The Artist
An almost silent film, it is an homage to the silent films of yesteryear, masterfully…
Café de Flore
An impressive work from the Quebec director of the 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y. (which I also…
Tomboy
French film (set outside of Paris) with amazing acting by two young girls, one of…
The Skin I Live In
The new Pedro Almodovar, so expect melodrama, gender and relationship issues. More disturbing and much…
Point Blank
A fast paced, French (from France, 2010) film about corrupt cops and some innocents caught…
Elite Squad 2
Speaking of violent films with plenty of corrupt cops, this Brazilian sequel (I did not…
The Descendants
A small film (such as, no big life lessons), set in Hawaii, about a man…
Mission Impossible 4
Yes, another sequel. Yes, the plot is ridiculous, but so what. The movie breezes along…
Margin Call
Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons help me this a very nicely down tale of confusion…
Le Havre
Both a fable and a realistic French (set in Le Havre, France) film by the…
Melancholia
To my mind this was a way over the top and much too obvious story…
Hugo
A charming fable of an orphan living in a Paris train station in an era…
The Muppets
What can I say about the muppets: they sing, they dance, they’re so damn cute!…
Young Adult
Not for all tastes, this a story of a physically beautiful woman (Charlize Theron) who…
Mesrine: Part 1 Killer Instinct
(From 2008) Inspired by the true tale of the bank French 1960s and 70s bank…
Poetry
A captivating South Korean film which plays out in almost 2.5 languid hours; super acting…
Another Earth
Billed, mistakenly I think, as sci-fi film (relating to the desire to travel to another…
Goodbye
A very bleak and slowly paced Iranian film about a pregnant young woman in Tehran,…
The Guard
A very witty and entertaining film set in Ireland where a visiting FBI agent tries…
Moneyball
Even though I have little to no interest in professional baseball, this movie kept my…
The Debt
A remake of an Israeli film about the abduction, many years ago in Germany, by…
The Ides of March
Decent political intrigue story with George Clooney and Ryan Gosling during a run for the…
Contagion
More of an outbreak procedural than what one would expect from the title and genre. …
Crazy, Stupid, Love
This one is strictly for the laughs if you are in the mood for an…
Higher Ground
A rare film about the struggle of religion seen through the eyes of a woman…
The Whistleblower
Based on the true story of a private company security officer (a US policewoman) who…
In a Better World
The 2011 winner of the Academy Award for best foreign film, this slow moving but…
Life Above All
A sad but powerful tale of a 12-year old in a South African township trying…
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
A very cool and interesting 3D documentary look at relatively recently discovered pre-historic drawings in…
Beginners
A charming tale (based on the director's life) dealing with the main character's (Ewan McGregor) inability to sustain…
Win Win
A low key tale of a smaller town lawyer (Paul Giamatti) struggling to pay the…
The Trip
Delightful small movie with British comedians/actors Steve Coogan and Rob Bryden travelling to fancy restaurants…
The Tree of Life
Terrence Mallick's overly long and a bit pretentious in parts, this grand tale of life…
Page One
Documentary about the media, focussed on the NY Times media desk. The star of the…
The Names of Love
A French film that follows a free-spirited left wing female activist and her relationship with…
Bridesmaids
A crude, rude but laugh-out-loud funny movie about, what else, a bridesmaid and how she…
Winter’s Bone
A very bleak but tremendously well-acted film about a teenage girl's search for her long…
The Social Network
One of my favourites for the year as I quite enjoyed the sharp dialogue, the…
Incendies
Powerful film from Quebec (based on a play) about a woman's (and her brother's) search…
Ajami
Tale of generations and neighbours in a hard neighbourhood outside of Tel Aviv. Good acting…
Another Year
A delightful Mike Leigh film centred around a happily married couple and their not-so-happy friends…
The Fighter
Rises above the clichés of a boxing and redemption film to be really about more…
Waiting for Superman
Depressing but interesting documentary on the state of public education in the parts of the…
Of Gods and Men
Very languidly paced French film but absorbing nonetheless with quiet but powerful acting; based on the…
Rabbit Hole
The performances of the two lead actors really make this film about a couple dealing…
Blue Valentine
A bleak film about the disintegration of a marriage that is carried by the acting…
The Ghost Writer
A enjoy political thrillers in general, and I liked this one. It's the tale of…
Solitary Man
In my opinion an underrated film that is carried by a very unappealing (but captivating)…
A Prophet
Another bleak film, set primarily in a French prison, about a convicts rise in the…
The Kids Are Alright
Well acted film about a lesbian couple with kids and the impact that the biological…
Inside Job
Very good documentary on the origins and impact of the recent financial crisis. Wisely does…
Biutiful
Powerful drama of the life of one man (played by the always impressive Javier Bardem)…
The Company Men
Not a great film, but a better than decent film about the emotional impact (on…