Jaws: As Steven Spielberg’s film turns 50, we’re still living in the shadow of the shark Jaws is accused of destroying US cinema, but it was popcorn entertainment of the kind the studios would always shift back toSun Jul 06 2025 - 05:00
‘As Johnny Depp says, if Pacino comes to you and says do something it’s better you do it’Riccardo Scamarcio, star of Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, on its unusual genesisSat Jul 05 2025 - 05:15
The Movie Quiz: What was the last film made in the truncated Chronicles of Narnia series?Plus: Which film director is currently favourite to become mum to the next mayor of New York?Fri Jul 04 2025 - 05:00
Michael Madsen will be remembered for one of the defining cinematic moments of the 1990s A charismatic heavy for the ages, Madsen found stardom under Quentin Tarantino, but great roles in important films kept eluding himFri Jul 04 2025 - 00:03
The Shrouds review: David Cronenberg’s mordant, personal conspiracy thriller is one of director’s best filmsThere is an eerie stillness to the film that says as much about loss as does the disturbing premise at its centreThu Jul 03 2025 - 05:00
Jurassic World: Rebirth review – the plot is mid-level dumb but ‘good film’ belongs among its keywordsIt’s no masterpiece. The plot is mid-level dumb but ‘good film’ belongs among its keywordsWed Jul 02 2025 - 06:00
Trump’s F-bomb: The US didn’t faint when the president swore on live TV. How unexpectedly unprissy of itThe United States’ official puritanism sits uneasily with a wider nation that can be more creatively profane than any other in the AnglosphereSun Jun 29 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week: F1, From Hilde, with Love, The Moon Is Upside Down and M3gan 2.0Kerry Condon, Brad Pitt, Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann and Allison Williams feature in these movies released in the week of June 27th, 2025Sun Jun 29 2025 - 05:00
The Irish syndicate that beat the Lotto: ‘It wasn’t illegal to do what they did’ Stefan Klincewicz explains his strategy in a fascinating new film that builds to a gripping denouementSat Jun 28 2025 - 05:18
The Movie Quiz: Who is the only Irish-born star to win a main acting prize at Cannes?Plus: Who is the new Frank Drebin?Fri Jun 27 2025 - 05:00
M3gan 2.0 review: An absolutely terrible and woeful sequelThe original film’s beautifully simple concept has been jettisoned for this spaghetti of confusionWed Jun 25 2025 - 17:00
F1 review: Kerry Condon injects Brad Pitt’s thuddingly predictable racing flick with a welcome touch of ThurlesWe are in the world of high-end watch commercials, and no product is placed so prominently as Formula One itselfTue Jun 24 2025 - 14:37
In 28 Years Later, Brexit Britain runs screaming towards its Apocalypse Now. What took it so long?Danny Boyle, a stubborn Mancunian of Irish descent, can feel proud of showing how the subject can be addressed without dragging your art into po-faced agitpropSun Jun 22 2025 - 05:21
Four new films to see this week: 28 Years Later, Elio, Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, and S/He Is Still Her/eJodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Liza Minnelli and Genesis P-Orridge feature in these movies released in the week of June 20th, 2025Sun Jun 22 2025 - 05:00
Jurassic World: Rebirth director Gareth Edwards – ‘I think I’ve got the wrong personality for this job’The self-effacing film-maker has never been an obvious fit for the Hollywood mould. What’s it like at the helm of one of the summer’s biggest titles?Sat Jun 21 2025 - 05:21
The Movie Quiz: Which streamer was the first to distribute a best picture Oscar winner?Plus: Bafta, Aacta, Edgar, César: which is the odd gong out?Fri Jun 20 2025 - 05:00
28 Years Later review: Danny Boyle’s rattling zombie epic never lets up in pace or inventionJodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes star in a quest narrative that, amid its grade-A gore, has bleak fun with the state of BritainWed Jun 18 2025 - 22:00
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story review – Her Oscars wheelchair long gone, the star is sharp and witty in this enjoyable docLiza Minnelli is stirringly frank, not least about the pressures of growing up as the daughter of Judy GarlandWed Jun 18 2025 - 05:10
‘Sometimes when we screen it there is spontaneous applause... it’s almost like a therapy’The Last Journey directors Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson are best known as pranksters. But their new film also has a serious sideMon Jun 16 2025 - 05:00
Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s must have been groaning with future celebrities of the diasporaWe should be flattered that, like the ginger guitar-basher Ed Sheeran, so many people yearn to be ‘culturally’ IrishSun Jun 15 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, How to Train Your Dragon, Tornado and LollipopA quartet of movies released in the week of June 13th, 2025Sun Jun 15 2025 - 04:59
The Cave review: Tommy Tiernan is perfectly cast as a downtrodden barroom philosopher in Kevin Barry’s bleakly funny playTheatre: Directed with discipline and clarity by Caitríona McLaughlin, Tiernan, Aaron Monaghan and Judith Roddy slip comfortably into well-fitting skinsSat Jun 14 2025 - 01:07
The Movie Quiz: Who did not direct a film that shares its name with a David Bowie song?Plus: Which Viking is back in action this week?Fri Jun 13 2025 - 05:00
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review: Sparky dialogue and hearty comedy carry this lovely, mischievous filmLaura Piani’s film rises above comparisons not just with Austen’s work and the trad romcom but also with attempts to weave those things togetherThu Jun 12 2025 - 05:02
