Four new films to see in cinemas this weekPlus: The Little Mermaid, Disney’s latest live-action cash grab, is nicely sung. Plus Paul Schrader’s masterly Master Gardener, Irish documentary 406 Days, and Finland’s Ramboesque SisuSun May 28 2023 - 05:00
Paul Schrader: ‘I thought, you know what would really f*** with people’s heads? Let’s cast Kevin Spacey. The producer said no’The director is still hell-bent on provocation as his latest film, Master Gardener, portrays an interracial romance between a former Proud Boy and his young chargeSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
Master Gardener: a five-star masterclass from director Paul SchraderSchrader’s new film explores a provocative mix of racial tensions, class struggle and age-gap relationshipsFri May 26 2023 - 05:00
Sisu: Gold-thieving Nazis pick on the wrong guyStorming action film from Finland a welcome throwback to simpler, shared swastika-slaying valuesFri May 26 2023 - 04:45
Maya Hawke: ‘If you were to call me a child of nepotism, then I would be totally comfortable with it’Cannes diary 2023: Kidnapped is a film that you’ll bawl at least once and feel enraged for the rest of itThu May 25 2023 - 10:30
Melissa McCarthy on The Little Mermaid: ‘We all saw camp in the original and we all loved it’The scene-stealing star plays Ursula in Disney’s new live-action version of the story that has become an unlikely LGBTQ touchstoneWed May 24 2023 - 05:45
Asteroid City review: Wes Anderson’s new film feels like a pretty collection of actors in search of a movie In competition at Cannes, the director’s 11th feature is an aesthetic triumph. But Anderson’s trademark deadpan silences have seldom felt longerTue May 23 2023 - 21:31
Cannes: An unabashedly melodramatic and sexy film offers an unflinching anatomy of a coupleCannes diary 2023: Michelle Yeoh does not mince her words, dog vomit and the biggest laughs of the festival so farTue May 23 2023 - 13:32
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekJoaquin Phoenix in provocative character epic Beau Is Afraid and long-awaited Judy Blume adaptation Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, plus the 10th Fast & Furious and Under the Fig Trees from TunisiaSun May 21 2023 - 05:00
Rambo in Finland: ‘I really love films where people are picking on the wrong man’First Blood was a key influence on the remarkable Sisu by director Jalmari HelanderSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Judy Blume classic novel gets the big-screen treatment it deserves Blume’s seminal book adapted into a funny, exhilarating coming-of-age movie that will charm all gendersFri May 19 2023 - 05:00
Fast X: The Furious family just keeps getting bigger. And louder Unfortunate that gritty street races that once defined the Fast sequence have given way to green screen, CGI and unintelligible fast cutsThu May 18 2023 - 05:00
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me – An almost unbearably unhappy taleA documentary that works hard to humanise a woman so often depicted as a cartoonMon May 15 2023 - 17:00
Four new films to see this weekThe stars slightly charm in Book Club sequel, plus The Eight Mountains from Italy, Plan 75 from Japan, and Anna Nicole Smith documentary streamingSun May 14 2023 - 05:00
Brainwashed: How the male gaze in cinema has kept women boxed inNina Menkes on her startling new doc, which shows how women are framed, lit and shot in films to reinforce Hollywood’s male dominanceSat May 13 2023 - 05:00
The Eight Mountains: Bracing bromance slowly builds towards a sense of catharsisA deserving winner at Cannes, this film is narratively conventional, overlong and occasionally tangentialFri May 12 2023 - 05:15
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekA third enjoyable Guardians of the Galaxy, plus Irish drama Lakelands, Return to Seoul from South Korea and The Blue Caftan from FranceSun May 07 2023 - 05:00
Return to Seoul: Ji-Min Park is remarkable in this smart if maddening character studyDavy Chou’s film is a sobering depiction of the impact of intercountry adoptionFri May 05 2023 - 05:00
The Blue Caftan: Superb performances offset the glitches in this delicate romantic dramaThree central cast and the warmth of the screenplay get this Moroccan love story over the lineFri May 05 2023 - 05:00
Harka: ‘Who was this man who became the symbol of the Arab Spring? That was my entry point’Lotfy Nathan has turned Mohamed Bouazizi’s story into the powerful, poignant Harka, starring the extraordinary Adam BessaWed May 03 2023 - 05:15
Four new films on select release this weekIrish biopic on Ann Lovett, plus French feminist biker flick Rodeo and documentaries on Little Richard and Castro’s spiesSun Apr 30 2023 - 05:00
The SpongeBob Musical: ‘We all come to the stage smiling, all the songs are uplifting. Everyone is happy’One of the most widely distributed franchises in the world is coming to Dublin on a cloud of joy, laughter and inclusivitySat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Little Richard: I Am Everything – Rip-roaring bow for a star who was trangressive before the word existedIn common with its wild subject, Lisa Cortés’ documentary raises the roofFri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00
Rodeo: Electrifying biker flick leaves Fast & Furious in the dirt Newcomer Julie Ledru gives a phenomenal performace in Lola Quivoron’s Cannes breakoutWed Apr 26 2023 - 19:24
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBlazingly grotesque comic horror Evil Dead Rise, plus provocative Irish documentary Pray for Our Sinners, Sick of Myself from Norway and Pacifiction from FranceSun Apr 23 2023 - 05:00
