film

THE CV: KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS

Nicholas Barber — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:12:36 +0000

She has one career in Britain, and another in France. Nicholas Barber traces a career that is not all cut glass ... read more »

THE CV: MARTIN SCORSESE

Tom Shone — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:11:15 +0000

It’s been an immense career, but an uneven one. With "Shutter Island" now proving to be Martin Scorsese's biggest box-office hit, Tom Shone draws up a list of his eight best films ... read more »

ERIC ROHMER'S (ALL TOO) HUMAN COMEDIES

Andrew Stout — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:47:02 +0000

Eric Rohmer populated his films with pretty people making silly mistakes. Andrew Stout considers some of his earliest work ... read more »

TIM BURTON'S STRANGE UNIVERSE

Melinda Dodd — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:11:39 +0000

As the Museum of Modern Art stages a big retrospective of Tim Burton's work, Melinda Dodd considers a man who's made a career out of embracing his dark side ... read more »

COLIN FIRTH: THE MAN IN THE WHITE SHIRT

Isabel Lloyd — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:09:04 +0000

Colin Firth is outstanding, as he shows in “A Single Man”, for which he has just won a Bafta. So why isn’t he at his best more often? Isabel Lloyd asks him ... read more »

THE CV: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS

Matthew Sweet — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:08:56 +0000

He doesn’t take many roles but they tend to be memorable, from an Edwardian prig to a murderous oilman and now a singing film director in "Nine", a new musical from Rob Marshall. Matthew Sweet picks the best ... read more »

THE TROUBLE WITH WAR GAMES

Benjamin Pauker — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:48:20 +0000

The first video game about the Iraq war provoked a firestorm of its own. A realistic game about the second invasion of Fallujah might be a bit too ambitious, writes Benjamin Pauker ... read more »

THE CV: HELEN MIRREN

Intelligent Life — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:35:00 +0000

She’s been a media darling for 40 years—and a fine actress. As she graces the big screen in the newsroom thriller "State of Play", Irving Wardle (theatre) and Matthew Sweet (film) pick her star turns ... read more »

WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW THE NAME HAL ASHBY

Daniel Arizona — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:19:50 +0000

Despite having one of the best filmmaking streaks of the 1970s, Hal Ashby is largely unheard of. But with a new biography and some vocal acolytes, the director may be finally getting his due, writes Daniel Arizona ... read more »

"WATCHMEN": THE CURIOUS CASE OF A GRAPHIC NOVEL

Garth Risk Hallberg — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:12:37 +0000

"Returning to men in tights after a 15-year world-literature binge, I was almost overwhelmed by Alan Moore's 'Watchmen'," writes Garth Risk Hallberg. He's startled by the comic's complexity, but stumbles over the term "graphic novel" ... read more »