How to Train Your Dragon review: Nobody needed this remake. But it’s sleek, charming and funny all the sameMason Thames is charming, Nico Parker fiery and smart. And who better to shout in a horned hat than Gerard Butler?Tue Jun 10 2025 - 15:19
How to Train Your Dragon star Mason Thames: ‘My driver, Niall, would tell me the craziest stories about growing up in Belfast’The young Texan actor got daily history lessons about Northern Ireland while making what’s set to be one of the summer’s biggest filmsMon Jun 09 2025 - 12:38
The Encampments director Kei Pritsker: ‘The students risked a lot to stand with the people of Gaza. That’s tremendous’Documenting the protests at Columbia University in solidarity with Palestinians, Pritsker did not think he would end up making a filmSat Jun 07 2025 - 05:13
The Movie Quiz: What is the last Pixar film to win the animated feature Oscar?Plus: Who soon succeed James Whale, Terence Fisher and Kenneth Branagh?Fri Jun 06 2025 - 05:00
Sydney Sweeney is selling her bathwater. What has become of us?Euphoria actor Sydney Sweeney is selling traces of her bathwater to panting fansFri Jun 06 2025 - 05:00
Juliet & Romeo review: Never was a story more woefulBogart brothers’ variation on Shakespeare’s play is dull, bland and full of dreary sub-boyband balladsThu Jun 05 2025 - 05:02
The Encampments review: Taut, disciplined documentary about Palestine protests at Columbia UniversityKei Pritsker and Michael Workman’s film may win over few hostile to the college occupations, but it offers an important record of how the campaign developedWed Jun 04 2025 - 05:02
25 films to check out in summer 2025: From Liam Neeson in Naked Gun to Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World: RebirthAmid a summer of remakes and sequels, there are some smaller gems to seek outMon Jun 02 2025 - 05:12
Four new films to see this weekSundance hit The Ballad of Wallis Island is a cult comedy fave in the making. Plus a strong French melodrama, a troubled British couple on the move, and another routine Karate Kid retoolingSun Jun 01 2025 - 05:00
Why Natasha Lyonne’s Poker Face is the new ColumboLike Peter Falk’s character, Natasha Lyonne’s inverts the whodunit structure of the traditional detective story Sun Jun 01 2025 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is Tom Cruise’s highest-grossing film...ever?Plus: Which 1970s TV show is, apparently, currently in cinemas?Fri May 30 2025 - 05:00
Along Came Love review: Diverting melodrama just about delivers on early promise of knotty personal dramaDirector Katell Quillévéré’s saga of wavering emotional dynamics is easy on the eye but doesn’t tax the brainThu May 29 2025 - 05:02
The Salt Path review: Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson go on a very English journey of self-discoveryA homeless couple gain wisdom through walking 1,000km of the West Country in a gently amusing if one-paced rambleWed May 28 2025 - 05:00
Cannes 2025: Clapologists get it wrong, an acidic Israeli satire is too hot to handle, and Scarlett Johansson serves up schmaltzThe French film festival’s 78th edition was strong if rarely spectacular – but still threw up a few surprisesMon May 26 2025 - 05:02
Mission impossible: If you want to see how desperate Hollywood is, just look at what happens to movie titlesHollywood’s serial chopping and changing of franchise movie titles shows the studios will go to any lenghts to Anything to grab audiences’ attentionSun May 25 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, The Phoenician Scheme, The Flats, When the Light BreaksSun May 25 2025 - 04:45
Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an AccidentHarry Lighton’s Pillion, produced by Dublin-based Element Pictures, takes award for best screenplay in the Un Certain Regard sectionSat May 24 2025 - 20:22
Benicio Del Toro: ‘I do movies that are more than just shooting and killing’Benicio Del Toro and Michael Cera speak about their roles in Wes Anderson's latest filmSat May 24 2025 - 05:28
The Movie Quiz: How long has Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise gone on for?Plus: Which was the first film in colour to win best picture at the Oscars?Fri May 23 2025 - 07:50
The Flats: Excellent post-Troubles documentary that illuminates how trauma can nag away for decadesMost of Alessandra Celesia’s film focuses on a man who finds it hard to set aside the old unhappinessFri May 23 2025 - 05:00
No popcorn, no phones, no buckets of fast food: you realise how bad Irish cinemas are when you see films in ideal surroundingsGoing to the movies was never so idyllic as old bores pretend. But handheld devices and noisy food have made it so much worseSun May 18 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekExcellent performances in harrowing thriller Hallow Road. Plus an enjoyably nasty comic horror sequel, a low-key coming of age drama and a scattershot satire of Americans abroadSun May 18 2025 - 05:00
Bono at Cannes: ‘You wrote this story. The Edge wrote this story. Adam and Larry wrote this story. McGuinness wrote this story’The film version of the singer’s stage show Stories of Surrender received a seven-minute standing ovationSat May 17 2025 - 10:12
Cannes 2025: Tom Cruise’s death-defying wing-walking, and the festival’s ban on an actor accused of assaultCannes Diary: Plus reviews of The Sound of Falling, The Left-Handed Girl, and Two ProsecutorsFri May 16 2025 - 09:11
Cannes film festival 2025 quiz: What is the Palme d’Or-winning film on this year’s poster?To tie into the 78th edition of the festival, a special all-Cannes queryFri May 16 2025 - 05:00
First Look: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: Tom Cruise gets all sentimental amid some suave mayhemMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at Cannes film festival: the closing film in the Tom Cruise series takes itself far too seriouslyWed May 14 2025 - 21:00
