I've Loved You So Long
Kristin Scott Thomas shines (in two languages) in a powerful French drama with a chilling undercurrent. When she comes to stay with her sister after a long absence, the skeletons come tumbling out.

Eden Lake
Another gory, edge-of-seat onslaught in the charming British
countryside, but by pitting urban pleasure-seekers against disaffected local teens, first-timer James Watkins certainly raises some talking points.

Tropic Thunder
It's been fashionable to knock Ben Stiller's big-budget war-movie satire, but when it's funny it's very funny, with a jaw-dropping cameo by a major Hollywood movie star that must be seen to be believed.

Redbelt
Characteristically, satisfyingly labyrinthine David Mamet movie with Chiwetel Ejiofor as an honourable jujitsu instructor sucked into a shady, dishonourable world. Not Mamet's best, but still one to savour.

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
It sounds like a Life Is Beautiful-style schmaltzfest, but this SS officer's son-meets-concentration camp inmate children's drama is far less sentimental than it sounds.