Ennio Morricone, Sergio Leone and the elusive Oscar

Ennio Morricone revolutionised cinema music but has never won an Oscar for one of his scores. He’s up again, for ‘The Hateful Eight’. Does he care? Just a little

Tee-up in Taormina, Sicily

Eat, drink, play golf on an archeological site – the vita is definitely dolce in Taormina

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To Catch a Thief review: Hitchcock at his breeziest

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Some Like It Hot review: A bit funkier than you remember?

It may begin with a mass murder, but it’s one of Billy Wilder’s less cynical comedies

The Top 10 cars for a midlife crisis

From a Subaru Impreza to a Porsche 911, there’s no better way to deal with midlife crisis than by buying a totally ridiculous or over-the-top car. Here are 10 of the best - or worst, depending on how you look at it

Long weekend allows enough time for tennis

‘May Day Scramble’ ends on a high as Vinny makes a return to his youth

Star quality at Robin Hood’s €4.75m estate in Wexford

Once home to the actor Richard Greene, this grand country manor on 154 acres has its own tennis court, woodlands, stables and two cottages, and has had many famous visitors including Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor

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The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson’s rambunctious but elegant Mitteleuropa farce stars Ralph Fiennes on brilliant comic form

Hollywood star who insisted on playing strong women

Joan Fontaine - Born: October 22nd, 1917; Died: December 15th, 2013

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