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Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is a masterpiece

25.09.09

Francis Ford Coppola’s first Godfather is a masterpiece ... more

Pacino is spectacularly over the top in Scarface

21.08.09

Brian De Palma's 1983 version has Al Pacino as Tony Montana, a two-bit hood from Cuba who makes it big in the drug trade... more

Mayor reveals his music inspiration in book to help Prince’s Trust

06.07.09

Boris Johnson has revealed the inspiration behind his maverick personality — singing an Elizabethan poem about the joys of plain speaking... more

Through the keyhole at the Ł1.5m house of jailed gangster

20.05.09

Who would live in a house like this? Well let’s consider the evidence. The big clue is the portrait hanging in the living room showing Al Pacino in The Godfather... more

Harrow's slice of Hollywood was just a lie

18.02.09

A private members' club which apparently attracted a host of Hollywood stars has fallen foul of licensing rules... more

The house I built for our dear old friend Joyce

30.12.08

Earlier this year, the Standard’s David Cohen wrote about the debt he and his family owed their domestic servant in South Africa. Now he tells how they gave her the home she always wanted... more

Annie turns the camera on herself

16.10.08

A well-designed, 150-piece collection represents Annie Leibovitz's lesser-known sides of her commercial and private work. ... more

Gomorrah are not Goodfellas

09.10.08

Never mind Hollywood gangsters - Gomorrah, a brave study of Naples' notorious Camorra, is the real thing.... more

Criminal waste in Righteous Kill

25.09.08

Any movie with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the lead ought to be a good deal better than Jon Avnet’s police thriller.... more

Philip Seymour Hoffman and his band

18.09.08

Hollywood star and sometime director Philip Seymour Hoffman is in London to stage a play about men with guitars in mid-life crisis.... more

Al Paunchino: Film legend reveals his expanding girth

01.09.08

He made his name years ago as a slick gangster in The Godfather trilogy. Perhaps that's why Al Pacino doesn't feel the need to impress any more. ... more

Free culture in London

13.08.08

In these straitened times, the first sacrifices are the theatre, concert tickets and art gallery visits, right? Wrong.... more

Madge and Guy's pub facing probe over 'tourist rip-off'

07.08.08

Madonna and Guy Ritchie's Mayfair pub is set to be investigated for charging tourists and regulars different prices. ... more

Lock, stock and tourists over a barrel

07.08.08

Madonna and Guy Ritchie's Mayfair pub is set to be investigated for charging tourists and regulars different prices... more

Bollywood's biggest and best gather for Dome extravaganza

03.07.08

They are some of the best known names in Indian cinema - and they will be performing at the biggest live indoor Bollywood event seen in Britain... more

Up close and personal with Annie Leibovitz

18.06.08

A new exhibition this autumn will show a more personal side to star photographer Annie Leibovitz... more

Now showing: Indiana Jones and the London counterfeit DVDs

28.05.08

Thousands of pirated DVDs of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, this summer's biggest blockbuster, are already on sale on the streets of London... more

Hopkins will play dirty, fears Enzo Calzaghe

18.04.08

Joe Calzaghe's dad fears Executioner might nut his son to be disqualified rather than lose their big title fight... more

Al Pacino knocks out Joe Calzaghe

17.04.08

Joe Calzaghe looks like a star-struck kid as he meets one of his great idols, Al Pacino... more

Have a free weekend

22.02.08

London is a great city but pricey. With that in mind here's a few ideas for the weekend that won't hit your pockets too hard.... more

Charlie to sprinkle stardust on stage

03.12.07

The rising star of Matthew Vaughn's hit movie Stardust, Charlie Cox, is to make his West End theatre debut in a Harold Pinter revival.... more

Opening night cancelled as actor pulls out

10.10.07

A West End play due to open tonight has been dramatically cancelled after one of the actors pulled out at the last minute.... more

Clooney's mob get lucky again

07.06.07

The Hollywood A-list assemble for their third casino heist in Ocean's Thirteen and pull off a glitzy, ritzy guilty pleasure... more

Ocean's 13 gave Cannes its biggest premiere last night, and it's every bit as good as the first film in the franchise, but it could have done with a bit more characterisation, says Derek Malcolm.... more

The blockbuster is back

17.04.07

If Spider-Man 3, which had its world premiere in Tokyo last night, is anything to go by, this summer's big films will be better than ever. We preview this year's blockbuster movies.... more

O Batman, where art thou?

27.03.07

Saints and Superheroes is a wonderfully sitcomish skit set in England's only Vatican-funded lighthouse. It is delightfully absurd, occasionally clever and even profound, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Father, I have seen the light

23.03.07

A tale of two monks struggling to get acquainted at the top of a Cornwall lighthouse-cum-monastery, excessive rambling stops Saints And Superheroes realising its full potential.... more

How Mackenzie stole the show

30.01.07

No one expected Gareth from The Office to act everyone off the stage in Chekhov. But that's just what he did at the Royal Court where The Seagull opened last week.... more

Scarface star set for lifetime award

23.10.06

Al Pacino is to be honoured for his 40-year acting career. The Oscar-winner will be presented with the American Film Institute's highest accolade, the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.... more

Farewell to Cuba

11.08.06

Andy Garcia's new film The Lost City is about the country he loved, and left, as a child and the star says he won't return to Cuba until its current leader Castro has gone.... more