and there's a film by william friedkin — which i'm sure you have not seen because nobody�*s seen it —'s based on a tracy letts play and it is brilliant, and this owes a great debt to bug, which, again, is a film about ideas getting under your skin and the whole idea of an extra terrestrial invasion that spores, that get into your bloodstream, and the paranoia that that would induce... i think, i think it's really remarkable, and riz ahmed is just great. there is nothing he can't do. well, he's so talented. he is so talented. really smart. i don't know — this is worthy of his talents, is it? yes, it is, absolutely. incidentally, he has that short film, the long goodbye, which i think is now eligible for an oscar, so very soon, i think, yeah. i mean, he's great, he's just great and this is very, very good. it's a very good film. encounter is well worth seeing. the only thing i'd say is don't find out too much about it before you see it. 0k, well, that's always a good tip, if that's the case. and the christmas film. mark sighs. it is december, gotta have a christmas film. ok, but this is