DVD review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
A confident adaptation of the novel, writes Rob Mackie
Fortey takes us on a companionable journey towards the light
Tim Radford gives his verdict on Life: An Unauthorised Biography by Richard Fortey. If you've read it, tell us what you think
Can the man live up to the legend?
Review: Lowside of the Road by Barney HoskynsBarney Hoskyns valiantly searches for the real Tom Waits, despite the singer's relentless self-mythologising, says Tim Adams
Watchmen
Dark wit and vivid characters abound in Watchmen but the film falls far short of the brilliance of Alan Moore's graphic novel, thinks Philip French
A good man is hard to find
Review: Lowside of the Road - A Life of Tom Waits by Barney HoskynsDavid Sinclair feels for a diligent biographer blanked at every turn by his legendary subject
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
Review: The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances WilsonThis is an astute and elegantly written biography of an unconventional woman, says Aimee Shalan
In pursuit of what lies beneath
Review: Chaplin by Simon Louvish.Louvish chooses to tell Chaplin's story as a reprise of The Odyssey, writes Peter Conrad
How clothes have become the great escape
Review: The Thoughful Dresser by Linda Grant: take pleasure while you can is the philosophy of this elegant and inspiring collection of essays, writes Viv Groskop
Now we know why we’re all doomed
Review: The Vanishing Face of Gaia, James Lovelock, He Knew He Was Right by John and Mary Gribbin.Lovelock is the prophet of doom for planet Earth, writes Robin McKie
Watching the Door
Review: Watching the Door by Kevin Myers It should be hard work but it's like a night out with the best pub storyteller you have ever met
Wise Blood
Philip French's classic DVD: Wise BloodStunning adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's first novel, published in 1952 says Philip French
A denunciation of the ‘Rat Man’
Review: The meaning of Sarkozy by Alain Badiou. It is hard to escape the impression of an ageing class warrior railing against the waning of his own strength says Rafael Behr
The Wilderness
Review: The Wilderness by Samantha HarveyThe whole a stunning composition of human fragility and intensity, says Catherine Taylor
Eating India
Review: Eating India: Exploring the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices by Chitrita BanerjiChitrita Banerji goes in search of 'authentic' India cuisine
You had to be there
Review: Maurice Bowra by Leslie MitchellDJ Taylor searches for the gilded bons mots of an Oxford character