Emmanuelle Béart, France's biggest movie star, was controversially denied a chance to show her new film at this year's festival amid fears it was too racy. She debates nudity, sex and success with Lydia Slater.... more
Stunning location work and two performances of considerable force distinguish Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz’s English-language second feature - Vinyan.... more
His boyish charms as the world’s most famous wizard have won him legions of female admirers, but Daniel Radcliffe’s seems keen to ditch those youthful looks and adopt a more manly appearance.... more
One movie has an all-star cast of Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Romola Garai and Rufus Sewell.
the other was filmed in Nigeria on a shoestring budget.... more
Amazing Grace may not be an outstanding success, but it is hardly a failure. It gives a good idea of the horrors of the slave trade, and deals with the parliamentary debates without boring.... more
It's your last chance to catch the award-winning Caroline or Change and Much Ado About Nothing at the Novello, plus, satirical comedy A Family Affair makes a terrific impression.... more
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll is holding on in a West End submerged in a sea of musicals, proving that bracing mental exercise for audiences is still permitted on the commercial London stage.... more
Even Kate Winslet and Jude Law can't save date movie The Holiday, which is a comedy-cum-love story that seldom reaches beneath the surface, says Derek Malcolm. ... more
Rufus Sewell collected the Evening Standard Best Actor award for his role in Tom Stoppard's Rock'n'Roll. Success has been worth the wait, he says.... more
Little Britain's Big Night, a Comic Relief special, offered umpteen belly laughs, says Bruce Dessau. And for once, even Kate Moss was upstaged.... more
Enron's execs go from bubble to bust in Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Chow Yun-Fat stars in John Woo's all-action flick Another Tomorrow II, and Tristan & Isolde drips its way onto DVD.... 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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