These nine cross-sections of a one-year relationship may be graphic, but they are also suffused with a cool melancholy.
Anthony Arkin
9 Songs
Hotel Rwanda
Don Cheadle is a revelation in this heart-breaking look at how one man became a hero in the face of mankind at its most cold and destructive.
Anything Else
Woody Allen proves he can do it for the kids with this fun, thoughtful and triumphant answer to Annie Hall for the Naughties.