Christopher Silvester on the essential, and undervalued, part editors play in film and documentary creation

The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes

Al Capone’s relationship with the movies goes back a long way, writes Christopher Silvester

Woody Allen and the #MeToo mob

The director wanted to show things as they were – badly-led, no one wanting to fight or knowing what they were fighting for, says Christopher Silvester

In light of the Césars drama, Christopher Silvester considers crime and censorship in film appreciation

For a folk hero this Ned has zero contact with the ordinary Irish folk who will supposedly come to love him, says Christopher Silvester

Diverse casting of period adaptations is a risk worth taking

Bad jokes, no chemisty, lame action: the snoozathon that’s not woke enough

Stars of the stage are more likely to feature in the Honours list than the people who write their scripts