Re-creating Ann Lovett’s last day: ‘This is one story that hasn’t been faced up to’Almost 40 years after the 15-year-old schoolgirl died after giving birth in a grotto, a new film tackles a difficult and sensitive subjectSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Sick of Myself: Pitch-black comedy makes merry with malignant narcissism and the worried wellKristine Kujath Thorp excels as Signe. whose need for sympathy is curiously touching even as her behaviour is repugnantFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
Pacifiction: A meandering, mysterious meditation on French imperialismAlbert Serra’s cryptic feature is visually remarkable but certainly not for everyoneFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
How to Blow Up a Pipeline: ‘an eco Ocean’s Eleven’The environmental movement finally has its own Oceans ElevenWed Apr 19 2023 - 05:30
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTwo raving Nic’s in gory horror comedy Renfield, plus masterly Japanese animation Suzume, Egyptian-set machinations in Cairo Conspiracy, and Léa Seydoux in affecting French drama One Fine MorningSun Apr 16 2023 - 05:00
Heathers is now a murderously catchy musical with legions of fans. But isn’t it dangerous to be this popular?The darkly satirical 1980s film has been reinvented as a feelgood musical that is inspiring Rocky Horror-style devotionSat Apr 15 2023 - 06:05
One Fine Morning: wait until you see Léa Seydoux’s no-nonsense Arlene Foster ‘do’Mia Hansen-Løve and Seydoux have created an engaging character study, even if the film doesn’t quite coalesce into a pleasing dramatic structureFri Apr 14 2023 - 05:10
Cairo Conspiracy: belting political thriller with shades of All the President’s Men and The Name of the RoseNervy political thriller was worthy winner at Cannes last year.Fri Apr 14 2023 - 05:00
Aidan Gillen: ‘It was liberating to get out a little early on Game of Thrones’Always keen on a new challenge, the unassuming Kin, Wire and Queer as Folk star gets on his gumshoes for Barber, his new filmThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:45
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBen Affleck’s Nike dramedy Air, plus Icelandic Godland, animated Super Mario Bros, and imaginative alt-history fantasy LOLASun Apr 09 2023 - 05:00
Godland: A crisis of faith plays out against spectacular Icelandic tableauxHlynur Pálmason’s strikes a doomy tone in this film not for the faint of heartFri Apr 07 2023 - 05:00
The Super Mario Bros Movie: Fun for kids, very okay for adultsOne this misstep aside, the film belts along with an assault of candy colours and a commendable command of canonical detailWed Apr 05 2023 - 14:24
Andrew Legge: ‘Lola is kind of Zelig if Zelig himself could make the film’The Irish director’s first feature is a wildly original retro sci-fi film about two politically polarised sistersWed Apr 05 2023 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekDungeons & Dragons and French drama The Night of the 12th in cinemas, Please Baby Please and Tetris streamingSun Apr 02 2023 - 05:00
The Night of the 12th: No easy solutions in this absorbing alpine murder mysteryFrench police procedural focuses on the investigation of a teenage girl’s violent death - and raises some very uncomfortable questionsFri Mar 31 2023 - 05:00
Please Baby Please: The most confounding film of the year benefits from a never-better Andrea RiseboroughAmanda Kramer’s leather-clad, neon-bathed shakedown of gender, greasers and groaning is unclassifiableThu Mar 30 2023 - 05:30
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekPaul Mescal is enigmatic in God’s Creatures, Keanu Reeves is back for more revenge as John Wick and moreSun Mar 26 2023 - 05:00
The Five Devils: Five stars for a time-travelling melodrama you could not have seen comingLéa Mysius’s swirling imagination is anchored by remarkable performances from Sally Dramé and Adèle ExarchopoulosFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:30
Infinity Pool: Nobody could accuse Brandon Cronenberg of tarnishing the family nameMia Goth and Alexander Skarsgärd endure a nightmarish vacationFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00
Léa Mysius: ‘I dreamed of this gift where I could get into someone’s head and see through their eyes’The French film-maker’s magical tone is all over The Five Devils, centred on the power of smellThu Mar 23 2023 - 05:45
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Imagine Harry Potter, but with head-stompingKeanu Reeves says ‘Yeah’ five times, and not much more, and it’s only ever one stuntman-rolling-down-steps away from implosion. Welcome to the WickiverseThu Mar 23 2023 - 02:00
Four new films to see this weekLiam Neeson takes on the hardest of hard-boiled detectives in Marlowe, sparky romantic comedy Rye Lane plus intriguing horror sequel from Ti WestSun Mar 19 2023 - 05:00
Neil Gaiman: ‘15 minutes before the end I realise I have tears running down my face’Even the multiple media mastering author was astonished by the stage adaptation of his novel, An Ocean at the End of the LaneSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
Pearl: Ti West’s voguish slasher flick is fun, if not quite as much fun as it thinksWith its lurid libidinous action and over-the-top murders, Pearl is a jokey spin-off of a jokey filmFri Mar 17 2023 - 05:30
Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Slumming A-list actors, dreary world-building and eye-watering CGIThis underwhelming sequel has no sense of jeopardy, and is unlikely to revive the ailing DC Extended UniverseFri Mar 17 2023 - 05:00
