Film

Cold Mountain

Anthony Minghella's Civil War epic has plenty of razzle: spectacular opening sequence; deserter Jude Law's trans-American journey to Nicole Kidman; leery sheriff Ray Winstone; doughty Calamity Jane farmhand Renée Zellweger; and a plethora of star cameos. And yet, bar some early 'war is hell' pomposity, it's a disappointingly hollow experience

Summer Madness

David Lean's 1955 romance, restored by the BFI

Two Brothers

Twin tigers star in coming-of-age parable

Gozu

More weirdness from Japanese maverick

Carmen

Lusty romance starring Paz Vega. Very Spanish

The Last Victory

Documenting the passions aroused by a famous race

The Day After Tomorrow

Good end-of-the-world hokum

Beautiful South

BBC documentary takes a dark ride into the Deep South

La Kermesse Héroique (Carnival In Flanders)

OPENS JUNE 4, CERT 12A, 117 MINS Considered outrageous in 1935, Jacques Feyder's intriguing satire is not just a worthy archive trophy but a true oddity. Even now, there's something bewitchingly bonkers about it. It holds its own logic, and, if a little long for a comedy of politics, it's brain food to show up a concept like The Stepford Wives. In fact Feyder and wife Françoise Rosay, who stars, simultaneously made a German version entitled The Clever Women. Said women come to the fore when Spanish soldiers invade Flanders in 1616. The Flemish men hide, the mayor plays possum.

Japanese Story

Aussie fish-out-of-water romance with a difference
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