Whatever might be going on in Tender Napalm - tsunamis, battles with fantastical creatures or just some violent fantasies between two lovers - there's lots of it... more
When the best French actor of his generation says his nation’s cinema is a joke, we had better listen. Vincent Cassel’s latest film, Mesrine, could put French film where he wants it to be — on top of the world ... more
The pressure is on to emulate the surprise global success of Danny Boyle's film. Here are this year's top 10 homegrown movies that could hit the jackpot.... more
As he makes his exit after almost 18 years at the Standard, our theatre critic calls for the London stage to be given the bright future it so richly deserves... more
Director Jude Kelly has worked some magic with London revivals of Carmen Jones and On the Town. But can The Wizard of Oz succeed as a musical?.... more
Philip Ridley's Piranha Heights becomes one of the most gratuitously unpleasant works in months, and it is impossible to give two hoots about any of it.
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Philip Ridley's latest work Leaves of Glass, which deals with sexual and psychic damage done in childhood, offers few illuminating insights into paedophilia, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more