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A final goodbye to VHS
Struggling to hold back the tears, Adam Lee Davies comes to terms with the end of a long love affair – with VHS
Jason Bateman: interview
Jason Bateman – star of next week’s big summer release, ‘Hancock’, alongside Will Smith – is a comedian and actor who found initial fame in the early 1980s with TV shows such as ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and family films such as ‘Teen Wolf Too’. His biggest success came with the surreal cult sitcom ‘Arrested Development’ in 2003 which led to roles in films such as ‘The Kingdom’ and ‘Juno’. In ‘Hancock’, he plays a PR man who tries to flip the poor image of renegade superhero Hancock (Smith)
Set visit: 'The Damned United'
Dave Calhoun gets his training kit on as he visits the set of a new film about football legend Brian Clough’s torrid spell at Leeds United in the mid-1970s
Abdellatif Kechiche: interview
Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche discusses his sprawling new family drama 'Couscous' with Time Out
Brian Cox: interview
Brian Cox talks to Time Out about his latest role in the British prison-break actioner, 'The Escapist'
Can eco-films save the planet?
'The Hulk' isn't the only green thing on our screens today. Tom Huddleston tracks the rise of the eco-documentary
Outdoor film screenings 2008
David Jenkins packs his picnic rug, sarnies and brolly and looks ahead to this summer’s alfresco film screenings in the capital
Shyamalan: shaman or schmuck?
Tom Huddleston assesses the career of M Night Shyamalan, whose latest film 'The Happening' is in cinemas now
M Night Shyamalan: interview
We speak to director M Night Shyamalan about his latest disaster movie, 'The Happening'
Charles Burnett on 'Killer of Sheep'
Charles Burnett, an independent black filmmaker born in Mississippi and raised in Los Angeles, made his first feature, 'Killer of Sheep' in 1977 while a graduate student at the University of California in Los Angeles. He is best known in the UK for his follow-up film 'My Brother's Wedding' (1983) and the bluesy 'To Sleep with Anger' (1990).
Eleven football films that aren't what they seem...
To celebrate Euro 2008, Time Out offers its failsafe guide to films that you might think were football related, but most certainly aren't
Andrew Adamson on 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'
Now New Zealand director Andrew Adamson has wrapped 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian', his second CS Lewis adaptation, he's ready for something 'small and free', he tells Wally Hammond
Guy Ritchie's 'Sherlock Holmes': casting call
With the news that Guy Ritchie is set to direct a 'Sherlock Holmes' film, Time Out offers its fantasy cast list
Ten films in which plants fight back
It's rumoured that ecological disaster is at the centre of M. Night Shyamalan's new film 'The Happening'. Time Out offers its guide to films about fearsome foliage
Summer 2008 Film Preview
Read about the films Time Out is most looking forward to seeing over the coming months
Tribute to David Lean
From the 1940s until his death in 1991, David Lean lorded over British cinema. To mark the centenary of his birth, fans and collaborators tell us what Lean means to them today
Ben Affleck on ‘Gone Baby Gone’
Once renowned for all the wrong reasons, Ben Affleck is making waves with his striking directorial debut ‘Gone Baby Gone’, an adaptation of ‘Mystic River’ author Dennis Lehane’s Boston-set crime and abduction thriller starring Affleck’s kid brother Casey. The film’s UK release has been postponed in sympathy with the Madeleine McCann case, but it's opening nationwide this week
The fourth in the trilogy?
With the recent news that Eddie Murphy has signed on to make 'Beverly Hills Cop IV', Time Out offer some ideas for the fourth instalment of some classic film trilogies
Set visit: 'In The Loop' with Armando Iannucci
'The Thick Of It' creator Armando Iannucci is holed up in deepest Ickenham applying his comic gifts to a film. And yes, it’s about politics. Time Out joins him on set
Ten great sister flicks
Milestone or millstone, 'Sex and the City: The Movie' isn't the first time Hollywood has served up gender stereotyping chixploitation under the guise of 'empowerment'. Here are ten films with 'sisters' doing it for themselves. As Gok Wan would say, you go girl!
Are film novelisations really that bad?
You’ve seen the blockbuster – now read the book! Many major Hollywood movies spawn a novelisation, but are they really as bad as their reputation suggests? Tom Huddleston ploughs through a trio of ‘Indiana Jones’ books and offers his verdict on a much-maligned movie spin-off
Bruce Weber on Chet Baker
In 1987, the photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber, now 62, made an exceptional documentary on Chet Baker, the jazz trumpeter and singer who was in his late fifties, although the deep lines that ran round his sharp cheek bones told of several decades of troubled relationships with women, drink and drugs. Two decades later, ‘Let’s Get Lost’ remains a beautiful black-and-white collage of interviews, new footage and archive film stretching back to the beginning of Baker’s career in the early 1950s. It was also the final document of...
