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It’s much too late to call Roman Polanski to account

29.09.09

There's nothing artistic about drugging, raping or sodomising a young girl. The details vary depending which version of Roman Polanski's 1977 seduction of a 13-year-old actress you read... more

Whitewashed look at the White House

24.10.08

Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic is sly, old-fashioned melodrama. It works as entertainment but as history, W deserves an F, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

Steve's here to break Woolies, not make it

13.08.08

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Trumpeting a maestro in Let's Get Lost

05.06.08

Bruce Weber's black-and-white tribute to the trumpeter Chet Baker is musically one of the most evocative jazz movies made in recent years.... more

First review by BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Indiana Jones franchise shows its age

18.05.08

Not enough jokes, and while the stunts are clever there's a sense that we've seen a lot of them before...Baz's verdict on the highly-anticipated Indiana Jones movie.... more

Head to Maroush for more than a classy kebab

28.04.08

Maroush is one of a chain of eleven Lebanese restaurants scattered throughout London but it offers more than just kebabs.... more

Hiding fags just makes kids want them more

25.03.08

The Government's drives towards a smoke-free Britain have been followed by me with everclose attention, and I've said it here before but I'll say it again: I don't have any real objection to the ban on smoking in enclosed public places... more

Mates of Marilyn

13.03.08

If director Harmony Korine wants to say something about celebrity, it gets drowned out in the plot-turns of Mister Lonely.... more

Adaptation is an extraordinary experience

13.12.07

A Napoleonic-era version of the Arabian Nights, The Saragossa Manuscript has amazing cinematography and a tapestry of surreal stories.... more

Shots that mark the years

07.12.07

Remember Love: John Lennon is a commemorative exhibition of the anniversary of John Lennon's death. Photos from seven international photogrophers make an irresistable collection.... more

Grease is under-sexed, under-done and under par

09.08.07

The craze for turning the public into a nation of casting directors has not worked with Grease. Is it not high time producers found real stars for musicals again, asks Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Andy made me famous

25.05.07

John Giorno was Warhol's lover and star of his first film, Sleep. In London to introduce Tate Modern's historic screening of the 18-hour epic, he talks about the film that nearly didn't happen.... more

Pop Art tribute at National Portrait Gallery

23.05.07

A new exhibition of Pop Art is set to reunite several important paintings originally shown in a tribute to Marilyn Monroe 40 years ago, including Andy Warhol's famous series of screenprints.... more

Magnum force

23.11.06

Magnum Photos was set up in 1947 to 'feel the pulse' of the times. And a new exhibition of the agency's work shows it has done just that, says Fisun Guner.... more

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