Films of the year: Bright young filmmakers save the day as veteran directors turn stale.
Free the Brown Bunny
He was derided and mocked at Cannes. But Vincent Gallo's egotistical road movie could be the finest film of the year, says Peter Bradshaw.
John Patterson on film
Turkeys and trimmings
John Patterson
If I named every movie I hated this year I could fill the Friday Review twice over and still need space for my vitriol and scorn, writes John Patterson.
October 2003
Groping for victory
Putting Arnie in charge of the world's fifth largest economy is like making Benny Hill chancellor of the exchequer: quirky but unreal - and not very funny.
September 2003
France gripped as a showbusiness story of doomed love unravels
The sordid aftermath of the death of one of France's best-loved actresses at the hands of her rock star lover has split the nation's cultural elite.
August 2003
Bloodthirsty or a classic? Gibson's film of Christ's last days alarms Jewish groups
Star claims Holy Ghost helped him make film but threatens legal action after academics criticise script of The Passion.
July 2003
Hollywood's Hopes 2: How the sequels failed at the box office
Nearly 30 of this year's major Hollywood films are sequels, but in the US ticket sales are down amidst a feeling that what seemed like a magic marketing notion no longer works.
June 2003
Katharine Hepburn
David Thomson remembers the steely charm of Katharine Hepburn, an actor who was always "me", but often very much more
February 2003
Spider-Man haunts pensioner
Alfred Mansbridge is a resolute man unshakeable in his belief that things do not go bump in the night. Yesterday his faith was vindicated when ghostbusters got to the bottom of the voice in his bedroom.
January 2003
'It shows us the animal inside us'
Vincent Cassel, the star of Irréversible, tells Stuart Jeffries why he and his wife Monica Bellucci agreed to make this notorious French film.