Quarantine - the Sunday Times review

Blair Witchcraft is not carried off with great realism but it still adds verve to the film’s set pieces

Body of Lies - the Sunday Times review

he film wants to be an intelligent insider’s guide to America's war on terror, but also a kick-ass action picture

Choke - the Sunday Times review

Madcap black comedy about Victor Mancini, sex addict, con man, failure and anxious son with serious commitment issues

Special People - the Sunday Times review

Blindness - the Sunday Times review

When, in Fernando Meirelles’s film, most of the human race is blinded by a mysterious virus, chaos naturally erupts

Conversations with My Gardener - the Sunday Times review

Belle Toujours - the Sunday Times review

As a tribute to Luis Buñuel, the veteran director Manoel de Oliveira has dreamt up a sequel to Belle de jour

'Tis Autumn — The Search for Jackie Paris - the Sunday Times review

Documentary about American bebop singer who achieved a measure of fame in the 1950s

Waltz with Bashir - the Sunday Times review

Stunning animated documentary paints a haunting picture of Israel at war

'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris

An absorbing documentary, not least for the human tragedy uncovered in the wreckage of its subject's personal life

Blindness

Meirelles has travelled a long way from City of God to this austere and harrowing allegory for the frailty of humanity

Quarantine

If you didn't see [REC] then this works well as a scary movie; if you did, you have had this nightmare before

Waltz With Bashir

This is one of the most striking, unnervingly beautiful films to explore the horrors of war since Apocalypse Now

Special People

Illuminating patronising attitudes, Justin Edgar's micro-budget caring comedy is a deft, savvy affair

Body of Lies

As you would expect from Ridley Scott the visuals are impressive, but the film limps along in the story department

Choke

This second film adaptation of a Chuck Palahniuk novel is less coherent than, and strangely derivative of, Fight Club

Four stars for Waltz With Bashir

Ari Folman’s film is a mesmerising jumble of flowing graphics so beautifully painted it is hard to believe the ingredients

‘Tis Autumn: the Search for Jackie Paris

A documentary that examines the life of the largely unremembered 1950s performer, and wonders why stardom eluded him

Conversations with My Gardener

An affectionate rural French character piece mercilessly devoid of any message other than an appreciation of close friendship

Blindness

Despite Julianne Moore at her best, this hotly anticipated film from Fernando Meirelles loses its way, says Kevin Maher