According to James Christopher, Kevin Maher, Cosmo Landesman et al from The Times (UK)
Gomorrah
"Matteo Garrone’s startling film about the criminal underworld in Naples is one of these rare movies that can alter our perception of life. It's brave to the point of foolhardy"
Man on Wire
"The American director James Marsh has created one of the greatest heist films of all times. Two things make his gripping docudrama so different: it’s all true, and the only thing stolen is air. It isn’t about art, it’s about us"
There Will Be Blood
"Paul Thomas Anderson's movie about the scramble for oil is a masterclass in how the West was truly sold. It's a marvellously entertaining soap: a sort of Dickens does Dallas, without the sex or swimming pools"
Bigga than Ben
"Two Russian immigrants come to London hoping to make an easy fortune, but turn to a life of crime: dark, funny, charming, fast, immoral, decadent and delightful"
The Changeling "This mature and thoughtful film is a many-layered triumph for Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie"
Donkey Punch
"This neat British horror-thriller stood head and shoulders above almost all of the fare on offer in Sundance this year"
The Edge of Heaven
"Isn't homage to anything other than the unassuming genius of its German-born Turkish writer-director Fatih Akin"
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
"This hilarious account of the fall and rise of an English hack in New York is about what happens when you lose your principles and become alienated from your better self"
Kenny "This low-budget Australian mockumentary is one of the funniest, warmest films of the year, and Jacobson’s performance is so real that at times it feels unscripted"
Mad Detective
"This brilliant, funny Hong Kong thriller puts Hollywood to shame. A rookie cop enlists the aid of the former homicide detective to solve a murder case involving a missing policeman and his stolen gun"
RocknRolla
"You can sneer at Guy Ritchie's mockney heritage. But you cannot deny that as a full-throttle film-maker he is hard to beat for sheer energy"
The Strangers
"Supposedly based on a true story, this is the terrifying tale of what happened one night in 2005, when a couple was paid a visit by strangers at four in the morning"
Under the Bombs
"Not the usual look at the Middle East: a love story, a road movie and an important piece of reportage that is angry, funny and deeply moving"
Vicky Cristina Barcelona "Woody Allen’s latest comedy is a subtle spoof on the Don Juan myth and the funniest of the four films that he has assembled in Europe"
You, the Living
"The slapstick sequences are every bit as hilarious as the best of Tati, Keaton or Chaplin, and you end up willing the rest of the movie to sustain that level of euphoria"
Gomorrah
"Matteo Garrone’s startling film about the criminal underworld in Naples is one of these rare movies that can alter our perception of life. It's brave to the point of foolhardy"
Man on Wire
"The American director James Marsh has created one of the greatest heist films of all times. Two things make his gripping docudrama so different: it’s all true, and the only thing stolen is air. It isn’t about art, it’s about us"
There Will Be Blood
"Paul Thomas Anderson's movie about the scramble for oil is a masterclass in how the West was truly sold. It's a marvellously entertaining soap: a sort of Dickens does Dallas, without the sex or swimming pools"
Bigga than Ben
"Two Russian immigrants come to London hoping to make an easy fortune, but turn to a life of crime: dark, funny, charming, fast, immoral, decadent and delightful"
The Changeling "This mature and thoughtful film is a many-layered triumph for Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie"
Donkey Punch
"This neat British horror-thriller stood head and shoulders above almost all of the fare on offer in Sundance this year"
The Edge of Heaven
"Isn't homage to anything other than the unassuming genius of its German-born Turkish writer-director Fatih Akin"
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
"This hilarious account of the fall and rise of an English hack in New York is about what happens when you lose your principles and become alienated from your better self"
Kenny "This low-budget Australian mockumentary is one of the funniest, warmest films of the year, and Jacobson’s performance is so real that at times it feels unscripted"
Mad Detective
"This brilliant, funny Hong Kong thriller puts Hollywood to shame. A rookie cop enlists the aid of the former homicide detective to solve a murder case involving a missing policeman and his stolen gun"
RocknRolla
"You can sneer at Guy Ritchie's mockney heritage. But you cannot deny that as a full-throttle film-maker he is hard to beat for sheer energy"
The Strangers
"Supposedly based on a true story, this is the terrifying tale of what happened one night in 2005, when a couple was paid a visit by strangers at four in the morning"
Under the Bombs
"Not the usual look at the Middle East: a love story, a road movie and an important piece of reportage that is angry, funny and deeply moving"
Vicky Cristina Barcelona "Woody Allen’s latest comedy is a subtle spoof on the Don Juan myth and the funniest of the four films that he has assembled in Europe"
You, the Living
"The slapstick sequences are every bit as hilarious as the best of Tati, Keaton or Chaplin, and you end up willing the rest of the movie to sustain that level of euphoria"
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