A morally ambivalent tale of two policemen involved in various battles; for the top job, to put an end to a violent gang, to protect their snitches and, we are led to believe, in the past over a woman. Both policemen bend the laws beyond the limits of decency to achieve their ends in this dark and gun-slinging thriller set against the backdrop of a neon-lit Paris underworld. find out more...

Filmed in 1986 at a Maryland concert arena parking lot before a heavy metal show, this is an unvarnished, fascinating and Spinal Tap..esque anthropological study of American metal heads in their mid-'80s glory. A shed load of extras make up for the feature's 25 minute running time (though the bit with one now middle aged participant's exhaustive explanation of his record collection comes close to a cure for insomnia). find out more...

An intriguing premise; take Dylan's music as an inspiration and using six different actors (one a young black boy, another a woman) loosely re-enact his life from childhood to venerable and venerated troubadour of the 20th Century. The possibilities of ‘I'm Not There' going horribly wrong were always going to be high but Todd Haynes manages to pull off a fascinating, hypnotic, original tale of a living icon and while the performances, with out exception, are excellent, it is Kate Blanchett's tur find out more...

Ben isn't just a slobby slacker he's a Zen master of the much under-rated art of idiocy, an achievement only surpassed by his awesomely challenged buddies. Into Ben's world drunkenly stumbles beautiful, ambitious Alison and two months after an ill advised night of duvet theft she finds herself pregnant. Knocked Up plays like an older generation version of 'American Pie', a coming of age movie about no hopers making good; fun, foolish, occasionally gut bustlingly spot on and, towards the end, jus find out more...

David Thewlis delivers an incredible performance as the clever and sarcastic Johnny. On the run from reality he turns up at his old girlfriend's house in London, where he proceeds to cause havoc. An inspired mix of script and improvisation with masterful direction, Leigh has taken a dark and inward look at life on Britain's bottom rung. Superb. find out more...

Miles is a 30-something failed writer: embittered, frustrated and emotionally impotent. His one love is wine and though his fondness long ago crossed into alcoholism he is nonetheless a genuine connoisseur. Mile's best friend, Jack, is a hormonal teenager disguised as a man approaching middle age. Together this mismatched pair set off on a road trip through the vineyards of California, a last shout before Jack's financially advantageous marriage. Two unlikable, stunted characters and a lot of a find out more...

It's 1969 and the end of an era. Withnail and ‘I' are two "resting" actors enjoying a decadent lifestyle in Camden on a diet of booze and drugs. Finding themselves in need of rejuvenation, they set off on holiday to the country cottage of Withnail's mad uncle Monty in Penrith. A sharp and witty romp, and one of the greatest, and quintessentially British, films of all time. find out more...