Author Archives: Time Out Editors

From October 14-19 the inaugural Middle East International Film Festival will be held at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. But rather than just a week of films, it marks the start of the capital’s push to become a significant part of the global film industry

Michael Moore is as mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore

Donal Logue leads a team of blue-collar outcasts in a rowdy new comedy

The current cycle of horror movies subjecting victims – usually young women – to prolonged, graphic ordeals shows no sign of letting up. But, asks Nigel Floyd, has media coverage distorted the true nature and aims of such films?

The creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, talks to Time Out about this month’s long-awaited Simpsons movie, the return of Futurama, the pressure from the Fox network, and why his show is still relevant in society after nearly 400 episodes and 17 years on our screens

This summer sees the release of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix in cinemas. Time Out talked to the actor playing everyone’s favourite boy magician, Daniel Radcliffe, about what we can expect

After 20 months of being, interrogated and tortured by Chinese agents, most people would need years of therapy – Jack Bauer only needs a shower, a shave and a change of clothes. The CTU agent who put the rage in courage returns to our screens this month for the sixth day of round-the-clock action in 24. Amid meetings with the real US Military, who want the torture toned down, allegations of right-wing bias and negative portrayals of Arabs, actor Kiefer Sutherland defends 24

In a homage to the grimy grindhouse cinemas that played double bills of schlock B-movies, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have resurrected the genre, with a double bill of their own – Planet Terror and Death Proof – and even trailers for non-existent films that were created by their horror-director friends

Ben Walters meets Pedro Almodóvar in Madrid to discuss mortality, desire and his brilliant new film, Volver

Whining, nagging and nannying makeover shows have been sneering and wagging their collective finger at the British viewers for years now. And one-by-one they’re coming over here to make us feel inadequate too. You Are What You Eat is the latest reality series to tell us how to live