There's nothing like seeing a favourite film on the big screen where it belongs, and this week I got to revisit
The Wizard of Oz remastered in Imax 3D. The film is as amazing (and as marvellously deranged) as ever, with an astonishing level of detail in the big-screen digital restoration. This is the way the film should be seen. Even the sepia prologue (with the heart-stopping
Over the Rainbow, above) is spectacular.
London critics were also treated to screenings of the energetic and rather wonderful animated adventure
The Boxtrolls; the well-acted and involving American ensemble drama
About Alex, which is clearly channelling
The Big Chill; Agyness Deyn in the artful and somewhat indulgent British drama
Electricity; and the strikingly moving Venezuelan drama
My Straight Son, which tackles almost too many huge issues but remains personal and resonant.

In the coming week, we'll be watching Denzel Washington in the
Equalizer remake, Julianne Moore in David Cronenberg's
Maps to the Stars, Sam Claflin in
Love Rosie, the award-winning Brazilian drama
The Way He Looks, Eric Cantona's erotic romp
You and the Night, the Italian drama
Human Capital, the Gerry Anderson documentary
Filmed in Supermarionation, and the acrobatic doc
Born to Fly.
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