Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with no villains. No fight scenes. No evil adults. No fighting between the two kids. No scary monsters. No darkness before the dawn. A world that is benign. A world where if you meet a strange towering creature in the forest, you curl up on its tummy and have a nap.

Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how much longer a film has to run.

'Grand Illusion' and 'Rules of the Game' are routinely included on lists of the greatest films, and deserve to be.

I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make the DVD available to your patients; there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens.

Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

The very fact of snow is such an amazement.