Thief (18)
Michael Mann's stylish 1981 debut is given a welcome re-release by Arrow Video. James Caan is the thief of the title, a safe-breaker who only deals in diamonds but who finds himself in a little too deep with the mob. It has all the Mann hallmarks - neon-lit streets, expert cinematography and an icily precise soundtrack from Tangerine Dream - and fans of Nicolas Winding Refn can decide for themselves whether to believe his claim that he'd never seen it before making Drive. On the basis of the opening scene alone - a getaway driver sitting in his car listening to the radio - it's hard to believe. Tuesday Weld also stars, but all eyes are on hardman Caan.
Gone Girl (18)
Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck star as the married couple at the heart of David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's blockbuster mystery thriller. Pike plays Amy Dunne, whose disappearance seems to point to foul play on the part of her hapless journalist husband, Nick (Affleck). The story unravels in part through diaries - but who, if anyone, is telling the truth?
Night Will Fall (15)
Andre Singer's documentary about the liberation of the Nazi death camps and what happened to the Sidney Bernstein/Alfred Hitchcock film about them screened on Channel 4 last weekend. But this DVD release from the BFI comes loaded with extras, including newsreels, a Russian propaganda film and Billy Wilder's 22 minute Death Mills, from 1946.
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