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Fresh Dressed review: a most excellent history of hip-hop style

Fresh Dressed review: a most excellent history of hip-hop style

Sacha Jenkins documentary expertly traces the fashion line from from classic B-Boys and B-Girls to P Diddy and beyond

Sat Oct 31 2015 - 08:35
They Will Have to Kill Us First review: A breath of Mali’s forbidden musical oxygen

They Will Have to Kill Us First review: A breath of Mali’s forbidden musical oxygen

The presence, and bravery, of female musicians Khaira Arby and Fadimata Walet Oumar, aka Disco, lend extra substance to Johanna Schwartz’s moving documentary

Thu Oct 29 2015 - 15:08
“Feminism has been a dirty word for a long time” - the untold story of women’s liberation in the US

“Feminism has been a dirty word for a long time” - the untold story of women’s liberation in the US

Witches in Washington, illegal abortion networks and reproductive rights: the history of late 20th-century feminism is filled with fascinating stories, says film-maker Mary Dore

Thu Oct 29 2015 - 07:14
Listen To Me Marlon review: the great, mumbling enigma in his own words

Listen To Me Marlon review: the great, mumbling enigma in his own words

Stevan Riley’s documentary uses private recordings featuring Marlon Brando's fascinating and occasionally disturbing musings

Wed Oct 28 2015 - 16:08
The Queen of Ireland review: Tragedy, comedy, a plucky, unlikely heroine, and a sweeping dramatic arc

The Queen of Ireland review: Tragedy, comedy, a plucky, unlikely heroine, and a sweeping dramatic arc

Conor Horgan’s triumphant documentary deftly weaves through monumental moment of social history without losing sight of protagonist

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 15:51
The Legend of Longwood review: a plot as thick as horse thieves

The Legend of Longwood review: a plot as thick as horse thieves

Boo-hiss pantomime villains, gothic apparitions, and mystic codology make this film far too cluttered with blarney and competing narratives

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 12:58
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension review -   more found footage that should’ve stayed lost

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension review - more found footage that should’ve stayed lost

The horror franchise that started with such a bang goes out with a disappointing whimper

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 12:56
The Last Witch Hunter review: Harry Potter for emo kids

The Last Witch Hunter review: Harry Potter for emo kids

This CGI-crazed fantasy is like Harry Potter for Emo kids, but broody Vin Diesel and a good cast give it some oomph

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 12:56
Saoirse Ronan: bold before her time

Saoirse Ronan: bold before her time

At the age of 9 she made her screen debut in RTÉ’s ‘The Clinic’. At 13 she was Oscar-nominated for ‘Atonement’. The Bronx-born, Carlow-raised star truly has been there/done that, which suits her role as an Irish immigrant in ‘Brooklyn’

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 06:00
That’s a weight off Colin Farrell’s mind

That’s a weight off Colin Farrell’s mind

Ask the actor to pile on the pounds, then lose them? No bother. Need a cracking interview in jig time? Here you go. But beneath the bonhomie is an unmistakable intensity

Sat Oct 17 2015 - 07:00
Censored Voices review: Veteran Israeli soldiers revisit the horrors of Six-Day war

Censored Voices review: Veteran Israeli soldiers revisit the horrors of Six-Day war

Regret and sadness are to the fore in stark documentary featuring controversial testimonies made shortly after the conflict

Fri Oct 16 2015 - 10:51
Hotel Transylvania 2 review: Old laughs work at monster resort

Hotel Transylvania 2 review: Old laughs work at monster resort

Dennis shows no aptitude for the family business of monstering

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 20:00
Crimson Peak review: Mia Wasikowska charms, but the gothic romance fails to woo

Crimson Peak review: Mia Wasikowska charms, but the gothic romance fails to woo

The set is spectacular, the cast is stellar, but Guillermo del Toro’s haunted costume drama is short on drama - and scares

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 19:00
The Program review: a clever expose of a mad sporting subculture

The Program review: a clever expose of a mad sporting subculture

Ben Foster excels as blood-doping cyclist Lance Armstrong in Stephen Frears’ biographical drama

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 14:50
A very Gothic education: Mia Wasikowska on her scariest role

A very Gothic education: Mia Wasikowska on her scariest role

The star of Guillermo Del Toro’s new period horror film tells Tara Brady about ghosts, scary sets and why she prefers to act outdoors

Fri Oct 09 2015 - 02:00
Emily Blunt: ‘I didn’t want to play a damsel in distress. I got to be a full metal bitch’

Emily Blunt: ‘I didn’t want to play a damsel in distress. I got to be a full metal bitch’

For new action movie ‘Sicario’, Emily Blunt got FBI training - maybe that’s why she survived the Fox storm after her citizenship joke

Thu Oct 08 2015 - 19:00
Red Army review: More than just a cold war chronicle

Red Army review: More than just a cold war chronicle

This documentary about the Soviet Union’s Olympic medal-winning ice-hockey team is both nuanced and brilliantly entertaining

Thu Oct 08 2015 - 18:00
The Walk review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt plods across the void

The Walk review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt plods across the void

Robert Zemeckis latest piece of cinematic wizardry is not a good film – but it may be the greatest Imax film ever made

Wed Oct 07 2015 - 17:35
The Intern review: misogyny, dramedy and snivelling

The Intern review: misogyny, dramedy and snivelling

Gender politics masquerading as a fish-out-of- water comedy

Thu Oct 01 2015 - 22:00
Ghosthunters review: Boo – and not in a spooky, good way

Ghosthunters review: Boo – and not in a spooky, good way

Tobi Baumann’s film may appeal to kids who enjoy shoving crayons up their own noses

Thu Oct 01 2015 - 20:00
Fidelio, Alice’s Journey review: On a voyage with nowhere to go

Fidelio, Alice’s Journey review: On a voyage with nowhere to go

Alice is a sailor with a nice land-lubbing chap at home and a boy in every port

Thu Oct 01 2015 - 19:00
Robert Pattinson: 'I feel I've had a minor stroke and all I can watch is reality TV'

Robert Pattinson: 'I feel I've had a minor stroke and all I can watch is reality TV'

Once best known as the undead teen Edward in the Twilight series, Robert Pattinson is slowly but surely reinventing himself – from broody cutie-pie to go-to leading man

Fri Sept 25 2015 - 13:28
Mia Madre review: wavers between the disparate tones of comedy and tragedy

Mia Madre review: wavers between the disparate tones of comedy and tragedy

Nanni Moretti’s meta-drama is warm and poignant, but often finds itself stranded between competing narrative threads

Fri Sept 25 2015 - 05:00
Captive review: bounces the baloneyometer spectacularly into the red

Captive review: bounces the baloneyometer spectacularly into the red

This combo true crime/faith film is never remotely believable, despite a credibly menacing performance from David Oyelowo

Fri Sept 25 2015 - 00:00
A Girl at My Door review: Secrets and lies and a tangle of gender politics

A Girl at My Door review: Secrets and lies and a tangle of gender politics

This impressive South Korean drama sees Wachowskis’ favourite Bae Doona flex all of her acting muscles with considerable skill

Thu Sept 24 2015 - 17:54
Fast, furious, female: Meet the all-women Palestinian racing team bringing the speed to the IFI docfest

Fast, furious, female: Meet the all-women Palestinian racing team bringing the speed to the IFI docfest

Amber Fares went to the West Bank to work with the UN and ended up making a film about an all-female racing team

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 14:23
Horse Money review: a Horse with no narrative

Horse Money review: a Horse with no narrative

This Portugese oddity represents arthouse film-making taken to insanely inscrutable heights

Fri Sept 18 2015 - 19:00
Bill Bryson’s chequered path into the movie business

Bill Bryson’s chequered path into the movie business

So what happens when Bryson's work gets the Hollywood treatment? Whatever the outcome, it’s got nothing to do with him, he says – you can blame Robert Redford

Fri Sept 18 2015 - 13:30
Tangerines review: sweet smell of war

Tangerines review: sweet smell of war

Estonia received its first-ever Oscar nominations for this superb and moving antiwar drama, set in Abkhazia in 1992

Thu Sept 17 2015 - 21:00
The Second Mother review: good help is hard to share

The Second Mother review: good help is hard to share

This Brazilian comic drama is a superior take on the plight of mothers who must look after other people’s children

Thu Sept 17 2015 - 18:00
Reissue of the Week: Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr (1928)

Reissue of the Week: Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr (1928)

Keaton’s final film for United Artists features one of cinema’s finest acts of lunacy, and so much more besides

Thu Sept 17 2015 - 15:24
What’s up with Gran? Hansel and Gretel gets the M Night Shyamalan treatment

What’s up with Gran? Hansel and Gretel gets the M Night Shyamalan treatment

Fresh from watching his first GAA game, the director talks about The Visit, a fiendishly clever reworking of the Grimm fairy tale

Mon Sept 14 2015 - 03:00
Reissue of the week: Richard Brooks’ In Cold Blood (1967)

Reissue of the week: Richard Brooks’ In Cold Blood (1967)

