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Michael Caine is back - and he still has that magic

30.04.09
Veteran actor Michael Caine shines as an elderly entertainer who finds a soulmate in a 10-year-old boy in Is Anybody There?.... more

Carry On film producer dies

15.04.09
Peter Rogers, the producer who created the Carry On films, has died at the age of 95, Pinewood Studios said... more

Growing old disgracefully

18.03.09
Vivienne Westwood’s latest bad behaviour shows some oldies still have attitude... 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

DVDs of the week

24.07.07
Peter O'Toole's Oscar-nominated role in Venus, a strong take on terrorism in Catch A Fire and a compilation from Roxy Music are among the DVDs of the week.... more

Dame Helen crowned Queen of the Baftas

12.02.07
Dame Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the Baftas, but it was mission unaccomplished for James Bond.... more

More gongs for Mirren's Queen

09.02.07
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

Life in the old dog yet

25.01.07
Fine acting performances can't transcend Venus, a film that hovers between near farce and tragi-comedy without ever landing on a convincing level.... more

Last of the hellraisers

23.01.07
Peter O'Toole is the great survivor of that generation of hard-living actors. All good preparation for his new role, he tells Nick Curtis.... more

New Bond Craig gets Bafta nod

12.01.07
The Queen and Casino Royale lead the field for this year's Baftas. Daniel Craig has received a best actor nomination for his performance as 007.... more

Flighty farce touches down again

08.01.07
French Sixties farce Boeing-Boeing, about love at an airport, is back in the West End with Tamzin Outhwaite and Green Wing's Michelle Gomez.... more

Dame Helen crowned queen of film awards

30.11.06
Dame Helen Mirren has been crowned queen of the British Independent Film awards after receiving a special award for film achievement.... more

One foot in the door, the other in the grave

20.10.06
Any film with Peter O'Toole and Leslie Phillips ought at least to have a modicum of entertainment in it and Roger Michell and Hanif Kureishi's comedy Venus certainly has that.... 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

London's cinemas are most expensive in Europe

17.10.06
Londoners pay more than three times the European average to watch a film, research showed today. An adult ticket for the Odeon in Leicester Square costs up to £17.50.... more

London Film Festival highlights

14.09.06
Derek Malcolm chooses his highlights from the recently announced 50th London Film Festival line up.... more

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