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The revolution that wasn't

  • 29 January 2009
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Sam Mendes has a very literal take on a novel about middle class aspirations Revolutionary Road (15) dir: Sam Mendes

His finest hour

  • 15 January 2009

Mickey Rourke makes a triumphant return as a washed-up prizefighter The Wrestler (15) dir: Darren Aronofsky

Diminishing returns

  • 08 January 2009

A poignant story of life in Mumbai gets undermined by corporate money Slumdog Millionaire (15) dir: Danny Boyle

Brave new worlds

  • 18 December 2008

Abba singalongs aside, plenty of films broke exciting, fresh ground this year

A life less ordinary

  • 11 December 2008

Peter O'Toole soldiers on, with a sublime and understated tale Dean Spanley (U) dir: Toa Fraser Lemon Tree (PG) dir: Eran Riklis

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
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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

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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