Who match-made Madonna, got Kate Moss on stage with Pink Floyd and filled the capital with multicoloured elephants? Olivia Cole meets the London alchemists who make the impossible possible... more
After a mystery illness and his dramatic withdrawal from Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art last year, Michael Gambon returns to the stage in Krapp’s Last Tape... more
Emmanuelle Béart, France's biggest movie star, was controversially denied a chance to show her new film at this year's festival amid fears it was too racy. She debates nudity, sex and success with Lydia Slater.... more
Brothers is relevant to anyone concerned about the British soldiers currently living and dying in Afghanistan and to anyone who's ever felt like a stranger in their own land... more
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
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
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
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
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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