Comedy

Must See

The best films out in August include the new Kathryn Bigelow movie starring John Boyega, and a story of war to rival Dunkirk

Essential

Cinema 

The Big Sick feels like a perfect balance between sincerity and snarkiness, a very contemporary rom-com along the lines of Man Down and In a World

Interview

The Big Sick is the 2017's funniest film so far. We chatted to BAFTA-winning actor Adeel Akhtar

Tried and Tested

Theatre 

Mime, manga and monochrome animation: we recommend Mr Potsunen’s Peculiar Slice of Life

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

The Baby Driver cast is impressive – Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Ansel Elgort, Lily James and Jon Hamm – but Edgar Wright's passion project lacks his usual humour

Essential

TV 

Big hair, big biceps and even bigger attitudes. Mad Men star Alison Brie is talk of the town in this Netflix comedy about female wrestlers: GLOW

Essential

Cinema 

The gross-out movie gets its long due shake-up in the trailer to Rough Night

Preview

Cinema 

Buckle up: the Huffleys are going on a road trip in the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

A Dog's Purpose asks the important questions. What is the meaning of existence? How can one achieve happiness? And WHO'S A GOOD BOY?

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Cinema 

You can't stop this feeling: the Guardians of the Galaxy are back

Must See

From Anne Hathaway's drunken Godzilla to surreal Finnish comedy, the best films out in May are a varied bunch

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Rules Don't Apply is a sharper, smarter film than it first appears, and Warren Beatty steals the show as Howard Hughes

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Their Finest might be just feel-good fun, but when it makes you feel this good – and is this fun – that's something to appreciate

Features

Sex, hammers, and octopi – the most exciting films by the best Korean directors

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

French film Raw is a darkly funny horror that might just put you off your steak tartare

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Cinema 

Free Fire is Ben Wheatley's high-octane cartoon for adults, an effervescent feature-length gun battle as enjoyable as it is disposable

In the Know

Theatre 

West End transfer to Apollo Theatre: directed by Trevor Nunn, Terence Rattigan's Love in Idleness explores the clash of values in pre- and post-war Britain

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

New Terence Davies film A Quiet Passion – an Emily Dickinson biopic starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) – is an unusual marvel

Tried and Tested

Theatre 

Even Hollywood heavyweights cannot energise this stale update of Molière’s satire on greed and guile

Book Now

Theatre 

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth team up for a feel-good feminist musical: The Girls brings the spirit of Knapely WI to London

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

The new Michael Keaton movie about McDonald's founder Ray Kroc is true story about a beef over beef burgers

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe, Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner face racial bigotry in the 1960s while working to put a man into space

Features

Ahead of the Razzie Awards, here are the worst films of the last 12 months. Enjoy!

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Trainspotting 2 sees the return of Renton (Ewan McGregor) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) for Danny Boyle's much-anticipated sequel

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

The Young Offenders is a promising debut comedy about Irish eejits on the trail of treasure

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Cinema 

Directed with tenderness by Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann is an off-beat comedy with its eye on embarrassing parents

Preview

Cinema 

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence are literally star-crossed lovers in this problematic sci-fi romance also starring Michael Sheen

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson are deadpan delights in charming new film Edge of Seventeen, a successor to the best '90s teen comedies

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

The Chi-Raq cast are valiantly sincere, but Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing) has directed a faintly embarrassing musical

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Theatre 

Irony and black comedy return in this revival of Dead Funny, starring Katherine Parkinson and Ralf Little

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

The Street Cat Named Bob movie is sweet but not sentimental, an almost-Christmas film that's not too heartwarming

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Cinema 

The Greasy Strangler isn't quite as bad as it sounds, which is its main flaw