Night Moves
Even though Bonnie and Clyde is brilliant and was hugely influential, I think Night Moves is his true masterpiece, and one of the great films of the 70s.

The version I saw was around 3 hours long
But I understand that the version set for release in the UK will be 20 minutes shorter. Does anyone know what version you'll be getting in the US?

This film is a masterpiece
My advice is to try and go in with as little information as possible. Watching it with no prior knowledge at an LFF screening and being slowly amazed by the brilliant weirdness of the film was an extraordinary experience. There are so many moments hilarious and/or shocking surprises.

Money Never Sleeps
What does this even mean? As Ralph Fiennes might say, "It's an inanimate fucking object!"

He's a really nice guy
I met Atom Egoyan a couple of years ago and he's one of the most interesting, thoughtful and engaging people I've ever spoken to.

Yeah, but that's been in the works for ages now. Ridley Scott had the rights for a long time before passing it on having got nowhere with the adaptation. I don't think it's unfilmable in theory, but it is hard to see how it could ever be filmed without being severely compromised in some way.

It's a pretty good adaptation
I liked it but I didn't love it. The film is certainly impressive as a production, and it really gets as close as possible to capturing the atmosphere of the novel, but it also lacks a real imaginative life of its own. It's so faithful to the book it never quite took off as an experience…

"I'm wearing $55 Swiss-cotton underwear…"
I absolutely LOVED this film, and I think it's the picture that finally makes sense of Cage's recent career. He has been building towards this performance for years, just searching for a filmmaker every bit as mad as he is. Seeing them working together is an absolute joy.

Oh, Lukas!
What happened? I think his first three films, taken together, is one of the greatest opening runs any filmmaker has had - and Lilja 4-Ever is one of my favourite films of the decade - but everything since then seems to be the work of a completely different director. It's sad to see.

A good point, well made.

An Oscar nomination for Werner Herzog!
Excellent, I'd be happy to see either Encounters or Man on Wire win.

Yeah, she's an annoying actress…
…but this did make me laugh:

One of the first films I ever saw in a cinema
I was seven years old, and it still ranks as one of my most memorable film experiences. Also, unlike most films you see and love as a child, this one still holds up as a brilliantly inventive and funny picture.

Surely you all know it's actually about Cathy Tyson, the once-popular star of Mona Lisa, who talks about her acting career for 90-odd minutes. I have no idea who Mike Tyson is.

Toback's Tyson
Is not just reputedly excellent, it is excellent. Essentially a feature-length monolgue, it's skilfully edited by Toback and it's ultimately surprisingly moving. I really wasn't expecting it to be quite as good as it turned out to be.

"Christ, I just listened to Mark Kermode's reviews this week, I don't need it all reprinted here"

That's a shame
With the other new releases in the UK this weekend being Rocknrolla, The Duchess and Disaster Movie, I was counting on this to be the only potentially fun offering. It looked like a bundle of enjoyably daft Cage madness, so it's disappointing to hear that it's so humourless and dull.

That scene where Smart tied a chain around Agent 99's neck and made her eat shit? Pretty strong stuff for 60's TV.

Behind the Scenes
Two of the best "making of" features I've seen have been the DVD extras on Magnolia and Superman Returns. Both of them follow their respective projects pretty much from conception and rehearsal to completion. Peter Jackson's King Kong Diary is excellent too.

No Overnight?
I thought that film would be a good entry on a list like this.