All in the mindFOR THE uninitiated, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a 1980 horror film in which leading man Jack Nicholson goes crazy and tries…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Fun SizeWHAT’S THIS Carly Rae Jepsen promo doing here? Fun Size starts as it means to go on: by selling mindless drivel to little girls…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
The reanimatorTHERE’S A recurring debate among longtime Tim Burton fans: when exactly did their hero become a mainstream wow? Some point to…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
S Broken CamerasBETWEEN 2005 and 2011, the small Palestinian village of Bil’in orchestrated weekly peaceful protests against the construction…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Paranormal Activity 4WHEN THE SPOOKY little boy from across the street comes to stay with perky teen Alex (Kathryn Newton) and her shiny nuclear family…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedAND THEY SHALL know us by the quality of Seth Macfarlane joke we inspire.Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
PusherIT IS, PERHAPS, a sensible exercise (as it is with all remakes) to wonder how you might react to Luis Prieto’s efficient remake…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Reality? Check!JEEPERS creepers. It’s a bright autumn day in London and every time the sunlight streams in from nearby Hyde Park, Zoe Kazan’…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Blooming lovelyIT’S 1991 AND 14-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a high school freshman with a history of mental illnessFri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Céline And Julie Go Boating/ Celine Et Julie Vont En BateauIT’S NOT A literal boat but a figurative vessel: “vont le bateau” implies falling for a shaggy dog story or unspecified monkeyshine…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
HusbandsGUS, HARRY and Archie (John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk) are married 40-something New York suburbanites thrown into…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Resident Evil: Retribution‘RESIDENT EVIL Dysmorphia” is a neurological disorder that affects more than 90 per cent of the general population and almost…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Untouchable/ IntouchablesHE ONLY WANTS a signature to keep social welfare off his backFri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
SavagesBLAKE LIVELY is O, the Spam filling in a menage-a-trios padded out by Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, two California …Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest '86THEY DON’T make concert films like they used toFri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To TravelBORN IN PARIS in 1903 to an American socialite – “a wild woman who liked to hunt lions” – and an English gentleman, Diana Vreeland…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
The SweeneyWHAT YOU lookin’ at? Yeah, that’s right. Two stars. What you going to do about it, you bleeding slag? Get out of it!Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Twenty years of pleasing crowdsThe IFI is two decades in business, but despite its art-film heritage it has more in common with a multiplex than you might think…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
It's still lifeLONDONS INDIAN summer is no fun with hayfever but, fear not, Nurse Keira Knightley is on hand with an emergency pollen planFri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
The human conditionAMONG THE FIRST things you see in Shut Up and Play the Hits – a cinematic farewell to the much-admired LCD Soundsystem – is a…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
The Queen of VersaillesGREED, SCHADENFREUDE and recession frame this riveting, nuanced documentary portrait of Florida billionaire David Seigel and …Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
That's My BoyWARNING: THIS film contains scenes of incest, masturbation, gerontophilia, statutory rape and Adam Sandler.Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
'I couldn't be less queenly in real life'As ruthless Cersei in the ‘Game of Thrones’ TV series and with an upcoming role in ‘Dredd’, Lena Headey seems to have cornered…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Shut Up and Play the Hits: The Very Loud Ending of LCD SoundsystemJames Murphy, the creative force behind LCD Soundsystem, was in his late-30s when 2001’s Losing My Edge became an international…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
In The Dark HalfTides are rising. Cities are collapsing. It’s time to go back to the old religion. Hoist the Wicker ManFri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
CircumstanceWell-heeled Tehran teen Atafeh (Boosheri) is in love with left-leaning Shireen (Kazemy), an orphan from the wrong side of the…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
The Bird/lL'oiseauTHERE’S A lonely rhythm to Anne’s quiet existence. She jogs. She chops vegetables. She smokes. She eats from saucepansFri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Step Up 4: Miami Heat 3DHEIRESS BABE Emily (So You Think You Can Dance’s Kathryn McCormick, apparently) arrives in Miami hoping for a shot at Mia Michaels…Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
GrabbersGO-GETTER relief garda Lisa Nolan (Ruth Bradley) arrives on the ferry just as all hell breaks loose on a remote Donegal-ish island…Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Mission to LarsTOM SPICER has Fragile X syndrome, a condition his sister describes as “autism with bells on”Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
God Bless AmericaFRANK MURDOCH (Joel Murray) is a sad-sack, divorced insurance salesman suffering from migraine and noisy neighbours when a double…Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
The Flowers of War/ Jin Líng Shí ChaiMORTICIAN John Miller (Christian Bale) arrives in Nanjing to bury a Catholic priest just as invading Japanese forces are locking…Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
A Simple Life/ Tao JieCHUNG CHUN-TAO (Deanie Ip) has worked as a maid for the Leung family for 60 yearsFri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
SwandownJUST WHAT is the relevant collective noun for a swan pedalo of English eccentrics? We’re uncertain of the terminology but we …Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
The Players/ les InfidèlesTHE PLAYERS arrives having hit the headlines in France for a gruesome poster campaign in which the film’s stars posed between…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
This love has a namePOUTFEST 2012 Triskel Christchurch, Cork Sun-Wed http://triskelarts centre.ie/cinemaFri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Something From Nothing: The Art Of RapFOR VIEWERS of a certain age, Ice-T’s directorial debut heralds the mother of all Proustian rushesFri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
The Women on the 6th Floor / Les Femmes du 6ème ÉtageMONSIEUR JOUBERT (Fabrice Luchini) is a middle-aged stockbroker in the firm grip of male menopauseFri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Nostalgia for the Light / Nostalgia de la LuzYOU CAN’T HELP but admire Patricio Guzmán’s audacity in seeking to bolt together two apparently incompatible themes in this striking…Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
The HunterMERCENARY AND loner Martin (Willem Dafoe) is hired by a sinister biotech company to travel to Tasmania in search of a tigerFri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
7 Days in Havana/La Días en la HabanaTHERE OUGHT to be a support group for this sort of thing, a place for scarred movie punters to gather and exchange tales of woe…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie/ le Charme Discret De La BourgeoisiePossible tagline: Four dreams, three Oedipal adventures and absolutely no dinner parties.Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
