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Viggo Mortensen hides from the truth in Good

16.04.09
Vicente Amorim's and John Wrathall's adaptation of CP Taylor's play, Good, is essentially a parable about human weakness.... more

Man who hid from the truth of the Third Reich

16.04.09
Vicente Amorim’s and John Wrathall’s adaptation of CP Taylor’s play is essentially a parable about human weakness.... more

No room for me at this Chatto reunion

01.04.09
One of my first jobs after leaving university was to work for the feminist publisher Carmen Callil... more

Bond girl Gemma to play Tess Of The d'Urbevilles as TV turns back to costume dramas

20.08.08
It is a truth universally acknowledged - especially among female viewers - that you can never have too many costume dramas. ... more

What's new on television this autumn? Austen, Hardy and Dickens

20.08.08
You could call them credit crunch classics - reliable dramas for worrying times... more

First lady of a family drama

07.09.07
The enduring appeal of Awake And Sing! has little to do with politics, but plenty with the mordant comedy of Jewish family life and the fine cut of its verbal comedy, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

First Lady

28.08.07
From Grease to the West Wing, Stockard Channing has specialised in playing tough women. Here she explains why she jumped at the chance to perform at the Almeida.... more

West End prepares for autumn of high drama

28.08.07
Christian Slater, Stockard Channing and Patrick Stewart head a list of big name stars gearing up for a spectacular autumn at the West End.... 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

Mischa Barton to star in St Trinians movie

17.05.07
The OC star Mischa Barton has signed up to appear in a remake of the classic British comedy St Trinian's.... more

Billie's West End debut back on

07.03.07
Doctors have given Billie Piper the go-ahead to perform in Treats, her West End debut. The play is due to open on Thursday, a week later than originally planned.... 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

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

The violent faces of faith

12.01.07
Neil LaBute's Bash - a three-part meditation on child murder in contemporary America - is histrionic, but still chilling, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

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

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

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