Saturday, September 21, 2013
Philip Ziegler's biography of Laurence Olivier captures the man in his contradictory essenceLaurence Olivier was the greatest British actor of his time, primus inter pares of the trio who do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMSaturday, August 31, 2013
American stand-up Kevin Hart warms up for a gig at Madison Square Garden in this inane, foul-mouthed and desperately unfunny documentaryThis dim documentary, co-produced by diminutive Africa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, June 29, 2013
(Anthony Asquith, 1929; BFI, PG)Educated at Winchester and Oxford, lifelong socialist, closet gay, son of a Liberal prime minister, Anthony Asquith (1902-1968) is a currently undervalued fil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, June 15, 2013
Joss Whedon's California-set Much Ado, filmed in black and white over 12 days, is a charming and witty triumphReading this on mobile? Click here to watch videoThere was a great fear in the 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, February 2, 2013
This is a 3D anthology of numbers from seven spectacular shows put on by the Canadian-based Cirque du Soleil, a glossy combination of circus (without animals) and street theatre, staged in v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMSaturday, February 11, 2012
David Cronenberg analyses the pioneering work of Jung and Freud in this engrossing and thought-provoking dramaDavid Cronenberg has long been recognised as a prime exponent of the psychologic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, November 26, 2011
Long after the death of Marilyn Monroe, the old Etonian Colin Clark, documentary film-maker and son of Lord Clark of Civilisation, published a diary about the time he spent as a naive 23-yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMSaturday, August 27, 2011
There was a time when rock movies had a certain vivacity that went with the music – That'll Be the Day and Stardust, the 1970s diptych of David Puttnam productions starring David Essex for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, May 28, 2011
Wim Wenders's Pina, his tribute to the art of his friend, the modern dance director Pina Bausch, who died in June 2009, is one of the best dance films of the past few years and an excellent …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, April 23, 2011
The celebrated German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch died in June 2009 at the age of 68 just as she was to collaborate with her friend Wim Wenders on a 3D film about her life and her d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, March 12, 2011
Naomi Watts and Sean Penn star in a riveting conspiracy thriller based on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame in the run-up to the Iraq warThe progressive statesman Senator Hiram Johnson f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, January 22, 2011
Darren Aronofsky's New York ballet psychodrama is a watchable if rather pretentious study of artistic obsessionDarren Aronofsky made a strong impression in 1998 with Pi, his low-budget debut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, January 8, 2011
Peter Hall, 1973, 12, FremantleA combination of the original 1965 RSC casts at the Aldwych and on Broadway (Paul Rogers, Ian Holm, Cyril Cusack, Vivien Merchant, Michael Jayston, Terence Rig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM 
