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Culture: There's a new villain in town
Sunday, 1 March 2009
According to the Metropolitan Police, we should brace ourselves for a "summer of rage" as middle-class victims of the credit crunch participate in violent demonstrations against financial institutions. Superintendent David Hartshorn, head of the Met's public order branch, says that banks are now seen as "viable targets" by disgruntled consumers, along with the corporate headquarters of multinationals.
Zack Snyder: 'Nothing's too graphic for me'
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Alan Moore believes his 'Watchmen' is unfilmable – and Zack Snyder agrees. So what has this 'choreographer of death' done to one of the finest comic books ever created?
Watchmen returns: The 20-year struggle to bring a cult classic to the big screen
Saturday, 28 February 2009
When 'Watchmen' was published in 1987, it was hailed as the greatest graphic novel of all time – and Hollywood immediately snapped up the rights. Two decades later, after passing through the hands of some of the world's biggest-name directors, the $150m project has finally come to fruition. Tim Walker tells the inside story of a tortuous journey from page to screen
Whatever happened to the femme fatale?
Friday, 27 February 2009
Sultry, smouldering temptresses lit up the screen in cinema's golden age – but where are they now? Sheila Johnston pays tribute to the femme fatale
A Rupert Friend indeed
Friday, 27 February 2009
After years of being known as Keira's beau, Rupert Friend is taking his place in the limelight, with starring roles in two new films, writes Stephen Applebaum
Clint Eastwood shows how America is changing
Friday, 27 February 2009
Johann Hari: The shift in one of America's greatest icons is a hopeful sign of cultural change
Observations: Film fans will have a whale of a time on Noah's tour
Friday, 27 February 2009
Folk-pop quartet Noah and The Whale are embarking on a 10-date UK tour with a difference. Kicking off on 5 March in Norwich, the Club Silencio Tour promises an evening of film and music that harks back to the music halls of old. The film fanatics say the tour is inspired by the Club Silencio scene in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
Hollyweird: Curse of the Oscars
Friday, 27 February 2009
Kate Winslet should perhaps curb her excitement for a moment to take note of the Oscars curse. An Oscar win may be the pinnacle of a career, but winners such as F Murray Abraham, Brenda Fricker, Linda Hunt, Marlee Matlin and Louise Fletcher are hardly household names today.
Screen Talk: Hardy Times
Friday, 27 February 2009
In the eternal quest to discover yet another franchise from existing source material, audiences are set to be treated to a comic riff on the "Hardy Boys" books.
Tackling Old Big 'Ead: The secret of making Brian Clough live again on screen
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Tom Hooper, director of The Damned United talks to Ian Burrell
Anvil: the real Spinal Tap
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Anvil are the Canadian rockers now taking cinemas by storm. The film's director Sacha Gervasi recalls their unforgettable first meeting
The Independent Film Forum: 3. Notorious
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Our new film forum is your chance to pass judgement on a recent release. Here's a selection of your views on this tale of Nineties hip-hop.
Independent Film Forum: Confessions of a Shopaholic - Have your say
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Do chick flicks make you smile or do they make your blood boil? The next film up for discussion in The Independent Film Forum is Confessions of a Shopaholic. Did your heart warm to Isla Fisher's ditsy performance? Is Hugh Dancy the next Hugh Grant? Is this enjoyable escapism or mindless misogyny? Air your views in the comment section below and we'll print the best of your comments in the newspaper next week.
Simon Chinn: ‘We didn’t fluff our lines’
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
The producer of Man on Wire recounts his night at the Oscars
Why blockbusters still matter
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Have the Oscars swung too far in favour of indie movies? Without big-budget hits, everyone loses, says Geoffrey Macnab
Oscar night's real winners and losers
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Never mind Best Original Score – who wore the most glamorous frock, which star made the worst entrance, and whose jokes got the biggest laughs? Our Oscar-watchers present the accolades we all really care about
Dali, Hollywood - and a surreal story
Monday, 23 February 2009
There are three biopics about the Spanish artist in production, reveals Jerome Taylor. But it is the adaptation of the book by a former art dealer and ex-convict attracting the most controversy
Culture: There’s nothing like the real thing
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Why are feature-length documentaries typically more enjoyable than feature films? Man on Wire won a Bafta for Outstanding British Film, but it should have been nominated for Best Film. Tonight, we’ll discover whether it wins an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature – I think it will – but, again, it should be up for Best Picture.
King of Hollywood: From Cockfosters boy to Hollywood hotshot
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Pity poor Graham King. He’s on the winner’s podium, the Academy Award for Best Picture in his fist and… the hottest film producer in the world forgets his speech. Here, the taxi-driver’s son from Cockfosters begins our Oscars Special by explaining how he came to be greenlighting projects for Martin Scorsese – and grovelling to Brad Pitt
Is this the greatest Oscar-winning film you've never seen?
Sunday, 22 February 2009
We think we might have created the perfect Oscar-winning film: a three-hanky historical epic with Winslet, Day-Lewis and Spielberg all on board. But ‘The Tango Instructor’ is missing one vital element: your creative input, dear reader…
Jennifer Lynch: Life with David and the turkey of the decade
Sunday, 22 February 2009
The amputee romance ‘Boxing Helena’ was never going to win an Oscar – but the director Jennifer Lynch could not have foreseen the torrent of abuse that would follow its release. And that’s when her problems really began
One-Click Wonder:
Sunday, 22 February 2009
It has been reported that Madonna is eyeing up a return to the big screen as the lead in a biopic of Wallis Simpson. Here we salute Madge’s incredible perseverance in the face of continued cinematic humiliation..
Oscars' unsung heroes: The not-so-famous contenders for Hollywood's most glamorous awards
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Tomorrow is the glitziest date in the movie calendar. For some nominees – like Meryl and Kate and Brad and Angelina – it’s just another awards ceremony. But for the less fancied contenders, it’s the biggest night of their lives
Ready for an Oscars gilt trip?
Friday, 20 February 2009
Sunday's Oscars will try to be both jazzed up and glammed down. Will it work? Guy Adams in Los Angeles gears up for the big night
Forgotten golden girl of the Oscars
Friday, 20 February 2009
In the 1930s Luise Rainer won Best Actress Oscars in successive years. Gerard Gilbert meets a movie legend
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