Radio Days (1987 Woody Allen & scr)

What a lot of people there are living in one house (Q observes). Indeed there are. Julie Kavner and Michael Tucker are Seth Green's parents. (The repartee between them is great.) Diane Wiest a very unlucky in love aunt. Josh Mostel is the fish-loving uncle, Renee Lippin his wife and Joy Newman the cousin (her rendition of 'South American Way' is one of the film's highlights.) Plus William Magerman and Leah Carrey as grandparents.

Maybe my favourite scene in a succession of many inventive scenes is where Mia Farrow witnesses a gangland shooting by Danny Aiello - he takes her off to his mum's (!) en route to bumping her off but she's from the old neighbourhood, and Aiello concludes she's too thick to spill the beans - a statement perhaps supported by her later question "Who is Pearl Harbor?"

Fab cast also includes Diane Keaton (after Annie Hall, Woody gives her an uninterrupted song routine), Jeff Daniels, Wallace Shawn, Larry David, Tony Roberts, Julie Kurnitz and David Warrilow ('Irene and Roger').

Usual sensational combo of Loquasto and di Palma with costumes by Jeffrey Kurland.