L’Homme Du Train

L’Homme Du Train

The French critics may loathe him, the film establishment may dismiss him, but Patrice Leconte somehow continues to make his peculiar brand of movies. Graeme Cole watches his latest effort – a buddy story between a robber and a literary professor waiting for a heart operation

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K-Pax

K-Pax

Another Kevin Spacey film, another box-office disaster – you’d think the casting directors would get the idea. This film version of a cult sci-fi novel casts Spacey as an alien trying to return to his home planet. Andy Murray feels ’embarrassed on its behalf’

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The Good Thief

The Good Thief

Remakes seem to be all the rage at the moment. Tarkovsky and Douglas Sirk have both been dusted down for a modern audience; now Neil Jordan’s new film reinvents Jean Pierre Melville’s noir classic Bob le Flambeur. Bob Carroll investigates

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Russian Ark

Russian Ark

Alexsandr Sokurov’s new film sets itself a formidable task: to shoot an overview of Russian history on a brand-new digital format in a single take. Edward Lamberti applauds "a fantasy journey through Russian history and culture"

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The Son

The Son

Four years after Rosetta won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the Dardennes brothers have returned with this minimalist thriller, set in the unlikely environs of a lumberyard. Antonio Pasolini finds out how it goes against the grain

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Jackass: The Movie

Jackass: The Movie

Human ten-pin bowling, trampolining into ceiling fans and off-road tattooing – it could only be the big-screen version of MTV’s Jackass. Paul Clarke can’t help but laugh at the slapstick antics of Johnny Knoxville and crew

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Elling

Elling

Despite a thriving home-grown film industry, Norwegian movies are seldom seen on British screens. Tim Smedley looks at one of the few: a "moving and uplifting" comedy about two social misfits, already slated for a remake by Kevin Spacey. Next st

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Virgil Bliss

Virgil Bliss

Joe Maggio’s ultra low-budget debut follows three down-and-outs across the mean streets of New York, and the film has drawn some impressive praise for its young director. Hannah Patterson enjoys a ‘cramped, claustrophobic’ drama with echoes of Loach and C

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Adaptation

Adaptation

Spike Jonze’s follow-up to the brilliant Being John Malkovich has been much heralded by critics and filmgoers alike. Bob Carroll enjoys another ‘ingenious and inventive’ tale from the peculiar mind of Charlie Kaufman

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The Oscars

The award season gets ever longer, but there is still only one that really matters and it’s nearly upon us. Edward Lamberti, an Oscars fan, feels his enthusiasm waning when surveying this year’s nominations

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