Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is an effective celebration of Le Carré's artful story-telling, acted by one and all with a quiet panache that strikes home... more
So, I asked a hotel executive from Doha recently, explain to me again how Qatar won that bid for the 2022 World Cup. He replied patiently that it was not a conspiracy but benign spending... more
With Dalston’s Arcola moving into a new home nearby this week and the Bush relocating later this year, it’s all change for London’s fringe theatres, says Veronica Lee... more
In a final twist that would make Shakespeare turn in his grave Macbeth and his wife have been found not guilty of murdering King Duncan and Banquo in a mock trial played by actors... more
With gorgeous scene-setting, keen intelligence and great originality, Peter Greenaway tells the story of Rembrandt's fall from grace in Nightwatching.... more
As critics hail Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, the story of the late Ian Dury, his son recalls the singer’s complex character — and admits the film has stirred difficult memories of his childhood... more
Darwin's life was eventful enough without the added clichés that Creation director Jon Amiel couldn't resist in the retelling of a fascinating story.... more
Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National is my dream play. Yes, yes, it's a brilliant and chilling indictment of Soviet treatment of political dissidents... more
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, premiered in 1977, poses a vital question for countries where the still small voice of dissent remains stifled.... more
Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic is sly, old-fashioned melodrama. It works as entertainment but as history, W deserves an F, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more
RON HOWARD'S film is surprisingly gripping. It turns on the incremental power shifts in the set-up and execution of the 1977 TV interview in which David Frost got the disgraced President Richard Nixon to admit he had let the American people down with his criminal conduct in the Watergate affair.... more
The London Film Festival kicks off with the premiere of Frost/Nixon just yards from where it was originally staged as a play at the Donmar Warehouse... more
If it is conventionally made and a little too long, The Painted Veil has much to commend it. And in Edward Norton it has one of the best and most versatile actors America can muster at present.... more
Ed Byrne vents his anger at the Riverside Studios, Pete Firman brings a bit of magic to NW1 and stage newcomers get the chance to rub shoulders with a film star at the Maestro Impro Show.... more
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.... 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
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