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Call of the wild (by Fred Rowson, July/August 2010 ): The useless, the tragic, the deranged. Herzog’s subject is always the human, says Fred Rowson
Endgame: Star struck (by Laurie Taylor, May/June 2009 ): How Laurie Taylor was nearly Russell Crowe
Caution, falling moguls (by Michael Bywater, July/August 2008 ): Is he a loser, a kvetcher, a fatalist or a comic genius? Michael Bywater goes in search of the real Woody Allen
Film Review: Revolutionary Road (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): It's twelve years since Winslet and DiCaprio last shared a screen. And that's not long enough, finds Fred Rowson
Film review: Slumdog Millionaire (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): Danny Boyle's feelgood Oscar-winner lacks the depth to be a true classic, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Milk (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): Sean Penn deserves his Oscar, but this biopic of America's first gay politician mostly plays it safe, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2009): A return to form for Woody Allen? Think again, says Fred Rowson
Film review: The Class (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, March 2009): This acclaimed story of a year in a Paris classroom captures school life brilliantly, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Watchmen (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, March 2009): Heard this comic book adaptation is bad? You don't know the half of it, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Knowing (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, April 2009): Sci-fi action and apocalyptic religion just don't mix, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Religulous (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, April 2009): Debunking faith on screen is a confused business, finds Fred Rowson
Film review: Let The Right One In (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, May 2009): Sad, funny and frightening – this Swedish horror is not to be missed, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Synecdoche, New York (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, May 2009): Fred Rowson is fascinated and frustrated by Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut
Film review: Angels & Demons (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, June 2009): Could the latest Dan Brown blockbuster be the best film of the year so far? asks Fred Rowson
Film review: Inglourious Basterds (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, August 2009): This World War Two revenge tale is lazy and idiotic, yet has moments of true brilliance. Could the real problem be Tarantino himself? asks Fred Rowson
Film review: Up (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, October 2009): It's not quite Paradise Lost, but Pixar's latest is still a beautiful, three-dimensional, mess, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Lourdes (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, July 2010): Behind its restrained seriousness, this dramatisation of a disabled woman's pilgrimage has a vicious sense of humour, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Inception (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, August 2010): Christopher Nolan has created a rare thing – an intelligent summer blockbuster. If only the details were as inspiring as the ideas, says Fred Rowson
Film review: The Last Exorcism (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, September 2010): This horror mockumentary is both charming and frightening, says Fred Rowson. But didn't somebody already do an exorcism movie?
Film review: Hereafter (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, February 2011): In taking on the afterlife, Clint Eastwood delivers a trite ghost story that is desperate to be taken seriously, finds Fred Rowson
Film review: The Tree of Life (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, July 2011): Terence Malik’s fifth film could do with a dose of Dirty Harry says Fred Rowson