Tim Robey

A Long Winter Cert TBC, 117 min ????? Dir Andrew Haigh Starring Fred Hechinger, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe, Kit Connor, Martin

To see the work of Kazuo Ishiguro tackled on screen by writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) calls to mind other putative matches made in

Mike Leigh has said, with a heavy sigh, that Tender Loving Care is "very likely" to be his final film, owing not to any loss of intellectual energy, but to mobility issues at 83.

Being trapped in the belly of a sperm whale is a new one: indeed, Whalefall is the rare genre piece that's unrepeatable, with no sequel that could make a lick of sense.

Rumblings are afoot of shock-horror when this year's Academy Award nominations land. This will not be an orderly Oscars , with critically favoured champions walking a regimented path down every red carpet.

The only true surprise of the new Ali G film, which marks the directing debut of Sacha Baron Cohen, is that it is not entirely terrible.

In 1946, the independent production company Liberty Films staked its future - and $2.3m of hard-raised capital - on a supernatural drama about a suicidal bank clerk.

In which profoundly influential black-and-white horror classic from 1960, derived from a 1959 novel, do all the perversity – and murders – emanate from a twisted parent-child relationship?

Imagine climbing a mountain, then skiing down it, choosing not only Everest, but the daunting north face; and filming the whole expedition, with a crew that risks losing their lives with every step.

There will never be another Ken Russell. To know what this means, look no further than the director's infamous - and phenomenal - 1971 grand opus