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11.06.09
There is a combination of cool elegance and tawdry glamour that is too often at odds with the emotional involvement of Madam Butterfly.... more

A young person's guide to the opera

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Not only has Edward Gardner, ENO's 34-year-old music director, scored another hit with Peter Grimes this week - he's leading a cultural revolution... more

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23.02.09
The eight Oscars for British movie hit Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches tale set in Mumbai, caps an unstoppable run through award ceremonies this year... more

Holocaust chic or a true examination of good and evil?

18.12.08
As a controversial film starring Kate Winslet as a death camp guard opens in London in the new year, one cultural commentator considers the moral issues and ambiguities it raises... more

Winslet's a winner in The Reader

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The Reader, Stephen Daldry's sensitive film of a controversial book about a former Auschwitz guard, gives Kate her best role in years.... more

DVDs of the week

28.10.08
Without Robert Downey Jr's winning charm Iron Man would be a disaster. ... more

A tenor for a tenner with ENO and the Standard

03.10.08
The English National Opera is offering 10,000 tickets to see some of its hottest productions for only £10... more

Rachel wises up to a move back home

21.06.08
The lure of London has proved too much for Rachel Weisz – who is moving back to Britain after five years in America. ... more

Why Jude's bed-hopping ways are ruining his career

25.05.08
First Sadie, then Sienna, now Kimberley Stewart. What exactly is Jude Law thinking?... more

Indy’s going to Cannes – but where are all the Brits?

24.04.08
Among the 19 names revealed for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival only two directors are flying Union Jacks.... more

Julie Christie goes back to her glamour look (thanks to her make-up artists)

11.04.08
Actress Julie Christie revealed the secret to maintaining her striking looks at the age of 66 - a good make-up artist. The always glamorous star - who missed out on an Oscar this year - was pictured heading into her trailer looking decidedly close to her age... more

Renee Zellweger has v. good night with heavy hitter Harvey Weinstein

07.04.08
Tottering in a pair of four-inch Louboutin heels, Renee Zellweger was certainly in the mood for a night on the tiles. Instead, she had to settle for dinner with film producer Harvey Weinstein at London's Cipriani restaurant... more

Tributes at premiere of Minghella's final film

19.03.08
The premiere of Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's final film became a celebration of his life with tributes led by BBC Director General Mark Thompson... more

From ice-cream kid to Oscar glory: English Patient director Anthony Minghella dies of brain haemorrhage at 54

18.03.08
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella died suddenly yesterday from a 'fatal haemorrhage' after surgery for throat cancer. The 54-year-old, who was best known for his films The English Patient, Truly, Madly, Deeply and Cold Mountain, had told only his family and closest friends about his condition... more

Sly men and monsters

19.02.08
As the film version of the hit books The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency prepares to hit the screens, we chat to Zimbabwean actor Lucia Msamati.... more

Minghella's Madam Butterfly visionary moments

01.02.08
Madam Butterfly is an opera with everything, yet producer Anthony Minghella seems reluctant to deliver the story straight.... more

Sienna starts a hippy riot

24.09.07
Grosvenor Square was closed to allow hundreds of extras to take part in filming for Sienna Miller's latest movie.... more

DVDs of the week

17.07.07
Jude Law in Breaking And Entering, screen icon James Mason and the inside story on The Smiths all feature in this week's top DVDs.... more

Zandra creates 'eye-popping' costumes for opera

18.04.07
Zandra Rhodes will design the set and costumes for an extravagant new production of Aida, the highlight of the English National Opera's new season announced today.... more

Minghella launches new film centre

13.03.07
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella is hosting a champagne reception to launch the British Film Institute's new multi-million pound cultural centre.... more

Look what they've done to the NFT

06.03.07
A preview of the new BFI Southbank reveals a state-of-the-art destination for cinema lovers.... more

Rankin gives South Bank a facelift

27.02.07
A giant frieze featuring some of London's most influential cultural figures is to be unveiled outside the Royal Festival Hall.... more

BFI archive to offer a free view into TV past

22.02.07
The British Film Institute has unveiled plans to give Londoners access to the world's biggest archive of moving images.... more

The sound of war

08.01.07
This performance of Britten's War Requiem by the National Youth Orchestra at St Paul's Cathedral made up in grandeur what was lost in the acoustics.... more

A Grimm but glorious fairytale

03.01.07
Elena Riu and Blue Scream have hit on a novel way of presenting The Adventures of Tom Thumb in their prize-winning collaboration.... more

Low life in the city's shadows

09.11.06
Anthony Minghella's new thriller Breaking And Entering stylishly explores the seedy side of the capital but it lacks a dramatic edge, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Minghella's love letter to London

20.10.06
Anthony Minghella's latest is one of the highlights of the London Film Festival. It's a great time for movies in the capital, the director says.... more

An unreel line-up

18.10.06
The 50th London Film Festival kicks off with its usual flashbulb-popping flair, as British stars stud the red carpet for The Last King Of Scotland at Odeon Leicester Square.... more

London's cinemas are most expensive in Europe

17.10.06
Londoners pay more than three times the European average to watch a film, research showed today. An adult ticket for the Odeon in Leicester Square costs up to £17.50.... more

Cool and elegant, but with no heart to break

14.09.06
Anthony Minghella's new movie, Breaking And Entering, boasts plenty of entertainment but is just a little too clever for its own good. Nick Roddick reports from the Toronto Film Festival.... more

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