http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/nigelandrewshttp://www.ft.com/rss/arts/columnists/nigelandrewsFT.com - Nigel Andrewsen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:28:46 +0100Wed, 8 Oct 2008 07:49:10 +0100Newspapers15http://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://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27b864d2-8fca-11dd-9890-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27b864d2-8fca-11dd-9890-0000779fd18c.htmlExactly why was this Waugh-horse pulled from its stable a mere 27 years (which seem like 27 minutes) since the famous television series 'did' Brideshead to populist perfection? That screen version said everything about Evelyn W's barbed end-of-war elegy to old chivalries and certainties, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:28:46 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76fc5d0c-8b59-11dd-b634-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76fc5d0c-8b59-11dd-b634-0000779fd18c.htmlNigel Andrews is impressed by a new film guide, perhaps the most intelligent and provocative yet, skilfully compiled by a true cinephile's cinephileMon, 29 Sep 2008 06:32:00 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e264cb6-8a4d-11dd-a76a-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e264cb6-8a4d-11dd-a76a-0000779fd18c.htmlThe bewitching 'Alexandra' is Aleksandr Sokurov's tale of a patrician old lady visiting her officer grandson on an army base near the Chechen front, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:04:02 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a84c6b24-85df-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a84c6b24-85df-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.htmlAs the British Film Institute celebrates its 75th year, Nigel Andrews investigates how this organisation restores and maintains the world's biggest archive of moving imagerySat, 20 Sep 2008 01:41:48 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd5ef74a-84d0-11dd-b148-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd5ef74a-84d0-11dd-b148-0000779fd18c.htmlNigel Andrews welcomes 'Unrelated' and 'Then She Found Me', two low-budget movies by women about thirty-or-forty-something women Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:28:05 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82593cf8-7f4f-11dd-a3da-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82593cf8-7f4f-11dd-a3da-000077b07658.htmlFrom neo-Grecian robes to ornamental battle dress – Nigel Andrews dresses up for trips back in time with Eric Rohmer and Wong Kar-Wai Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:39:51 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b95a5f22-7ad9-11dd-adbe-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b95a5f22-7ad9-11dd-adbe-000077b07658.htmlCritics at the Venice film festival, recognising a fable about art's power to enchant, catapult Miyazaki's 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea' to the top of the chart, writes Nigel Andrews Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:57:13 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61e64338-783a-11dd-acc3-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61e64338-783a-11dd-acc3-0000779fd18c.htmlThe Venice Film Festival has greater ambitions than merely easing the film junkie's withdrawal pains after Cannes, writes Nigel Andrews Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:21:15 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3edc10f4-744b-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3edc10f4-744b-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.htmlAfter the end of the wonder show, Nigel Andrews finds solace with a dose of spectacle from Japan, while Martin Hoyle rounds up the rest of the week's releasesWed, 27 Aug 2008 19:24:56 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df944ac2-6ecc-11dd-a80a-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df944ac2-6ecc-11dd-a80a-0000779fd18c.html'Somers Town' is in black and white, with a cast as starless as a cloudy night and not a lot in the way of plot, but it is a British triumph, while 'Get Smart' is lame homage to a 1960s American television comedy classic, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:44:21 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/167615a2-6a59-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/167615a2-6a59-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c.htmlThe 50th anniversary of 'Vertigo' and a documentary that pays homage to the joy and terror of heights inspire Nigel Andrews to ponder cinema's most dizzying motifSat, 16 Aug 2008 01:26:29 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4be84018-63d1-11dd-844f-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4be84018-63d1-11dd-844f-0000779fd18c.htmlThe only thing not manic in 'Elite Squad' is the deliberation with which the cops stop, regularly, to shoot or torture a captive. The only thing not charged is the criminal himself. No time for due process or Miranda rights, says Nigel Andrews Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:37:41 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd8b07e2-5e53-11dd-b354-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd8b07e2-5e53-11dd-b354-000077b07658.htmlAt the moment when wire-walker Philippe Petit ventured out on to the cable strung between the World Trade Center towers, in the year of innocence AD1974, when those tragic twins still stood, I felt the beauty, terror and madness of it all, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:25:22 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef1a15ae-59db-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef1a15ae-59db-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlWho wants an 'enfant terrible' when he grows old? That is the question at the heart of this biography of French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, writes Nigel Andrews Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:03:56 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba1400c0-58ca-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba1400c0-58ca-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlThe blast of truth, giddied up with fun and fantasy, has a morbid irresistibility, writes Nigel Andrews. The new Batman epic is about America losing America, and it is the biggest opener in US filmgoing historyWed, 23 Jul 2008 19:19:45 +0100