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The exhibition features an entirely new collection of signature paintings that have drawn comparisons to both Abstract Expressionism and the Neo Expressionist movements.
Zane began painting during his seven months of filming the blockbuster movie Titanic in 1997, utilising only locally sourced materials to create a series of abstract paintings. His interest for painting quickly developed from being a pastime to a real passion and he now sets up an art studio in each location he films.

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Billy Zane's solo exhibitionÌý Seize the Day BedÌý is on at the in London until 7th November

You’ve been married for thirty years, your relationship is flagging and you’re basically sick to death of each other.ÌýIt’s the subject of Le Weekend a new film starring Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan who go to Paris to try and recapture the happiness of their honeymoon some thirty years ago. Made byÌýRoger Michell and Hanif KureishiÌýLe Weekend is showing across UK cinemas.

1. BFI:Ìý Nosferatu (silent version 1922)

Director: FW Murnau
Cast: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder

Max Schreck’s first screen vampire is in many ways still the scariest. Not yet prettied up, he is the archetypal Gothic monster from the dark past – hideous with long skeletal fingers, bat-like ears and buck teeth; his disease, vampirism, is equated with plague and rats. Murnau’s beautifully paced direction of this ‘symphony of horrors’ ensures that Nosferatu will return to haunt you.

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, is in cinemas now and at the BFI until 7 November

2. BFI:Ìý Nosferatu (Werner Herzog remake with Klaus Kinski)
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Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor

While echoing both Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Murnau’s Nosferatu, Herzog’s version of the Harker’s encounter with the Transylvanian count is more than just another horror movie. Klaus Kinski’s painstakingly detailed playing of Dracula produces rich undertones of melancholy – could the warmth of human intercourse compensate for the chilly tedium of immortality? While Isabelle Adjani’s tremulous, wide-eyed performance brings a profound intensity both to Lucy’s anxieties and to her courage in protecting her husband Jonathan (Bruno Ganz).ÌýFor Herzog, what’s at risk is not so much a hitherto happy marriage as humanity itself.

Nosferatu the Vampyre is at the BFI from 31 October until 28 November and in cinemas around the country.
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3.Ìý We Are What We Are

Director: Jim Mickle
Cast: Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Kelly McGillis

A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous fervour, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.

We Are What We Are is out now

4. A Magnificent Haunting

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Cast: Elio Germano, Margherita Buy, Vittoria Puccini

Pietro (Elio Germano) spends his evenings working nightshifts in a local bakery, and has just moved toÌýan old apartment in RomeÌýwhichÌýhas an unbelievably cheap rent.ÌýSoon after settling in, he notices that objects get moved around and there are strange noises coming from the empty rooms. He discovers other worldy beings who have lived in the house since World War Two.Ìý They all settle into domesticity but Pietro wantsÌýto know what is the secret behind the tragedy of this ghostly theatre company.Ìý

A Magnificent Haunting is in cinemas now

5. The Curse Of Chucky - DVD / Blu-ray
Director: Don Mancini
Cast: Chantal Quesnelle, Fiona Dourif, Jordan Gavaris

After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos

The Curse Of Chucky is out on DVD and Blu-ray now.

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6. The Witches (Hammer 1966) - DVD / Blu-ray

Director: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen

Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.

The Witches is out on DVD and Blu-ray now

Jane Austen'sÌýfavourite themes of money, love and class are timeless, which is probably why her books are now being re-imagined as modern day tales. Joanna Trollope was the first to be signed up to the Austen project and she has re written Sense and Sensibility

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Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope is out now, published by Harper Collins.

Carlos AcostaÌýbegan life in Cuba, the youngest of 11 children, today he is one of the most influential dancers of recent times. He’s been compared toÌýMikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev and has encouraged a whole new generation of male ballet dancers. Now a resident ofÌýLondon he's directing his first ballet Don Quixote.Ìý

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Don Quixote is at the Royal Opera House in London until the 6th November.Ìý Carlos has also just written his first fiction book called the Pig’s Foot which is set in Cuba, published by Bloomsbury and out at the end of this month.ÌýPhotograph courtesy ofÌýJohan Persson /ROH

1.Ìý Testament Of MaryÌýÌýA strange and haunting tale of a mother's grief. In prose of breathtaking precision, Colm Toibin retells the most familiar story of all and makes it fresh. Ideas of power, fanaticism and revolt are all dealt with in a book of barely one hundred pages.

Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin is published by Penguin, out now.

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2. The Circle

It imagines a time in the near future when all social media giants have merged into one enormous corporation: The Circle.ÌýThis bookÌýis Ìý1984 written for the dot.com generation.

Young Mae Holland, can't believe her luck when a college friend lands her a job at The Circle but doesn't embrace theÌýcompany's ethic and following an incident she's asked to go clear. SheÌýwears a camera around her neck at all time so that a life can be led in complete transparencyÌý

SheÌýencourages all people to live life in the open. Both a satire on the culture of the modern workplace, particularly those of the social media giants, and a dystopian portrait of where that culture is leading us,

The Circle by Dave Eggers is published by Hamish Hamilton, available now

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3.ÌýCrossing to Safety

ThisÌýbook follows the life of two couples from their early life as young academics all the way to the decline of their later years.ÌýVery little drama actually occurs barring one incident, which is central to the development of the book's second half, whenÌýthe events which occur are largely of the everyday variety. Stegner manages to evoke the internal drama which his characters feel so deeply and which his readers will recognise so keenly.

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner is published by Penguin Modern Classics, available everywhere

Theatre:ÌýAmerican drama at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton with Long Day’s Journey into Night. Eugene O’Neil’s study of sickness and addiction: until 2nd November.

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Dance:Ìý The English National Ballet is staging Le Corsaire (The Pirate) a ballet featuring pirates, shipwrecks and lots of swashbuckling drama. At the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton onÌý26th October and then touring Oxford, Bristol, London and Manchester.Ìý

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Art:Ìý An exhibition of Louise Bourgeois sculptures and installations is at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh until May next year. Graeme Wilcox is the 2013 winner of theÌýTowry Art Award. Graeme’s work is on display at the National Open Art Exhibition at the Royal College of Art in London from 25th October.

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Comedy:Ìý Irish comedian Ed Byrne covers computer games, dating in his Twenties and getting through his Forties in his one-man show at St George’s Hall in Bradford on 26 October and then touring Southampton, Leicester, Carlisle and Glasgow.

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Photography:Ìý Step into the natural world with the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. At the Natural History Museum in London until March 2014.

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Hallowe'en exhibition:Ìý Staying in the capital the Hunterian Museum is opening its doors for a late night macabre exhibition featuring pickled tumours and dissected brains. They even suggest you bring your own jar. From 30th October