The Treatment review: Sick, sad, vile and utterly effectiveThis film adaptation of a Mo Hayder thriller pulls no punches about incest, paedophilia and abductionThu Aug 20 2015 - 22:00
Theeb review: Western under the heat of the desert sunA fine coming-of-age tale set in 1916 in the Ottoman Empire is no ‘Lawrence of Arabia’Thu Aug 20 2015 - 21:00
Gemma Bovery review: An affair to forget as new version never takes offModern take on Gustave Flaubert’s ‘Madame Bovary’ looks pretty but lacks substanceThu Aug 20 2015 - 19:00
The Great Wall review: A beautiful tour of Europe’s divisionsO’Sullivan’s camera takes us from the borders of Bulgaria to the City of London and on to the disturbances in GreeceThu Aug 20 2015 - 17:00
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. review: Sixties spy-caper style over substanceHenry Cavill and Armie Hammer turn on the hunk, Guy Ritchie turns on the style in this mindless but diverting take on the vintage spy showFri Aug 14 2015 - 11:07
Greta Gerwig: “People aren’t all one thing, so characters shouldn’t be one thing.”Mumblecore maven Greta Gerwig has moved on and up. In her third gig with director/main squeeze Noah Baumbach, she channels her inner uptown wild thingFri Aug 14 2015 - 06:00
Pixels review: They made this film . . . for some reasonIt’s not a bad idea for a movie but underwritten characters and bad dialogue dominateThu Aug 13 2015 - 21:00
Precinct Seven Five review: the baddest cop on the blockMichael Dowd tells all in this thrilling documentary about his own corruptionThu Aug 13 2015 - 19:00
Manglehorn review: an extremely odd film that's not quite mysterious enoughAl Pacino displays nuance (really) as a grizzled malcontent stranded in a Texan backwater, but there are hints of something else underpinning the enigmatic screenplayFri Aug 07 2015 - 15:17
Hard to Be a God review: a sprawling, epic, exhausting, disgusting masterpieceThis fetid, oblique Russian epic took forever to make, and the result is a powerful argument for the vitality of civilisationThu Aug 06 2015 - 22:00
A Doctor’s Sword review: Secrets of an extraordinary lifeGripping documentary about Corkman’s war experiences uses his own voice as narrationThu Aug 06 2015 - 19:00
Alberto Rodríguez’ Marshland: True Detective, paella styleHBO’s cult series has much in common with the hit Spanish thriller ‘Marshland’. That’s no bother, says Alberto Rodríguez, director of this incendiary police drama set in the bad old post-dictatorship daysThu Aug 06 2015 - 16:00
Beyond the Reach review: death-defyingly daft, eye-rubbingly stupidMichael Douglas finds more than enough scenery to chew in the Mojave Desert in this ludicrous remake of The Road Runner ShowTue Aug 04 2015 - 17:30
Iris review: smart, funny and commendably anti-fashionFor all the frivolity of her business (fashion), Iris Apfel is smart and sassy enough for us to see past a life of privilege and walk-in wardrobesFri Jul 31 2015 - 11:13
Man with a Movie Camera review: power to The PeopleDziga Vertov’s 1929 documentary is rightly considered one of the best films ever madeThu Jul 30 2015 - 21:00
Cub review: bleeder of the packHellishly unhappy campers versus whatever it is that’s stalking them in this nifty, efficient horror film from BelgiumThu Jul 30 2015 - 20:00
Oliver Hirschbiegel: from Hitler to Princess Diana and back againThe ‘Downfall’ director is back with another incendiary look at Deutsches Reich, this time about one lone oddball who decided to strike backThu Jul 30 2015 - 16:08
The Legend of Barney Thompson review: mother cuts to the quickRobert Carlyle’s pitch-black murder comedy is a triumph for a deglamourised Emma Thompson, as the ultimate parent from hellSun Jul 26 2015 - 09:34
‘The Legend of Barney Thompson’: Robert Carlyle throws a curveballThe ‘Trainspotting’ star’s debut as a director is not a predictable low-key indie film but a riotous comedy starring Ray Winstone and Emma ThompsonSun Jul 26 2015 - 08:00
You’re Ugly Too review: two pains in the assesMark Noonan’s debut Irish drama is problematic but impressive, backed up by the stars’ winning two-stepFri Jul 24 2015 - 06:00
Eden review: dancing into paradiseDespite cameos from the likes of Daft Punk, this drama about French Touch music never loses sight of the genre’s garage originsFri Jul 24 2015 - 03:30
The true story that made Rupert Goold jump from stage to screenThe director’s first film explores the dynamic between a murderer and a journalistTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
The Wonders review: trippy hippie dippy family flickieThis off-the-wall French comedy has charm but not much plot momentumFri Jul 17 2015 - 04:00
Ant-Man review: super downsize meAfter the bombast of ‘Age of Ultron’, this lo-fi Marvel release is as enjoyably laid-back as its amiable star, Paul Rudd, though the pleasures are decidedly small of scaleThu Jul 16 2015 - 19:29
One more time: Eden reignites a Daft Punk raveThe birth and eventual death of French Touch is explored in an absorbing French film, written by the promoter who was there from the beginningWed Jul 15 2015 - 05:46
