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Film releases: December 4
Nigel Andrews reviews Richard Linklater’s ‘Me and Orson Welles’, Richard Kelly’s ‘The Box’, Steve Jacobs’s ‘Disgrace’, Beadie Finzi’s ‘Only When I dance’, Michael Keaton’s ‘The Merry Gentlemen’, and George Blanco and Javier Abad’s ‘Planet 51’
Acting natural, or not acting at all
BBC2’s ‘We Are Family’ showed how ordinary people live decently, against the odds, says John Lloyd
Film releases: November 27
Nigel Andrews reviews Oren Pell’s ‘Paranormal Activity’, F Gary Gray’s ‘Law Abiding Citizen’, Martin Provost’s ‘Séraphine’, Paul King’s ‘Bunny and the Bull’, David and Jacqui Morris’s ‘Mr Right’ and Debbie Isitt’s ‘Nativity’
Silver screens bring on the glitter
Big costume movies have a notable impact on consumer fashion as they tend to inspire designers, stylists and photographers
The indiscreet charms of the BBC
John Lloyd finds escape on many levels with ‘Hi Society’, ‘Enid’, ‘Miranda’, ‘The Thick of It’, ‘Spooks’ and other offerings from the warming hearth of British television
Film releases: November 20
Leo Robson reviews Joseph Strick’s reissued ‘Ulysees’, the Coen brothers’ ‘A Serious Man’, Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Informant!’, Stephen Poliakoff’s ‘Glorious 39’, and Chris Weitz’s ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’
When tragedy looms, send in the clowns
John Lloyd reviews three BBC comedy shows – ‘Miranda’, ‘The Thick of It’ and ‘Armstrong and Miller’
Film releases: November 13
Nigel Andrews reviews Michael Haneke’s Golden Palm-winning masterwork ‘The White Ribbon’ and Roland Emmerich’s ‘2012’, as well as ‘Harry Brown’, ‘Tulpan’, ‘We Live in Public’, ‘Taking Woodstock’, and ‘Amelia’
All eyes on the legacy of Big Brother
The reality show of shows leaves Channel 4 after next year’s 11th series, but John Lloyd sees it as merely the end of the beginning for the genre
Rocking all over the world
As the Berlin wall fell in 1989, households in parts of eastern Europe tuned in to MTV and found themselves part of a brash new world, writes Peter Aspden




