Tonight 21h00 on ‘Canvas’ (Belgian TV). If you like your SF to have substance. Try this little gem. One of those ‘unnoticed’ films. It’s not a great film, but the story is good and the cinematography is nice.

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An eclectic choice of films (features and documentaries) compiled from over 40 years of Cuban cinema are being screened at the Filmuseum (Amsterdam) from 23 October-2 November, offering a rare chance to see them outside of international film festivals…

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The recently restored, original version of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s 1926 classic tale of God and Satan at war over earth and wagering on the soul of Faust, is one of the defining movies in the history of German cinema…

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A short film festival inspired by food in film is taking place at independent arthouse Cavia (Van Hallstraat 52, Amsterdam. Tel: 020 681 1419. Online: www.filmhuiscavia.nl) from 29 October to 2 November 2003.

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The fabulous student-run Kriterion is offering all literature and film lovers a unique chance to experience the film version of Tolstoy’s classic War and Peace on Sunday 26 October.

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Ekko is the local ‘young-and-alternative’ hangout in Utrecht. Besides bands and dance-nights it also has a very tiny film theatre. Run by volunteers, they show a wild mix of their own preferred films. Video projected on a ‘not-so-big’ screen.

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Those living in the city may be interested to know that the squatted Houtsma (corner of Kostverlorenkade and Bellamystraat) have started a free-entry film club every Wednesday night at 8.30pm. It’s run by ‘two young Amsterdammers’ who never advertise what film it is but guarantee it’s always ‘obscure’ and ‘good’…

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Tomorrow, at 11h55. Yes, at lunchtime. Dutch broadcaster SBS6 is showing The Diary of Anne Frank. 1980 TV-film version.

Tonight dutch broadcaster NET 5 is showing it at midnight. This odd sci-fi production, released in the year I was born , reflects the early 70′s atmosphere nicely. I guess after he had been rewarded for his psychedelic light corridor in 2001, photographic effects wizard Douglas Trumbull probably thought: ‘I can do that, I can make a Sci-Fi movie.’ It wouldn’t be the last time either. After Silent Running he did Brainstorm (1983) and a Back to the Future spinoff in 1991. Regrettably, there’s too little attention for this film. Probably because it has the pace of 2001 A Space Oddyssee and has the storyline of a hardcore minimalistic road movie.

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Hitchcock fans in Europe may be interested to know of three screenings this week on BBC2 (times are Amsterdam times)

Mon 14 July at 14.00: Under Capricorn (1945)
Tue 15 July at 14.25: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Wed 16 July at 15.00: The 39 Steps (1935)