Hugo Weaving and James Frecheville star in this grim period western set in 19th century Ireland.
Hollywood funny guy Paul Feig tries his hand at something a little different with this fizzy comedy thriller.
Despite an impressive cast, Lenny Abrahamson’s gothic ghost story never quite manages to deliver the desired chills.
Robert Pattinson gets flung into deep space in Claire Denis’ beguiling, exceptional English-language debut.
Jeremy Saulnier continues his excellent run with this haunting Alaskan mystery thriller starring Jeffrey Wright and Riley Keough.
Xavier Dolan’s overly earnest, star-packed drama concerns the untimely demise of an American TV idol.
Barry Jenkins’ faithful adaptation of James Baldwin’s heartbreaking love story is pure cinematic poetry.
Hollywood icon Robert Redford plays a charming career criminal in his final ever screen performance.
Elisabeth Moss is on showstopping form as a self-destructive punk singer in Alex Ross Perry’s manic mediation on fame.
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is a moving portrayal of adolescent isolation set within Los Angeles’ ’90s skating scene.
Melissa McCarthy proves her dramatic chops as a literary forger in Marielle Heller’s follow-up to The Diary of a Teenage Girl.
Steve McQueen turns his formidable filmmaking talent to the heist genre with impressive and passionate results.
Jamie Lee Curtis faces her old adversary once again in David Gordon Green’s thrilling John Carpenter-approved sequel.
Hugh Jackman makes headlines for all the wrong reasons in Jason Reitman’s biopic of would-be president Gary Hart.
Peter Strickland spins a yarn about a very literal phantom thread in his most audacious and bizarre film to date.
Timothée Chalamet delivers a heartbreaking turn as a meth addict struggling with relapse and rehabilitation.
Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly play gunslinging siblings in Jacques Audiard’s warm-hearted western adventure.
The Irish rising star talks American Animals, shoplifting and how playing a certain type of character can lead to having weird dreams on set.
The US film and television actor discusses playing a conversion therapy pastor in Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
Desiree Akhavan presents a confident, heartbreaking portrait of life inside a Christian conversion therapy camp.
Johnny Knoxville plays a theme park entrepreneur with no regard for customer safety in this well-meaning but ultimately uninspired comedy.
A puppet detective investigates a series of brutal murders in this underwhelming comedy from Brian Henson.
A group of friends become embroiled in a sadistic internet game in the latest found footage phenomenon.
Jason Statham squares off against a prehistoric behemoth in Jon Turteltaub’s silly and overcomplicated thriller.
Ana Brun’s award-winning performance powers this empathetic portrait of Paraguayan elites.
The director of Sundance hit Hearts Beat Loud talks about his favourite bands, Stephen Sondheim, and provides an impassioned defence of compilation soundtracks.
A single father and his teenage daughter form a band in Brett Haley's sweet comedy.
Marvel checks in with their most diminutive hero in this entertaining Infinity War Part Two pit-stop.
Claire Denis and Barry Jenkins will present their latest work when the festival kicks off on 6 September.
Jodie Foster runs a hospital for criminals in director Drew Pearce’s zany futuristic neo-noir.
Lauren Green field surveys the influence of affluence in this captivating documentary.
In her new Netflix special, the Australian comic refuses to play by the rules of stand-up comedy.
Dwayne Johnson takes on terrorists in a towering inferno in this run-of-the-mill blockbuster.
The festival’s 62nd edition kicks off with the international premiere of the British director’s fourth feature.
Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos couple up in this naff Belgian crime-drama.
A preacher struggles with a crisis of faith in Paul Schrader's mind-bending spiritual drama.
Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play a gay couple in a cringeworthy comedy built on very weak foundations.
Family remains very much at the heart of Brad Bird and Pixar’s animated superhero sequel.
Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek star in this serviceable but unnecessary remake of the classic prison camp drama.
Kelly Macdonald plays a technophobe with a penchant for solving puzzles in a drama whose pieces don’t quite fit together.
Jane Campion’s achingly beautiful Palme d’Or-winning masterpiece receives a rerelease to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
A painful sense of impending dread fills every frame of Ari Aster’s searing cinematic debut.
The star of Ari Aster’s Hereditary talks grief, audiobooks and why we should all go to the cinema more often.
Encouraging new voices from diverse backgrounds into a stagnant industry can only be a positive thing.
Michael Myers is back to terrorise Jamie Lee Curtis in the sequel to John Carpenter’s horror classic.
There’s lots to look forward to at Sundance’s annual London showcase.
Jennifer Fox’s autobiographical debut makes for harrowing but essential viewing.
Adam Holender and Michael Childers reflect on the making of this iconic New York movie.
Brie Larson’s directorial debut and a special focus on American female filmmakers are among the highlights of the 72nd EIFF.
Ryan Reynolds’ merc with a mouth returns to the big screen for another instalment of X-rated antics.
John Cameron Mitchell returns to the director’s chair with a tale of teenage intergalactic romance.
Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature strives to reframe the rape-revenge subgenre but misses the mark by a considerable margin.
As beleaguered detective Dave Toschi, Ruffalo turns in arguably the finest turn of his career to date.
Jason Reitman reunites with Diablo Cody and Charlize Theron for a frank exploration of motherhood.
