Subtle twists in novel of cold war ambiguities
Exuberant times with Grimes at the Social
It's hard to empathise with the dysfunctional couples in a new play set in suburban Chicago because they're too one-dimensional
US writer Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 in Baltimore and his last five days on earth are considered to be a mystery.
Independent British director Hadi Hajaig's fast-moving thriller has its roots in recent news headlines.
Hard-boiled Sweets is a slick, stylish film noir by David LG Hughes. Set in Southend, it capitalises on the idea of the cockney caricature.
The tale of battle-weary American civil war veteran John Carter has thrilled generations in novels, comic books, animation and on TV. Now it's got a cinematic outing.
Adam Deeson plays a football star from a south London estate who's suddenly reminded by his old friend and gang leader Baron (David Ajala) that it's payback time.
Given it's a portrait of a paedophile, who on earth is Michael aimed at - masochist child abusers? Its Austrian writer and director Markus Schlienzer says it is a fictional film and "has deliberately avoided cases from here or abroad."
Minnie Driver proves pitch perfect as an inspirational music teacher in Swansea who decides to promote a musical based on The Tempest that inevitably rocks the established school order in 1976.
Disbarred lawyer Sosa (Ricardo Darin) has to make ends meet somehow, so he works as a hawker for an insurance scam.
This is a must-see film for all those middle-class wannabe revolutionaries who have no faith in the masses and prefer to follow ego-heros. In this country they even tend to emanate from socialist backgrounds, since they have seen generations of Labour politicians disappoint their class since 1945.