The true story that made Rupert Goold jump from stage to screenThe director’s first film explores the dynamic between a murderer and a journalistTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
The Wonders review: trippy hippie dippy family flickieThis off-the-wall French comedy has charm but not much plot momentumFri Jul 17 2015 - 04:00
Ant-Man review: super downsize meAfter the bombast of ‘Age of Ultron’, this lo-fi Marvel release is as enjoyably laid-back as its amiable star, Paul Rudd, though the pleasures are decidedly small of scaleThu Jul 16 2015 - 19:29
One more time: Eden reignites a Daft Punk raveThe birth and eventual death of French Touch is explored in an absorbing French film, written by the promoter who was there from the beginningWed Jul 15 2015 - 05:46
Tomm Moore, Celtic cartoonist with two Oscar nods‘Other animators always tell me I’m living the dream’, says the Cartoon Saloon co-founder, and who is he to disagree? Two Oscar nods have given him international clout, but the director of ‘Song of the Sea’ intends to stay the Irish indie courseFri Jul 10 2015 - 05:00
The Choir review: The stars shine but it’s the music that makes the movieThough rather predictable, François Girard’s film is still moving and has a fine soundtrackThu Jul 09 2015 - 18:23
P’tit Quinquin review: where the weird things areCattle mutilations in a provincial town, but this fabulously oddball French mini-series is like no other mystery imaginableThu Jul 09 2015 - 16:38
Ted 2 review: Thunderbuddies are go - someone should have yelled stop!Once again, bongs are toked, bad taste is explored, but thrill and the novelty are gone from Seth McFarlane’s teddy-bear sequelThu Jul 09 2015 - 14:48
Touch of Evil review: inventive, nightmarish, funIt has undergone a narrative restoration, but Orson Welles’ baroque masterpiece remains pitch-perfectThu Jul 09 2015 - 13:55
Magic Mike XXL review: stripped of all worthThe original film showed a dark underbelly – all the sequel has is spray-tanned absThu Jul 09 2015 - 11:38
Simon Fitzmaurice: ‘I’m a bit of a stubborn bastard’We’ll say. Stricken with MND and given four years to live, Simon Fitzmaurice has bounced back with a crowdfunded Film Fleadh world premiere starring Harry Potter fave Evanna LynchSat Jul 04 2015 - 05:30
Magician, the Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles reviewDocumentary reveals what citizen Welles did after making his most famous movieThu Jul 02 2015 - 14:25
Amy Winehouse: "The clues were in the songs. The songs tell you everything"Director Asif Kapadia’s biopic of Amy Winehouse follows his award-winning ‘Senna’. But, he says, the singer’s life and death was by far the trickier tale to untangleSat Jun 27 2015 - 02:00
The Terminator review: Well, he said he'd be back...Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron’s cyborg blockbuster on a B-movie budget is still the one to beat, three decades onFri Jun 26 2015 - 12:10
The Overnight review: meandering beyond the limits of mumblecoreThe actors largely improvised dialogue is not enough to sustain even the meagre 79-minute running timeFri Jun 26 2015 - 11:02
Minions review: an adventure to call their very ownThe much-loved yellow critters from ‘Despicable Me’ put in winning performanceThu Jun 25 2015 - 16:00
Station to Station review: an army of artists takes the train, and the art just flits byDoug Aitken’s rolling meditation on creativity features 62 one-minute films featuring the likes of Beck, Cat Power and Gary IndianaThu Jun 25 2015 - 13:23
London Road review: nasty, brutish and melodic...Rufus Norris’s new film - based on a horrifyingly violent true story - has important and chilling things to say about the media, prostitutes and the petite bourgeoisie... in songFri Jun 19 2015 - 11:13
Entourage review: an unwanted, unlovely, sparklingly laugh-free movieThe endless HBO series is inexplicably given a big-screen resurrection that’s lazy and largely laugh-freeFri Jun 19 2015 - 11:12
Are Minions the modern-day version of Charlie Chaplin?The babbling yellow army of banana eaters now have a film of their own. Creator Pierre Coffin explains the lingo and their inspirationThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:00
The Misfits review: when art and life collideJohn Huston’s drama-and-booze soaked western features career-best performances from Marilyn Monroe and Clark GableWed Jun 17 2015 - 15:54
The devil finds work for Liam Cunningham to doGame of Thrones has brought the Dublin actor global exposure, but he’s happier playing a wicked role in Irish horror film Let Us Prey than taking the big chequesMon Jun 15 2015 - 01:00
Joshua Oppenheimer: ‘A crime against humanity is a crime against all of us’US documentary maker Joshua Oppenheimer on The Look of Silence, his second incendiary film about genocide in IndonesiaFri Jun 12 2015 - 05:00
Let Us Prey review: Just when you imagine the people onscreen couldn’t be more evil, they areEveryone’s a serious nutcase in this violently gripping Grand GuignolFri Jun 12 2015 - 00:00
Black Coal, Thin Ice review: A chilling Chinese spin on hardboiled noir tropesHere’s an effective Asian spin on hardboiled noir tropes, with a gumshoe every bit as tough as BogartThu Jun 11 2015 - 23:00
