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The star of The Little Paris Kitchen is refreshingly unfussy on screen

Michael Haneke, maker of disturbing, violent films such as 'The Piano Teacher', on his latest, Palme d'Or-winning film, 'The White Ribbon', which tackles the timely question of fanaticism

Author William Boyd on how he has interwoven fact and fiction for his narrative of a personal journal

Lyudmila Ulitskaya does not mince words about her disapproval of Vladimir Putin and the road on which he is steering Russia

Enamoured with the fame of reality TV stars and glamour models, demand for child beauty contests in the UK has risen exponentially

Romain Duris's offscreen persona — slight, puckish and animated