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Vanity and voice-overs in Timing

08.10.09

Alistair McGowan's new play, Timing, which features two plays within the play, taking place either side of a piece of sound-proof glass.... more

Big interview: Alistair McGowan gets serious

30.09.09

Alistair McGowan made his reputation as a comedian — but as his debut play is unveiled, he can’t stop talking about heavy subjects.... more

Taking Woodstock changes the pace

18.05.09

Not many comedies reach the competition at Cannes but Taiwanese film-maker Ang Lee is used to breaking the mould and has done so with Taking Woodstock.... more

Rare chance to see classic Tolpuddle film

20.04.09

The 175th anniversary of the Tolpuddle martyrs' struggle for union rights is to be marked this week with a rare showing of a classic film on the story... more

The Cannes crew

20.04.09

We won’t know who’s made it until Thursday but for now here’s our own dream line-up... more

Mathew Horne collapses on stage during West End show

03.04.09

A West End show came to an abrupt halt after both its lead actors fell ill before the end of a matinee... more

Rowan Atkinson is latest star to join West End sick list

03.04.09

Rowan Atkinson has been forced to pull out of the musical Oliver! for three weeks to have immediate surgery... more

Julie calls for more women’s roles on TV

27.02.09

Top performers led by Julie Walters, Simon Callow, Charles Dance and David Soul are calling for more roles for women on television... more

Don’t blame middle class for Britain’s learning gap

05.02.09

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Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09

Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

Entertaining Mr Sloane is still seductive

02.02.09

Forty-five years after its London premiere, Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane comes up almost as fresh as a four‑leaf clover.... 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

Drivers try to derail premiere

22.04.08

Film stars dodged angry Tube drivers at the premiere of a film about suicides on the Underground... more

Three and Out's biggest crime? It’s dreadful

22.04.08

Causing a whirl of controversy, Three and Out has been branded offensive and insensitive. In short, it is a very bad British film, says Liz Hoggard.... more

DVDs of the week

15.04.08

The Mike Leigh feature Film Collection is a reminder of the writer/director's brilliance, Movin' On Up celebrates Curtis Mayfield and Enchanted brings us a modern fairytale.... more

We’re off to see Oz again

10.04.08

Festival Hall is to premiere the stage version of The Wizard of Oz this summer, following the success of spin-off musical Wicked.... more

TfL bosses attacked for giving go-ahead to Tube suicide film

27.03.08

Tube bosses were accused of insensitivity after taking money for a new film in which a driver searches for a suicide victim to jump under his train... more

Rising starlet is top of the class at St Trinian's

21.12.07

Six months after drama school, St Trinian's star Gemma Arterton is set to be a Bond girl and is being compared to Keira Knightley.... more

DVDs of the week

13.11.07

Escapism of the highest order in the fifth Harry Potter film, Jimmy Carr chruns out some more gags and fun with Little Britain Abroad.... more

Harry gets his girl

12.07.07

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the darkest of the series yet but should still satisfy its hardened fanbase... more

DVDs of the week

10.07.07

Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima, Sandra Bullock has a Premonition and Eddie Murphy dons the prosthetics again in the week's top DVDs... more

Warm and pleasant Potter never quite blazes

04.07.07

The fifth instalment of Harry Potter doesn't live up to the standards set by the last two films, but there's still plenty of warmth, humour and stunning settings to enjoy, says Nick Curtis.... more

Harry casts his spell again

29.06.07

Critics have given the new Harry Potter film the thumbs-up, proving the latest instalment in the fantasy series has lost none of its magic.... more

Welcome back to Harry's world

31.05.07

An industry employing hundreds has grown up around the Harry Potter films. Mike Goodridge went to watch the crew at work - and talk to the fifth film's star.... more

The blockbuster is back

17.04.07

If Spider-Man 3, which had its world premiere in Tokyo last night, is anything to go by, this summer's big films will be better than ever. We preview this year's blockbuster movies.... more

Da kids write their way into the history books

01.03.07

Freedom Writers is based on the true story of a group of high-school students in Nineties, gang-torn LA, who produced a collection of diaries about their experiences in the ghetto.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07

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.... more

An aimless gloomy Gypsy

19.01.07

Thank heaven for Eileen Atkins, says Nicholas de Jongh. She's the only one who breathes life and black comedy into There Came A Gypsy Riding.... more

Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06

British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.... more

Film news: Helena Bonham Carter has won the role of evil Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in the next Harry Potter film. The 40-year-old star will play one of Lord Voldemort's followers in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.... more