Tomm Moore, Celtic cartoonist with two Oscar nods‘Other animators always tell me I’m living the dream’, says the Cartoon Saloon co-founder, and who is he to disagree? Two Oscar nods have given him international clout, but the director of ‘Song of the Sea’ intends to stay the Irish indie courseFri Jul 10 2015 - 05:00
The Choir review: The stars shine but it’s the music that makes the movieThough rather predictable, François Girard’s film is still moving and has a fine soundtrackThu Jul 09 2015 - 18:23
P’tit Quinquin review: where the weird things areCattle mutilations in a provincial town, but this fabulously oddball French mini-series is like no other mystery imaginableThu Jul 09 2015 - 16:38
Ted 2 review: Thunderbuddies are go - someone should have yelled stop!Once again, bongs are toked, bad taste is explored, but thrill and the novelty are gone from Seth McFarlane’s teddy-bear sequelThu Jul 09 2015 - 14:48
Touch of Evil review: inventive, nightmarish, funIt has undergone a narrative restoration, but Orson Welles’ baroque masterpiece remains pitch-perfectThu Jul 09 2015 - 13:55
Magic Mike XXL review: stripped of all worthThe original film showed a dark underbelly – all the sequel has is spray-tanned absThu Jul 09 2015 - 11:38
Simon Fitzmaurice: ‘I’m a bit of a stubborn bastard’We’ll say. Stricken with MND and given four years to live, Simon Fitzmaurice has bounced back with a crowdfunded Film Fleadh world premiere starring Harry Potter fave Evanna LynchSat Jul 04 2015 - 05:30
Magician, the Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles reviewDocumentary reveals what citizen Welles did after making his most famous movieThu Jul 02 2015 - 14:25
Amy Winehouse: "The clues were in the songs. The songs tell you everything"Director Asif Kapadia’s biopic of Amy Winehouse follows his award-winning ‘Senna’. But, he says, the singer’s life and death was by far the trickier tale to untangleSat Jun 27 2015 - 02:00
The Terminator review: Well, he said he'd be back...Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron’s cyborg blockbuster on a B-movie budget is still the one to beat, three decades onFri Jun 26 2015 - 12:10
The Overnight review: meandering beyond the limits of mumblecoreThe actors largely improvised dialogue is not enough to sustain even the meagre 79-minute running timeFri Jun 26 2015 - 11:02
Minions review: an adventure to call their very ownThe much-loved yellow critters from ‘Despicable Me’ put in winning performanceThu Jun 25 2015 - 16:00
Station to Station review: an army of artists takes the train, and the art just flits byDoug Aitken’s rolling meditation on creativity features 62 one-minute films featuring the likes of Beck, Cat Power and Gary IndianaThu Jun 25 2015 - 13:23
London Road review: nasty, brutish and melodic...Rufus Norris’s new film - based on a horrifyingly violent true story - has important and chilling things to say about the media, prostitutes and the petite bourgeoisie... in songFri Jun 19 2015 - 11:13
Entourage review: an unwanted, unlovely, sparklingly laugh-free movieThe endless HBO series is inexplicably given a big-screen resurrection that’s lazy and largely laugh-freeFri Jun 19 2015 - 11:12
Are Minions the modern-day version of Charlie Chaplin?The babbling yellow army of banana eaters now have a film of their own. Creator Pierre Coffin explains the lingo and their inspirationThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:00
The Misfits review: when art and life collideJohn Huston’s drama-and-booze soaked western features career-best performances from Marilyn Monroe and Clark GableWed Jun 17 2015 - 15:54
The devil finds work for Liam Cunningham to doGame of Thrones has brought the Dublin actor global exposure, but he’s happier playing a wicked role in Irish horror film Let Us Prey than taking the big chequesMon Jun 15 2015 - 01:00
Joshua Oppenheimer: ‘A crime against humanity is a crime against all of us’US documentary maker Joshua Oppenheimer on The Look of Silence, his second incendiary film about genocide in IndonesiaFri Jun 12 2015 - 05:00
Let Us Prey review: Just when you imagine the people onscreen couldn’t be more evil, they areEveryone’s a serious nutcase in this violently gripping Grand GuignolFri Jun 12 2015 - 00:00
Black Coal, Thin Ice review: A chilling Chinese spin on hardboiled noir tropesHere’s an effective Asian spin on hardboiled noir tropes, with a gumshoe every bit as tough as BogartThu Jun 11 2015 - 23:00
West review: Fascinating procedural anchored by clever and frequently carnal performancesA widow gets out from behind the Iron Curtain, only to find the West isn’t everything its cracked up to be in this German return to the bad old days of the Cold WarThu Jun 11 2015 - 20:00
Fortune's Wheel: Daring young man from Fairview and his mane eventDocumentary about lion-tamer Bill Stephens won award at Dublin International Film FestivalThu Jun 04 2015 - 22:30
Electric Boogaloo review: Bronson! Norris! And Bo Derek too!Schlock movie buffs of a certain age will enjoy this clips-rich look at the heyday of Cannon Films, though it’s go-go masterminds are sadly missing in actionThu Jun 04 2015 - 21:00
Spy review: Thoroughly likeable espionage caperPaul Feig has recalled half of his ‘Bridesmaids’ cast including Melissa McCarthy and Rose ByrneThu Jun 04 2015 - 17:00
