With Knight comes the darkness

12:04am today

The Dark Knight (12A): Just as night must follow day, it is now obligatory for troubled heroes to descend further into the dark with each picture. Even boy wonder Harry Potter is on the down escalator of bleakness, every movie aiming to be gloomier and more perilous than the last.

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (12A)

12:07am today

From the director of Bend it Like Beckham comes a bland but good-natured teen comedy perfect for the school holidays. Georgia (Georgia Groome) is the Eastbourne teenager struggling with dorkiness, boys, bitchy classmates, embarrassing parents and other woes.

Lou Reed’s Berlin (12A)

12:12am today

Released in 1973, Lou Reed’s tale of addicts down and out in Berlin was labelled one of the most depressing albums in rock history. Stung by the reception, the Velvet Underground legend never performed the piece live – until December 2006.

Paris (15)

12:14am today

Though the City of Light is its usual dazzling self in this sprawling yarn, Cedric Klapisch’s drama fails to match it for sparkle. Romain Duris plays a dancer knocked off balance by news of a heart condition.

Irina Palm (15)

12:10am today

Marianne Faithfull continues an acting career best described as varied with another, er, interesting role. Faithfull is meant to be a not-so-glamorous granny living a dull existence in Sussex.

Another clean-up job for Pixar

12:55am Thursday 17th July 2008

Having made a rat in the kitchen a thing of beauty in last year’s Ratatouille, Pixar once again leaves every other animation studio in the dust with a lump of metal that will bring a lump to your throat.

Standard Operating Procedure (15)

12:46am Thursday 17th July 2008

Four years after the world recoiled at photos of US guards abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib comes a searing and brilliant documentary from Errol Morris to bring the scandal roaring back to life.

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My Winnipeg (12A)

12:43am Thursday 17th July 2008

A city of sleepwalkers, a dream train, a body hidden under the rug, a graveyard full of horses’ heads – Guy Maddin’s cinematic love/hate letter to his home town is frequently bizarre and often brilliant.

Meet Dave (PG)

12:42am Thursday 17th July 2008

After the spectacularly offensive Norbit, Eddie Murphy returns with the phenomenally dull Meet Dave.

Summer Hours (12A)

12:36am Thursday 17th July 2008

Oliver Assayas's stately drama, which received its premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, is as exquisitely assembled as the art and antiques which lie at its heart.

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