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The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel, 87 mins, (12A)
Sunday, 21 February 2010
One woman's driving accident is at the core of this mysterious exploration of Argentina, destined to become a classic
The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson, 136 mins, (12A)
The Last Station, Michael Hoffman, 112 mins, (15)
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Someone should put this poor child – and the rest of us – out of her misery
DVD: Afterschool, For retail & rental (Network)
Sunday, 21 February 2010
It's not uncommon for school to be portrayed on screen as the unhappiest days of your life, but it's rarely been done with such astonishing conviction as it is in this needle-sharp, pitch-black comedy drama set in an ivy-clad prep school not far from New York.
DVD: 9, For retail & rental (Universal)
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Co-produced by Tim Burton, this cultish sci-fi cartoon depicts a dust-choked, rubble-strewn, post-apocalyptic future inhabited by sentient sackcloth dolls and their mechanical predators.
DVD: This Is It, For retail & rental (Sony)
Sunday, 21 February 2010
This Is It was cobbled together from rehearsal footage for the 50-date residency Jackson intended to perform at London's 02 arena.
DVD: Adam (12) (Rated 2/ 5 )
Friday, 19 February 2010
Adam has Asperger's, a high-functioning form of autism. He's also got a new neighbour, Beth.
DVD: Katalin Varga (15) (Rated 4/ 5 )
Friday, 19 February 2010
An assured debut from the British writer and director Peter Strickland.
The Unloved (nc) (Rated 3/ 5 )
Friday, 19 February 2010
First shown on Channel 4 last year, this drama about an 11-year-old girl who ends up in a care home has the grit of lived experience.
A Closed Book (15) (Rated 3/ 5 )
Friday, 19 February 2010
Shades of The Servant and Sleuth flit around this uneven two-hander set in an extravagant Gothic mansion.
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FIVE BEST FILMS
Crazy Heart, 15
Jeff Bridges will fully deserve the best actor Oscar for his portrait of an alcoholic and carousing former country-and-western star, aware that life won’t be offering him too many more chances at redemption.
Nationwide
A Single Man, 12a
Colin Firth gives a moving central performance in Tom Ford’s directorial debut, as an English professor domiciled in Los Angeles in 1962 who is mourning the recent death of his lover in a car accident.
Nationwide
A Prophet, 18
A thrilling, visceral and intense prison-gangster drama, charting the rise to criminal prominence of a French-Arab man while he serves a six-year sentence.
Nationwide
Anonyma: a Woman in Berlin, NC
The harrowing story of the rape of German women by Red Army officers after the Battle for Berlin. It’s a horrifying chapter of history, made bearable by the director’s visual restraint.
Limited release