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Stars come out for summer film festival under open sky

2009-07-22T06:56:55Z

Penelope Cruz, John Hurt and Freida Pinto are to take part in an all-star series of talks and screenings at Somerset House

Arts festival will bring Martin Scorsese to London

2009-05-20T08:29:43Z

London is to host a giant philanthropic arts festival with Martin Scorsese, Youssou N�Dour and African Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka.

The Stephen Frears factor

2009-05-14T15:32:25Z

Film director Stephen Frears has spent his career commenting on the workings of society. So despite the crash, the crunch and the cuts, he sees a beginning in the end of neo-capitalism...

Dangerous liaison for Michelle Pfeiffer in Cheri

2009-05-06T23:00:00Z

At 50, Michelle Pfeiffer seems more beautiful than ever and an actress with a few more strings to her bow in Cheri.

Cheri needs more depth

2009-02-11T00:00:00Z

If looks could kill, Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Colette�s Cheri might cause casualties.

Film

2008-10-02T09:51:28Z

Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors

ICA hosts The Booker at the Movies screenings

2008-06-05T23:00:00Z

The Booker at the Movies will screen four of the 39 films so far adapted from novels that won or were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

The making of a great Othello

2007-12-07T12:51:49Z

Chiwetel Ejiofor�s Moor in the Donmar Warehouse�s production has been hailed as one of the best ever. Experiencing a �memorable jealousy� gave him the necessary inspiration.

A London street that's full of Eastern promise

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

Brick Lane is quietly effective, acted with resource and directed with the kind of patient skill it needs.

Free movies on Thursdays

2007-11-08T13:55:27Z

To celebrate 25 years of Film4, there is a four-week free film season at the Prince Charles Cinema, with screenings including Last King of Scotland and The Motorcycle Diaries.

Comical explorers desperately seeking Djibouti

2007-09-24T23:00:00Z

The duo in World in One City want to meet someone from all 192 UN-recognised countries. It's not so much a comedy show, more an exercise in listmaking anal retentiveness.

Abortion pic tops Cannes prizes

2007-05-29T14:36:27Z

Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palme d'Or at Cannes - but Brit flick Control, about Joy Division's Ian Curtis, got a special mention.

Sex and devotion under duress

2007-05-22T23:00:00Z

A small-budget Romanian film, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, has justly been gaining plaudits at Cannes. But Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park is slight by comparison, says Derek Malcolm.

Hammer blow

2007-04-04T23:00:00Z

Gary Oldman as the gay, untrustworthy writer Joe Orton and Alfred Molina as longtime lover Kenneth Halliwell give superb performances in Prick Up Your Ears.

Dame Helen's fears before Oscar night

2007-02-23T11:00:22Z

Bookmakers William Hill have already started paying out on Dame Helen Mirren winning best actress - but the star is getting more than a little nervous.

And next year's winners will be ...

2007-02-15T16:15:39Z

The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.

Worthy winners however you roll the dice

2007-02-12T12:36:56Z

More gongs for Mirren's Queen

2007-02-09T09:01:20Z

Dame Helen Mirren added to her clutch of awards for The Queen when she was named best British actress at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards.

The queen and I

2007-02-08T15:23:39Z

He took home an Evening Standard film award this week and is up for 10 Oscars, yet Stephen Frears isn't sure why his royal drama is such a hit. Maybe because it's about British dottiness, he says.

How 007 made us love him

2007-02-05T12:05:57Z

Bond, Borat and British cinema - our Evening Standard film awards judges reveal how they chose the winners.

Bond's toughest mission ... his first acting award

2007-02-05T08:27:14Z

Daniel Craig has been named best actor at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for his performance in Casino Royale.

The Queen leading British Oscar charge

2007-01-23T08:47:29Z

Three British stars - Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Kate Winslet - will battle it out for best actress at this year's Oscars.

Hollywood's new royalty

2007-01-16T11:56:12Z

After the Golden Globe successes and record growth in the British film industry, we name our top 50 major players.

Mirren reigns supreme

2007-01-08T10:45:17Z

The Queen's Helen Mirren has been crowned best actress by the New York Film Critics Circle, while Forest Whitaker was named best actor.

Will the Brits get the gongs?

2006-12-21T11:06:23Z

British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.

The man who rewrites history

2006-10-27T13:34:51Z

Peter Morgan is Britain's hottest television, film and stage writer. His brilliance is in imagining the private conversations of the power players. Just don't call it docudrama, he says.

Majestic Mirren's crowning glory

2006-09-13T23:00:00Z

Dame Helen Mirren's performance as the beleaguered monarch in the much-talked-about The Queen is well worth an Oscar - and the script really dazzles too.

This doesn't put a royal foot wrong

2006-08-31T23:00:00Z

No one really knows how the Royals reacted when Princess Diana died in that crash. But, in The Queen, Stephen Frears and Peter Morgan have made an educated and emotionally entertaining guess.

My Queen is no betrayal

2006-08-31T11:36:54Z

Helen Mirren may be snubbed by the royals for playing The Queen, but the star says Stephen Frears's acclaimed film is no betrayal of the monarch.

Jack's black and blue all over

2006-08-10T23:00:00Z

Jack Black stars as a monk-turned-wrestler in Nacho Libre, a Mexican-based, English-speaking comedy. If you liked his work in High Fidelity and School of Rock, you should enjoy this well enough.