Excellent debut in style of Hartley or Labute

Playing patience under African skies

OPENS OCTOBER 24, CERT U, 67 MINS Scooby Doo, you've gone all blue. And trippy, Daft Punk, the French techno-pop duo who've consistently worked with cutting-edge directors (Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Roman Coppola), have collaborated with their lifelong Manga animation heroes Leiji Matsumoto and Kazuhisa Takenouchi to produce this 'musical', loosely accompanying their 2001 album Discovery. It's fun, and sweet rather than radical. If you're a Manga buff you'll enjoy the quaint sci-fi plotline and imagery, and stare at the female bassist's lovingly-drawn arse.

Elevated kiddie flick tackles grown-up issues

Metal vocalist's impressive horror debut

Clint's back at his directorial best with a lean, mean adaptation of Dennis Lehane's gripping crime novel

Stone's intimate document of Castro as man rather than monster

Slow, slow journey into heart of darkness

OPENS OCTOBER 17, CERT TBC, VARIOUS MINS Boldly straddling the chasm between obscure gallery installation and provocative arthouse epic, The Cremaster Cycle, made by Björk's boyfriend Matthew Barney, is as sumptuous as it is obtuse, as impervious as it is ambitious.

Stephen Fry's take on Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies