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Girls on film

02.11.09
Women have helmed some first-rate films this year but still account for only three per cent of the industry’s directors, says Nick Curtis... more

The male Kate Moss: Jamie Dornan

04.09.09
Top model Jamie Dornan reads modern philosophy and wants to be an actor, so why do people only want to talk to him about oiling up and his grooming technique? ... more

Is a New Women's Cinema emerging?

17.07.09
Female film-makers are making a big impact at the movies. Does this mean, asks Courtney Hunt, director of Oscar-nominated Frozen River, that we are seeing a New Women's Cinema emerge?... more

Hungry for fame: The female brand ambassadors

22.06.09
Designers 'gift' a celebrity one of their items, they wear it to parties and are photographed. Sales soar - and it costs a fraction of a normal ad campaign, says Bella Blissett... more

Get set for the micro-speech

22.06.09
Head down to a Pecha Kucha night where anyone can give a talk so long as it's quick. But, says Harry Mount, the ultimate faux pas is to be boring... more

The grape escape: vineyard holidays

12.06.09
Whether you are partial to a Chilean Malbec or a Californian Chardonnay, there's a domain to suit every taste. Deborah Feldman goes sideways... more

The cast of Tormented leap to fame

22.05.09
Meeting a grisly end in the new teen horror flick Tormented is just the beginning for this bloody beautiful bunch...... more

War of the Devonshires in The Duchess

04.09.08
Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes are convincing as ill-matched aristocrats in Saul Dibb's period drama, The Duchess, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

Josh Hartnett: I’m really just a regular guy (but don’t ask me to chill out)

29.08.08
Josh Hartnett has been a Hollywood heart-throb for a decade but he hates his celebrity status. Now he is set to be the star of the West End version of Rain Man: how on earth will he cope?... more

Heath Ledger's ex-fiancee Michelle Williams 'dating Hollywood director Spike Jonze'

23.07.08
Seven months after the sudden death of her ex-fiancé Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams appears to have found happiness again.... more

Steer clear of tanned, touchy-feely types

29.04.08
Carole Caplin, a one-time topless model, was befriended by an exhausted Cherie Blair so that she could realign her chakras and facilitate discounts with obscure designers.... more

I don't think sex or violence is harmful in movies

12.04.07
Quentin Tarantino has directed some of the most violent films ever made. Here, in a rare interview, he makes no apology for his latest slasher tribute.... more

DVDs of the week

28.02.07
This week's top releases include Oscar winner Andrea Arnold's first feature, a French and Saunders series, and a bonkers Japanese exploitation flick.... more

Who'll be the stars of the arts in 2007?

02.01.07
Our critics introduce the names to watch out for over the next 12 months - the ones you won’t have heard of before, the ones that you’ll suddenly see everywhere – and the one the critics will love best in 2007.... more

Top 5 weekend gigs

20.10.06
Jack White joins his old Detroit mucker Brendan Benson on stage at the Brixton Academy, tuneful Parisians Phoenix play the Astoria and the New York Dolls will be whipping up a storm.... more

A Lady Di from the 18th century

19.10.06
Marie Antoinette is based partly upon Antonia Fraser's biography but mostly on director Sofia Coppola's imagination. And, just when things are getting really interesting, the film fades to black. ... more

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