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Make-up turns Jim Sturgess ‘Asian’ in Cloud Atlas.

‘Yellowface’ reflects the racial pecking order

The movie adaptation of the novel ‘Cloud Atlas’ has been criticised by Asian-Americans for casting white Western actors in "yellowface" makeup.

Alpha nerds kicked ass

This year brought a new kind of hero as <i>Kick-Ass</i> and <i>The Social Network</i> proved it’s the geeks who shall inherit the Earth.

This year’s Cannes line-up: A festival hall of fame

Down on the Riviera, the Cannes film festival is braced for its bloodiest year in decades.

A heartbreaking history retold

ON CIRCUIT: <i>The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas</i>, a story of the Holocaust told through the experiences of a young boy.

False notes

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Xan Brooks reviews <i>The Counterfeiters</i>, which won the Oscar for best foreign-language film this year.

Glove story

Director Michael Mann tells Xan Brooks about getting into the ring with a legend.

Candied darling

Low-budget movie of the week:</b> <i>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</i> is the sort of stack-heeled walk on the wild side that <i>Velvet Goldmine</i> should have been and yet never…

Hard-boiled

<b>Review: Boiler Room</b>

Oscar sticks to the script

Oscar 2000 was just too polished and genteel to fully satisfy Xan Brooks.