Drama filmsReviewAndrew Haigh's debut feature is part of a nationally touring programme from this year's London Lesbian and Gay film festival. Using non-professionals and improvised scenes, it is a semi-dramatised account of the life of a male escort, Greek Pete, played by Peter Pittaros, a new-in-town guy who wants to make as much money in the London scene in as short a time as possible, and is soon earning enough to rent a £500-a-week flat in Covent Garden.

Book of the dayCaitlin MoranReviewWho cares if the hero’s too good to be true? The bestselling poptimist has rewritten her past in heroic terms, creating a rollicking fantasy which leaves a rosy afterglow These days the concept of Britain as a creative meritocracy is retreating as alarmingly fast as the polar ice caps, as libraries shut, youth centres are defunded, record companies retrench and London is made uninhabitable for the young by dodgy money from the Wild East.

Carey MulliganThere have been plenty of failed F Scott Fitzgerald adaptations already. Besides, who needs films based on 20s literature when their themes resonate through so much film and TV anyway?Given the track record that film-makers of some distinction have had adapting F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, you may understand my reluctance to see Baz Luhrmann's new version. I shall need another two deep readings of the book to armour myself completely against the grievances I expect the movie will do to it.

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