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Family friction in Glorious 39

2009-11-20T12:38:48Z

British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby

Love 'em or ban 'em, you can't keep the hoodie down

2009-10-22T07:55:45Z

If you like high fashion, hoods are good. Hoods and snoods are �in� this autumn: the catwalk tells us so

Take 'history' by artists with a big pinch of salt

2009-10-09T08:13:09Z

Hilary Mantel�s Wolf Hall is a worthy winner of the Booker Prize but qualms have already been raised by some critics over the novel�s disservice to history

Romola Garai is perfect as Jane Austen�s Emma

2009-09-25T10:18:35Z

Bossy, argumentative and irresistible, Romola Garai is the ideal Emma

A spot of the dalmatian from sassy Luella De Vil

2009-09-21T13:41:28Z

London Fashion Week: The song Temptation by New Order gave away the inspiration behind the clean, bright, curvy clothes at the super-pretty Luella show

British movie heaven - the Brit flicks heading our way

2009-09-18T09:01:04Z

John Lennon, Charles Darwin, John Keats and Heath Ledger are all coming soon in a bumper crop of homegrown releases

Angel is purple prose at the movies

2008-08-27T23:00:00Z

Fran�ois Ozon's attempt to make an English-speaking period piece in Angel strains credulity, says Derek Malcolm.

The fall of a high-flying bird

2007-11-28T00:00:00Z

Trevor Nunn's production of The Seagull is hampered by monotonous langour, conceptual vagueness and melodramatic pointing.

Bard takes a trip to Japan

2007-09-19T23:00:00Z

Kenneth Branagh is definitely not a magical film-maker and his remake of As You Like It rarely catches fire as one of Shakespeare's most popular plays should.

Keira's in a class of her own

2007-09-05T23:00:00Z

A postmodern romance, Atonement works best as a riposte to all those films that put high-society women on a pedestal and is one of the finest British films of the year.

The Wright Stuff

2007-08-30T11:15:12Z

Joe Wright, the toast of Venice with the premiere of his film Atonement, talks about how he became Britain's hottest director.

Epic yet intimate, a British triumph

2007-08-28T23:00:00Z

Ian McEwan's 'unfilmable' best-selling novel Atonement - starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy - is already being talked of as a triumph.

Coming soon for autumn

2007-08-24T11:13:07Z

After the silliness of the summer blockbusters, autumn brings a crop of films for grown-ups. See our preview here.

Romola's Nina is a revelation

2007-05-31T23:00:00Z

Trevor Nunn scores a direct hit with his production of Checkov's The Seagull, which owes much of its devastating impact to Romola Garai who stars as would-be actress Nina.

Nunn's Lear arrives, but is hardly worth the wait

2007-05-31T23:00:00Z

Ian McKellen's performance as King Lear in Trevor Nunn's gaudy production keeps you on the edge of your seat but is rarely moving, says Nicholas de Jongh.

Film gives Nigeria's side of the slave trade

2007-05-09T14:24:48Z

One movie has an all-star cast of Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Romola Garai and Rufus Sewell. the other was filmed in Nigeria on a shoestring budget.

Guts and gravitas

2007-03-22T00:00:00Z

Amazing Grace may not be an outstanding success, but it is hardly a failure. It gives a good idea of the horrors of the slave trade, and deals with the parliamentary debates without boring.

And next year's winners will be ...

2007-02-15T16:15:39Z

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.