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The ultimate Road movie

04.09.09
The long-awaited adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s disturbing story of a father and son on the run has received its world premiere. It’s been one hell of a trip, writer Joe Penhall tells Nick Roddick... more

Pulitzer-winning author of Angela's Ashes is dead at 78

20.07.09
Frank McCourt, the Irish-American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes, has died at the age of 78... more

Robinson shines in Orange spotlight

04.06.09
She is one of the more elusive writers of the last three decades but Marilynne Robinson has hit the spotlight in glory... more

Photographer wins Pulitzer Prize for pictures of hurricane victims

21.04.09
A photographer on the Miami Herald has been awarded journalism’s biggest award for his harrowing images of the victims of the storms that ravaged Haiti... more

Six worth reading: the Orange prize nominees

21.04.09
Six authors are in the race for this year’s £30,000 Orange Prize for Fiction... more

Passion needed for Time of Your Life

01.12.08
No performer has the confidence to grab a role by the throat and squeeze every drop of dramatic juice out of it in The Time of Your Life.... more

Dave beats Gordon to Barack's book club

11.11.08
How will Barack Obama bond with Gordon Brown and David Cameron when it comes to literary tastes? ... more

Richard Dreyfuss returns to London stage

03.11.08
Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss is to return to London theatre five years after he was dramatically sacked from the musical The Producers... more

Provocative play to spearhead new season at Old Vic

22.10.08
A provocative play about a journalist accused of espionage in the war on terror is to spearhead the new season at the Old Vic... more

So macho...Harry Potter's all grown-up with stubble on his face

16.06.08
His boyish charms as the world’s most famous wizard have won him legions of female admirers, but Daniel Radcliffe’s seems keen to ditch those youthful looks and adopt a more manly appearance.... more

Out-of-print classics are simply biding their time

29.04.08
There is no winning formula for a rediscovered classic. The humorous exploits of a dowdy English governess over the course of a single day in the Thirties have become a huge hit for Persephone Books. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson, first came out in 1938 and has remained a bestseller since it was reprinted by the publishing house eight years ago. Now it's an American box-office success as well. But such hits have much to do with timing, fashion and serendipity... more

Can, my dear, Gone With The Wind survive?

25.04.08
The critics have savaged Trevor Nunn's £4.75m Gone With the Wind. How did such a shambles make it to the stage? And can it survive such a mauling?... more

Will Darius go with the wind?

07.04.08
Gone with the Wind is a bestselling book and arguably one of the best screen adaptations of all time. So will the first stage musical version, starring Darius, live up to its legacy?.... more

Art without images

29.02.08
It may be called the Politics Of The Image but the most effective work in Alfredo Jaar's new exhibition is one that is largely without images.... more

Return of the brothers grim

18.12.07
No Country for Old Men is one of the Coens' most violent films, but that won't stop it at the Oscars. It's about a man in an unforgiving world, say Joel and Ethan, it has to be brutal.... more

Not doubtful enough by half

27.11.07
Arriving from New York garlanded with a Pulitzer Prize and dripping with acclaim, Fiona Mountford was disappointed by Nicolas Kent's lacklustre production of Doubt: A Parable.... more

Lacking zing

30.10.07
Gavin McAlinden's production of You Can't Take It With You lacks zing and is effortful where it should be effervescent.... more

DVDs of the week

31.07.07
The tale of an Indian family's move to the United States in The Namesake, dancing in Stomp The Yard and war drama The Fallen are among the DVDs released this week.... more

On the side of angels

26.06.07
Theatre director Daniel Kramer speaks to Claire Allfree about Reaganism, Aids and his latest production of Angels In America... 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

Maths don't add up without Paltrow

20.02.07
Gwyneth Paltrow's performance in Proof four years ago helped atone for the play's governing contrivances and vacuities. Without her, its limitations are exposed.... more

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