Colin Farrell: a life in film
Colin Farrell is a charming, engaging and powerful actor. Shame he is rarely cast in any decent films, argues Adam Lee Davies
Cannes Film Festival 2008: final round-up
As the 2008 Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, Dave Calhoun reflects on an eventful 11 days, where there have been silver-screen gems galore – including the superb ‘Of Time and the City’ from Brit filmmaker Terence Davies… and plenty of parties
Inés Efron & Martín Piroyansky: interview
Time Out spoke to the two lead actors from Lucía Puenzo's Argentinian heartbreaker, 'XXY'
The films behind Neil Marshall's 'Doomsday'
The British director of 'Doomsday' and 'The Descent' lets Time Out in on some of his filmic loves and hates
Ashton Kutcher: a life in film
Ashton Kutcher has made it big without ever being in a decent film. Time Out looks back over his strange career
B-movies return as 'mockbusters'
No, they’re not spelling mistakes. There really are DVDs out there called ‘Snakes on a Train’ and ‘Alien vs Hunter’ – titles that read suspiciously like recent film hits. Tom Huddleston investigates
LFF director responds your ideas
Six weeks ago, Greg Dyke, the British Film Institute’s new chair, spoke of making the London Film Festival ‘bigger and glitzier’. We began an online discussion, and you reacted strongly. Here, the director of the festival, Sandra Hebron, responds to your ideas, from lowering ticket prices to broadening the event’s appeal
The Matrix: revisited
It's been ten years since the original 'Matrix' film wowed cinema audiences. Tom Huddleston re-watches the three films and asks, were they really all that?
Roger Corman: interview
Wally Hammond talks to 82-year-old writer-director-producer Roger Corman, as he prepares to fly to London to pick up a career award
Jon Favreau: interview
‘Iron Man’ helmer Jon Favreau is a writer, director and actor who found fame in the mid-1990s with his silver-tongued buddy romance, ‘Swingers’ (1996). After numerous supporting roles in film (‘Daredevil’) and television (‘Friends’), he moved to directing, helming the Christmas smash ‘Elf’ (2003) and family fantasy ‘Zathura’ (2005). ‘Iron Man’ is his fourth film
Ten terrible cinematic superheroes
In celebration of the release of Jon Favreau's 'Iron Man', Time Out offers a list of the ten worst cinematic superheros of all time
Is Guillermo del Toro the right man to direct 'The Hobbit'?
Time Out wonders if the 'Pan's Labyrinth' director can do Tolkien's work justice.
Sci-Fi-London Film Festival preview
Tom Huddleston delves into the wonderful world of the seventh annual Sci-Fi-London Film Festival, which arrives in the West End next week
Marjane Satrapi on ‘Persepolis’
Marjane Satrapi is the writer and director of ‘Persepolis’, an animated, serio-comic cine-diary of her time growing up in Tehran during the late 1970s and early 1980s and her subsequent move to Vienna at the behest of her parents. The film was adapted from her popular graphic novels of the same name with the help of her friend, co-writer and director, Vincent Paronnaud
Frank Sinatra season at the BFI
Frank Sinatra was the inspiration for a legion of crooners, but a new BFI Southbank season reminds us that Ol’ Blue Eyes also had an impressive screen career, argues David Jenkins
How to make a sci-fi epic
Simon DaVison, proud director of sci-fi B-pic ‘Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth’, offers his five tips for the low-budget film director
Isabelle Huppert: interview
Actress Isabelle Huppert talks to Time Out about her globetrotting schedule and shooting her new film, ‘Private Property’, with a young director in Belgium
Ten films on puberty for spring
It's the season of new beginnings, so why not sit down and enjoy Time Out's selection of ten films about puberty
Jaume Balagueró: interview
We talk to Jaume Balagueró, director of the excellent new Spanish horror film, '[Rec]'
Mike Leigh's London locations
Mike Leigh might be Manchester-born but his films, most of which are set in London, are testament to his love of the capital. The director, who always makes intensive use of location, takes Time Out on a two-day whistle-stop tour of the streets, shops, flats, office blocks and markets that, over the past four decades, his characters have made their own. Click to see a gallery of Leigh's London places
Mike Leigh and Sally Hawkins: interview
Mike Leigh’s ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ is unusually summery but, as Dave Calhoun finds out from the director and his lead actress Sally Hawkins, it’s improvisational business as usual for the filmmaker
London suburbs in films
‘Son of Rambow’ is a puckish and funny new film from the director-producer partnership of Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith (aka ‘Hammer and Tongs’) which offers a fascinating glimpse of the mysterious, rarely explored London hinterland. But it is in no way the first film to do so – Time Out’s crack film team ventures beyond Zone 1 to pull back the net curtains on a street-full of suburban cinema
Tribute to Marcello Mastroianni
Wally Hammond looks back at the career of one of Italy’s greatest screen actors as the Ciné Lumière pays tribute to Marcello Mastroianni
Daniele Luchetti: interview
Italian director Daniele Luchetti discusses his latest movie, 'My Brother Is An Only Child'
Park Chan-wook: interview
We spoke to Korean director Park Chan-wook about his new film, 'I'm A Cyborg', in cinemas from April 4
Film preview: spring 2008
Spring has sprung and there’s going to be plenty of excellent new films hitting London cinemas in the coming months. Here are ten to put in your diaries
Film set visit: ‘Bronson’
David Jenkins braves blood and bare-knuckle brawls on the set of ‘Bronson’, a new film about a British jailbird
The London International Documentary Festival
Jessie Teggin and Patrick Hazard, programmers of the London International Documentary Festival, guide us through the event, which starts this weekend
'Shine a Light’ and The Rolling Stones on film
Scorsese’s ‘Shine a Light’ is the latest in a long line of films about the Rolling Stones, from ‘Charlie is My Darling’ to ‘Cocksucker Blues’. Michael Bonner digs into the rock archives
Ten movies to avoid this Easter
Want to know the ten films you shouldn't put on if the vicar comes round for tea this Easter? Then read on...
