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1. An Education

Nick Hornby's sensitive adaptation of journlaist Lynn Barber's excellent memoir of her first boyfriend.

2. Tales From The Golden Age

Portmanteau film with five stories about the horrific final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime in Romania.

3. Fantastic Mr Fox

Wes Anderson’s take on Roald Dahl is full of quirky magic — with a sly George Clooney voicing Mr Fox.

4. Bright Star

Jane Campion's imaginative portrayal of the Keats/Brawne love affair.

5. Disney's A Christmas Carol

Starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge.

Critics' Choice

Restaurants

Fay Maschler

With a single dessert and just two glasses of wine our bill was kept in check - but the effort of doing so was not much fun

Babbo Film

Andrew O'Hagan

This is a film with beautiful performances and a visual style that urges you towards reflection

Bright Star Theatre

Henry Hitchings

Although the first half of Kwei-Armah’s production is pacy, funny and intelligent, the energy level then drops off

Seize The Day

Reader reviews

Film

Squiz, Islington

I loved this film from start to finish. Take the girlfriend, tell your mum - I'd see it again tomorrow and will buy the dvd.

An Education Theatre

Joe, London

I saw this last night and can't remember the last time I was so moved in the theatre.

This Much Is True Restaurants

Hiroshi Sugiyama

I have been to many of London's so-called best Japanese restaurants and none have been as good as the food that I've had at Aqua Kyoto

Aqua Kyoto

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