FIVE BEST Films
Independent, The (London), Feb 13, 2007
My Name Is Albert Ayler
(NC, KASPER COLLIN, 79MINS)
Haunting documentary recalling the brief life and times of the free-jazz saxophone pioneer, who drowned in 1970.
Limited release
Black Book
(15, PAUL VERHOEVEN, 145MINS)
This compelling and fast-paced Second World War drama centres on Carice van Houten's Jewish singer and the Gestapo officer for whom she falls.
Nationwide
The Last King of Scotland
(15, KEVIN MACDONALD, 123MINS)
Forest Whitaker gives an intense performance as the deranged Idi Amin in this adaptation of Giles Foden's novel.
Nationwide
Notes on a Scandal
(15, RICHARD EYRE, 91MINS)
Judi Dench carries this adaptation of Zoe Heller's novel as the misanthropic teacher who becomes obsessed with a colleague. Cate Blanchett also stars.
Nationwide
Climates
(15, NURI BILGE CEYLAN, 101MINS)
The director casts himself as a passive-aggressive university lecturer in this characteristically downbeat and visually exquisite tale set in modern Turkey.
Limited release
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