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Whilst not ranking with some of Bunuel's better work (Exterminating Angel, Discrete Charm of the Beourgoisie, et al.), this rather short (due to under-funding), witty and dazzlingly surrealist production ultimately succeeds in attacking religion quite blatantly. The 'devil' appears to Bunuel in the form of a beautiful young girl, who tempts him and, in a head-scratching final scene, takes him on a plane to see a satanic ritual, or disco thing. Is Bunuel relating our youth culture to satanism in a vicious attack on modern disco culture? No, I think he's just having a laugh.

The late great Alan Clarke (Scum) brings us Made in Britain, a tough and uncompromising (though not actually physically violent) character study of a bored and angry teenager, played by Tim Roth, one of 'Fatcher's' children. The films rather flat narrative follows (both in terms of plot and camera movement) him through his refusal to 'conform' to the authority. Contrary to what a previous reviewer has said, it was not the intention for us, the audience, to believe that he must be forced to conform. The key in the film is that he never does conform, and that for all his obvious faults (racism and rebellion, it seems, a product of a right-wing and suppressive society) he retains the courage to stick to what he believes in. Rather than an anti-hero, Tim Roth's character seems to be more of a anarchist anti-authoritarian (rather like Alan Clarke himself) who is locked away for admitting to what he believes in.

So if you're in the mood, settle back and watch a film that packs a powerful punch. Probably most enjoyable if you're a little bit of an anarchist yourself (everyone else will most likely just be offended by it). Damned authority.

Frenzy is one of Hitchcock's final films, and a collector's item for this very reason. But it is a rather unsatisfying suspense thriller coming from the man who brought us Psycho, the Birds and others. But we cannot blame Hitchcock, whose desire for his features to become more 'dangerous' would force him to leave the glamour of Hollywood to make Frenzy on a low budget in Britain. He originally scripted a film called 'Kaliedoscope Frenzy' to be shot in America, but the studios refused to finance undeniably due to the film's preposed high nudity and violence quota. To be quite honest, the high (not especially by today's standards) levels of violence and sex (rape) don't really add to the film, and such areas had been explored far more subtly and more powerfully in Psycho. The acting varies from satisfactory to inept, and Hitch's cameo is far too easy to spot. ok, perhaps that last bit was nit-picking slightly. Anyone looking for a stylish, violent thriller should check out Dario Argento's 'Deep Red', a film that Hitchcock is known to have admired.