For crying out loud, please love thy neighbour in the cinema
Danny Leigh: Cinemagoers have grown to hate each other, but there's nothing quite like the shared experience of laughing, sobbing or throwing popcorn at the screen with a bunch of strangers
The Baader-Meinhof gang lives on in Children of the Revolution
Danny Leigh: Shane O'Sullivan's new film revisits the story of Germany's infamous terror group, but brings in the Japanese Red Army to offer a fresh comparison and insight into the terrorist psyche
The kids are coming to a cinema near you: will you turn the air blue?
Danny Leigh: As Kung Fu Panda 2 kicks off the children's film season – and with The Smurfs lurking at the other end – just try to remember the excitement of your first cinema trip
Danny Leigh: Next year sees the 20th anniversary of Reservoir Dogs. But while the 70s and 80s were golden years for cinema, what's the best we can say of the decade that followed?
The must-have release of 2011: a $1,000 Scarface Blu-ray
Danny Leigh: In straitened times, what could be more essential than a $1,000 re-release of Brian De Palma's addled masterpiece – with an 'elegantly hand-crafted Scarface-themed humidor' thrown in?
Danny Leigh: Darren Aronofsky's thriller has polarised audiences to a degree that is all too rare in awards season. All the more reason to treasure a film that drives us to wide-eyed devotion or furious loathing