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Inside Paula Rego's madhouse

06.08.09

At her Kentish Town studio, the Portuguese-born painter, the subject of a searching new film by her friend Jake Auerbach, talks candidly about her troubled life, her extraordinary art — and her fear of insanity... more

Kate and the Brits toast their victory with fizz and a fry-up

23.02.09

Our homegrown stars partied into the early hours today but, at Hollywood’s biggest celebration, nothing was more intoxicating than success. Nick Curtis and John Arlidge report... more

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

We’ve had a golden year for film but money is drying up

02.02.09

In an interview marking the Standard’s Film Awards, Channel 4 film and drama boss Tessa Ross talks about the challenges ahead and the likely merger of 4 and Five ... more

Tilda's the leading lady at Standard film awards

02.02.09

Tilda Swinton, the striking, idiosyncratic face of British cinema, led the cavalcade of winners at the Evening Standard British Film Awards... more

Slumdog Millionaire in British charge for Oscars

22.01.09

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

2009 Academy Award nominations

22.01.09

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Ofcom risks making a pig’s ear of C4 if we lose gourmet selection of quality TV

21.01.09

Media analysis: On Monday evening I attended the preview of a Channel 4 documentary called Pig Business... more

Now Golden Globe winners battle for Standard's British film prizes

13.01.09

Kate Winslet, Sally Hawkins and Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle are among the stars battling for honours at this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards... more

Danny, Sally and the unsung secret of our screen success

13.01.09

As the Evening Standard Film Awards shortlist is announced, one writer who has reviewed film and stage for 20 years says our theatre is the key to our Hollywood glory... more

Father's plea to hit-run driver who killed son

03.12.08

The grieving family of a schoolboy killed by two cars on a pedestrian crossing today urged the driver of the first car to give himself up.... more

Anglo-Irish madness in Walworth Farce

25.09.08

Mikel Murfi's chronically boisterous production of The Walworth Farce remains true to the title with its characterising notes of grotesquerie.... more

DVDs of the week

12.08.08

Gleeson and Farrell make a magic double act in In Bruges, My Brother Is An Only Child has a rough charm and Son Of Rambow is nostalgic.... more

It's never too late to try Pinter

21.05.08

Birthday Party was the best thing Richard Godwin has seen in ages — and doubly moving for the presence of the playwright himself in the audience.... more

Cinema’s gain is theatre’s loss

21.04.08

Martin McDonagh’s first feature film, In Bruges, could mean theatre has lost one of its most bracing, caustic and blackly comic talents to a world where he may feel more at home.... more

Murder most foul and funny

17.04.08

Writer/director Martin McDonagh gets the best out of Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes as Irish mobsters abroad in In Bruges.... more

Bedevilled by violence

28.02.08

Leo Butler's play, I'll Be the Devil, is ferocious and heartfelt and mostly well acted but teeters throughout on the brink of absurdity.... more

What Jeff loves about London

29.01.08

Jeff Goldblum can't wait to make his British stage debut at the Old Vic. He talks movies, Mamet - and the Wallace Collection.... more

Slater, the West End's lone shark

08.08.07

Hollywood star Christian Slater is coming back to the London stage to take on the role played by Kevin Spacey in 1994 film Swimming With Sharks.... more

The girl who pulled Rabbit out of her hat

28.11.06

Nina Raine's debut play about young Londoners has won her a coveted Evening Standard theatre award. Here she tells how years of hardship have finally paid off.... more