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Ryan Gilbey gives his verdict on the key new movie releases

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Nightmare on Elk Street

  • 09 April 2009

Can gruesome horror flourish in the kingdom of
flat-pack furniture?

The great rock’n’roll swindle

  • 02 April 2009

This boorish romp does a disservice to the memory of 1960s pirate radio

The timid script brings a parochial feel to the celebrated manager’s story

  • 26 March 2009

The Damned United (15)
dir: Tom Hooper

Chinks in his Armani

  • 19 March 2009

The life of Italy’s malevolent former leader is rendered in unforgiving style
Il Divo (15)
dir: Paolo Sorrentino

Australia’s underbelly

  • 12 March 2009

Fond memories of the lurid world of “Ozploitation” cinema
Not Quite Hollywood (18)
dir: Mark Hartley

One woman and her dog

  • 05 March 2009

Kelly Reichardt’s latest film revives Italian neo-realism in America’s west
Wendy and Lucy (15)
dir: Kelly Reichardt

Please, sir, can we have some more?

  • 26 February 2009

Here's a classroom drama that is neither lecture nor tear-stained ode
The Class (15)
dir: Laurent Cantet

The method behind the myth

  • 19 February 2009

Some last-minute sentimentality mars an otherwise fresh take on the biopic
Che: Part Two (15)
dir: Steven Soderbergh

Rip it up and start again

  • 12 February 2009
  • 3 comments

The Academy Awards are a broken institution, characterised by lunatic delusions of prestige and a compulsion to honour undeserving films. An overhaul is long overdue

Turkish delight

  • 12 February 2009

Nuri Bilge Ceylan takes on film noir - and makes it very much his own
Three Monkeys (15)
dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Cricket's revolution

The Ashes and globalisation

The empire strikes back

Ziauddin Sardar

Move over viagra

Put a little spice in your box

Religion

Does God hate women?

Does God Hate Women?

Art

Medals of dishonour

Pin the blame on them

James Macintyre

Cameron the bully?

A fresh approach?

Canada

The new dope lords

Traffic out of control

Travel

Brussels and surrealism

Nothing is as it seems

Television

Revelations

Revelations: How to Find God

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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