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Heady drama in Afterschool

21.08.09
Afterschool is certainly an original work, but not entirely successful in saying anything new about the way we watch “reality” today at second hand ... more

Penn is the great pretender in Milk

22.01.09
Sean Penn miraculously transforms himself into San Francisco's gay activist Harvey Milk and turns in a winning performance.... more

Slumdog Millionaire in British charge for Oscars

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

These maps of offences in your area are a real crime

08.01.09
They say community spirit is dead. But on my street in Teddington people really do look out for each other... 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

The kids are all right

28.12.07
Doomed youth is one of director Gus Van Sant's favourite subjects. But, he says, there's hope for the skater boys and girls in his latest film Paranoid Park.... more

Teenage traumas

27.12.07
Paranoid Park is a film which appeals to the senses rather than the brain, and it works despite some uncertain acting.... more

The hoodie who is board stupid

20.12.07
Director Gus Van Sant revels in crafting films set within modern youth culture, so much so that Paranoid Park's amateur thesps were cast via MySpace.... more

A few too many views of Paris

28.06.07
Owing to one or two great moments, Paris, Je t'aime - a compilation of 18 short films about the French capital - proves that quality is more important than quantity.... more

Wilde? He's a scream

25.06.07
The creator of Freddy Krueger, horror movie director Wes Craven, is moving away from scary movies to make a French romantic comedy... more

Abortion pic tops Cannes prizes

29.05.07
Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palme d'Or at Cannes - but Brit flick Control, about Joy Division's Ian Curtis, got a special mention.... more

Sex and devotion under duress

23.05.07
A small-budget Romanian film, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, has justly been gaining plaudits at Cannes. But Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park is slight by comparison, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Who will we fall in love with this year at Cannes?

10.05.07
There may be no Brits in competition, but there's plenty else to watch out for in the most important festival of the film calendar... more

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