The Dan Daw Show review: A miraculous piece of theatreDublin Fringe Festival 2023: The âcrip kinkâ billing promises the transgressive. The performance is much moreSat Sept 23 2023 - 12:45
Wes Anderson on his new Roald Dahl film: âNo one who is not the author should be modifying somebody elseâs bookâBenedict Cumberbatch, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes and Dev Patel star in the directorâs faithfully scripted new film of The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarSat Sept 23 2023 - 05:30
Ballywalter review: Painfully honest drama sees Patrick Kielty perform the worst stand-up routinesSeĂĄna Kerslake brings an edge and unpredictability that animates a carefully shaded storyFri Sept 22 2023 - 05:30
RMN: Urgent, fiercely intelligent migration drama from a modern masterRomanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu dissects European hypocrisies and contradictions in this film based on a real-life xenophobic eventFri Sept 22 2023 - 05:15
RMN: Palme dâOr winner Cristian Mungiu on his powerful Transylvanian tale of migrants and bearsâNobody really knows how life is here in Romania, and especially cultural life. There are still people believing that we speak Russian or that itâs very coldâThu Sept 21 2023 - 05:00
Ken Loach: âIreland has always been wonderful... even though the police in the North chased us outâThe director on his new film, The Old Oak, set in a ravaged mining community in northeast England, and why he may wrap up the film-making at 87Sun Sept 17 2023 - 05:15
Cassandro: An impressive cast leaves the impression of being part of a celebrationThe flamboyant Mexican luchador gets the fabulous biopic he deservesFri Sept 15 2023 - 05:00
âI donât think the role of movies is to punish people. A movie isnât a courtâJapanâs master of outrageous tragedy on incorporating sign language into new film Love Life, complicated humans and his goal of depicting life as it isWed Sept 13 2023 - 05:00
El Conde: The ghosts of fascism past are back in their very own Gothic horrorA deserving winner of the Best Screenplay at the Venice Film FestivalTue Sept 12 2023 - 21:03
A Symbiotic Symphonic Movement review: A triptych of experimental compositions casts a spellDublin Fringe Festival 2023: Inside Teak House, some attendees bow their heads in a liminal trance. Others lie down and absorb the noiseSun Sept 10 2023 - 10:17
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3: The mounting Hellenic horrors include a flabby story, damp jokes and an occasional goatThe Vardalos family are back for a messy, pointless second sequel to the cheery originalFri Sept 08 2023 - 00:01
Angelheaded Hipster: This Marc Bolan documentary is at its best when it lets the T Rex frontman do the talkingDespite pedestrian contributions by the likes of U2, Lucinda Williams, Joan Jett and others, Bolanâs electric warrior spirit shines throughThu Sept 07 2023 - 05:00
A Life on the Farm: âGetting Koo Stark in the film was the weirdest conversation everâ Prince Andrewâs former girlfriend is an unexpected contributor to Oscar Hardingâs quirky film about outsider artist Charles CarsonTue Sept 05 2023 - 05:00
Bobi Wine: The Peopleâs President â Ugandaâs charismatic âpresident of the ghettoâ under pressureThe former pop starâs professional swerve into politics has come at great personal costFri Sept 01 2023 - 05:00
Sound of Freedom: Ignore the huffing and puffing about this film. Itâs not such a holy show after allJim Caziezel puts in his fiercest turn since The Passion of the ChristWed Aug 30 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekThe charming, hilarious send-up Theater Camp, the entertaining The Blackening, Christian Petzoldâs singular Afire, and the knockabout ScrapperSun Aug 27 2023 - 05:00
âWe didnât have an intimacy co-ordinator. We decided to build this thing together and trust one anotherâPassages actor Franz Rogowski on charming psychopathy and creating convincing relationships with AdĂšle Exarchopoulos and Ben WhishawSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Afire: This entertaining, masterly, genre-defying comedy rightly took home Berlinâs Silver Bear German master Christian Petzold deftly weaves ecological catastrophe, sexual capering and a portrait of beta masculinity into something extraordinaryFri Aug 25 2023 - 05:00
