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Ryan Gilbey gives his verdict on the key new movie releases

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Dead in the water

  • 28 May 2007

A sterile adaptation of Raymond Carver is outdone by a gay high-school drama Jindabyne (15)
dir: Ray Lawrence Wild Tigers I Have Known (18)
dir: Cam Archer

Watching the detectives

  • 21 May 2007

This thriller defies conventions to show the true personal cost of a murder case Zodiac (15) dir: David Fincher

Whitewashed and watered down

  • 14 May 2007
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Mandela is relegated to the sidelines of his own life in this cowardly biopic Goodbye Bafana (15) dir: Bille August

Take a crawl on the dark side

  • 07 May 2007

Spider-Man's breezy charm has been replaced by standard superhero moping Spider-Man 3 (12A) dir: Sam Raimi

A hair's breadth from greatness

  • 30 April 2007

Evocative slice of skinhead life gets bogged down in worn symbolism This Is England (18) dir: Shane Meadows

Addictive personalities

  • 23 April 2007

The charismatic Ryan Gosling looks good even on a diet of hard drugs Half Nelson (15) dir: Ryan Fleck

The banality of evil

  • 16 April 2007

Assured portrayal of a Stasi spy is more chilling than any horror film The Lives of Others (15) dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

It's not the end of the world

  • 09 April 2007

Moments of hope pierce the gloom for the characters in this Finnish comedy Lights in the Dusk (PG) dir: Aki Kaurismäki

Liberty, equality, fraternity?

  • 02 April 2007

Prejudice in France, past and present, is smartly addressed by a pair of films Days of Glory (15) dir: Rachid Bouchareb Beyond Hatred (no certificate) dir: Olivier Meyrou

Plenty of passion, but where's the humanity?

  • 26 March 2007

A worthy subject, but this is yet another white film about black suffering Amazing Grace (PG) dir: Michael Apted

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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