The Evening Standard British Film Awards have been handed out but how did the judges on our panel arrive at their decisions? Here they explain their choices... more
London River follows a Muslim man and an Englishwoman in their searches for their children after the July 7 bombings. Its star, Brenda Blethyn, tells Nick Curtis the story of a remarkable project... more
Kate Winslet, Sally Hawkins and Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle are among the stars battling for honours at this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards... more
Not everybody likes what they work with. Still, it's always a bit of a surprise to realise quite how much many career librarians hate books and reading. And silence... more
After mentoring from Derek Jarman and a spell in music videos and soaps, 47-year-old Joanna Hogg has directed a feature debut that has made her the darling of the film critics... more
Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes are convincing as ill-matched aristocrats in Saul Dibb's period drama, The Duchess, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more
The new Indiana Jones film looks set to be a box-office smash if its premiere is anything to go by but what do the critics really think? Experts weight in on the new release.... more
The new Indiana Jones film looks set to be a box-office smash if its premiere is anything to go by. Die-hard Indy fans mobbed the cinema at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday to welcome the return of 65-year-old Harrison Ford in the starring role and original director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas
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Barbet Schroeder tells how he has turned the life of Jacques Vergès, lawyer to terrorists and war criminals, into one of the most important and powerful documentaries for 40 years.... more
A warehouse worker is being tipped for stardom after winning rave reviews for his portrayal of Ian Curtis in a new biopic of the troubled Joy Division singer.... more
Anne McElvoy talks to the director of Oscar-winning hit The Lives of Others, and asks him why a German film about the Stasi has been a global hit.... more
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.... more
Our critics introduce the names to watch out for over the next 12 months - the ones you won’t have heard of before, the ones that you’ll suddenly see everywhere – and the one the critics will love best in 2007.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows