Our weekly roundup of film reviews returns, courtesy of James Bryan… This week, the Coens’ masterful noir No Country For Old Men, the dire AVPR (don’t ask), a spoof musical biopic Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Good Night. No Country for Old Men arrives in the UK soaked in rapturous Stateside reviews. It’s the latest from critical darlings the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Fargo etc.)......

Be there first Circus-style theatre comes to London in Afrika! Afrika! opening this week after heavy advertising which has been around for months. Performers from 17 different African nations make up the show; contortionists, acrobatics, jugglers, high-wire acts, musicians, singers, the list goes on. If you're thinking of joining the reported 1.5 million who've seen the show since it launched in Germany in 2005, bear in mind: ticket prices are up with the high......

As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts -- okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles -- now that's a happy thought. Other happy Los Angeles thoughts include an interview with Jack Kehler of The Big Lebowski (he was the Dude's landlord), a beautiful and magical photographic moment in Venice......

It's the final two pairs of tickets up for grabs for the Film4 Somerset House Season today, and we'll be picking the winners by 5pm tonight. Everyone we've sent along so far seems to have had a great time, with the only complaint being snogging couples everywhere. So if you want to be one of those snogging couples, or you just want to shout at them to 'get a room' then enter both of......

A couple of cinema-related happenings which we thought we should make you aware of. First up, starting this Wednesday is the Short Film Summer School at the Curzon Soho. This 'celebration of the short' includes six screeening, a whole bunch of workshops, panel discussions, and more opprtuinities to press flesh with silverscreen bigwigs than you could shake a clapper board at. It runs until Saturday and you can book tickets here. And for the......

The filmmakers responsible for the likes of Londonist favourites O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, and Adaptation come to London in a couple of months time, in what will no doubt be a very creative and original event. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen and Charlie Kaufman have written what are being dubbed 'sound plays', which are being set to music by their long-time......