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We don’t see Lolita, the precocious 4ft10in nymphet, at all. Rather, we hear about her from her seducer-cum-protector, Humbert Humbert... more

Rupert Goold is the director with the golden touch

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Move over Mendes, watch out Nunn, Rupert Goold's production of Enron is the critical hit of the summer, and his Kubrick-inspired take on Shakespeare thrills modern audiences... more

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Spartacus gets top marks

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Actress finally plays Kubrick role at gallery

12.02.09
She was cheated out of her part in movie history when Stanley Kubrick abandoned the film in which she was to star. But Johanna ter Steege, 47, will be written back into the Kubrick story tonight... more

Watch Woolies - it's the new canvas for our city's next art boom

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Just as the derelict warehouses and factories of the 1970s were revitalised, the sites left by Woolworths and others could prove an unexpected bonus of recession... more

Co-stars in contest for best actress at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

07.11.08
Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

War of the Devonshires in The Duchess

04.09.08
Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes are convincing as ill-matched aristocrats in Saul Dibb's period drama, The Duchess, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

The Mist is a scary pea-souper

08.07.08
In its way the film version of Stephen King's The Mist is every bit as good as the book and to be recommended. ... more

Nicole Kidman keeps her bump under wraps: Pregnant actress laughs off rumours of nude pose

28.05.08
Nicole Kidman told the Daily Mail today that rumours that she disrobed and had photographs taken of her totally nude for a magazine spread were 'total nonsense'.... more

Remember our first kiss? Simon Cowell's childhood sweetheart surprises him live on U.S. TV

02.05.08
He is known to millions as TV's Mr Nasty but Simon Cowell showed he has an altogether softer side after being ambushed on television by the first girl he ever kissed. The star was left blushing when Brit Tara McDonald-Smith called him during a Q&A session on his US show American Idol and revealed how the pair kissed at the bottom of his garden when they were just nine... more

Trapped in Kubrickland

25.04.08
Loris Gréaud's futuristic installation, Cellar Door, offers a close approximation to what it would feel like to be inside a Stanley Kubrick film.... more

Greta Scacchi: 'My doomed love affair helped me to resurrect my acting career'

31.03.08
Greta Scacchi has drawn on the heartbreak that pole-axed her career to play the role of a lifetime. The star of films such as White Mischief is to transfer to the West End in Terence Rattigan's searing drama The Deep Blue Sea after a hit UK tour... more

Greta: Doomed affair helped resurrect my career

31.03.08
Film star Greta Scacchi is to transfer to the West End in Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea. The part of Hester Collyer mirrors her own life, reveals the actress.... more

Taxi for Miss Moss: Kate joins the ranks of celeb cabbies and ferries friends from the pub (where else?)

22.03.08
She has often been pictured falling out of the back of taxis. But now Kate Moss has taken her place at the wheel - as London's most famous cab driver. The 34-year-old supermodel has just bought an iconic black cab. And last week she was spotted on her first job - driving friend Fran Cutler and other pals from the Paradise pub in Kensal Green... more

Season of iconic film

05.02.08
The Barbican will be marking the 80th anniversary of the birth of film director Stanley Kubrick with a season dedicated to his films.... more

A film to cherish

01.11.07
Never Apologise is a film to cherish as an In Memoriam to an exceptional artist and a man who you couldn't help liking.... more

Season of controversial film

01.10.07
The Barbican Cinema is to host a season of films that have either been banned, rejected or censored by the BBFC.... more

Star Wars loses best sci-fi crown

02.04.07
Star Wars has lost its crown as the world's best sci-fi movie. George Lucas's classic has been usurped by the little-known 2005 film Serenity in a new poll.... more

The sun worshipper

02.04.07
28 Days Later director Danny Boyle explains how he hopes to shine a light on the human condition with new film Sunshine.... more

Austen biopic gets stuck in the mud

05.03.07
For a romantic comedy Becoming Jane has serious aspirations. The feminist heroine is both brittle and self-conscious, while the horror of poverty is also forcefully conveyed.... more

Limp tribute to Space Odyssey

25.01.07
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Scent and sensibility

27.12.06
A 16-year-old Londoner is the star of Perfume, the film of the cult novel. But she's determined not to follow Peaches Geldof on the celebrity circuit.... more

London's coolest bars and clubs

13.12.06
London has been shaken and stirred. A new wave of intimate and sophisticated bars and clubs now rule the night scene. As the season gets into full swing, we tell you where to party.... more

Three lost Kubrick works found

02.11.06
Three film projects from Stanley Kubrick that have been hidden for more than half a century are to be shown on the big screen.... more

Films to rock your world

27.09.06
Only film fans with staying power need apply for the whole 14th annual Raindance Film Festival: it promises 90 screenings of movies, shorts and documentaries in just 12 days.... more

DVD reviews: Entertaining oddballs

19.09.06
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The sweet smell of success

01.09.06
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