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"I'm surprised that these people like something this gay," says Matt Damon's wide-eyed, country boy Scott Thorson as he watches Liberace for the first time.

We share in his bafflement when he is told that the adoring audience don't have the slightest inkling of his sexuality.

This is the bizarre, complicated and, above all, wonderful world of Liberace.

Behind the Candelabra was released as a television movie through HBO in America but comes to us on the big screen and isn't the biggest possible screen just what Liberace would have wanted? Michael Douglas gives an incredible performance as the flamboyant pianist and revels in the wigs, rings, diamonds and furs that make up his stage show.

Eschewing the standard biopic route, the film tells the story of Liberace's relationship with Thorson who became his chauffeur, lover and even, the film alleges, almost became his adopted son... www.ravechild.co.uk

Beware of Mr. Baker is a fascinating, humorous and at times fairly moving piece about one of rock and jazz's greatest drumming ancestors, Ginger Baker. From the truly unholy amount of multi-decade long substance abuse, this is a man who should be long dead, and yet here he still is, able to tell his story when he feels like it. Baker goes down as a largely unsympathetic man that no one feels the need to speak politely of, nor does he expect or want them to. Beware of Mr. Baker is a fascinating film mostly because of the sheer amount of people director Jay Bulger manages to track down to speak about Baker...

When does sleep walking stop being funny? Fighting a non-existent jackal in the middle of the night is all good fun.

Jumping through a second story window because you think there is a missile trained on your location? Welcome to the life of Matt Pandamiglio, a fledgling stand-up comedian trying to figure out his career, his relationship and his future.

Perhaps it's little wonder that he's struggling with sleep.

Pandamiglio is a thinly veiled alter ego for writer, director and star Mike Birbiglia who has adapted his real life experience for stage, print and now screen.

Independently financed, the film has been impressing audiences at film festivals the world over and is now available to British audiences as a download or to watch online from the official website.

My interest in Birbiglia stemmed from seeing a spark of Woody Allen in his work, so perhaps it's fitting that Sleepwalk With Me is very much his Annie Hall.

The confessional, autobiographical tale is told in New York conversations from Manhattan sidewalks and brownstones.

This is also a love story turned on its head, full of introspection and truthful portrayals of that very particular anxiety felt by ... www.ravechild.co.uk