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Martha Marcy May Marlene - review

Film of the week: In her big screen debut as a woman scarred by the life she leaves behind on a strange commune, Elizabeth Olsen is not just good - but great Comments

Carnage - review

If you want to see four performances that in other years might well have each won an Oscar nomination, Roman Polanski's short but sharp adaptation of Yasmina Reza's hit play God of Carnage is the film you shouldn't miss Comments

Chronicle - review

A fun but cautionary tale that just might inspire a new anti-superhero franchise without quite deserving to Comments

Young Adult - review

Director Jason Reitman teams up again with screenwriter Diablo Cody to tell the tale of a disillusioned former prom queen, and it certainly proves that Juno, their first feature, was no fluke Comments

Birdsong's Cl�mence Po�sy joins Evening Standard Film Awards presenters

The brightest TV and film talent will turn out to back British cinema at the 39th London Evening Standard British Film Awards next week Comments

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Man on a Ledge - review

A desperate man steps on to a high-up ledge of a hotel and, as crowds assemble below, threatens to throw himself off. Sam Worthington's desperate Nick, however, is not quite what he seems. Comments

Jack and Jill - review

A double dose of Adam Sandler, who plays successful LA advertising executive Jack and his hated sister Jill Comments

Bombay Beach - review

Alma Har'el, the director, tries a lyrical, even poetic approach to recording the experiences of a group of desolates in the Californian desert Comments

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

This clunky 3D variant on several of Jules Verne's adventures has Dwayne Johnson wiggling his immense pecs, singing a song while strumming an old banjo and Michael Caine riding high in the air on a giant bee Comments

Best Laid Plans - review

Two assured performances illuminate David Blair's film, which relocates John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men to today's Nottingham Comments

James Bond returns - with stubble

Producers release still of 007 lurking in the shadows in a scene set in Shanghai from the 23rd Bond movie Skyfall Comments

Brit stars billed as the new Hollywood leading ladies

British starlets are leading a new Hollywood charge of up-and-coming actresses tipped to take the movie world by storm this year Comments (1)

The Descendants - review

Film of the week: George Clooney puts his easy charm to good use as a man in midlife facing family and fidelity crises Comments (2)

House of Tolerance - review

Two hours in a late 19th-century Parisian brothel might not be too long for some but French writer-director Bertrand Bonello's film, shown in the Cannes competition last year, makes it seem distinctly longer Comments

Evening Standard Film Awards - Most Promising Newcomers

From the diffident director to the determined actor, Richard Godwin talks to the newcomers up for one of our film awards next week Comments

Like Crazy - review

Written and directed by Drake Doremus, Like Crazy - which won plaudits and a prize at the Sundance Film Festival - may well remind you of Richard Linklater's Before Sunset. But while it is just as cleverly directed it is more sharply scripted Comments