Philip French
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The true story of Homer’s space odyssey, which inspired October Sky, may leave you with tears in your eyes, says Philip French.
Master of spin
It is not often that a spin-doctor gets lauded by the media for being "honest". The two concepts seem inherently contradictory. However, when Joel Netshitenzhe left his position…
Morbid monsters
b>Creature feature of the week: </b> Johnston has dispensed almost entirely with lyrical wonder and concentrated on horror and violence, the result is a dark, almost morbid…
Praying for a power failure
When the end credits of <b>Dancer in the Dark</b> began to roll at Cannes, I at first thought the applause and cheering for this Scandinavian musical, made in Sweden and Denmark…
Men behaving professionally
<b>Review: Pushing Tin</b>
Toys keep swinging
<b>Review: Toy Story 2</b>
Give the man a cigar
<b>Review: Buena Vista Social Club</b>
Family bred for contempt
Dysfunctional families and child abuse have obsessed film-makers this past couple of years and they provided the subject matter for the movies that shared the Special Jury Prize…