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The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed

02.11.09
Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.... more

Rachel Hurd-Wood: a modern gothic starlet

21.08.09
To date, Rachel Hurd-Wood's bodice has been ripped by Ben Whishaw, Ben Barnes and James Purefoy, and she's still only 19. Hettie Harvey meets costume drama's newest discovery... ... more

Transatlantic ambition from The Bridge Project

10.06.09
The Bridge Project is a joint venture between Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey, staging The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard, but the productions do not fully satisfy.... more

Spacey meets Darwin at Old Vic as clash over evolution hits the stage

05.06.09
Kevin Spacey will return to the Old Vic stage this autumn to star in Inherit The Wind, a drama inspired by a courtroom clash over the ideas of Charles Darwin... more

My book wasn’t meant to be an assassination of Brian Clough

19.03.09
Writer of the moment David Peace should be celebrating after last night’s premiere of The Damned United, based on his controversial novel about the legendary manager. Instead, he tells us, he’s still trying to clear his name... more

This is no time to scrimp on the fizz

25.02.09
Recession - what recession? Last week I went to two of the most lavish parties I've been to for many a moon (and believe me, I go to a lot of parties)... more

Pity Jade but don’t tune in to this circus

17.02.09
I have talked to loads of people about Jade Goody in the past few days... more

Woody's back on form with Vicky Cristina Barcelona

05.02.09
It's not Annie Hall. But don't believe a word of Vicky Cristina Barcelona and you’ll be splendidly entertained.... more

Bafta picks out the rising stars

08.01.09
Noel Clarke, the chronicler of west London street life, and up-and-coming actress Rebecca Hall have been named faces to watch in film... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Brits storm the Golden Globes

11.12.08
The British have stormed the shortlists for the prestigious Golden Globe film awards... more

Provocative play to spearhead new season at Old Vic

22.10.08
A provocative play about a journalist accused of espionage in the war on terror is to spearhead the new season at the Old Vic... more

Gripping account of a titanic clash

16.10.08
RON HOWARD'S film is surprisingly gripping. It turns on the incremental power shifts in the set-up and execution of the 1977 TV interview in which David Frost got the disgraced President Richard Nixon to admit he had let the American people down with his criminal conduct in the Watergate affair.... more

Gripping account of clash in Frost/Nixon

16.10.08
Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon is an intelligently written and superlatively acted piece which addresses fame and ambition.... more

Must see movies at London Film Festival

10.10.08
The 52nd BFI London Film Festival opens next week and could turn out to be the best in years. Derek Malcolm makes picks his highlights. ... more

Creative Brits are the talk of the town

11.08.08
In New York, the pre-movie hype about Woody Allen's latest movie, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, had all been about the kiss between Penélope Cruz, onscreen and real-life girlfriend of male lead Javier Bardem, and America's modern version of Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson... more

Woody's women battle it out on the red carpet as Scarlett and Penelope plug sexy comedy

05.08.08
It was lipstick and handbags at the ready in Los Angeles last night as Woody Allen's women battled it out on the red carpet.... more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE IN CANNES: Sienna Miller, Penelope Cruz, Naomi Campbell and more...

23.05.08
The Cannes Film Festival hands out its prizes on Sunday and the top stars are preparing for an action-packed weekend. BAZ BAMIGBOYE has all the gossip from the French Riviera.... more

Woody’s rom-com

19.05.08
Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona is like one of those romantic novelettes that have little or no literary merit but are read by millions, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Scarlett Johansson misses shining moment at Cannes after studio refuses demands

18.05.08
Scarlett Johansson was left at home in New York after a film studio refused to pay for her bloated demands to attend the Cannes Film Festival to launch Woody Allen's latest movie. Penelope Cruz and Rebecca Hall, her co-stars in the film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', soaked up all the glory from crowds as they ascended the fabled red carpet of Cannes ... more

DVDs of the week

17.04.07
Brit rom-com Starter For 10, The Best Of Saturday Live, Ghosts, and the true story of an English eccentric's quest to sail round the world, are all released on DVD this week.... more

Fingers on your buzzers

09.11.06
James McAvoy stars as a working-class boy with advanced general-knowledge skills in Starter For Ten who is taught some valuable lessons by life and love.... more

Thrills barely conjured

09.11.06
The Prestige stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as magicians who become bitter rivals after Jackman's wife is accidentally drowned on stage. ... more

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