Best New Films
Exit Through The Giftshop
Banksy’s debut film is poignant without pretentiousness, questioning the received wisdom that a street artist can make it big without selling out the message
Green Zone
With United 93, Paul Greengrass created an American myth. Here he strikes at the dark heart of the Iraqi occupation
Alice in Wonderland
Burton has always been a visual storyteller and his Alice is a source of visual wonder
Ponyo
At its heart, Ponyo is a film about a global catastrophe, but the apocalypse has seldom seemed so light, joyous or tender
A Single Man
It’s fitting that the filmmaker’s opulent imagery should repeatedly return to eyes, this being as near to a celluloid imprint of a man’s soul as it’s possible to get
Letter From An Unknown Woman
An age-old story of unrequited love turned into a dazzlingly ambiguous, abyss-like tale of love’s inherently fleeting nature and human fallibility
Beyond The Pole
David L Williams mock-doc is a distinct and distinctly unusual British comedy with a warm heart and buckets of charm
Food, Inc.
‘Fatter, bigger, cheaper’ is the motto of the American food industry, as exposed by Robert Kenner’s excellent and eye-opening documentary
Astro Boy
While Astro Boy is certainly rich in its scope and ambition, this brings with it a lack of focus
Precious
This harrowing portrait of domestic abuse and societal neglect is continuously imbued with glimmers of hope
Toy Story 2 In 3-D
One of Pixar's crown jewels revels in both a literal and metaphorical extra dimension
A Prophet
You’ll be engrossed, shocked, scared, surprised and overwhelmed by a true tour de force
