Michael Haneke today won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for a second time with his film about love and death, “Amour.”
From here to obscurity: the young star who found that fame is fickle
Friday 03 February 2012
Having portrayed an award-winning Heathcliff, James Howson is now back on the dole
Turkey time in Tinseltown
Tuesday 13 December 2011
The magic ingredient for a classic Christmas film is a touch of misery, not the manufactured merriment of today's movies, says Mike Shaw
Too many turkeys from Tinseltown
Tuesday 13 December 2011
The magic ingredient for a classic Christmas film is a touch of misery, not the manufactured merriment of today’s movies
Ken Loach: ‘Watching young people riot, I felt sad for their alienation’
Sunday 04 September 2011
Mary Dejevsky: A system that leaves care to the lowest paid is itself sick
Friday 03 June 2011
DVD: Route Irish (15)
Friday 20 May 2011
Few raise questions when Liverpool private-security contractor Frankie is killed in an attack by insurgents on Route Irish, described as the most dangerous road in the world, running from Baghdad International Airport to the Green Zone.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Woody Allen, 98 mins (12A)<br/> Route Irish, Ken Loach, 109 mins (15)<br/>The Lincoln Lawyer, Brad Furman, 118 mins (15)
Sunday 20 March 2011
Ken Loach: why torture is never justifiable
Friday 18 March 2011
The director speaks about his new film Route Irish, with some hard-hitting messages about the moral and political corruption in Iraq.
I suffered post-traumatic stress after being waterboarded on Ken Loach set, says actor
Friday 18 March 2011
A former paratrooper claims he suffered sustained panic attacks and post-traumatic stress after being waterboarded for a scene in a new film by Ken Loach. Trevor Williams said he was strapped to a bench press, had his feet elevated, hands tied and face covered with a rag while experiencing "simulated drowning" for a total of 80 seconds, halting only when he gave small thumb signals to the crew.








