Four new films to see this weekM Night Shyamalan’s Old, plus I Never Cry, The World to Come, Air ConditionerSun Jul 25 2021 - 06:00
King Shark Sylvester Stallone: ‘I’m looking for love. It’s the loneliest apex predator’The affable star does not phone it in even when playing a CGI fish in The Suicide SquadSat Jul 24 2021 - 05:00
The World to Come: Tale of forbidden love in frontier America that subverts expectationsAward-winning drama features powerful performances and gorgeous cinematographyFri Jul 23 2021 - 05:00
Air Conditioner: Vibrant Angolan debut that is like nothing you have seen beforeThis surreal odyssey is pitched somewhere between science fiction and magic realismFri Jul 23 2021 - 05:00
Director Mona Fastvold: ‘It’s like people don’t associate female filmmakers with auteurs’Norwegian film-maker on her long-awaited second feature dubbed a period, lesbian Brokeback MountainThu Jul 22 2021 - 05:00
James Gunn: ‘If superhero movies don’t change, it’s gonna get really boring’Director on being cancelled, visual effects and reworking The Suicide SquadWed Jul 21 2021 - 05:00
Cannes Film Festival railed against the Zoom and gloom with swagger and styleAwards offered a spectacular anomaly in a year of virtual, scaled-back ceremoniesTue Jul 20 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekUnsettling Deerskin, Fear Street trilogy, sequels to The Croods and Space JamSun Jul 18 2021 - 06:00
Confusion at Cannes as Spike Lee reveals Palme d’Or winner too soonFrench director Julia Ducournau’s serial killer odyssey Titane wins top honourSat Jul 17 2021 - 05:00
Space Jam: A New Legacy – That’s not all, folksLeBron James succeeds Michael Jordan in Warner Bros merch-festFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:00
The Croods: A New Age – Prehistoric family gets a second outingReview: With a good cast and reasonable jokes, this sequel passes the timeFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:00
Kelly Marie Tran on Star Wars hate speech: ‘Through the stuff, I always had my friends’The actor on toxic fanbases, being on ‘an improv team of all-Asian women’ and Croods 2Thu Jul 15 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekBlockbuster Black Widow, US indie First Cow, and Euro dramas Jumbo and ToveSun Jul 11 2021 - 06:00
Fairground attraction: object sexuality delicately depicted by Zoé WittockJumbo is an award-winning coming-of-age romance featuring Noémie MerlantSat Jul 10 2021 - 05:00
Tove: Moomins creator’s postwar bohemia lovingly recreatedConventional biopic of Tove Jansson is frustrating at times but there are things to admireFri Jul 09 2021 - 05:00
First Cow: Trapped by the bonds of historyReview: Fine ensemble gives added weight to story of American frontierFri Jul 09 2021 - 05:00
RL Stine has sold 400 million books: ‘And people say kids don’t read’The Goosebumps author on his rules for writing and the new Fear Street films on NetflixThu Jul 08 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekOscar winner Another Round, Irish horror Son, docs Last Man Standing, Lady BossSun Jul 04 2021 - 06:00
Last Man Standing: Revisiting the Biggie & Tupac crime sceneNick Broomfield delves deeper into the gang links with Suge Knight’s Death Row RecordsFri Jul 02 2021 - 05:00
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story – An entertaining romp that goes beyond the shoulderpadsAdmiring documentary works best when it finds parallels between writer and charactersFri Jul 02 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekFast & Furious 9, Supernova, Fatima, The Hitman’s Wife’s BodyguardSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:00
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard: A film so bad it tests your faith in humanityNow that cinemas are finally open, it’s hard to think of a worse way to mark the occasionFri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00
Fatima: Restoring faith in the Marian apparition flickGorgeously shot film about mystical children in turn-of-the-century PortugalFri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00
Ivan Kavanagh: ‘My family knows if something happens, I’ll use it in a film’The Irish film-maker on his new horror, Son, and the influences behind his workTue Jun 22 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week, including Pixar’s latest streamingLuca, In the Heights, In the Earth, The Money OrderSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
