Claude Miller didn't do lightweight. His best-known film, Garde à vue, an adaptation of the novel Brainwash by the British crime writer John Wainwright, is a dark thriller revolving around the police interrogation of a lawyer accused of raping and murdering two little girls. The viewer is never quite sure whether the inspector, played by Lino Ventura, should pin the ghastly crimes on the suspect, the wonderfully ambiguous Michel Serrault, who knows the law inside out but appears almost too willing to dig himself into a hole.
DVD: The Ledge (15)
Friday 13 April 2012
Terrence Howard's cop is tasked with talking down a potential jumper, Gavin (Charlie Hunnam), from a tall building in Baton Rouge.
The Rake's Progress, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Sunday 25 March 2012
Stravinsky's morality tale is given a spirited and purposeful reading by singers and orchestra alike
The Maccabees, Rock City, Nottingham
SBTRKT, Koko, London
Sunday 11 March 2012
You're never too posh to mosh. Just ask the 6th Laird of Lochbuie and his chums
Lisa Jewell: "Getting married young was the worst experience of my life"
Thursday 02 February 2012
Sarah Marsh speaks with novelist Lisa Jewell on escaping "toxic" relationships, why she doesn't write chick lit and whether a film of one of her books is on the cards.
Sister act part three
Thursday 02 February 2012
Her siblings have done more than enough for the family profile, but Elizabeth Olsen might just eclipse them both. By Gill Pringle
Sister act part three: Is Elizabeth Olsen about to eclipse both of her celebrity siblings?
Thursday 02 February 2012
The elephant lurking in the Los Angeles hotel room where Elizabeth Olsen holds court refuses to budge until the question is asked. Patiently discussing her burgeoning acting career, she looks relieved, if not faintly exasperated, when finally asked what role her far-more-famous twin sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley, have played in her life thus far.
Arts review of 2011 - Dance: How ballet became a blast again
Sunday 18 December 2011
Wayne McGregor's fiery new work stepped out of dance's comfort zoneI and re-energised the form
Madonna deal to last beyond 60
Friday 16 December 2011
Madonna has signed a new record deal with Universal that could see her releasing albums past the age of 60.
Why Britain's got talent once again on the big screen
Monday 12 December 2011
Why Britain's got talent once again on the big screen
Monday 12 December 2011
The renaissance in British film-making is down to daring directors
OMG's profits sink after Stan Lee project hits the rocks
Friday 02 December 2011
OMG, the British company whose technology is used in top-selling films and video games including Call Of Duty, saw it full- year profits fall 80 per cent after a project drawn up by Stan Lee of Marvel Comics hit the rocks.
DVD: Injustice (15)
Friday 24 June 2011
Anthony Horowitz follows up his ITV1 drama Collision with Injustice, a five-part psychological thriller. James Purefoy stars as William Travers, a defence barrister who has moved his family from London to Ipswich for an initially undisclosed reason.
Little Eyolf: The old trouble and strife
Tuesday 03 May 2011







