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After their teacher’s suicide, a grieving class gets an unlikely replacement in Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag). Philippe Falardeau’s intricate drama (a Best Foreign Language Film nominee) inverts ‘inspirational teacher’ clichés; Lazhar’s as troubled as his pupils but touchy-feely sentiment is actively thwarted by a ban on teacher/student contact. …

What do you get if you cross a Norse god-king with an ego the size of a planet, a nervy science boffin with gigantic anger issues, a WW2 super-soldier with a very silly costume and a genius billionaire playboy with flying armour? Arguments, obviously. With great power comes great banter …

Freddy meets Hollyoaks meets Emmerdale meets The Bill in this cheap-as-chips horror mash-up, featuring TV’s finest – and Robert Englund, in a pointless five-minute cameo. Cockney lycans go nose-to-knockers with dancing girls in a London nightclub; the script’s very funny but with the exception of the charismatic Simon Phillips (as …

The One Where: The Lannisters catch up with Arya and Gendry, Theon chooses his side and Tyrion plays politics. Verdict: Things are heating up in all sorts of interesting ways this week in Westeros in an episode that neatly captures everything we’ve grown to love about this wicked and warped …

What if we turned our head to the left and looked at the blocks from this angle? What if we jumped every time there was a slanted line, and held the left trigger whenever there was a square? What if the secret to opening this door involves standing still for …

Ethiopian village Bekoji has produced more Olympic medallists than most countries. Jerry Rothwell’s sunny if slight doc tracks Bekoji’s latest hopefuls, teenage girls Alemi and Hawii, to learn why. Dispelling the usual clichés about Africa, Rothwell reveals instead an entrepreneurial community where “running is work” and villagers chip in two …

Rivalling Sunset Boulevard for its caustic take on Hollywood, Vincente Minnelli’s rip-roaring 1952 melodrama charts the fall of a ruthless, all-powerful producer (Kirk Douglas on top form) via flashbacks recalled by a writer (Dick Powell), an actress (Lana Turner) and a director (Barry Sullivan) – all of whom he made, …

It may be a teen romance with no “adult” content whatsoever, but this could well be one of the most mature books you’ll read all year. A synopsis might make you think it will be the usual rubbish: Ellie is recovering from the death of her mother over a year …

TV REVIEW Vive la revelation Episode 4.14 “The End Of All Things” Writer: David Fury Director: Jeff Hunt THE ONE WHERE Olivia and Nina are interrogated by David Robert Jones, another Nina is interrogated by the Fringe team, and dying Observer September spills some beans (no interrogation required). UNIVERSE Over …

It’s the sign of a strong point-and-click adventure puzzle when you know what you have to do, have a basic idea as to how to do it, but don’t know how you’re actually going to. Essentially, you see the door, know it’s locked, and need find a way to open …