Don’t eat the mala! How Aardman Studios create cinema magic one step at a timeIt takes four days to produce six seconds of film, dozens of directors to finish one movie, and the stars will only wash with baby wipes. Yet Aardman Animations is still the best in the businessFri Jan 23 2015 - 08:00
Beyond Clueless review: The kids are just as dazed and confused as everFrom ‘Mean Girls’ to ‘Slap Her, She’s French’, Guardian Charlie Lyne’s documentary takes an elegiac look at what makes a teen movieFri Jan 23 2015 - 07:12
American Sniper review: Clint Eastwood misses his markWhether as a straight-up piece of US flag-waving or a disturbing psychological study, director Clint Eastwood's latest is a complete muddleFri Jan 16 2015 - 07:00
Wild: Reese Witherspoon’s other sideAnnoyed with a lack of roles worth acting, Witherspoon optioned the rights to Cheryl Strayed’s best-seller ‘Wild’ and produced the movie herself. Smart woman: filming was gruelling, but her performance is an Oscar-worthy revelationFri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Apples of the Golan review: Arab fruit on the HeightsInteresting documentary about Arab villagers who survive by exporting their apples to war-torn SyriaThu Jan 15 2015 - 16:57
National Gallery review: Drawing in viewers slowly but surelyFrederick Wiseman’s latest offering is a long, close look at the National Gallery in LondonFri Jan 09 2015 - 10:00
Taken 3 review: I will find you and I will, er, knock you around someBallymena man Liam Neeson is back snapping nasty necks in this dopey, enjoyably bloodless bloodbathFri Jan 09 2015 - 09:00
JK Simmons: the arch nut jobOz’s Vernon Schillinger; Spidey- hater JJ Jameson: the arch nut job is a JK Simmons speciality. But for his latest role, he had to forget all his techniquesFri Jan 09 2015 - 07:00
Frederick Wiseman and the art of the non-fiction filmmaker‘National Gallery’, the octogenarian’s 41st feature film, is receiving rapturous noticesMon Jan 05 2015 - 01:00
Eddie Redmayne’s theory of acting Stephen HawkingEddie Redmayne put in prodigious efforts to play Stephen Hawking, from months working on particular muscles to getting to grips with relativity – is an Oscar in the bag?Sun Jan 04 2015 - 11:00
The silver screen in 2015: fasten your seatbeltsWe're about to witness the "Biggest ever year for cinema". Tara Brady takes a look at what's aheadFri Jan 02 2015 - 13:00
The Theory of Everything review: A brief history of loveThis love story is as complex and deep as any of the physics covered in Stephen Hawking’s booksFri Jan 02 2015 - 10:00
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death review: Back to the old houseThe ghost lady of the house is back with even more scares in this none-more-sequelFri Jan 02 2015 - 07:00
Big Eyes review: Deception painted with a skilful handDirector Tim Burton’s new film is a terrific story based on an artistic swindleWed Dec 24 2014 - 10:00
Netflix’s top 50 seriesWhether it's a Netflix original like Orange Is The New Black, a British comedy like Peep Show or just completely addictive like Breaking Bad; we've listed and categorised the very best Netflix boxsets for you to enjoy.Fri Dec 19 2014 - 12:00
Joe Swanberg: still the maestro of mumblecoreThe indie workhorse may be directing bigger names on more generous budgets, but his lo-fi auteur sensibility remains firmly in placeFri Dec 19 2014 - 10:00
The Circle review: circle of trustThis award-winning Swiss docudrama chronicles the establishment of a pioneering LGBT group and its erotic sister publicationFri Dec 12 2014 - 07:00
Mosab Hassan Yousef: son of Hamas founder to Israeli agentThe extraordinary life of Mosab Hassan Yousef is documented in The Green PrinceFri Dec 12 2014 - 06:00
The Hobbit review: One last slog through Middle EarthSorry Peter Jackson, but we’re all Orc’d out - Battle of the Five Armies is both way too much and not nearly enoughThu Dec 11 2014 - 16:16
The Grandmaster review: wing chun thisTony Leung is properly enigmatic in this vandalised bio-pic of Ip Man, the maestro who trained Bruce LeeFri Dec 05 2014 - 07:00
Ticket Awards 2014 - The best screen shotsIrish film had a standout year, franchises asserted their dominance, and some of the year’s best films came in documentary form. Donald Clarke and Tara Brady name-check the best - and a few of the worst - of 2014Fri Dec 05 2014 - 06:00
Get Santa review: Santy in the slammerJim Broadbent stars as Santa Claus in this somewhat strange holiday kids movieFri Dec 05 2014 - 06:00
Hope and despair: Edwyn Collins puts his poststroke life on filmAfter nearly dying in 2005, the former Orange Juice singer began a long recovery with the tireless help of his wife, Grace Maxwell – a journey captured in ‘The Possibilities Are Endless’, a new filmSun Nov 30 2014 - 06:00
‘Downton Abbey’ star Hugh Bonneville on working with PaddingtonTara Brady talks to the English actor about going from lord of the manor to friend of the bearFri Nov 28 2014 - 06:00
Redemption song: what’s eating Tommy Lee Jones?The actor and director has been in fiery form of late. His latest film, a feminist take on the high plains yarn, stars Hilary Swank as a brave frontierswoman. But don’t dare call it a westernWed Nov 26 2014 - 06:00
Jemaine Clement: from Conchords to bloodsuckersThe Flight of the Conchords star is stepping into the shadows with his new big-budget vampire flat-share comedyFri Nov 21 2014 - 08:15
No Good Deed review: home invasion and a serial killer - but it’s all in good funFri Nov 21 2014 - 07:00
Charlie Murphy: from Love/Hate to zenAs she gears up for a Christmas reunion with her extended family back in her native Wexford, Charlie Murphy pauses to chat about a ridiculously busy yearThu Nov 20 2014 - 00:00
Paul Haggis: “I do feel quite guilty sometimes . . . This is who we are. We’re vampires”From Scooby Doo to his Oscar-winner Crash, Paul Haggis is a man supremely in charge of his craftFri Nov 14 2014 - 02:42
Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘It’s fantastic to realise how insignificant you are’The Imitation Game star chats about Sherlock, Star Trek and our place in the cosmosFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:12
The Case Against 8 review: sex and the singular homophobesThe US fight for marriage equality is movingly portrayed in this stirring documentaryFri Nov 14 2014 - 00:02
