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The Railway Man

June 2015

  • Colin Firth as former prisoner of war Eric Lomax in The Railway Man.

    Reel history
    The Railway Man: dramatic licence is well-earned and sparingly deployed

    Colin Firth stars in this adaptation of the memoirs of a POW tortured by the Japanese military during the second world war. No movie could recreate such horrors, but it’s easy to forgive this redemptive tale its mild flights of fancy

January 2015

  • epa04592956 Australian actor David Gulpilil arrives for the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards 2015 held at the Star Event Centre in Sydney, Australia, 29 January 2015. EPA/NIKKI SHORT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

    Film blog
    Aactas 2015: The Water Diviner and The Babadook tie, but at least they're Aussie

    Never has the Australian film industry seemed so confounded by the challenge of distinguishing great art from handsome mainstream product, writes Luke Buckmaster

October 2014

  • André Benjamin and Hayley Atwell in Jimi: All Is By My Side

    That never happened: the biopic conundrum

    The new Hendrix film, Jimi: All Is By My Side, is entertaining – but is it true? Henry Barnes talks to the friends and families of those portrayed in biopics about the line between artistic licence and lies

July 2014

  • Brad Pitt in Fury

    Why are we so obsessed with films about the second world war?

    Andrew Pulver: The events they depict happened decades ago and they're often historically dubious. Yet second world war films are more in fashion than ever. Why can't Hollywood get enough?

May 2014

  • Jeremy Irvine is bright and affecting as the younger Eric Lomax in The Railway Man

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    Guy Lodge's DVDs and downloads

    Colin Firth is outstanding in a determinedly old-fashioned movie, while a Japanese switched-at-birth drama is mawkish and melodramatic, writes Guy Lodge

January 2014

  • Interview by Laura Barnett

    Another view
    A torture rehabilitation expert's view on The Railway Man

    Interview by Laura Barnett

  • Box office analysis: UK
    12 Years a Slave overcomes tough subject matter to top UK box office

  • The Railway Man – review

  • 12 Years A Slave

    This week's new films
    12 Years A Slave, The Railway Man, The Square: this week's new films

  • The Guardian Film Show
    The Guardian Film Show: 12 Years a Slave, The Railway Man, Last Vegas and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - audio

  • The Guardian film show
    The Guardian Film Show: 12 Years a Slave, The Railway Man, Last Vegas and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – video review

  • The Railway Man – review

  • The Railway Man: watch Colin Firth in an exclusive clip - video

December 2013

  • Eric Lomax with his daughter Charmaine

    The Railway Man's forgotten family: 'We were victims of torture too'

  • Nicole Kidman and Patti Lomax

    Nicole Kidman: 'I try never to be governed by fear'

September 2013

  • The Railway Man: watch the trailer - video

    Trailer park
    The Railway Man: watch Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in the world exclusive trailer - video

  • CatherineToronto

    Toronto film festival 2013: 12 Years a Slave adds moral fibre to feast of a festival

  • Colin Firth on The Railway Man: 'a whole chapter of history not taught'

  • First look review
    The Railway Man: Toronto 2013 - first look review

April 2012

  • Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman at The Railway Man photocall - Edinburgh

    Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman aboard for second world war film The Railway Man

    Filming set to begin on adaptation of Eric Lomax's bestselling account of his experiences as a POW on the Burma railway
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