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Rin Takanashi
By Ryan Gilbey - 20 June 17:15

Like Someone in Love by the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami uses prostitution as a means to pursue its own ends: an analysis of identity and everyday role playing, without the slightest hint of smut.

Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in Bad Boys II.
By Bim Adewunmi - 20 June 12:25

Viewers often admit to wanting to “know what happened when the cameras stopped rolling” and in their purest form sequels answer those questions.

By Ryan Gilbey - 18 June 11:34

The Stone Roses are back, whether you like it or not. Two new films, Spike Island by Mat Whitecross and Shane Meadow's Made of Stone, boast of the band's greatness, without offering much of a reason for it.

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in Before Midnight
By Ryan Gilbey - 14 June 8:27

Richard Linklater’s remarkable 20-year, three-film journey, from sunrise to midnight.

New Statesman
By Agatha Elliott - 13 June 14:34

I’m only seventeen. The continued popularity of Shakespearean adaptations is a great thing for young people.

A model at the Venus Erotic Fair, 2012. Photo: Getty
By Tabatha Leggett - 07 June 17:24

Can only when we stop confusing artistic merit with ethical deformity can we start having interesting conversations about what constitutes “artistic” pornography and whether there’s a market for it, says Tabatha Leggett.

Glenn Close.
By Ryan Gilbey - 07 June 14:44

Daniel Craig apologised for Quantum of Solace in 2011, and this week, Glenn Close has expressed regret publicly for her portrayal of a woman with mental illness in Fatal Attraction. But was it necessary?

Michael Douglas as Liberace playing the piano.
By Ryan Gilbey - 07 June 12:26

How to describe Liberace? Imagine a French Fancy at a grand piano, decked out in jewellery that would make the average hip-hop performer look frugal, and you're in the right ballroom. I mean, ballpark.

Audrey Tautou and Gilles Lellouche in Miller's new adaptation
By Ryan Gilbey - 06 June 10:27

Claude Miller's new adaptation of Thérèse Desqueyroux has some neat acting from Audrey Tautou, but the film fails to catch fire.

A still from "Underground". Image: BFI
By Juliet Jacques - 03 June 15:06

Juliet Jacques returns to one of Britain’s best silent films.

Thought gross-out comedies from the late 1990s had nothing to offer you? Wrong!
By Bim Adewunmi - 30 May 12:59

Popular culture is bursting with handy tips.

Ana Torrent and Geraldine Chaplin in Cría cuervos (Raise Ravens).
By Ryan Gilbey - 24 May 12:15

If you’ve seen The Cement Garden, Pan’s Labyrinth or The Others, you are already familiar with some of the pictures which wouldn’t exist without Carlos Saura's Cría cuervos.

New Statesman
By Ryan Gilbey - 23 May 14:05

Another installment of the second-unfunniest comedy franchise in town.

"Fat" Betty from Mad Men.
By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 21 May 8:11

Enviable curves v skinny self-control.

Carey Mulligan in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby.
By Ryan Gilbey - 16 May 13:09

Reviewed: The Great Gatsby.

Mr Cumberbatch in Star Trek: Into Darkness.
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 May 15:01

It may be controversial to say so, but he's really something, isn't he?

José María Yazpik and Cecilia Roth in "I'm So Excited".
By Ryan Gilbey - 01 May 13:24

Reviewed: Pedro Almodóvar’s "I'm So Excited!".

New Statesman
By Ryan Gilbey - 26 April 16:18

Mags to riches.

Good Vibrations.
By Philip Maughan - 23 April 17:30

Reviewed: Good Vibrations.

A still from Me and You.
By Ryan Gilbey - 19 April 17:50

Bernardo Bertolucci returns after eight years with the invigorating "Me and You".

So much music: the singer-songwriter Liam Hayes. Photograph: Jim Newberry
By Yo Zushi - 19 April 11:28

The musician talks to Yo Zushi about writing songs for Roman Coppola and the cost of remaining "autonomous".

Ryan Gosling at the New York premiere party. (Getty Images)
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 April 13:01

A good gander at Gosling.

Christopher Walken in A Late Quartet.
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 April 10:34

The sweet sound of Christopher Walken in the otherwise terrible "A Late Quartet"

Anthony Burgess in 1980. Photograph: Denis Waugh/National Portrait Gallery
By Andrew Biswell - 09 April 4:19

Unbreakable Bond.

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