Stunning cinematography and chilling performances mark out Brooks’ adaptation of Truman Capote’s chronicle of greed murder and retribution

Fri Sept 11 2015 - 16:01
'Me & Earl & the Dying Girl' was a script like no other for Thomas Mann

'Me & Earl & the Dying Girl' was a script like no other for Thomas Mann

As the star of ‘Project X’, Thomas Mann knows his teen zeitgeist, but when he first read ‘Me & Earl & the Dying Girl’, he knew it was a script like no other

Fri Sept 11 2015 - 05:00
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials review: sequel running in the right direction

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials review: sequel running in the right direction

All the muddled exposition from The Maze Runner allows for The Scorch Trials to be far more entertaining

Fri Sept 11 2015 - 00:00
Legend Review: solid, if not exactly thrilling entertainment

Legend Review: solid, if not exactly thrilling entertainment

Brian Helgeland’s far-too-glamorous Kray Twins biopic starts well, then grinds into inertia, while Tom Hardy manages to give both the movie's best and worst performances

Fri Sept 11 2015 - 00:00
Cartel Land review: on the border of beastly behaviour

Cartel Land review: on the border of beastly behaviour

For this chilling documentary, director Matthew Heineman was given unprecedented access to ruthless anti-cartel vigilantes on both sides of the Mexican border

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 12:45
Thomas Mann: “Me & Earl  was the best role I had ever read”

Thomas Mann: “Me & Earl was the best role I had ever read”

The star of such teen flicks as Project X and Beautiful Creatures knows his teen zeitgeist, and when he read it, Thomas Mann knew Me & Earl & the Dying Girl was a script like no other

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 07:05
Ricki and the Flash review: Meryl gets her rock on

Ricki and the Flash review: Meryl gets her rock on

A failed rock’n’roller is given a second chance with her family in this enjoyable but uneven dramedy written by Diablo Cody

Thu Sept 03 2015 - 21:00
Dope review: Straight into Inglewood for some smart teen moves

Dope review: Straight into Inglewood for some smart teen moves

Rick Famuyiwa directs this excellent teen caper which never slips into laddish farce

Thu Sept 03 2015 - 20:00
Buttercup Bill review: a messed-up, highly erotically-charged two-step

Buttercup Bill review: a messed-up, highly erotically-charged two-step

A bafflingly fragmented, if beautifully rendered series of shots of parties and random images

Thu Sept 03 2015 - 17:00
O’Shea Jackson Jr: a chip off the old Cube

O’Shea Jackson Jr: a chip off the old Cube

Playing his own father in the smash NWA biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’, 24-year-old O’Shea Jackson Jr offers far more than just a surly imitation

Fri Aug 28 2015 - 06:00
Miss Julie review: Irish take on Swedish romance lacks warmth

Miss Julie review: Irish take on Swedish romance lacks warmth

The film based on August Strindberg’s play tells of a romance between the classes

Thu Aug 27 2015 - 20:00
45 Years review: When two become undone

45 Years review: When two become undone

Andrew Haigh’s beautifully acted drama examines the slow unstitching of a relationship with thrilling intensity, writes Tara Brady

Thu Aug 27 2015 - 17:00
L’Eclisse review: a classic of its time, but perhaps not for all time

L’Eclisse review: a classic of its time, but perhaps not for all time

Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1962 film is so rooted in 1960s post-war malaise that it cannot truly exist outside of it

Thu Aug 27 2015 - 15:15
The Wolfpack: Six brothers who never went outside

The Wolfpack: Six brothers who never went outside

Crystal Moselle’s documentary The Wolfpack tells the extraordinary story of a family raised in complete isolation in Manhattan

Mon Aug 24 2015 - 06:00
Reeling in the years: how the past comes back to haunt us

Reeling in the years: how the past comes back to haunt us

In new film ‘45 Years’, Andrew Haigh focuses on the daily struggles of ordinary people

Fri Aug 21 2015 - 05:00
The Treatment review: Sick, sad, vile and utterly effective

The Treatment review: Sick, sad, vile and utterly effective

This film adaptation of a Mo Hayder thriller pulls no punches about incest, paedophilia and abduction

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 22:00
Theeb review: Western under the heat of the desert sun

Theeb review: Western under the heat of the desert sun

A fine coming-of-age tale set in 1916 in the Ottoman Empire is no ‘Lawrence of Arabia’

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 21:00
Gemma Bovery review: An affair to forget as new version never takes off

Gemma Bovery review: An affair to forget as new version never takes off

Modern take on Gustave Flaubert’s ‘Madame Bovary’ looks pretty but lacks substance

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 19:00
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