MOVIE OF THE WEEK: One of Hotel Rwanda‘s agendas is to slam the West’s discreet non-involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, writes Xan Brooks.

The original Gone in 60 Seconds showcases a shapely young starlet known simply as ”Eleanor”. HB Halicki’s 1974 action romp credits 28 actors in its cast, but all of them play second fiddle to Eleanor. After that, she probably retired to a garage someplace. Eleanor, you see, was a 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1.

There can’t be many film-makers who’d have the audacity to ring up producer Harvey Weinstein in the small hours of the morning. But Quentin Tarantino’s 3am phone call 9 years ago was the start of a special relationship between the film industry giants, writes Xan Brooks.