Books & arts
Crowded years
Brian McFarlane
19 May 2015
Extract | After decades of stage and screen success, John McCallum and Googie Withers struck out in new directions in the late 1960s, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
Full circle
Sylvia Lawson
2 April 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Leviathan and Selma
Books & arts
The voice of a generation
Brian McFarlane
1 April 2015
Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, now in its second screen version, recounts a remarkable life amid the upheavals of a century ago, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
True stories
Sylvia Lawson
27 February 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews the Oscar-winning Citizenfour
Books & arts
Lives in motion
Sylvia Lawson
28 January 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Wild, Birdman and The Imitation Game
Books & arts
The compulsion in the quest
Sylvia Lawson
18 December 2014
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Particle Fever, The Dark Horse and Finding Vivian Maier, and farewells Margaret and David
Books & arts
Worlds beyond the window
Sylvia Lawson
26 November 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Two Days, One Night and Winter Sleep, and dips into three film festivals
Books & arts
Documentary? Just call it cinema
Sylvia Lawson
30 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Rocking the Foundations, The 50-Year Argument and The Land Between
Books & arts
Ubiquitous Uncle Vanya
Brian McFarlane
2 October 2014
Brian McFarlane revisits Chekhov’s remarkable play, on screen and away from Russia
Books & arts
This is how it was
Sylvia Lawson
2 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Immigrant and Message from Mungo
Books & arts
La vita difficile
Angela Daly
30 September 2014
Away from the holiday playgrounds, Europe is running on low-paid labour, writes Angela Daly
Books & arts
The making of a great biography
Brian McFarlane
23 September 2014
Jonathan Croall’s new book reveals a talented researcher and writer at work, says Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
Too much talked of sin, too little of virtue
Sylvia Lawson
17 July 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Omar and Calvary
Books & arts
What about the rabbit?
Brian McFarlane
26 April 2014
In London, Brian McFarlane reviews three valiant attempts to make the transition from celluloid to the theatre
Books & arts
Why he cared so much
Sylvia Lawson
12 December 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Fallout, The Darkside and After May
Retrospective
Silence made visible
Sylvia Lawson
13 November 2013
Ivan Sen’s Mystery Road reviewed
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