The Money Order: A classic of west African cinemaOusmane Sembène’s 1968 film as exciting and politically charged as everFri Jun 18 2021 - 05:00
In the Heights: Looking on the bright side of New York lifeLin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway hit comes to the screen in all its upbeat gloryFri Jun 18 2021 - 05:00
Elia Suleiman: ‘Palestine has become globalised’The director’s new film, It Must Be Heaven, is another droll comedy about the Middle EastWed Jun 16 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekA Quiet Place II, The Father and Peter Rabbit 2 in cinemas, Ellie & Abbie on demandSun Jun 13 2021 - 06:00
The Father: Oscar-winning Anthony Hopkins excels in this moving portrait of a fragmenting mindFlorian Zeller’s film distorts and disorients in line with its dementia-hit protagonist’s perceptionsFri Jun 11 2021 - 05:00
Peter Rabbit 2: Quaint Potter creations turn to a life of crimeSelf-reflexive sequel plays up the laughs to good effect as the humans steal the showFri Jun 11 2021 - 05:00
Millennial angst, kvetching and a nerve-racking setup: How to give a comic film-writing masterclassFor Shiva Baby, director Emma Seligman draws on the unintentional comedy of her upbringingWed Jun 09 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week, including Conjuring 3 in cinemasThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Dinner in America, Gunda, After LoveSun Jun 06 2021 - 06:00
The Devil Made Me Do It: the Conjuring franchise returns for another frightLike many modern thrillers, the set up spooks more than the climaxFri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00
Dinner in America: cringe-making firecracker of a comedySurreal, offbeat romance is shocking for all the right reasonsFri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00
Demonology’s best-known power couple are backPatrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles in the billion-dollar Conjuring franchiseWed Jun 02 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekCruella, I Used to Be Normal, Earwig and the Witch, Alex Ferguson: Never Give InSun May 30 2021 - 06:00
All life is beautiful: Animals take centre stage in GundaViktor Kossakovsky’s Gunda is a documentary about the daily life of a pig, two cows and a chickenSat May 29 2021 - 05:00
Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – A solid and fast-moving tributeFilm review: This intimate portrait is consistently engaging– even for a Liverpool fanFri May 28 2021 - 05:00
Earwig and the Witch: Studio Ghibli takes animation to a new dimensionFilm review: This bubbly effort, the studio’s first in all CG, should please younger viewersFri May 28 2021 - 05:00
Jenny Beavan: How I got Cruella de Vil dressed to killThe Oscar-winning costume designer on working on the biggest project of her careerThu May 27 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekThe 8th, Army of the Dead, State Funeral, My New York YearSun May 23 2021 - 06:00
Zack Snyder: ‘In a zombie film, the monster is us’The ‘divisive’ director on horror film Army of the Dead and his version of Justice LeagueSat May 22 2021 - 05:00
My New York Year: a Devil Wears Prada for the literary worldLacklustre adaptation remains watchable despite shortcomingsFri May 21 2021 - 05:00
State Funeral: A remarkable portrait of the aftermath of Stalin’s deathReview: This fascinating and invaluable found-footage film is worthy of its titleFri May 21 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this week, including an Oscar contenderThe Auschwitz Escape and Servants from Slovakia, Be Good or Be Gone and The SwordsmanSun May 16 2021 - 06:00
Pat Murphy: ‘It was so volatile. I was in fear all the time’Made in 1981, Maeve was strikingly political in exploring feminism, history and the NorthSat May 15 2021 - 05:00
Servants: Church and state collude and collideAn elliptical, chilly and sometimes muddled portrait of 1980s seminaryFri May 14 2021 - 05:00
The Swordsman: A Korean take on TakenReview: An elegant historical drama but the plot goes nowhere specialFri May 14 2021 - 05:00
John Hawkes: ‘I semi-retired at 19. Which I highly recommend’The End of Sentence star on his punk rock ethos and the road-trip movie that took him to IrelandThu May 13 2021 - 05:00
