David Mamet's deliciously clever comedy unravels a narrative which returns him to the confidence tricksters milieu of his House Of Games. Campbell Scott plays a man who devises a lucrative invention for the mysterious company which employs him; Steve Martin is the high-living stranger who queries how appreciative Scott's employers are of his work, Rebecca Pidgeon the secretary who increases Scott's insecurity. This very satisfying movie doesn't even explain its title until an hour in, as the plot thickens.

Primary Colors (15)

Mike Nichols's sophisticated, scintillating political satire based on the book written anonymously by the former Newsweek columnist, Joe Klein, features John Travolta in fine form as an American state governor whose presidential campaign is threatened by his out-of-control sex drive.

With Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester, Kathy Bates, Billy Bob Thornton and Larry Hagman.

Buffalo 66 (15)

Actor Vincent Gallo makes a truly self-indulgent directing debut with this slender, meandering tale of an inarticulate ex-convict (played by Gallo himself) who kidnaps a teenage student (the excellent Christina Ricci) and takes her to visit his unloving parents (Anjelica Huston and Ben Gazzara), claiming he is about to marry her.

Halloween H20 (18)

Twenty years on from John Carpenter's original film, scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode, once again facing up to the apparently indestructible killer, Michael Myers, in this pointless exercise which is devoid of tension.