Film choice

Boomerang! (1947, b/w), Channel 4, 1.50pm

Directed by Elia Kazan of On the Waterfront fame, this solid courtroom drama is based on a real-life case of murder and police corruption. Arthur Kennedy plays the former GI on trial for his life. (88min)

Bride and Prejudice (2004), Film4, 9pm

Jane Austen meets modern-day Bollywood in this lively matrimonial comedy from the Bend it like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha. The Hindi superstar Aishwarya Rai stars. (111min)

The Rules of Attraction (2002), E4, 10pm

Slick, nihilistic, college campus drama based on a book by Bret Easton Ellis, the author of American Psycho. Plenty of surface flash, not much depth. (110min)

Melinda and Melinda (2004), Film4, 11.10pm

Woody Allen’s all-star philosophical drama follows Radha Mitchell’s title character through two