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Jingoism and war-worship must be overcome

JOE GLENTON explains his need to respond to a world that is unsustainably divided

La Boheme

ENO's production of La Boheme is a triumph,

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Chinatown [15]

Thursday 03 January 2013

After the award-winning film Rosemary's Baby (1968), Roman Polanski suffered a creative lull until he revived his fortunes in 1974 with a homage to the film-noir detective drama called Chinatown.

Hors Satan (15)

Thursday 03 January 2013

Whether you love or hate his work, French filmmaker Bruno Dumont always makes original, intense, at the same time, provocative movies. Set in a small village, Hors Satan is about an odd friendship between a young girl and a homeless man.

Repulsion (15)

Thursday 03 January 2013

An impressive dark drama by Roman Polanski

Boxing Day (15)

Thursday 20 December 2012

Tolstoy's Master And Man provides the inspiration for a modest message film about the cruel realities of capitalism.

Jack Reacher (15)

Thursday 20 December 2012

Tom Cruise is truly painful playing the eponymous hero who uses his army skills to accomplish a mission of righting wrongs and quietly disappearing.

Quartet (15)

Thursday 20 December 2012

They say it is never too late to try something new and at the tender age of 75 Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman has finally made his directorial debut.

West of Memphis (15)

Thursday 20 December 2012

Be prepared to be left shaken, stunned, stirred and raging with anger by this gripping documentary which explores in meticulous detail the grave miscarriage of justice perpetrated against the West Memphis Three.

Life Of Pi (PG)

Thursday 20 December 2012

Recommended: Ang Lee's recipe for cinematic success

Smashed (15)

Thursday 13 December 2012

A married couple's relationship is put to the test when the wife decides to get sober in this well-acted but rather unexciting and uneventful drama.

Babette's Feast (U)

Thursday 13 December 2012

Starring Stephane Audran as Babette, a French revolutionary who flees the counter-revolutionary purges to arrive in a Danish village ruled by a puritan creed, Babette's Feast proved inspirational to many when it was first released in 1987.