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Shameless star joins the West End theatre boom British film boom: Industry in 60 per cent hike in takings thanks to Keira and Harry Potter Work won't come between James McAvoy and wife Anne-Marie Duff The family feud that haunts Atonement star James McAvoy Majestic Gillian launches film festival

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Shameless star joins the West End theatre boom

07.08.09
Anne-Marie Duff is to become the latest big name to take to the West End stage as theatres defy the recession... more

Louise Jury and Benedict Moore-Bridger

07.08.09
Anne-Marie Duff is to become the latest big name to take to the West End stage as theatres defy the recession... more

We need these new teachers - they're fun, keen and wise

12.03.09
No one likes student teachers. Especially not the pupils. As a mean 13-year-old I can remember hounding a student teacher, a Mr Bean lookalike, out of his first class. He deserved it... more

A Night Out in London: Three Days of Rain & Bentley's

27.02.09
See James McAvoy lead a superb cast in Three Days of Rain and treat yourself to oysters at Bentley's.... more

McAvoy is pulling power in Three Days of Rain

11.02.09
The magnificently acted Three Days of Rain doesn't engage or emerge as coloured more than a paler shade of grey.... 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

British film boom: Industry in 60 per cent hike in takings thanks to Keira and Harry Potter

21.07.08
Keira Knightley and JK Rowling have helped the British film industry enjoy its best year, earning a record £1.65 billion around the world.... more

Babe amongst beasts in wanted

26.06.08
There may be jokes about James McAvoy's height in Timur Bekmambetov's fantasy action thriller but he's definitely the hero of Wanted.... more

Work won't come between James McAvoy and wife Anne-Marie Duff

13.04.08
They may be among our brightest young acting talents, but James McAvoy and his wife, Anne-Marie Duff, are adamant that their work schedules should not come between them... more

Awards success for Atonement and Bourne

10.03.08
Atonement led the way at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards, scooping three prizes while The Bourne Ultimatum was named Best Film.... more

The family feud that haunts Atonement star James McAvoy

01.03.08
You could hardly blame actor James McAvoy for being a little bleary-eyed as the black limo deposited him outside the Beverly Hills mansion. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in the poverty-stricken area of Drumchapel in Glasgow, the actor's father, James McAvoy Snr, was hard at work atop a roof... more

Love is in the air: Sienna and Rhys' sky high frolics

27.02.08
Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans stunned fellow passengers on their flight from Los Angeles to London on Monday night with their high-spirited frolics. The loved-up pair, who have been dating since August, couldn't keep their hands off each other on the 12 hour Virgin Atlantic overnight flight ... more

Kelly and Kylie shine at the Elle Awards

12.02.08
Kelly Brook and Kylie Minogue, stole the show at one of the most important dates in the British fashion diary. The Strictly Come Dancing star and pop's queen of reinvention shone on the red carpet at the Elle Style Awards in gorgeous full-length Grecian style gowns. And despite a full quota of celebrities from the worlds of fashion, film and music, both emerged clear winners in the fashion style stakes ... more

Did anybody read this script?

31.01.08
Penelope is the film-making debut of Mark Palansky. But he'll have to do better next time round if he's to pursue a profitable career.... more

A great night for Britain at Globes ceremony

14.01.08
War-time drama Atonement led a night of British triumphs at the Golden Globes - without a ceremony to celebrate.... more

Say it with a DVD this Christmas

20.12.07
Whether it's Bond, Borat or a seasonal classic, there's a wealth of choice for when the TV schedules let you down.... more

From Shameless to National treasure

27.11.07
Anne-Marie Duff claims she was 'the runt of the year' at drama school - but now she has picked up the Evening Standard Best Actress prize for her astonishing portrayal of Saint Joan.... more

Free movies on Thursdays

08.11.07
To celebrate 25 years of Film4, there is a four-week free film season at the Prince Charles Cinema, with screenings including Last King of Scotland and The Motorcycle Diaries.... more

Keira's in a class of her own

06.09.07
A postmodern romance, Atonement works best as a riposte to all those films that put high-society women on a pedestal and is one of the finest British films of the year. ... more

Knightley wows fans at Atonement premiere

05.09.07
Keira Knightley delighted fans at the London premiere of her new film Atonement in Leicester Square. ... more

Epic yet intimate, a British triumph

29.08.07
Ian McEwan's 'unfilmable' best-selling novel Atonement - starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy - is already being talked of as a triumph.... more

DVDs of the week

17.04.07
Brit rom-com Starter For 10, The Best Of Saturday Live, Ghosts, and the true story of an English eccentric's quest to sail round the world, are all released on DVD this week.... more

Miss Austen in love

08.03.07
Becoming Jane is your typical well-made British period piece. Only a lack of real inspiration and true cinematic flair prevent it from being a complete success.... more

Austen biopic gets stuck in the mud

05.03.07
For a romantic comedy Becoming Jane has serious aspirations. The feminist heroine is both brittle and self-conscious, while the horror of poverty is also forcefully conveyed.... 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

Truly, madly, brutally

11.01.07
The Last King of Scotland, a riveting fiction about African dictator Idi Amin, boasts a terrifying performance from Forest Whitaker, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Fingers on your buzzers

09.11.06
James McAvoy stars as a working-class boy with advanced general-knowledge skills in Starter For Ten who is taught some valuable lessons by life and love.... more

Majestic Gillian launches film festival

19.10.06
A heavily pregnant Gillian Anderson helped launch the London Film Festival with the premiere of her The Last King Of Scotland.... more

Amin, the tartan terror

19.10.06
In The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitaker stars as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, giving him both the facile charm and the terrifying paranoia that many witnesses have spoken of.... more

An unreel line-up

18.10.06
The 50th London Film Festival kicks off with its usual flashbulb-popping flair, as British stars stud the red carpet for The Last King Of Scotland at Odeon Leicester Square.... more

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