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Five of the Best...Films
1. Green Zone
Paul 'Bourne Identity' Greengrass teams up with Matt Damon again to make a truly great Iraq war movie
2. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson’s excellent thriller is faithfully brought to the screen — the final act is gobsmackingly gripping
3. Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese’s tribute to Fifties noir contains just enough signature style
4. A Prophet
A stone-cold masterpiece from French director Jacques Audiard about an Arab convict in with the Corsican mafia
5. Precious
Lee Daniels’s astonishing film, beautifully acted by Gabourney Sidibe and Mariah Carey.

Critics' Choice

Theatre

Fiona Mountford

quoteIt’s Day’s night, and no one is going to spoil her storyquote

Fiona Mountford A Sentimental Journey Film

Andrew O'Hagan

quoteThis is a shocking, replenishing film, not to be missedquote

Andrew O'Hagan Green Zone Restaurants

Fay Maschler

quoteIt is great that Bruno Loubet is back — and at prices that are eminently fairquote

Fay Maschler Bistro Bruno Loubet

Reader reviews

Film

Antoine, London

quoteThe action and direction are superb and the acting good, but the plot is so pathetic it defies beliefquote

Green Zone Theatre

Marge

quoteWonderful - beautifully acted and gloriously funny, particularly Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shawquote

London Assurance Art

Paul

quoteProbably the most important photography exhibition london has ever seenquote

A Positive View: A Landmark Photographic Exhibition

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Green Zone

Green Zone is one of the best war films ever made

With dramatic brilliance, moral complexity, relentless thrills and Matt Damon, director Paul Greengrass exposes the terrible lies that stood behind the decision to go war in Iraq... more |  Add your review 

 
Film Shutter Island

Scorsese at the B-Movies for Shutter Island

Shutter Island is too long and its increasingly surreal tone provides an ending that’s a bit of a cheat... more |  Add your review 

 
Film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a thriller for a new age

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a fine psychological thriller which sticks so closely to Larssen’s plot that it’s almost as long as Avatar... more |  Add your review 

 
Film Hachi

It's a dog's life for Richard Gere in Hachi

Hachi: A Dog's Tale is an extraordinary and touching story but told with too beady an eye on the box-office for comfort — even if you’re a doggy person... more |  Add your review 

 

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The Kreutzer Sonata bares all

The Kreutzer Sonata, Bernard Rose’s study of sexual obsession, doesn’t spare the humping scenes... more |  Add your review 

 
Film Ape

Worth going Ape

The Ape, a small Danish tour de force from Jesper Ganslandt has Olle Sarri as an ordinary denizen of suburbia who has “gone ape”. .. more |  Add your review 

 
Film Robert King

A wrong that must be righted: behind the bars of Angola

In the Land of the Free, dedicated to Anita Roddick, is not only the best documentary of the year, it is also spearheading a campaign... more |  Add your view 

 
Showbiz Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee invites public behind scenes at film studios

Film-lovers can explore the studios where the St Trinian’s and James Bond movies are made as part of the first London Film Day... more |  Add your view 

 
Showbiz Kathryn Bigelow

Night of triumph at Oscars for Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker

Video: Kathryn Bigelow makes Oscars history by becoming the first woman to win the best director award for The Hurt Locker.. more |  Add your view 

 
Showbiz Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock - from Razzie to Oscar in 24 hours

Video: Sandra Bullock has finally tasted Oscar glory after a diverse and up-and-down film career.. more |  Add your view 

 
Film Alice in Wonderland

Mad as hatters in Alice in Wonderland

Predictably unpredictable as ever, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp let their imaginations run away with them in Wonderland... more |  Add your review 

 
Film Father of My Children

Father Of My Children is one for the grown-ups

The story of a French film producer caught between family and career travels far into the questions that really matter in life in Father of my Children... more |  Add your review 

 
Film Capitalism: A Love Story

Crash, bang, wallop...it's Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore pulls no punches in his documentary about the global economic collapse — and his polemic is all the better for it... more |  Add your review 

 
Film Exit Through The Gift Shop

Banksy's lesson in bad art

We don't see a lot of either Banksy or his work in Exit Through The Gift Shop.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film 1234

1234 is a paean to indie rock

Giles Borg tells the story of Stevie, a cardigan-wearing guitarist who has a lousy job at a call centre and no hope of a girlfriend.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film Chloe

Chloe is predictably discomforting

If you suspected your husband was having an affair, would you hire a call-girl to test his resolve?.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film The Shouting Men

The Shouting Men is grossly uneven but endearing

A bunch of good-natured Gillingham fans travel north to watch their team play mighty Newcastle United in the FA Cup in Steve Kelly's film.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film Ondine

Imagination as well as style in Ondine

The Irish Tourist Board will be suitably grateful for Neil Jordan's beautifully shot fable about a young fisherman.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film  Everybody's Fine

Robert De Niro's quiet return to form in Everybody's Fine

Everybody's Fine, starring Robert De Niro, collapses into gooey sentiment after an hour or so of promise... more |  Add your review 

 
Film  Exit Through The Gift Shop

Exit Through The Gift Shop gets the Banksy treatment

If art-prankster Banksy’s first film is a hoax, as it just might be, it’s an extremely complex and clever one... more |  Add your review 

 
Film Legion

Ludicrous dramatics in Legion

Directed by Scott Stewart, this film is a mélange of not very special effects and acting by numbers.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film Motherhood

Motherhood is exceptionally irritating

Katherine Dieckmann's film follows Eliza (Uma Thurman), a long-suffering mother, over one day in New York.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film Case 39

Case 39 has a terrible script

Renée Zellweger plays a social worker who adopts a girl (Jodelle Ferland) who has been badly abused and begins to rue the day.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film Extraordinary Measures

Harrison Ford saves you switching off Extraordinary Measures

Only the presence of Harrison Ford prevents Tom Vaughan's film, based on a true story, from seeming like a TV movie.. more |  Add your review 

 
Film Micmacs

Micmacs is an overwrought comic thriller

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is an expert director who is frequently too clever by about two-thirds in Micmacs.. more |  Add your review 

 
 
 
 
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