Christie Malry's Own Double Entry

Beset by numerous distribution problems since its completion, director Paul Tickell's ambitious adaptation of BS Johnson's 1973 novel racks up more debits than credits. On the plus side, Shirley Anne Field and Kate Ashfield impress as the dying mother and unsuspecting girlfriend of book-keeper Christie Malry (played by Lock, Stock's Nick Moran). It's his twisted world view that prompts him to commit increasingly deadly acts of subversion, which he tallies in a ledger detailing his notional fortune. However, the asides on the lethargy and cynicism of the modern world are lost within the flashy visuals and the parallel storyline that features the 15th-century monastic mathematician Pacioli (who first recorded the double-entry method) and his friend, Leonardo da Vinci.

Adapted from the angry novel by experimental novelist BS Johnson, this is an ambitious attempt to capture on film a... read more on Time Out