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Notorious is gangsta pap

12.02.09
A fictionalised version of rap star Biggie's life — and death — reinvents its cast of tough characters as good guys in Notorious.... more

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09
Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

Tilda's the leading lady at Standard film awards

02.02.09
Tilda Swinton, the striking, idiosyncratic face of British cinema, led the cavalcade of winners at the Evening Standard British Film Awards... more

Now Golden Globe winners battle for Standard's British film prizes

13.01.09
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

The sound of silence is all we want in our libraries

26.09.08
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

Forties screen star

22.09.08
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

War of the Devonshires in The Duchess

04.09.08
Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes are convincing as ill-matched aristocrats in Saul Dibb's period drama, The Duchess, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

Prince Caspian is too charming

26.06.08
In Disney's world, Prince Caspian is a pretty boy to make young girls swoon and CS Lewis a writer without moral ambiguity .... more

'Not much logic around but a sight for sore eyes' - the critics' round-up of Indiana Jones No.4

19.05.08
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

'Not much logic around but a sight for sore eyes' - the critics' round-up of Indiana Jones No.4

19.05.08
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 ... more

Scorsese starts them up ... the Stones on film

08.02.08
The Rolling Stones opened one of Europe's key film festivals with the premiere of a Martin Scorsese documentary on the group.... more

Grannie's little adventure touches the heart

28.06.07
A sensitive story about the a woman's autumn years, Les Petites Vacances is a quietly effective and deeply sympathetic film.... more

The untold story of the lawyer who defends terrorists

24.05.07
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

Sam's the man taking Control

18.05.07
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

Director who puts himself in the frame

27.04.07
Shane Meadows, director of new release This Is England, has made a name creating movies which reflect his working-class Midlands upbringing.... more

Making a hit out of Lives of Others

20.04.07
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

The queen and I

08.02.07
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

How 007 made us love him

05.02.07
Bond, Borat and British cinema - our Evening Standard film awards judges reveal how they chose the winners.... more

Who'll be the stars of the arts in 2007?

02.01.07
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

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more

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