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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
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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

Age before beauty

  • 05 February 2009

A hyper-schmaltzy insight into our obsession with youthful looks The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (12A) dir: David Fincher

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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