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This film takes issue with more than just fashion

27.08.09
I went off to see The September Issue with a heavy heart, having sat through too many films purporting either to "lift the lid" on the fashion industry or "capture its unique and fascinating essence", only to have them turn out to be marginally less exciting than watching matte black paint dry. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) was woeful; Unzipped (1994) was vacuous and Brüno (2009) made me want to poke myself in the eye with the nearest Louboutin. ... more

Coco Before Chanel is pretty as a picture

31.07.09
Coco Before Chanel is sumptuously tailored – if only it had unearthed a bit more of life’s real filth.... more

Kevin Spacey speaks of pride at turning round the Old Vic

24.11.08
Kevin Spacey spoke with pride about his success in transforming the Old Vic as the Evening Standard celebrated the best of London theatre... more

Brothers at play in Burn After Reading

16.10.08
Joel and Ethan Coen's follow-up to No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, is a camp, farcical comedy with a stellar cast.... more

Sultry Julianne Moore defends onscreen nudity in stunning new photo-shoot

12.08.08
Mother-of-two Julianne Moore is unrepentant about onscreen nudity and looks anything but mumsy in a stunning new photo-shoot.... more

'Nobody asks me to strip any more' says Scorchy Greta Scacchi

31.07.08
Greta Scacchi spent most of her early acting career playing femmes fatales and taking her clothes off on screen, while complaining that nobody took her seriously. ... more

Poor match for two old masters

05.06.08
Described in America as 'Cassavetes if Cassavetes were warm,' In Memory of My Father has a caustic irony.... more

Is this America's best film-maker?

07.02.08
Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece with an astonishing performance from Daniel Day-Lewis at its centre.... 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

The hottest tickets for the year ahead

04.01.08
From Kylie Minogue and masterpieces of Impressionism to an invasion of Chinese dance companies, the next 12 months will be a treat for London's arts lovers.... more

Say it with a DVD this Christmas

20.12.07
Whether it's Bond, Borat or a seasonal classic, there's a wealth of choice for when the TV schedules let you down.... more

Classic Christie

03.05.07
A highlight of the Julie Christie season at the BFI Southbank, McCabe and Mrs Miller is one of the greatest westerns.... more

Blinded by the limelight

08.02.07
For Your Consideration may be a small jewel but it is certainly better value than half the biggies around just now, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Slapstick star Lee plays it straight

09.01.07
Comedy star Lee Evans has passionately defended straight drama, which is under increasing pressure in the West End.... more

Home, home on the stage

04.01.07
A Prairie Home Companion is a warm and nostalgic tribute to the popular radio show of the title as well as a fittingly affectionate epitaph from film-maker Robert Altman.... more

Lives derailed by an expert

24.08.06
A bit like a minor riff on Robert Altman's Short Cuts, British director Sarah Watts's Look Both Ways takes potentially depressing subject matter and makes it entertaining.... more

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