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Various Artists – Century Of The Blues

The blues continues to pour down in reissues, compilations and box sets. Century Of The Blues is superbly assembled to commemorate the centenary of the day in 1903 when WC Handy encountered a "lean, loose-jointed negro" playing a guitar in the style he was the first to name "the blues". There's no attempt to claim the music as a contemporary art form, for the selection ends mid-century. Even BB King, the only name here who's still working, is represented by a 1950 recording.

Valentin

Beautifully realised coming-of-age flick

People I Know

Weary thriller starring Al Pacino as ageing PR man

Suddenly

Slow-burning lesbian kidnap caper set in Argentina

Mona Lisa Smile

Julia Roberts teaches posh girls to be defiant

Feud For Thought

Gripping drama of the American Dream gone sour

The Dreamers

DIRECTED BY Bernardo Bertolucci STARRING Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel Opens February 6, Cert 18, 115 mins Film buffs have never looked less sexy than they do in Bertolucci's curiously distant rendering of Paris in May 1968. True, the film buffs in question spend most of their time lounging naked, playing psycho-sexual mind games and rutting feverishly. And yes, all three stars (Pitt, Garrel and, in particular, Green) are undeniably easy on the eye—something Bertolucci is at pains to stress with lots of salivating camera lingering on flesh.

The Last Kiss

Thirtysomething with Italians

Pieces Of April

Familiar US Thanksgiving fare in digicam style

Paycheck

Rollicking techno daftness from John Woo
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