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There's only one Brian Clough

26.03.09

Michael Sheen portrays the maverick football manager Brian Clough to perfection but Peter Morgan's adaptation falls short of glory in The Damned United.... more

Truth – the first casualty of faction

17.03.09

A policeman fights corruption at the heart of the Ripper hunt and so lifelike is the account that we even see home-made film footage taken on Christmas Day in more light-hearted times... 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

Great battle of wits in Frost/Nixon

22.01.09

Popularity and ratings play a huge part in Frost/Nixon, yet the film itself may not emerge as a box-office champ.... 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

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09

Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Gripping account of clash in Frost/Nixon

16.10.08

Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon is an intelligently written and superlatively acted piece which addresses fame and ambition.... more

Film

08.10.08

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 ... more

Twisted sisters

06.03.08

Two sisters vie for King Henry VIII's favour in The Other Boleyn Girl, an adaptation that's long on pageantry but short on psychology.... more

On edge with the Iron Lady

08.02.08

Playwright Tom Green can only manage a little slight comedy and a lot of pointless whimsy in The Death of Margaret Thatcher.... more

Frost heats up Broadway

23.04.07

It was one of last year's top West End draws. Now Frost/Nixon is basking in a triumphant opening on Broadway.... more

DVDs of the week

13.03.07

Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece Pan's Labyrinth, Helen Mirren's Oscar-winning performance as the Queen and magical thriller The Prestige all come to DVD this week.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07

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.... more

Dame Helen crowned Queen of the Baftas

12.02.07

Dame Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the Baftas, but it was mission unaccomplished for James Bond.... 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

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

Hollywood's new royalty

16.01.07

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

Mirren reigns supreme

08.01.07

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

Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06

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

Critic's choice: top 5 plays

05.12.06

Felicity Kendal's poignant turn, a horrifying plant and a riveting interview with David Frost are among the current West End treats.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 plays

05.12.06

Romance with Billy Zane and Clare Bloom, some horrifying plants, and Nicholas de Jongh... more

Rufus triumphant as Rock'n'Roll rules

27.11.06

Sir Tom Stoppard's politics and music saga Rock'n'Roll blasted its way to a double victory at the prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 plays

21.11.06

The riveting Frost/Nixon continues to enthrall, as do a new adaptation of one of Virginia Woolf's most "difficult" works and a classic by Euripedes.... more

Frost's finest hour

17.11.06

Frank Langella's extraordinary acting feat as President Nixon in the gripping Frost/Nixon can be truly described as "great", says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Stars vying to win our 52nd stage awards

09.11.06

There is plenty of intrigue thrown up by the shortlist for the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Who will take the honours?... more

The man who rewrites history

27.10.06

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.... more

Majestic Mirren's crowning glory

14.09.06

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.... more

This doesn't put a royal foot wrong

01.09.06

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.... more

Grandage just can't play it safe

25.08.06

Michael Grandage, director of the Donmar, has scored another hit with Frost/Nixon. But, he says, every new production leaves his playhouse standing on a knife-edge.... more

Nixon's trial by television

22.08.06

Peter Morgan's enthralling play Frost/Nixon follows President Nixon's extraordinary trial by television and offers fascinating insights on the relationship between politics and the media.... more