Nick Roddick

Film

BFI London Film Festival: Hidden gem of the day – Hospital

Nick Roddick picks his lesser known must-see for Sunday October 9

7 Oct 2016
Film

BFI London Film Festival: Hidden gem of the day – Ovarian Psycos

Nick Roddick picks his lesser known must-see for Saturday October 8

7 Oct 2016
Film

BFI London Film Festival: Hidden gem of the day – Le Ciel Flamand

Nick Roddick picks his lesser known must-see for Friday October 7

6 Oct 2016
Film

London Film Festival: Hidden gem of the day – Pyromaniac

Nick Roddick picks his lesser known must-see for Thursday October 6

5 Oct 2016
Film

BFI London Film Festival 2016: 20 must-see movies

Priority booking opens today for this year’s BFI London Film Festival. The Evening Standard's critics round up the must-see movies

5 Oct 2016
Celebrity News

Christian Bale: Hollywood can be the most horrible industry

The actor talks Hollywood, new film Knight of Cups and feeling "useless"

3 Dec 2015
Film

London Film Festival: our picks for Wednesday October 14

Nick Roddick chooses his highlights of the London Film Festival

14 Oct 2015
Film

Savage satire in a man eats dog world

Ben Wheatley has always been a fan of JG Ballard’s bleak vision of the future — so he filmed it, he tells Nick Roddick

15 Sept 2015
Film

Why Tim Roth thinks we all should have the right to die

Mexican director Michel Franco doesn’t do easy subjects. That appealed to the star of Chronic, as he tells Nick Roddick

15 Sept 2015
Film

London Film Festival: Writer Abi Morgan on Suffragette

Writer Abi Morgan was at first reluctant to take on Suffragette. But then she recalled her family’s stories and found out much more, she tells Nick Roddick

15 Sept 2015
Film

Silent gold: why the late-silent period in cinema was a golden age

From just before the talkies comes a film that proves the prowess of its director and the quality of its era, says Nick Roddick

15 Sept 2015
Film

A real thriller of a love story

A sure-fire hit when it screened at Cannes, Carol was 15 years in the making and reflects the passion of its writer and producers, says Nick Roddick

15 Sept 2015
Going Out

BFI London Film Festival 2015: The best movies at this year's showcase

The Standard's film critics pick out the films set to make waves at the festival

10 Sept 2015
Film

Cracking the code: an interview with The Imitation Game director

The key to making The Imitation Game, director Morten Tyldum tells Nick Roddick, is having a team dedicated to telling Alan Turing’s story

14 Nov 2014
Film

On location with Mr Turner: behind the scenes of Mike Leigh's biopic

Cornwall stands in for Margate, Watford for Chelsea and Woolwich for Harley Street in Mike Leigh’s biopic of artist JMW Turner

28 Oct 2014
Film

The President – London Film Festival critic’s pick for Saturday

Today's London Film Festival selection is the latest from Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf

17 Oct 2014
Film

Jauja – London Film Festival critic’s pick for Friday October 17

If you see just one art movie this festival, make it Jauja

16 Oct 2014
Film

The Salvation – London Film Festival critic’s pick for Tuesday

Today's London Film Festival selection is a western from Danish director Kristian Levring, featuring a cameo from Eric Cantona

13 Oct 2014
Film

Adrien Brody on new film Third Person: 'I look for the hero inside the

In his new film, Third Person, Adrien Brody’s latest conflicted character is an unenlightened American abroad — there’s a lot to learn from spending time with flawed personalities, he tells Nick Roddick

8 Oct 2014