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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:51:20 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:59:53 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/nigelandrews(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/58bf10d8-cee6-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/58bf10d8-cee6-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlNigel 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' Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:51:20 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/1c76470e-c964-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1c76470e-c964-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlNigel Andrews reviews Jane Campion's 'Bright Star', 'Paper Heart', 'Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno', Robert Zemeckis's animated version of 'A Christmas Carol', 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' and '1 Day'Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:57:49 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/7b156952-c3e7-11de-a290-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7b156952-c3e7-11de-a290-00144feab49a.htmlNigel Andrews reviews the Nick Hornby-scripted 'An Education', environmental 'gotcha' movie 'The Cove', 'Starsuckers' and Cristian Mungiu's 'Tales from the Golden Age'Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:46:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/b6b8972c-b90b-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b6b8972c-b90b-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.htmlNigel Andrews reviews 'The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus', 'Thirst', 'Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee', 'Triangle' and 'Pontypool'Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:47:07 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/6bd640d6-a3e1-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6bd640d6-a3e1-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.htmlThe director tells Nigel Andrews that 'Lebanon' was based on his own experiences as an Israeli soldier during the 1982 warSat, 19 Sep 2009 00:18:01 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/a28ec954-a2dd-11de-ba74-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a28ec954-a2dd-11de-ba74-00144feabdc0.htmlA comedy about a couple flitting across America to find a place to deliver their first child rains funkiness and unstable lovability like ceiling plaster. It needs these hints of chaotic amiability, since the structure is gimcrack, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:23:56 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/effcb01e-9e61-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/effcb01e-9e61-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.htmlNigel Andrews is betting on Israel's 'Lebanon' to win the top prize because it has everything: a powerful plot, prodigious direction and a passport to international controversySat, 12 Sep 2009 03:15:50 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/c144add4-9b97-11de-b214-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c144add4-9b97-11de-b214-00144feabdc0.htmlCertainties are put to the sword at the Venice Film Festival; thumbs are turned up or down; crowds and critics bay. Even US filmmaker Michael Moore seems to have caught the mood, writes Nigel Andrews Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:00:17 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/1ca81304-97de-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1ca81304-97de-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0.htmlPeter Aspden sees a rare sci-fi flick with socio-political bite and a documentary about an extreme swimmer, while Nigel Andrews looks at the week's other releasesWed, 2 Sep 2009 22:13:21 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/2dfb6dc4-925f-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2dfb6dc4-925f-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.htmlKathryn Bigelow's 'The Hurt Locker' boldy suggests that war is sometimes fought not by trepidatious hero-martyrs but by the borderline-psychopathic, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:04:54 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/9d120a18-8cd5-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9d120a18-8cd5-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.htmlThough Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' goes nowhere, holds no human verities and has no historical heft, it is an entertaining piece of Pop Disco Art from cinema's most talented tease, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:32:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/ced1e5e4-875a-11de-9280-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ced1e5e4-875a-11de-9280-00144feabdc0.htmlAs the silly season bites, Nigel Andrews is grateful for 'Mid-August Lunch', an exquisite Italian comedy about a middle-aged man who is forced to look after four geriatric womenWed, 12 Aug 2009 22:06:09 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/9fd41ef2-81d7-11de-9c5e-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9fd41ef2-81d7-11de-9c5e-00144feabdc0.htmlSince too much of modern cinema is too pretty, give thanks for the coarseness, candour and play-it-as-it-is cruelty of French truth-based thriller 'Mesrine', writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:41:35 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/062c1fdc-7c61-11de-a7bf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/062c1fdc-7c61-11de-a7bf-00144feabdc0.htmlTony Scott's whizz-bang remake of 'The Taking of Pelham 123' is too much, but if you like Scott you can argue that too much is better than too little, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:27:51 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/0f928c9c-77e2-11de-9713-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fnigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0f928c9c-77e2-11de-9713-00144feabdc0.htmlAfraid of losing its audience to rival media, cinema is ransacking its arsenal of big-screen gimmicks to try and lure the homebody into the multiplex, writes Nigel Andrews Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:03:14 +0100