Difficult to avoid the Bat-hype machine this week, as the release of The Dark Knight has prompted calls for a posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger. Luckily, as always, London provides for those who don't necessarily want the latest marketing churn poured down their throat. For your consideration this week: Thursday: Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love is the next film at Rivington Place, in conjunction with their Oscar Munoz retrospective. After his......

So there is to be a ‘bloodbath in the city’. Wandsworth Reservoir Dogs? – is Tarantino in town? Perhaps there’s a Charles Bronson convention in Liverpool Street? Or a Grand Theft Auto 5 tournament at the Barbican? God forbid, but maybe we’re talking the real tragic McCoy – some loonie with a shot gun or another dumb terrorist. But no: the tabloids and even some of the more respectable titles are referring to job losses.......

Thanks to a lousy US box office reception, Grindhouse – the adored bastard sprog double-feature of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez – was hacked in two when it finally came here. Film nerds agog at the prospect of a three-hour neo-exploitationfest had to cough for Planet Terror and Death Proof separately, and miss out entirely on the geekalicious treat of the fake trailers that accompanied them. O cruel fate/boringly cautious distributors. But at last......

Film maker extraordinaire Quentin Tarantino has arrived in the UK to promote the DVD release of his latest film, Death Proof. Nothing newsworthy in that per se. But the whens, whos and wherefores of this publicity event are nothing short of astonishing. Londonist has learnt that the movie icon snucked (or was dragged) along to Wimbledon Dog Stadium on Monday evening where he watched the likes of Shayne Ward, Charlie Simpson (from Busted) and a......

Is this the face of the UK’s most famous graffiti artist? (After sagittal inversion and colour enhancement to make him fit into his own artwork.) A reader tip-off led us to an article on Complex.com, purporting to show elusive artist Banksy. The Bristol-born wall sprayer is very protective of his identity, and spoke to The New Yorker this week about the difficulties of remaining anonymous. So is he finally unmasked? The snaps were allegedly......

Exciting film news from the ICA who will be screening a preview of Shaun of the Dead follow up, Hot Fuzz next month: The special preview will be followed by a Q&A with director Edgar Wright and special guests, to be confirmed. Also watch out for Hot Fuzztival, a massive fortnight of non-stop cops and hardcore action. These are some of the films that inspired director Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick......

When the Frightfest made the move from the Prince Charles to the Odeon West End we couldn't help but feel a little sad. We attended the last full day event before the main festival relocated and we thought that was that. We were wrong. Frightfest itself doesn’t kick off until August, but for March 18th Eli Roth has provided a preview print of his Cabin Fever follow up, Hostel to be shown at the.........

The comedian Mark Maier brings his acclaimed show 'Objects' to London this month and it's well worth checking out. Originally called 'Fat Baby on the Rampage' the show was well-received at the 2004 Edinburgh Festival, and now plays in Hampstead under a rather more prosaic title. The show is based on our tendency to anthropomorphise inanimate objects, as evidenced through swearing at Windows XP for crashing all the bloody time or assigning names and......

Forget GTA: Sand Andreas. The sun's too bright, everyone and his dog owns a gun, and they drive on the right for God's sake. No, if you want a real, virtual driving experience (does that make sense?) then you have to come to London, and that means getting your hands on The Getaway: Black Monday. Released on Monday 12, Black Monday has once again been developed by Sony's team in Soho, but this time they've......