An aging French conjuror, finding himself out of step in a raucous new era, travels to London in search of an audience.

How to make Jane Eyre fresh again?

Wim Wenders has approached the new medium as a chance to rethink cinema’s possibilities.

It’s easy to see why Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty was invited into the Cannes film festival’s prestigious official competition.

This film has real heart, buoyed by surprisingly strong performances from a mostly inexperienced cast.

It’s disappointing to see how bleak Taymor’s vision so often looks, and feels.

Wow. Just when you thought you knew all about Cuban music, along comes this steaming hot release to prove you wrong. If the incredibly spirited music of the Creole Choir is distinctly different from the Cuban dance music of the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon, it’s for a good reason. Its ten members are descended from Haitians who were brought to Cuba as slaves in the 18th century.  Those slaves’ ancestry accounts for the heavy African sound in both their drumming – the only instrumental accompaniment – and striking vocal melodies. If you also think you hear French and Spanish inflections in the vocals, it’s because the choir sing in Creole, a pot pourri of European, Caribbean and African tongues. These are extraordinarily fiery performances – enough to light up the sky on the darkest of days.

An intelligent science fiction story that steadfastly refuses to obey genre rules.