The Talented Mr Ripley (1999 Anthony Minghella)

I'm not sure we picked the greatest tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died today aged 46, as he's not in it a great deal. In fact the recently viewed Jack Goes Boating is a much more fitting memorial.

However he makes a good impression here, and following Jude Law's execution, we need another strong character to fill the void left from his Force Ten super-charismatic performance.

The film is superbly edited by Walter Murch and is a textbook example of the marriage of film images (John Seale) and sound.

But the film seems to go on for ever, even though it's only two and a quarter hours, and Damon can't sustain it (perhaps the character is the problem). With Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Davenport, from Patricia Highsmith novel.

Nice locations though (Ischia, Positano, Venice, Rome).