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  • The sound of musicals

    The heyday of American movie musicals is over, but as Sweeney Todd, Mamma Mia! and High School Musical show, there's life in the old genre yet. Donald Clarke reports.

  • The 10 greatest proper musicals

    Only proper musicals need apply. Much as we enjoy those variations on the form in which performances - either on stage or before the camera - allow the characters to express their feelings, the Campaign for Real Musicals has decided to take a hard-line stance.

  • Sundance kid

    This week, Simon Fitzmaurice brought his short film to Sundance, the trend-setting indie festival that made hits of Little Miss Sunshine and Once . What was it like for a first-timer?

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  • McDonagh debut comes to Dublin

    Given its world premiere at the Sundance festival in the US last week, In Bruges , Martin McDonagh's feature film debut as writer- director, is set for its European premiere as the opening presentation of the 6th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on February 15th, writes Michael Dwyer .

  • Ledger's last screen role

    Following the sad news of the untimely death of Australian actor Heath Ledger, it is unclear whether we will ever see his final screen performance.

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  • Sweeney Todd

    Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd is a tunefully nasty horror musical, writes Michael Dwyer .

  • The Savages

    There's nothing exactly wrong with this film. Detailing the trials of a middle-aged brother and sister as they come to terms with their elderly father's decline, The Savages features achingly touching performances from the reliable Laura Linney and the incandescent Philip Seymour Hoffman, writes Donald Clarke .

  • The Italian

    It would require a Dickensian misanthrope of inhuman proportions to turn this particular cinematic waif from the door, writes Donald Clarke .

  • In the Valley of Elah

    Tommy Lee Jones provides the moral heft to this mystery, writes Donald Clarke .

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  • Hot and heavy going

    Experience has taught us that Ethan Hawke is a better actor than a novelist and a better novelist than a screenwriter-director, writes Michael Dwyer .

  • New DVDs

    The latest releases reviewed.

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