Scrapper: Charlotte Reganâs surefooted debut is as plucky as its title suggestsThe tricky father-daughter relationship at this filmâs heart makes it a poppier, knockabout cousin of AftersunFri Aug 25 2023 - 05:00
Afire: Germanyâs most admired contemporary film-maker didnât realise how funny â and revealing â his new movie isChristian Petzold, Germanyâs most admired contemporary film-maker, didnât realise how funny â and possibly revealing â his new movie isTue Aug 22 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekLatino culture celebrated in enjoyable DC yarn Blue Beetle, plus chilly AI drama T.I.M., unfunny adult doggy tale Strays, and Desperate Optimists in thoughtful The Future TenseSun Aug 20 2023 - 05:00
The Future Tense: Desperate Optimists take a pleasingly meandering look at relations between Ireland and its nearest neighbourAlthough not everything in their documentary comes off, artists Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor make for great companyThu Aug 17 2023 - 05:00
Victor Belmondo: âAt the end of the movie my grandfather is shot. I was a kid and I was cryingâItâs hard to follow in the footsteps of an icon, but Jean-Paul Belmondoâs grandson is quietly becoming a screen star in his own rightWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
Tim: What happens when a creepy robot assistant takes over your home? Hereâs a cautionary taleA couple move into a high-tech home with a machine manservant, and you donât need AI to tell you how that all works outWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekA fun cast canât save Disneyâs limp Haunted Mansion. Plus sensitive Trouble documentary Face Down, true-life video game tale Gran Turismo, and PenĂ©lope Cruz in Italian transgender drama LâimmensitĂ Sun Aug 13 2023 - 05:00
Craig Revel Horwood: âMy life was better before Strictly Come DancingâThe director, choreographer and Strictly star returns to Dublin with an electrifying turn as Miss Hannigan in AnnieSun Aug 13 2023 - 05:00
A charismatic PenĂ©lope Cruz anchors this charming transgender coming-of-age drama in LâImmensitĂ Immensity of filmâs title refers to the complications of growing up, compounded by gender identity, precarious mental health and the disintegration of a marriageFri Aug 11 2023 - 05:00
Gran Turismo: The real-life story of Jann Mardenborough has heart and speedArchie Madekwe is hugely likable as the Cardiff bedroom gamer who makes it big on the racetrackWed Aug 09 2023 - 05:00
Gran Turismoâs Jann Mardenborough: âIt was the darkest moment of my personal and professional lifeâThe racing driver was keen for the tragedy of a crash that killed a spectator to be included in the exhilarating new film based on his careerWed Aug 09 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekInclusive new TMNT animation is excellent family fun. Plus vital transgender doc Kokomo City, French Bataclan drama Paris Memories, and weakly whimsical murder mystery Maggie Moore(s)Sun Aug 06 2023 - 05:00
Paris Memories: Delicate, affecting drama explores life after a terrorist attackDrawing from her brotherâs experiences at the Bataclan in 2015, director Alice Winocour brings nuanced performances from her stars Virginie Efira and BenoĂźt MagimelFri Aug 04 2023 - 05:00
Maggie Moore(s): What are Jon Hamm and Tina Fey doing in this ill-advised murder comedy?Director John Slattery cannot reconcile the cacophony of incongruous tones in this tale of two namesake murder victimsThu Aug 03 2023 - 05:00
Kokomo City is a landmark in trans representation on screenKokomo City, the former music producerâs Sundance-winning film, is a landmark in trans representation on screenMon Jul 31 2023 - 05:00
Everybody Loves Jeanne: Tart romcom with a revelatory turn from stand-up comic Blanche GardinThis charming film is a great debut for film-maker CĂ©line DevauxFri Jul 28 2023 - 05:00
