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Viggo Mortensen channels the spirit of Sigmund Freud, Southwark says no to Brit grit, and let's hear it (again) for UndefeatedViggo's Freudian slip One of the strangest interviews I've ever conducted happened last week when I met Viggo Mortensen in Sig...
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Donald Sutherland flies in to salute Nic Roeg, Michel Hazanavicius doffs his cap to Hitchcock and John Le Carré embarks upon a French charm offensiveQuiet goes the Don One of the great pleasures of hosting and organising the London Critics' Circle fil...
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Noomi Rapace reveals that she's glad to be shut of Lisbeth Salander, while The Artist's canine co-star discovers he won't be getting a sausage at the BaftasRemoving the dragon tattooFar from casting jealous eyes at the Hollywood remake of her original,...
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As his silent Louis Armstrong movie premieres in London, director Dan Pritzker reveals he has another treat for jazz fansTo Bolden go…Billionaire Dan Pritzker premieres his charming silent jazz movie Louis tonight at the Barbican, with live orchestra...
Venice Film Festival: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy poised for the prize
The big-screen version of John Le Carré's 1970s spookfest is hot favourite for the coveted Golden Lion. But it's not the only contender…Maybe it's the prosaic peril of mid-budget film-making, or it could be that many of the early films at Venice hav...
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John le Carré makes a cameo at an MI6 Christmas party, while former Lars von Trier protege Susanne Bier no longer has time for the controversial film-makerThe spy who came in with a cameoWriter John le Carré gave his blessing to the new film version ...
Stake Land — review
With its flying stunts and doo-wop jukebox playing in a bar, Stake Land owes much to the movie Top Gun. Strange, then, that it coincides with Kelly McGillis's first appearance on our screens for more than 10 years. She stars, briefly, as a nun on the r...
Trailer Trash by Jason Solomons
Jason Solomons on the belt-tightening measures at the 54th London film festival, the Chemical Brothers's first foray into soundtracks, and rising star Tom Hiddleston's naked ambitionSmarten upMoney's obviously tight. LFF screenings no longer open with ...
London film festival – review
Mulligan and Knightley provide glamour galore, while everyone's favourite Swedish vampire movie is eclipsedWhat a very British start to the 54th London film festival it was: a classy, starry film with elegant actors – Keira Knightley and Carey Mullig...
Sounds Jewish: September 2010
Welcome back to a bumper New Year edition of the podcast. In a Sounds Jewish exclusive, the critically acclaimed and now Booker-shortlisted author reads an acerbically funny extract from his latest novel, The Finkler Question. Is his depiction of a fic...
Sounds Jewish: Jewish Book Week special
In this special edition of Sounds Jewish direct from Jewish Book Week in the heart of London, join Jason Solomons as he speaks to acclaimed writers from Britain, America and beyond.
The literary festival launched with a big fanfare this year to celebrate the slightly bizarre festival of Purim, a kind of Jewish Mardi-Gras. We...
Sounds Jewish: Jewish Book Week – podcast