1 BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT/UNDERGROUND
An exuberant farce and an absurdist jaunt through 50 years of Yugoslav history form this Emir Kusturica double bill.
Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, W6 (www.riversidestudios.co.uk 020-8237 1111), Thur (from 5.30pm)
2 BARBARELLA
Jane Fonda fleshes out the comic-book scf-fi heroine to memorable effect in Roger Vadim’s cosmic romp from 1968.
Scotsman Hotel, North Bridge, Edinburgh (www.scotsmanscreenings.com 0131-556 5565), Sun (8pm)
3 AMERICAN BEAUTY
Sam Mendes’s acclaimed midlife-crisis drama, perhaps not as profound as it strains to be, but still a cut above.
Broadway Cinema & Media Centre, Broad Street, Nottingham (www.broadway.org.uk 0115-952 6611), Sun (1pm)
4 METALLIC BLUES
A pair of Israelis buy a classic Cadillac in Tel Aviv and then ship it to Germany in the hope of reselling it at a hefty profit in this offbeat road movie.
Cornerhouse Cinema, Oxford Street, Manchester (www.cornerhouse.org 0161-200 1500), Sun (8.20pm)
5 BUSTER KEATON SEASON
A celebration of one of the masters of silent mirth-making kicks off with a selection of his early shorts (Thur, 6.10pm), and the feature-length gem
The General (Fri).
National Film Theatre, South Bank, SE1 (www.bfi.org.uk 020-7633 0274), from Thur