West review: Fascinating procedural anchored by clever and frequently carnal performancesA widow gets out from behind the Iron Curtain, only to find the West isn’t everything its cracked up to be in this German return to the bad old days of the Cold WarThu Jun 11 2015 - 20:00
Fortune's Wheel: Daring young man from Fairview and his mane eventDocumentary about lion-tamer Bill Stephens won award at Dublin International Film FestivalThu Jun 04 2015 - 22:30
Electric Boogaloo review: Bronson! Norris! And Bo Derek too!Schlock movie buffs of a certain age will enjoy this clips-rich look at the heyday of Cannon Films, though it’s go-go masterminds are sadly missing in actionThu Jun 04 2015 - 21:00
Spy review: Thoroughly likeable espionage caperPaul Feig has recalled half of his ‘Bridesmaids’ cast including Melissa McCarthy and Rose ByrneThu Jun 04 2015 - 17:00
Allison Janney: ‘I would get cast as 40-year-old women when I was still in my teens’Janney, who didn’t find success as an actor until she was in her late 30s, thinks things are looking up for women – even very tall women – in HollywoodMon Jun 01 2015 - 03:00
The Connection review: a fresh slice of deja vuThe scourge of these streets is a debilitating case of ScorsesismsThu May 28 2015 - 22:36
The Dead Lands review: is there an award for Most Onomatopoeic Movie Killing Spree?Beautifully shot, brightly performed actioner that serves Maori martial-art wellThu May 28 2015 - 21:00
Man Up review: a boy-girl bromance with screwy mechanicsWelcome back, discredited genreThu May 28 2015 - 19:00
Jason Schwartzman: “It was fun in a way because you rarely in your life get to be such an asshole”Jason Schwartzman is best known for quirky comic roles, but he really enjoyed playing an ‘asshole’ in Alex Ross Perry’s new indie film ‘Listen Up Philip’Thu May 28 2015 - 16:06
Poltergeist review: things that go yawn in the nightDespite a promising director and decent actors, this horror reboot fails to deliver a single scareWed May 27 2015 - 15:46
Lake Bell: ‘I’m great for article writers. So many puns’Her name is manna for copy writers but cool New York actor Lake Bell turns out to be cheerfully straightforwardFri May 22 2015 - 05:00
A Fuller Life: A no-nonsense approach to the fatherDirector Samantha Fuller’s warm salute to her legendary father takes a direct route to its subjectThu May 21 2015 - 21:00
Moomins on the Riviera review: minor Moomins are better than no Moomins at allSimple Moomin and his clan take on wealthy phonies in this gentle Scandi animationThu May 21 2015 - 19:00
Tomorrowland review: Here today, gone tomorrowIt is hard to escape the fact that this convoluted blockbuster started life as a Disney rideThu May 21 2015 - 17:00
Dheepan: lacks the gravitas of Jacques Audiard’s best-loved works | Cannes ReviewA contender in the main competition, ‘Dheepan’ nevertheless feels like a doodle compared to Audiard’s recent outputThu May 21 2015 - 13:29
Green Room: hardcore punks battle neo-Nazi thugs - what’s not to like? | Cannes ReviewFeaturing fine performances and even finer brutality, Jeremy Saulnier’s gruesome battle of American sub-cultures is one of the best of the festThu May 21 2015 - 11:47
The New Girlfriend review: Clever approach to sexual identityFrançois Ozon uses all his subtlety as a director in this Ruth Rendell adaptationThu May 21 2015 - 11:30
Youth: flawed, lovely, odd | Cannes ReviewPaolo Sorrentino’s latest star-studded affair is ravishingly beautiful but a little short on coherenceWed May 20 2015 - 15:23
Mountains May Depart: Time shifts, culture clashes and a potentially award-winning performance | Cannes reviewJia Zhangke is one of the world’s top filmmakers and this is his most audacious work yet, but this mountain is not as solid as it first seemsWed May 20 2015 - 11:31
François Ozon: the new new waveSatirical wit, freewheeling sexuality and a new wave cinematic sensibility? François Ozon, director of ‘Sitcom’, ‘Swimming Pool’ and, now, ‘The New Girlfriend’, is a most French film-maker, and despite Hollywood overtures he refuses to change his styleSat May 16 2015 - 10:15
Still review: A sleek slice of promising London noirThis fascinating feature debut from Simon Blake spends much of its duration working out what it wants to be: domestic drama, London noir, social-realist tragedy - but never quite finds an answerThu May 14 2015 - 21:30
The Tribe review: Get an earful of thisWe won’t see a more impressive film this year than this Ukranian drama set in a school for the deafThu May 14 2015 - 20:30
Clouds of Sils Maria review: Kristen Stewart hails CésarIt’s cloudy with a chance of pretension in this meta-puzzler, but Stewart’s award-winning performance is perfectly ambiguousThu May 14 2015 - 19:30
Jim Sheridan: ‘Cinema is kill, kill, kill’The film director will receive a lifetime-achievement award at this month’s Ifta ceremony. But he’s still shouting, arguing and making ‘uncivilised’ moviesSat May 09 2015 - 11:00
Chris Rock: ‘We’re not as funny as we used to be. It’s not as important as it used to be’In ‘Top Five’, his new film, the comedian plays a stand-up comic trying to cut it as a ‘serious’ actor – but he’s not giving up on comedy’s artistic merits yetFri May 08 2015 - 16:00
