pick of the week

Writing in Light: Literature and the Movies

A nebula of talks in the RFH's Voice Box, beginning with Christopher Frayling on Dracula, Joan Smith on film noir and our very own Kevin Jackson on sci-fi. From midday. Sat, Royal Festival Hall, London SE1 (0171-960 4242)

Mute Witness

Witty, scary - and the Russians get to be the baddies again in Anthony Waller's thriller set in a suitably decaying Moscow.

On general release