School of Rock (2003 Richard Linklater)

Hardly an original idea, film is carried along by Jack Black's gusto and the performances of kids who can really play - evident in long takes, especially the end credits, a single take which reveals the players' virtuosity and Black's exuberant inspiration (he gave them all their nicknames, for example). Writer Mike White plays the real Ned Scheebly, wrote the film for Black, Joan Cusack is the principal. We hadn't seen it for 22 years.

Shot by Rogier Stoffers.

Jack should play it straight in a thriller. He's been in HBO satire The Brink with Tim Robbins.