BFI Southbank fortieth anniversary of May '68 season
A season at BFI Southbank pitches pop against politics to kick off a series of capital events to mark the fortieth anniversary of the cultural upheaval of 1968. Wally Hammond previews this hive of activity
We look forward to the best films of 2008 and 2009
The Baftas have passed. The Oscars are over. And Daniel Day-Lewis isn’t working. So what’s there to look forward to? Well, judging by this list, quite a lot. As Cannes fast approaches, Time Out’s critics anticipate the most exciting films currently in production
Documentary-maker Geoffrey Smith: interview
Dave Calhoun speaks to Geoffrey Smith, the director of ‘The English Surgeon’, a documentary about a London neurosurgeon with a sideline in brain surgery in Ukraine
Michael Haneke: interview
Michael Haneke’s American remake of his horrifying ‘Funny Games’ will premiere at the London Film Festival this weekend. Dave Calhoun meets the Austrian director who loves nothing better than to cause a scandal
Where are the women in film comedy?
Women? Making people laugh? Don’t be ridiculous, says Cath Clarke. Isn’t screen comedy a man’s game?
Ten alternative movies for Mother's Day
Want to know the ten films you'd do best to avoid this Mother's Day? Read on.
'The London Nobody Knows'
You’ll only see the real London in documentaries like ‘The London Nobody Knows’ (now on DVD), says Peter Watts
Stellan Skarsgård: interview
We spoke to Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård about accents, ambitions to direct and his role in new cop thriller 'WAZ'
Berlin Film Festival report: part 2
More highs and lows from the 2008 Berlin Film Festival courtesy of Geoff Andrew
Berlin Film Festival report
Dave Calhoun leaves the Berlin Film Festival feeling deflated, but stills finds a few gems from a lacklustre week
Ten bad date movies for Valentine's Day
While Valentine’s night may tap into the old romantic in you, Time Out offers ten films that will surely suck any whiff of love from the room in an instant.
Ronald Harwood on Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel, director of ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ is a notorious ego-maniac. So what’s it like to work with him? Dave Calhoun pays a visit to screenwriter Ronald Harwood
The genius of Derek Jarman
Film director, artist, gay activist and gardener: Derek Jarman was a London renaissance man. As a new documentary plus an exhibition of his paintings and sculptures opens at the Serpentine, Time Out considers his legacy.
Jia Zhangke season at BFI Southbank
A new season of films by Jia Zhangke highlights the talent of the self-funding Chinese director to record a world in flux, says David Jenkins
ARG and online film marketing
No blockbuster these days is complete without a complex web trail laid down by the marketing wonks. Ben Walters goes online in search of answers
Interview: Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro may be in line to direct 'The Hobbit' films, but his film 'Pan's Labyrinth' is also up for a BBC Four World Cinema Award
Paul Haggis: interview
‘In the Valley of Elah’ is the latest film from Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning scriptwriter (‘Million Dollar Baby’) and director (‘Crash’), and is a suspense drama describing the ordeal of Deerfield, an ex-soldier father (Tommy Lee Jones) who investigates the disappearance of his son following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq
Gender bias in Hollywood
There’s been a rash of quality movies lately, mirroring the New Hollywood of the ’70s. But, wonders Hannah McGill, why are so many of the female characters either washing up or pregnant?
Nicolas Philibert: interview
Wally Hammond meets Nicolas Philibert, the French documentary-maker behind the 2003 hit ‘Etre et Avoir’ and finds that his latest film – ‘Back to Normandy’ – is both spontaneous and beautifully crafted
Interview: Mike Nichols
'The past is the present and also the future'– Time Out spoke to director Mike Nichols about his new film 'Charlie Wilson's War'.
Sidney Lumet: interview
Over six decades and 45 films including ‘12 Angry Men’, ‘Serpico’, ‘Network’, 'The Verdict' and now 'Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead', director Sidney Lumet, 83, has extracted some of the great performances in American film
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Isabelle Huppert: interview
Actress Isabelle Huppert talks to Time Out about her globetrotting schedule and shooting her new film, ‘Private Property’, with a young director in Belgium
How to make a sci-fi epic
Simon DaVison, proud director of sci-fi B-pic ‘Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth’, offers his five tips for the low-budget film director