so many layers, so much beauty, a film that will haunt you,bergmans genius is demonstrated,great performances(see "cries and whispers","the seventh seal", and "fanny and alexander" or anything)

on a lighter note...lubitsch delights as ever with his sophisticated romantic comedy ("to be or not to be ","shop around the corner" more to romantic comedy than meg ryan being 'cute' or 'confused'!!)

wong kar wai films are beautifully magical, the pace, the score, the shot composition, pure cinematic elegance("fallen angels" and "chungking express")

burn the disney version, Jean Cocteau's is the real lyrical magic of fairy tales, be absorbed("le sang d'un poete")

todd solodnz provides a hilarious dark portrayal of suburbia, brilliantly funny and disturbing, great performances("welcome to the dollhouse","storytelling")

a portrayal of a serial killer so charming it must be classic Ealing, brilliant comedy, alec guiness shines(directors best film,other great Ealing comedies;"lavender hill mob"passport to pimlico")

"charming and heartwarming" is on a million film posters,this is the dictionary defintion of that now diluted phrase("the man in the white suit","the ladykillers")

superb film noir,bacall, bogey,chandler and hawkes all come together amongst the sharpest dialogue("to have and have not", "rio bravo")

coen brothers are always great and its hard to choose a favourite("fargo","big lebowski","barton fink","millers crossing")

"16 clumsy and shy i went to london and died, i booked myself in at the y...wca", really great("a hard days night")

the relatively long running time passes ridiculously quickly in a majestic way!(stupidly the only edward yang i've seen,similarly great films;"barking dogs don't bite","what time is it there")

as mysterious and lovely as one could hope for("witness", Roeg's"Walkabout")

stylish, superbly shot western, jarmusch has cool music and is charming as ever with added Blake("mystery train","down by law")