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Director: Rose Troche
Starring: Kevin McKidd, Jennifer Ehle
Bedrooms & Hallways, the latest offering from the This Life school of British film-making, sees Kevin McKidd's giddy Londoner being put through all manner of romantic hoops in the run-up to his 30th birthday. Kev's orientation spins from gay to straight, his mates offer endless advice, and Simon Callow pops up as a New Agey man.
Limited release
A CIVIL ACTION (15)
Director: Steven Zaillian
Starring: John Travolta, Robert Duvall
John Travolta's ambulance-chasing lawyer takes a shot at redemption in this complex and frequently absorbing courtroom saga that nonetheless raises inevitable comparisons with Sidney Lumet's The Verdict. Culled from a true story, A Civil Action spins a David-and-Goliath-style drama, in which blue-collar locals go head to head with the big corporations who poisoned their water. Zaillian negotiates the legal intricacies with ingenuity.
Countrywide
THE FACULTY (15)
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy
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Countrywide
HIGH ART (18)
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Ally Sheedy, Radha Mitchell
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Limited release
THE RED VIOLIN (15)
Director: Francois Girard
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Jason Flemyng, Colm Feore, Sylvia Chang
Girard's daisy-chain of historical vignettes follows the course of a cursed violin down through the centuries. Unfortunately, a thrift-shop budget leaves many of the period backdrops looking like cast-offs from a BBC schools programme. More crucially, Girard's broken-up and bitty narrative leaves his film labouring in third gear throughout. Limited release
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