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Dean Spanley is shaggy dog story

11.12.08
Peter O'Toole and a fine cast make the most of an eccentric tale of personal redemption in Dean Spanley.... more

Uncut version of controversial Helen Mirren film Caligula to be released

26.08.08
It was banned in the 1970s for its graphic scenes of incest and real sex, but now controversial Roman epic Caligula is set to go on sale in the high street.... more

As Calendar Girls is turned into a play, the stars reveal: 'Why we're proud to parade our wobbly bits'

13.08.08
Calendar Girls has been turned into a play, and six of Britain's best-loved actresses will be stripping for live audiences across the country. How do they feel about baring all? ... more

Glam Billie Piper shows off her 'fantastic' Mr Fox tattoo at New York premiere

20.03.08
Billie Piper shows off her ‘Mr Fox’ wedding tattoo for the first time at a New York premiere yesterday. The artwork was on display as the Dr Who star – who is usually covered from head to toe with baggy jumpers or oversized jackets - glammed-up for the event... more

DVDs of the week

12.02.08
A magical feast for the eyes in Ratatouille, the award-winning Control, and Jodie Foster wastes her talent in The Brave One.... 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

Too much talent on London stage for a shortlist

31.10.07
A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Stars shine but the magic's missing

18.10.07
The ambition's there, and so is the dream cast - but Stardust - Matthew Vaughn's first Hollywood epic - is too fantastical for its own good.... more

There's a rat in my soup

11.10.07
Ratatouille is so brilliantly imagined that you wonder how a computer can possibly have achieved it, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Charming but lacking

04.10.07
Matthew Vaughn's Stardust is charming, but the story is in desperate need of pruning and the dialogue refuses to come alive.... more

The man who made us love Macbeth

28.09.07
London's most promising theatre director, Rupert Goold, takes a moment to talk about his latest show and future plans.... 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

A drowsy numbness pains my sense

05.04.07
Dianna Lefas's decision to tackle the Romantic Poets in The Last Nightingale is brave, but the end result struggles to keep the audience's attention.... more

Dame Helen's fears before Oscar night

23.02.07
Bookmakers William Hill have already started paying out on Dame Helen Mirren winning best actress - but the star is getting more than a little nervous.... 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

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

Well, I'll be Damed

06.02.07
Oscar rivals Dame Judi Dench and Dame Helen Mirren feature in the latest issue of Vanity Fair along with a host of other Hollywood stars.... more

How 007 made us love him

05.02.07
Bond, Borat and British cinema - our Evening Standard film awards judges reveal how they chose the winners.... 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

The Queen leading British Oscar charge

23.01.07
Three British stars - Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Kate Winslet - will battle it out for best actress at this year's Oscars.... more

Hollywood's new royalty

16.01.07
After the Golden Globe successes and record growth in the British film industry, we name our top 50 major players.... 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

The Bafta nominations in full

12.01.07
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Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06
British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.... more

A most seductive Don Juan

07.12.06
Rhys Ifans stars in the title role in Patrick Marber's Don Juan In Soho, which gives the worst sex-addict in theatrical history a ravishing, thoroughly modern make-over.... 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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