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Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week rated

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 06:00

Racy film about the last tsar sends Russians into a rage

Why does a bodice ripper about Nicholas II have Russians setting fire to the director’s office?

Mon Sept 25 2017 - 05:00

Chef’s Table review: sit down for one episode, binge on three

To eat at Jeong Kwan’s, one must have embarked fully on the road to spiritual enlightenment – which makes it an easier booking than Noma

Thu Feb 23 2017 - 13:00

SS-GB review: isolated Britain falling under fascist rule. Imagine that

An economically suffering Britain falls under the influence of fascist rule. Thankfully nothing as unsettling as the BBC’s gripping alternative history could happen in reality. Wait a minute . . .

Mon Feb 20 2017 - 12:48

Personal Shopper Cannes review: Kristen Stewart film gets booed at festival

The Cannes crowd react to a ghost story with no scares and a psychological drama with no grip

Tue May 17 2016 - 12:54

Review: Hamlet

The festival opens with the Schaubuhne’s riveting and dangerous production of Hamlet. Though this be madness, yet there’s method in it

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 13:09

Ostermeier’s ‘Hamlet’: what did you expect?

A thrillingly raw production of ‘Hamlet’ from Berlin’s Schaubühne theatre gives Shakespeare’s famously unstable character a licence to improvise. Is its famously iconoclastic director in complete control?

Sat Aug 23 2014 - 01:00