Children of Men

A beautiful if harrowing film about a clash between medieval and modern in which neither looks much like a winner

A lovely and heart-felt film from the Chinese director, Chen Kaige, reminds us of what Hollywood used to do so well but does no more

Capitaine Conan by Bertrand Tavernier has endured the sort of distribution hell which is the fate of most foreign films, even the best, in this country—which is why I have only just got round to seeing it. But if you are lucky enough to be near where it is playing, do go and see it….

A deeply unfunny movie, apparently, to nobody but me.

Another weird but weirdly captivating film from the Austrian director, Michael Haneke. Is this guy for real?

Home Fries, written by Vince Gilligan and directed by Dean Parisot, stars Drew Barrymore as Sally, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks made pregnant by a relatively well-to-do married man called Henry. Henry’s wife Beatrice (Catherine O’Hara), having learned of his affair emotionally manipulates her two dutiful sons by an earlier marriage,…