Marvel lays it all on the line in their pan-property pièce de résistance – a full-tilt triumph of blockbuster filmmaking.
A star-making turn in Beast is set to launch Irish actor Jessie Buckley into the stratosphere.
Leads Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn are magnificent in this moody Jersey-set drama from Michael Pearce.
Dwayne Johnson goes toe-to-toe with some genetically-altered giants in this silly and entertaining blockbuster.
A group of criminals attempt to carry off the sting of the century in Rob Cohen’s audacious action-thriller.
Everybody Knows is set for the coveted opening slot of the festival on 8 May.
A humongous creative undertaking and a simple love of dogs combine for the most staggering achievement of Wes Anderson’s career.
Ill-fated sailor Donald Crowhurst gets a second biopic in as many years, this time from director Simon Rumley.
John Boyega gamely fills Idris Elba’s shoes in this madcap sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s shiny robot romp.
For all its ambition and artistic vision, Ava DuVernay’s glossy YA fairy tale fails to deliver.
Wes Anderson’s new film is getting its very own food-themed pop-up exhibition.
Ruben Östlund’s agreeably bizarre fifth feature is an art world satire of ambitious vision.
Joaquin Phoenix and director Lynne Ramsay combine forces to deliver a sensational cinematic sucker punch.
The world was watching a little more closely last night as the first post-Weinstein Academy Awards took place.
Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams’ weekly board game night takes a turn for the worse in this playful action comedy.
A star is born in Sebastián Lelio’s drama about a trans woman coming to terms with the death of her partner.
Documentarian Lauren Greenfield speaks to the wealthy and the weary in this bold, personal meditation on money and obsession.
James Erskine’s documentary delves into the life of revolutionary British skater John Curry.
Gus Van Sant reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for an oddball comedy-drama about disability and addiction.
Margot Robbie shines in an engaging Tonya Harding biopic that doesn’t quite stick the landing.
A teenage girl on the cusp of adulthood begins to question what she wants out of life in this surprisingly nuanced Austrian drama.
Esteemed Norwegian director Erik Poppe dramatises the real-life mass shooting on the island of Utoya in this problematic thriller.
A sensitive portrait of a hesitant woman attempting to rediscover her lust for life makes for an assured feature debut from Marcelo Martinessi.
A love affair between Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel fails to ignite a spark in this predictable psychodrama.
An Irish soldier exacts his revenge on those that have harmed his family in Lance Daly's bleak period thriller.
This charming little Swedish film about a jaded old toad detective and his plucky young mouse assistant makes for cosy viewing.
Rupert Everett dons three caps to write, direct and star in a dramatic imagining of Oscar Wilde’s untimely demise.
In their first feature-length directorial team-up, David and Nathan Zellner go west, with Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska in tow.
Wes Anderson takes audiences on a journey to Japan in his new stop-motion feature about a 12-year-old boy and his missing dog.
Creed wunderkind Ryan Coogler takes the reigns to deliver Marvel’s best origin story since Iron Man.
The Texan filmmaker is returning to his old stomping ground for a drama about the Apollo 11 mission.
The Austrian master is set to make his small screen debut with a 10-part English-language drama.
Harold Ramis’ 1993 comedy bears repeating as part of the 2018 Glasgow Film Festival.
18 years since its release, Aardman Animations’ first feature-length film is still poultry in motion.
The co-director of Toy Story 2 and 3, Finding Nemo and Coco reflects on his two decades at the animation studio.
As streaming platforms vie with major film studios for viewers’ attention, great work is at risk of being lost in the content ether.
Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg battle the might of an unfeeling empire in Ridley Scott’s latest.
From Black America to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, these are the small screen gems headed your way in 2018.
From American Gods to GLOW, we take a look at the brightest stars to grace the small screen this year.
The final film in Kay Cannon’s trilogy about a group of singing friends is more awk-apella than a cappella.
Dwayne Johnson and co enter a virtual wilderness in the ’90s reboot nobody asked for.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau does hard time in Ric Roman Waugh’s woefully misjudged prison drama.
All aboard for the true story of a terrorist plot on a train – starring the men who actually lived it.
From Lady Bird to Logan, Baby Driver to The Beguiled, we look back on another year of movie marketing mastery.
Rian Johnson serves up the most spectacular, emotional and weirdest Star Wars film to date.
It’s a Franco bros two-for-one in this madcap making-of yarn about Tommy Wiseau’s The Room.
Experience some primo PTA on celluloid with screenings of Magnolia, There Will be Blood and more.
Wes Anderson and his canine crew are headed to the 68th Berlinale.
ArteKino is changing the way we think about festivals.
Studio Ghibli take their unique brand of anime magic to the small screen.
Put down the gift vouchers and step away from the socks, it’s time for our annual festive gift guide.
It’s back to LA for QT as the writer/director’s next project begins to take shape.
As Sidney Lumet’s seminal ’70s satire makes its way to the theatre, we ask is it just a load of sound and fury?
The latest film off the DC production line sees Batman and co team up to fight an ancient evil force, with underwhelming results.
Are the made-to-stream dominoes starting to fall?
Turns out they’re not too old for this sh*t after all...
The Lisbon sisters helped me to understand my own awkward coming of age.
The Whitmans, the Tenenbaums and others lifted my spirits at a time when it seemed nothing could.
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