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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comFri, 2 May 2008 21:44 BSTFri, 09 May 2008 17:50:39 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/arts/film(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/a3e7576e-17db-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3e7576e-17db-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlThere is a pervasive sense that gorging, heavy drinking and indiscriminate sex are ruining new generations, writes John Lloyd Fri, 2 May 2008 21:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37570a9e-16d3-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37570a9e-16d3-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe politics of 'Iron Man', delicately balanced for much of the film, becomes ever more muddled: the film-makers try to appeal to too many mutually exclusive post-9/11 constituencies, writes Karl French Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:17 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/546c0af8-125a-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/546c0af8-125a-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlBarbet Schroeder's multi-hyphenate career – producer-director-actor-writer-interviewer – has one unifying element: the impious desire to shock, writes Nigel Andrews Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:59 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9049a210-125a-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9049a210-125a-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlJohn Lloyd gives the lowdown on police dramas and their insistent examination of the nature of evilMon, 28 Apr 2008 07:21 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c179fcac-1153-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c179fcac-1153-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe loss of innocence engendered by violence is a sober theme, treated in contrasting ways by two new films, 'Stop-Loss' and 'Persepolis'. One is grim, verging on portentous, the other humorous to the point of flippancy, writes Martin Hoyle Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:52 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7b09098-0bd0-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7b09098-0bd0-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.html'Happy-Go-Lucky' uncovers depths that few comedy creators but Mike Leigh would find or seek. The back of this postcard of a film isn't confined to one line of holiday cheer, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/81c420c6-0756-11dd-b41e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/81c420c6-0756-11dd-b41e-0000779fd2ac.htmlHard-hitting films made with guerrilla tactics are increasingly in demand. Nigel Andrews asks how far directors have to go Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dfc0176-064f-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dfc0176-064f-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.htmlMartin McDonagh set his sights on cinema after conquering the theatre: Catherine Shoard talks to the self-confident IrishmanWed, 9 Apr 2008 20:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d04256e-064f-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d04256e-064f-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.html'Shine a Light', Martin Scorsese's film of a Rolling Stones concert in New York in 2006, is a tribute to a band few people now living on earth pre-existed, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30aca7ae-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30aca7ae-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658.htmlThe US is sending in a crack team of its finest furriest puppets to star in the Northern Ireland version of 'Sesame Street'. Will Grover and his crew be able to promote cultural diversity and tolerance?Sat, 5 Apr 2008 01:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2a4fe22-00c7-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2a4fe22-00c7-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658.html'Son of Rambow' is a rainbow-coloured UK comedy about childhood, celebrating that innocent time in which Britain had just won the Falklands war, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4bfb2b12-fc5a-11dc-9229-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4bfb2b12-fc5a-11dc-9229-000077b07658.htmlAs he promotes his latest movie, 'Leatherheads', George Clooney shows his ease in playing the real-life role of actor-political activistFri, 28 Mar 2008 20:56 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/408cee46-fb4c-11dc-8c3e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/408cee46-fb4c-11dc-8c3e-000077b07658.htmlThe deadpan style of Roy Andersson's 'You, the Living' is both appallingly comic and comically appalling. We only realise the effect when we wake from this extended screen dream, as after a night of being bitten by mosquitoes in our sleep, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:07 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b193bc0-f626-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b193bc0-f626-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.htmlThe fourth series of 'The Apprentice' begins as 16 new contestants vie to launch a new career, boost their media exposure and garner the approval of multimilionaire mentor Sir Alan Sugar. Past contestants who were fired – and one who was hired – talk about life after the BBC's business reality television showSat, 22 Mar 2008 12:07 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1bc3cb1e-f5cc-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1bc3cb1e-f5cc-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.html'The Orphanage' is a wonderful Spanish horror film that circles you like an expert fighter, knocking you down each time you come up from the canvas. And it isn't just your legs that turn to jelly, writes Nigel Andrews Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:56 GMT