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FIVE BEST FILMS
Disgrace, 15
John Malkovich plays the decadent South African professor who is made to face some uncomfortable truths about himself and his country in this powerful adaptation of J M Coetzee’s 1999 Booker winner.
Limited release
Bright Star, PG
Jane Campion’s film is a wistful and melancholic account of the unconsummated romance between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawne. Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish star.
Nationwide
The White Ribbon, 15
Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winner is a brooding, cool-handed and gripping parable about repression and violence, set in a Protestant German village before the First World War.
Nationwide
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life, 15
Deftly spanning 15 years in the life of a middle-class French family, this comedy-drama maintains a consistently light touch while dealing with love and loss.
Limited release
Me and Orson Welles, 12A
Richard Linklater’s wry new film recounts the chaotic run-up to the first night of Orson Welles’s stage production of ‘Julius Caesar’ in November 1937, as seen through the eyes of a 17-year-old student who, through a combination of cheek and talent, secures a minor role in the play.
Nationwide