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There's only one Brian Clough

2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

Truth � the first casualty of faction

2009-03-17T08:29:36Z

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

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

2009-02-03T09:36:30Z

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

Great battle of wits in Frost/Nixon

2009-01-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

2009-01-13T09:44:27Z

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

50 ways to have fun in 2009

2009-01-02T10:12:38Z

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

Gripping account of clash in Frost/Nixon

2008-10-15T23:00:00Z

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

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

Twisted sisters

2008-03-06T00:00:00Z

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.

On edge with the Iron Lady

2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

Frost heats up Broadway

2007-04-23T08:30:29Z

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

DVDs of the week

2007-03-13T12:48:48Z

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.

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.

Dame Helen crowned Queen of the Baftas

2007-02-12T08:37:43Z

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

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.

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.

Critic's choice: top 5 plays

2006-12-05T16:19:07Z

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

Critic's choice: top 5 plays

2006-12-05T16:19:04Z

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

Rufus triumphant as Rock'n'Roll rules

2006-11-27T15:01:40Z

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.

Critic's choice: Top 5 plays

2006-11-21T15:20:40Z

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.

Frost's finest hour

2006-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

Stars vying to win our 52nd stage awards

2006-11-09T10:00:40Z

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

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.

Grandage just can't play it safe

2006-08-25T15:45:32Z

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.

Nixon's trial by television

2006-08-21T23:00:00Z

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.