THE FIVE BEST FILMS
La Nina Santa (15, Lucrecia Martel, 103mins)
An erotically charged, controlled study of sudden sexual self-awareness, starring Maria Alche as the religiously inclined 16-year-old. Limited release
Vera Drake (12A, Mike Leigh, 125mins)
A film of remarkable quality, with Imelda Staunton as the 1950s Londoner who helps out women with their unwanted pregnancies. Nationwide
ZSideways (15, Alexander Payne, 123mins)
Two men go on a wine-tasting trip in California before one of them gets married in this beautifully toned, midlife-crisis movie. Nationwide
2046 (12A, Wong Kar-Wai, 129mins)
The director delivers a fantastically seductive sequel to his swooning 2000 psychodrama, In the Mood for Love. Nationwide
Million Dollar Baby
(12A, Clint Eastwood, 137mins)
Hilary Swank gives a Golden Globe-winning performance as a white- trash contender in the ruthless world of women's boxing. Nationwide
AND ONE TO AVOID...
15 (18, Royston Tan, 90mins)
The catatonic camerawork ensures this chronicle of debauched Singaporean youth has a purgatorial sluggishness.
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