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Lost and found: Little MurdersJim O’Rourke lauds Alan Arkin’s 1971 directorial debut, a quintessentially New York story of existential angst
Peter Mullan: Glasgow belongs to mePeter Mullan is already well known as one of Britain’s most intense screen actors. But with Neds he cements his reputation as a director whose commitment to emotional truth transcends social realism. By Demetrios Matheou
Howard Hawks: Slim and the silver foxThe years Howard Hawks spent with his second wife Nancy – aka ‘Slim’ – were the richest of his film-directing career, as her style and influence inspired him to live out a recurring dream of their relationship on film. By David Thomson
Darren Aronofsky has followed The Wrestler with Black Swan, this time finding his trademark obsession, restlessness and bone-crunching self-harm in the formal world of ballet. Nick James talks to the director
PLUS six classic female doppelgängers on film
It’s the western’s turn to get the Coens treatment, but their makeover of the John Wayne Oscar-winner True Grit is free of their usual self-consciousness, says Graham Fuller
Never one to repeat himself, Danny Boyle follows his exuberant Slumdog Millionaire with the bare-bones one-man show of 127 Hours. He talks to James Mottram
The years Howard Hawks spent with his second wife Nancy – aka Slim – were the richest of his career, as her style inspired him to live out a recurring dream of their relationship on film. By David Thomson
PLUS Michael Mann on why he loves Howard Hawks, and in particular the 1932 gangster classic Scarface
As Disney’s 50th animated feature Tangled is released, Andrew Osmond examines how the studio whose name was once synonymous with animation lost its edge
Film review: Brighton RockRowan Joffe’s new adaptation of Graham Greene’s underworld thriller – classically filmed by the Boulting brothers in 1947 – distinguishes itself by updating the milieu to 1964. Philip Kemp wishes it hadn’t copied the former film’s ending
Film review: GaslandImprobably riveting, Josh Fox’s investigative doc about unregulated US hydraulic fracture mining is all the more powerful for its quiet meticulousness, says Sam Davies
Film review: Men on the BridgeAsli Özge’s tapestry of gridlocked lives in contemporary Istanbul offers further evidence of the flowering of late neorealism in Turkish cinema, says Kieron Corless
Film of the month: The Portuguese NunThe Bressonian style and metaphysical concerns of Eugène Green may be an acquired taste, but they achieve their most perfect expression in his new film The Portuguese Nun. Peter Matthews finds himself ripe for conversion
Film review: True GritThe Coen brothers’ True Grit might be less faithful to Charles Portis’s original novel than Henry Hathaway’s 1969 adaptation, but, finds Ben Walters, the brothers retain the book’s grotesque touches and add a few more themselves
Film review: The King's SpeechMystique and mischief: Tom Hooper’s film about the stammering future King George neatly has its royalty both ways, says Philip Kemp
DVD: The Elia Kazan CollectionElia Kazan’s explorations of post-war society reveal him to be one of America’s greats, argues Graham Fuller