review: Studio Ghibli makes a stylish returnNerve-wrecking action and a castaway story make for a thrilling, fresh creationThu May 19 2016 - 18:26
Journey to the Shore review: a maddeningly spectral ghost storyKiyoshi Kurosawa veers away from his acclaimed J-horror for a Buddhist riff on ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’Thu May 19 2016 - 18:21
Graduation Cannes review: A brilliant study in the small evils of cronyismDirector Cristian Mungiu follows a logic that begins with “Do me just this one favour . . . ”Thu May 19 2016 - 18:04
The Silent Storm review: wind swept, well-chewed sceneryEverything about The Silent Storm suggests a screenplay was written entirely IN CAPITAL LETTERS. No “r” goes unrolled, no piece of furniture is unpoundedThu May 19 2016 - 17:30
X-Men Apocalypse review: latest effort fails to hit the spotAfter 17 years the franchise seems tired, despite some star performancesThu May 19 2016 - 13:00
The Angry Birds Movie review: delightful all-ages comedy with a subversive streakA stand-out voice cast – Jason Sudekis, Sean Penn, Peter Dinklage, Danny McBride, Bill Hadar – add great colour to an already brightly hued animated comedyFri May 13 2016 - 12:36
Troublemakers review: There’s conceptual art in them thar hillsThere is much to sea in James Crump’s lively documentary about the Land Art movementThu May 12 2016 - 18:00
Green Room review: band on the run from neo-NazisA punk band’s performance turns into a nail-biting thriller that spills into carnageThu May 12 2016 - 17:04
Stellan Skarsgård: ‘I never decided to become an actor. I still haven’t decided’Stellan Skarsgård is one of Hollywood’s top earners, yet he has little time for the system. ‘I just happened to appear in very successful films,’ he saysThu May 12 2016 - 16:00
Knight of Cups review: Terrence Malick twirls himself into near-total incoherenceChristian Bale, Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett mumble codology as the oblique auteur strays even further into self-parody with this narrative-free pretentious messThu May 05 2016 - 17:25
Lucile Hadihalilovic: ‘The first idea was the male pregnancy and the hospital’French writer-director Lucile Hadihalilovic’s transfixing new film Evolution will subvert everything you thought you knew about procreationThu May 05 2016 - 15:24
Robinson Crusoe review: Daniel Defoe’s eventful original is deserted “to the max”Two two mangy cats take the lead as the shipwrecked sailor is shoehorned into a wacky animal escapadeThu May 05 2016 - 13:01
Reissue of the Week: Johnny Guitar - How the west was . . . whoa!The peerless Joan Crawford stars as a pistol-packin’, cross-dressin’ saloonkeeper in one of the strangest and most subversive of American westernsThu May 05 2016 - 08:05
Marvel’s masterplan - here's the MCU superhero schedule from now till 2019From Dr Strange in November to Avengers: Infinity War Part Two in mid-2019, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three is just about completeFri Apr 29 2016 - 11:15
Marvel marches on, but when will the bubble burst?Captain America: Civil War is the latest staging post in Marvel's attack on the box office. Can it be stopped? Directors Joe and Anthony Russo and star Chris Evans talk to Tara BradyFri Apr 29 2016 - 06:00
Welcome to Me review: toe-curling comedy about the horrors of car-crash TVKristen Wiig plays a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins $86 million on the lottery - and then the fun/nightmare beginsThu Apr 28 2016 - 23:12
Golden Years review: a good-natured, if ramshackle, ‘grey pound’ crime caperBernard Hill and Virginia McKenna deliver lovely performances as bank-robbing pensioners, but the film just can’t shake off the TV sitcom vibeThu Apr 28 2016 - 17:05
Son of Saul review: wrestles with the impossible to stunning effectMeticulously organised in its portrayal of dehumanisation and moral chaos, László Nemes Oscar-winner is almost beyond compareThu Apr 28 2016 - 15:36
Don Cheadle on Miles Davis: ‘He touched on everything. And he changed everything’A decade in the making, ‘Miles Ahead’ director-writer Don Cheadle battled to create a film that touched on lots of genres. "I wanted it to feel like a Miles Davis composition"Fri Apr 22 2016 - 06:38
Jane Got a Gun review: solidly entertaining despite the production shenanigansNatalie Portman proves a dab hand with the weapon of the titleThu Apr 21 2016 - 19:35
Louder Than Bombs review: Exploring the deafening silence of lossThe starry ensemble cast excels in Joachim Trier’s film about the tangles of deception that enmesh a grieving familyThu Apr 21 2016 - 15:47
