The Sweet Smell of Success
First look review
Birdman review: an acid but empty flight of fancy - Venice film festivalThis year’s Venice film festival begins with Alejandro González Iñárritu’s showbiz satire, a film as jittery, shallow and occasionally inspired as its hero, writes Xan Brooks
Ernest Lehman
Obituary: Writer of hit Hollywood films including North By Northwest and Sweet Smell Of Success.