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Naomi loves Sarah: Mrs Brown prepares for life after No 10

02.06.09
Gordon Brown may be facing electoral meltdown but his wife is playing a blinder as she prepares for life after Downing Street... more

Just what is it about Billy Elliot?

13.05.09
Billy Elliot was a leap of faith for Eric Fellner who backed the low-budget movie that led to a musical now nominated for 15 Tonys.... more

Teacher writes finale to Cannes in school hols

24.04.09
Goodbye Knole Park, hello the South of France. The Croisette is some distance from Sevenoaks, the Palais du Festival some way from the staff room and closing the Cannes film festival the kind of good fortune which screenwriters the world over dream about ... more

All eyes on Watchmen

05.03.09
The crime-fighters are under attack and nuclear war looms in the big screen version of Alan Moore's cult graphic novel - Watchmen.... more

Rogue bankers in The International

26.02.09
Clive Owen chases the money men across Europe in The International — but he's no Bourne, says Derek Malcolm.... more

The International lacks identity of Bourne

06.02.09
No one could say German director Tom Tykwer’s new thriller The International, which opened the Berlin Festival, isn't up to date.... 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

This Joker's serious in The Dark Knight

24.07.08
Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale set a new standard for summer blockbusters in new Batman film The Dark Knight - but Heath Ledger steals the show.... more

Angelina's finest hour

20.09.07
Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart sees Angelina Jolie in a performance that allows few concessions to her star persona.... more

The actress taking on the mother of all roles

17.08.07
Lesley Manville is taking on the lead role in a stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother - alongside transsexual prostitutes, lesbian divas and a pregnant nun.... more

Bourne makes a run for it - and doesn't stop

16.08.07
The Bourne Ultimatum is a fast, furious and insistently inventive film that delivers more than other Hollywood biggies of the summer season.... more

The summer's hottest tickets

20.06.07
From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.... 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

Heroism by numbers

12.04.07
A second-rate action-thriller, Shooter has car chases, explosions and a lot of shooting, but not much in the way of decent dialogue.... more

Bond star wins best actor award

28.03.07
Bond star Daniel Craig has been named Best Actor for his role as 007 - in awards voted for by the public.... 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

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

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

Bond's toughest mission ... his first acting award

05.02.07
Daniel Craig has been named best actor at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for his performance in Casino Royale.... 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

Mirren reigns supreme

08.01.07
The Queen's Helen Mirren has been crowned best actress by the New York Film Critics Circle, while Forest Whitaker was named best actor.... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more

DVD reviews: Growing up with alco pop

17.10.06
Richard E Grant makes his directorial debut with Wah-Wah, Paul Greengrass explores the horror of 9/11 in United 93 and coming out drama Imagine Me & You is just plain silly. ... more

Is this one 9/11 movie too far?

28.09.06
For some in the US it's too soon for Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie. But here we've already seen too many recreations of that awful day, says Derek Malcolm.... more

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