The Beanie Bubble review: Creepy-cute Zach Galifianakis is brilliant as the elusive Beanie Babies billionaireThe cuddliest critique of capitalist greed and workplace sexism of the yearThu Jul 27 2023 - 04:00
A secret gay history of UK espionage: âThe skill-set of homosexuals and spies overlappedâHuw Lemmey, a novelist and host of the Bad Gays podcast, has made the intriguing spy film UngentleMon Jul 24 2023 - 06:05
Nicole Holofcener: âItâs shocking the way money is thrown around on a big-budget movieâ Director will continue making films about shrinks, television producers and theatre practitioners who remain poignantly and amusingly human, even when they do awful thingsSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:15
They Cloned Tyrone: Squint and this sci-fi comedy satire could be a blaxploitation classicDirector Juel Taylor channels 1974âČs Foxy Brown and 2017 horror hit Get Out in this race-conscious story of a two-bit drug dealer who is shot dead and brought back to lifeFri Jul 21 2023 - 05:00
Oppenheimer review: Cillian Murphy gives a commanding turn. But why is Florence Pugh reduced to Crazy Naked Chick?Not unlike its subject, the father of the atomic bomb, Christopher Nolanâs 12th feature is deeply flawed but brilliantWed Jul 19 2023 - 18:23
How exactly did Barbie get her groove back?: âAnything and everything you wanted her to beâInspired by a German âexhibitionist and floozyâ and reviled by generations of feminists, Barbie now synonymises more than a childâs dollSat Jul 15 2023 - 06:00
Puffin Rock and the New Friends: Chris OâDowd at his charming best in a world-conquering Irish animationThereâs enough jeopardy to keep small humans riveted in this first big-screen outing, but nothing too scaryFri Jul 14 2023 - 07:00
Medusa: Consistently trippy satirical art-house horror takes aim at Brazilâs evangelical cultsThe filmâs ideas about women as religious enforcers, complicit in their own subjugation, are fascinatingFri Jul 14 2023 - 05:00
âFreediving was like nothing Iâd ever seenâ: breathtaking Irish film about a deeply dangerous sport garners early awards buzzKildare filmmaker Laura McGannâs documentary The Deepest Breath centres on the mysterious bond between an Italian competitor and her Irish safety diverMon Jul 10 2023 - 05:30
Simon Pegg: âWeâre at a tipping point, and people are getting upset because so and so isnât playing Spider-ManâThe nerdy obsessive behind Shaun of the Dead and Spaced has come such a long way that Tom Cruise even has a nickname for himSun Jul 09 2023 - 06:30
Four new films to see this weekCruise & co firing on all cylinders in latest Mission: Impossible, plus Pierce Brosnan in fun caper comedy The Out-Laws, French satire Smoking Causes Coughing, and Morocco-set drama The Damned Donât CrySun Jul 09 2023 - 05:00
The Damned Donât Cry: âAfter a few days of being shy, the cast was like: my character would never, ever say thatâFyzal Boulifa on learning to trust the non-professional cast of his Morocco-set second feature, The Damned Donât CrySat Jul 08 2023 - 05:15
Smoking Causes Coughing: Vive les super-herosSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has a worthy rival in this French Power Rangers spoofFri Jul 07 2023 - 05:00
The Damned Donât Cry: Brilliant Moroccan melodrama offsets tragedy with beautyFyzal Boulifaâs muscular second feature is about a mother and sonâs achingly human need for security and belongingThu Jul 06 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekHarrison Ford does his gruffly charming best in frenetic but underwhelming Indiana Jones 5, plus enjoyable animation Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken, amiable doc Hello, Bookstore, and Successionâs Sarah Snook in eerie Run Rabbit RunSun Jul 02 2023 - 05:00
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken: starry cast fails to save an amiable but busy yarnAnimated film canât decide if itâs a menstrual metaphor, generational conflict story, Nickelodeon sitcom or underwater Harry PotterFri Jun 30 2023 - 05:15
