Sembene was the lick, may he rest in peace. Brilliant from "God's Bits of Wood" all the way to "Moolade." A sizzling wit, political sharp-shooter and all-round cool guy. By all means see this movie but don't clog up this weekend's screenings for us die-hards! Sorry, Film Forum, but the merely curious need to merely Netflix!

Well, my late father (a linguist) would have agreed with you about "there's lots." But I believe it hits the ear as perfectly reasonable colloquial American English, which is the relevant standard here. Two positions with no middle ground, I suppose.

On Revolver: Sounds like this letter-writer hasn't seen it. It's nuts and won't make any money, but it's also a surprisingly ambitious attempt to blend Memento, The Matrix and the gangster-movie tradition. Might well do better among Yank viewers than Brits, partly because its streak of New Age psychology seems far more American than English. One could speculate that Mr Ritchie's wife played a role therein, but I have no idea whether that's true.

There's lots of contenders yet? So there's two Oscar candidates up and running?

Where is the copy editor? Or, as the author might say, where are the copy editor?

So Revolver is just coming out now in the US? To be honest, I'm a little surprised they're bothering to release it at all, given the terrible reviews it received in the UK on its 2005 release, and I doubt the reaction will be any better in America. It's an incredibly ugly, senseless and stupid picture, which is too boring to even achieve "so bad it's good status".

I saw The Savages at the Chicago Int'l Film Festival last month. I don't want to give the surprise away, but it has the most touching hand-holding scene EVER. Great kooky movie; I hope lots and lots of people see it.