FILM
April 2012
John Madden’s cinematic saga of late-life self-discovery in India is rightly a popular triumph
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March 2012
The arts have failed to respond adequately to 9/11. Stephen Daldry’s new film is no exception
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January/February 2012
The Iron Lady does its subject and her legacy proud—but I hope Lady Thatcher never sees it
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December 2011
Justin Kurzel’s tale of a suburban serial killer in Australia is grim, gruelling and all too believable
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Written each month by Standpoint's regular film critic, Peter Whittle, and occasional guest columnists
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