‘There was a certain hostility’: how Wet Hot American Summer went from miss to hit
Critics might have been sniffy back in 2001 but the silly summer camp comedy has endured and director David Wain has been enjoying the ‘slow-burn’ appreciation
‘Fated to become a cult classic’: why Barcelona is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers detailing their most pleasurable comfort films is a trip to 1980s Spain courtesy of Whit Stillman
Skintown review – Northern Irish scamps rave their Troubles away
Catholics and Protestants find E-fuelled common ground at a hallowed Portrush club in Ciarán McMenamin’s adaptation of his own 2018 novel
‘It was fun to get pushed around’: Andrew Rannells on ‘razzle dazzle’, kissing co-stars and being a better friend to Lena Dunham
The star of Girls and The Book of Mormon talks about coming out, turning a showmance into a romance, and going toe to toe with the West Wing’s Allison Janney in new film Miss You Love You
The Wrong Girls review – Kristen Stewart fumbles through forgettable stoner comedy
First time director Dylan Meyer’s female twist on the genre is let down by silly stereotypes and jokes that land with a thud
Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie
San Francisco’s pop-punk pioneers Green Day loom large in this fun, puppyish film about a scrappy band desperate to meet their idols
RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit
Based on a short story by the Goosebumps author, this derivative but tautly plotted tale over-relies on Scooby-Doo-style sleuthery, and its truly unsettling turn comes too late
‘I am left grinning’: why The Dish is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers picking their most loved comfort films is a 2000 Australian gem featuring the late Sam Neill
Practical Magic review – Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s 90s witchy fantasy still enchants
Preceding a long-awaited sequel, Griffin Dunne’s supernatural suburban romance gets a big-screen rerelease. With its romcom quirk, buttery cinematography and stabs of black comedy, it remains a zany gem
Super Troopers 3 review – misfiring cop comedy threequel
The return of the country’s most incompetent police force fails to bring enough laughs or any real justification for its existence
Hunt for the Wilderpeople review – Sam Neill is warm and wise in Taika Waititi’s goofily tremendous film
Waititi’s eccentric drama sends the late actor into the New Zealand wilderness with his young charge, angry authorities in hot pursuit
One Night Only review – sex is legal for 12 hours a year in bizarre romcom
‘What if The Purge was for premarital sex?’ is the odd, gimmicky elevator pitch for this slickly made yet ungainly oddity that can’t quite get past the grimness of its conceit
Gregg Araki on sex, film and queer resistance: ‘All the terrible shit in the world is because of sexual repression’
As his 12th feature film, I Want Your Sex, hits theaters, the cult gay film-maker is as fired up as ever
It’s the vibe: Australian comedy classic The Castle set to become a stage play
Working Dog team behind the 1997 film reuniting to write ‘new, fully updated’ version for the stage, which will premiere in Melbourne in 2027
72 Hours review – Kevin Hart drags down Netflix midlife crisis comedy
The overexposed actor falls flat in another disappointing vehicle that fails to make the most of its neat bachelor-party-with-a-twist concept