Veronica Mars:
The Complete Collection (15)
This 19-disc set contains all three series of the cult crime drama which stars Kristen Bell as the titular private investigator. A critical though not a ratings success, it's also notable for the fact that the movie version (included here) was fan-funded through Kickstarter with the budget reached in just 10 hours.
12 Years A Slave (15)
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in British director Steve McQueen's take on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free-born African-American who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o and Benedict Cumberbatch also star. Not an easy watch, but a solemn and important piece of work from former Turner Prize winner McQueen.
Man Of Marble (U)
Long, complex and multi-layered, this 1976 film from celebrated Polish director Andrzej Wajda has been dubbed the Polish Citizen Kane. Well over a decade in the making, it tells the story of labourer Mateusz Birkut, a man whose bricklaying skills turn him into a Stakhanovite figure for Poland's Communist authorities and for aspiring film director Burski, who makes a documentary about him.
Years later, another aspiring filmmaker, Agnieszka, tracks down Burski, now a jet-setter on the international film festival circuit, to ask him what happened to Birkut.
Man Of Marble is essentially a film about a film about film, but it's Wajda's sly critique of life under Communist rule and the effect the film had on its release that makes it a classic.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article