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Ryan Gilbey gives his verdict on the key new movie releases

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Motherhood, madness and melodrama

  • 27 November 2008
  • 2 comments

Heavy-handed direction turns one woman's ordeal into a sensationalist affair Changeling (15) dir: Clint Eastwood

Thanks for the memories

  • 20 November 2008

An unsettling and inspired exploration of how the trauma of war affects the mind Waltz With Bashir (18) dir: Ari Folman

Killing to be cool

  • 13 November 2008

Black-leather glam over-romanticises the real story of this 1970s guerrilla gang The Baader Meinhof Complex (18) dir: Uli Edel

Misunderestimating George

  • 06 November 2008
  • 1 comment

Is the horror of the Bush years beyond satire? Stone's bland effort suggests so W (15) dir: Oliver Stone

Celebrating masochism

  • 30 October 2008
  • 2 comments

The latest James Bond blockbuster is little more than the usual exercise in designer violence, while an astounding portrait of the 1980s IRA hunger strikers takes film into visceral territory

Stepford school friends

  • 23 October 2008

Disney's cheerful cash cow is honest in ways grittier youth films can't match High School Musical 3: Senior Year (U) dir: Kenny Ortega

That superior feeling

  • 16 October 2008

The Coen brothers' espionage comedy is an exercise in smugness Burn After Reading (15) dir: Joel and Ethan Coen

An offer you can't refuse

  • 09 October 2008

The glamour gets scrubbed off the Mob in this Italian drama Gomorrah (15) dir: Matteo Garrone

Once in a lifetime

  • 02 October 2008

A child's unearthly performance is at the heart of this brilliant directorial effort The Fall (15) dir: Tarsem

Talent that doesn't spoil

  • 25 September 2008

Kristin Scott Thomas is austere, while Ed Harris pulls out all the stops I've Loved You So Long (12A) dir: Philippe Claudel Appaloosa (15) dir: Ed Harris

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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