Film & Television
9:13pmForeign relations
There’s more to Japanese cinema than animation and horror, as a new touring programme shows
LUNCH WITH THE FT 9:02pmDustin Hoffman
The movie legend talks about how his Hollywood film career was almost cut short, dealing with anti-Semitism and why – at the age of 74 – he’s now starring in his first TV drama
- Lunch with the FT Kenneth Rogoff
- Lunch with the FT Anwar Ibrahim
9:02pmThe economics of literary adaptations
From Tolstoy and Tolkien to Irvine Welsh, are books-as-films increasingly likely in an impoverished film industry?
From THEATRE & DANCE 9:13pmTwo’s a company
After 31 years, Cheek by Jowl is expanding from the theatre to the big screen
LUCY KELLAWAY from FT MAGAZINE 8:58pmViggo Mortensen interview
The Danish actor isn’t quite like other Hollywood leading men. As his interpretation of Freud hits our screens, Lucy Kellaway sits down with him and attempts a little psychology
- Suleiman Kerimov, the secret oligarch
- Moment of youth Egypt’s new activists
NIGEL ANDREWS Feb 9, 2012In the final analysis, it’s a Freudian slip-up
Reviews of David Cronenberg’s ‘A Dangerous Method’, ‘The Muppets’, ‘A Woman in Black’, ‘The Vow’ and ‘Girl Model’
LEO ROBSON Feb 3, 2012The world as seen from England
However seductive we may find France or Spain or Italy, they must finally be deemed baffling
- Leo Robson Typically English, basically American
- Leo Robson Something rotten in France – and Denmark
NIGEL ANDREWS Feb 3, 2012Interview with the Dardenne brothers
A hit at Cannes, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s ‘The Kid with a Bike’ is finally getting its English-language release. The FT’s film critic talks to them about what it takes to work together
NIGEL ANDREWS Feb 2, 2012Family entertainment – but not for all the family
Reviews of Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’, Sean Durkin’s ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’, ‘Young Adult’, ‘Man on a Ledge’ and ‘Chronicle’
Jan 28, 2012The List: How to survive a Hammer film
Clive Perrott, co-founder of the Flicker Club, provides a beginners’ guide to the classic series of horror films
LEO ROBSON Jan 27, 2012Typically English, basically American
John McKay’s film ‘We’ll Take Manhattan’ tells the story of English photographer David Bailey’s struggle to be accepted
NIGEL ANDREWS Jan 26, 2012Clooney, the menopausal male frump
Reviews of Alexander Payne’s ‘The Descendants’, Drake Doremus’s ‘Like Crazy’, ‘The Grey’ and ‘Patience (After Sebald)’
From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2012China investors set their sights on Hollywood
Interest stoked by growing domestic box office takings
From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2012Alliance zooms in on production potential
Film group eyes strategic opportunities
ROBERT SHRIMSLEY from FT MAGAZINE Jan 20, 2012Sex addiction? Damn attractive …
Many of its victims are rich and successful. It’s clear from movies and the media: nothing says ‘winner’ like this affliction
LEO ROBSON Jan 20, 2012Something rotten in France – and Denmark
Jonathan Meades’s show sought to expose ‘les trente glorieuses’ as a period of amnesia and hypocrisy
From COMPANIES Jan 20, 2012Pinewood shelves £200m film set project
Planning permission for film lots in Buckinghamshire rejected
Foreign relations
There’s more to Japanese cinema than animation and horror, as a new touring programme shows
Dustin Hoffman
The movie legend talks about how his Hollywood film career was almost cut short, dealing with anti-Semitism and why – at the age of 74 – he’s now starring in his first TV drama
- Lunch with the FT Kenneth Rogoff
- Lunch with the FT Anwar Ibrahim
The economics of literary adaptations
From Tolstoy and Tolkien to Irvine Welsh, are books-as-films increasingly likely in an impoverished film industry?
Two’s a company
After 31 years, Cheek by Jowl is expanding from the theatre to the big screen
Viggo Mortensen interview
The Danish actor isn’t quite like other Hollywood leading men. As his interpretation of Freud hits our screens, Lucy Kellaway sits down with him and attempts a little psychology
- Suleiman Kerimov, the secret oligarch
- Moment of youth Egypt’s new activists
In the final analysis, it’s a Freudian slip-up
Reviews of David Cronenberg’s ‘A Dangerous Method’, ‘The Muppets’, ‘A Woman in Black’, ‘The Vow’ and ‘Girl Model’
The world as seen from England
However seductive we may find France or Spain or Italy, they must finally be deemed baffling
- Leo Robson Typically English, basically American
- Leo Robson Something rotten in France – and Denmark
East End promise, safely delivered
‘Call the Midwife’ wants to portray the London area’s past as truly in the past and ripe for heart-warming reminiscence