Invasion of the Body Snatchers

A sometimes amusing but morally illiterate "neo-Western" which seems likely to spawn numerous imitators

A pretty routine bit of Hollywood uplift in the sporting context which isn’t quite sure about what it really believes

Brother, a Russian film written and directed by Alexei Balabanov, stars Sergei Bodrov, Jr, as Danila, a recently discharged soldier at a loose end who makes his way to St. Petersburg where his brother, Viktor (Victor Suhorukov) is somebody in the burgeoning underworld of Russia’s second city. The city itself is a main character in…

Cynical satirist Kevin Smith tries One From the Heart — with predictably dire results

Post Coitum Animal Triste, directed by Brigitte Roüen, stars Miss Roüen herself as Diane, a publisher married to the decent but boring lawyer, Philippe (Patrick Chesnais). She suddenly falls passionately in love with the much younger Emilio (Boris Terral) — a hydraulic engineer who goes about doing good, bringing water to the third world. What…

A Western’s themes and a Western’s morality work surprisingly well among Britons of the Midlands and the lower-mid social status