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Not enough guilty pleasures in Angels & Demons

15.05.09
Author Dan Brown and director Ron Howard have committed the sin of leaving out the guilty pleasures in Angels & Demons.... more

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09
Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

Slumdog Millionaire in British charge for Oscars

22.01.09
Kate Winslet will lead the British charge at next month's Oscars... more

Boy from Harrow takes on Hollywood in Baftas battle

15.01.09
A teenager from Harrow is to take on Brad Pitt in the Baftas... more

Is this the year Brits sweep the Oscars?

06.01.09
All hopes are on Kate Winslet, Danny Boyle and Sally Hawkins doing at the Academy Awards what Team GB did at the Olympics, says Mike Goodridge.... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Brits storm the Golden Globes

11.12.08
The British have stormed the shortlists for the prestigious Golden Globe film awards... more

Three ovations in first night friller for Billy Elliot in NY

14.11.08
Not even on Broadway do they normally give standing ovations when a show is nowhere near over... more

Gripping account of clash in Frost/Nixon

16.10.08
Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon is an intelligently written and superlatively acted piece which addresses fame and ambition.... more

Gripping account of a titanic clash

16.10.08
RON HOWARD'S film is surprisingly gripping. It turns on the incremental power shifts in the set-up and execution of the 1977 TV interview in which David Frost got the disgraced President Richard Nixon to admit he had let the American people down with his criminal conduct in the Watergate affair.... more

Frost/Nixon the movie is festival's power opener

16.10.08
The 52nd London Film Festival opened with the world premiere of a movie that started just round the corner from its showing in Leicester Square... more

On the red carpet with Oliver Platt at the Frost/Nixon premiere

16.10.08
We were on the red carpet for the The BFI 52nd London Film Festival's opening gala. Listen to what Oliver Platt had to say to This is London.... more

Film festival begins with a premiere of Frost

15.10.08
The London Film Festival kicks off with the premiere of Frost/Nixon just yards from where it was originally staged as a play at the Donmar Warehouse... more

Must see movies at London Film Festival

10.10.08
The 52nd BFI London Film Festival opens next week and could turn out to be the best in years. Derek Malcolm makes picks his highlights. ... more

Hollywood strike hits Da Vinci movie at Pinewood

22.11.07
Pinewood Studios has become the first British casualty of the American screenwriters' strike which has crippled Hollywood.... more

Donmar cash boost as West End hit grips America

01.08.07
One of last year's biggest West End hits, the Donmar Warehouse production of Frost/Nixon, has taken Broadway by storm.... more

Frost heats up Broadway

23.04.07
It was one of last year's top West End draws. Now Frost/Nixon is basking in a triumphant opening on Broadway.... more

The blockbuster is back

17.04.07
If Spider-Man 3, which had its world premiere in Tokyo last night, is anything to go by, this summer's big films will be better than ever. We preview this year's blockbuster movies.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07
The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more

Depp pirate sequel sails to top of UK movie chart

21.12.06
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and the Da Vinci Code are among the most successful films of the year - despite receiving lukewarm receptions from critics.... more

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