FIVE BEST FILMS

Rachel Getting Married, 15
Filmed with a hand-held digital camera, this is a hyper-naturalistic exposé of the mores of Connecticut’s wealthy and dysfunctional, with Anne Hathaway particularly excellent as the neurotic, brittle and just-out-of-rehab young woman spoiling her sister’s wedding party. Nationwide

Vicky Christina Barcelona, 12A
Woody Allen’s best film for a decade is a sunny and sexy romantic drama, about two young Americans who go to Barcelona for the summer and become involved in a ménage à quatre. Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz star. Nationwide

Bolt, PG
John Travolta, Miley Cyrus and Malcolm McDowell put their voices to this Disney animation about a puppy-dog TV star who must travel across country to be reunited with its owner. It doesn’t have the invention of a Pixar film, but it shares a similar digitally animated visual panache and a fair amount of wit. Nationwide

Revolutionary Road, 15
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio star as a dissatisfied, warring couple in this consistently absorbing and occasionally heart-rending adaptation of the Richard Yates novel. Nationwide

Slumdog Millionaire, 15
An antic, and romantic, fable about the joys and nightmares of childhood, about a boy’s search for love, and about a teeming, terrifying city on the rise. Dev Patel stars as Jamal, the 18-year-old recounting his life as a “slumdog” on the streets of Mumbai. Nationwide