Horacio Pietragalla felt "like a cat raised in a family of dogs" and was puzzled that, at the age of 14, he was already taller than his father. It was only later that he…

Years ago, the comedian Alexei Sayle used to entertain his audience with wondrous tales about holidays in Albania. Then it seemed an almost exotically remote place, isolated from…

Henry Kissinger may face extradition proceedings in connection with the role of the US in the 1973 military coup in Chile. He is wanted for questioning as a witness in the…

The 5Â 722 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made their nominations for this year’s Oscars. Duncan Campbell asks five of the anonymous ‘judges’ how…

It started on a cruise ship and ended up as a terrific movie. Ry Cooder tells Duncan Campbell how he brought a group of elderly, unworldly musicians to the attention of the world