British artist Tacita Dean illuminates the Turbine Hall with her love letter to celluloid. But the colossal Tate Modern show nearly didn't happen, she tells Alison Roberts... more
Two dapper Parisians have taken over Berkeley Square and filled it with Ruinart-quaffing hedge funders, Egon Schieles, cutting-edge chandeliers and glamorous gallery girls. Ooh la la, says Helen Kirwan-Taylor... more
It was the book they said could never be dramatised, but with Sebastian Faulks, Trevor Nunn and two of our brightest young acting talents leading the charge, Birdsong can finally take flight, says Lydia Slater... more
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a sweet debut effort from Nicholas Stoller, XXY makes for relentless viewing and Street Kings is an almost damn fine cop movie.
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Emboldened by decent record sales and some awards, Jared Leto produced an energetic performance with 30 Seconds To Mars that made you believe a Hollywood actor can become a rock star.... more
Controversial street artist Banksy is catching the eye of commuters with an provocative image of a girl being pulled into a cash machine by a robotic arm... more
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
Actress Juliette Lewis is one of the more convincing rock-star-wannabes that has emerged from Hollywood in recent times. You can catch her, punk-rock swagger and all at the Astoria.... more
Richard Linklater turns his stars into cartoons to create a cold but stylish vision of the not-too-distant future. But A Scanner Darkly suffers from a lack of real emotional involvement.... more