"Our Daily Bread" is a brilliant documentary about the food industry. The film is entirely without commentary. All you hear are the sounds recorded during the filming. It is hard to imagine what a voiceover could have added. The images make any commentary superfluous.

I was deeply moved by all three chapters in "Three Times" by director Hou Hsia Hsien. It is such a beautiful film.

The Wayward Cloud explores the expressive power of cinema and the plot is secondary to the atmosphere it paints so I won't attempt a summary.

Lady Vengeance is just as thrilling as Oldboy. And like Oldboy it is a richly detailed movie that must be seen at least twice.

"Capote" the movie is quite good, although I'm not sure how it would go down if you've never heard of Truman Capote before.

At the end of Syriana someone returns home. Someone always does. We also see what happens when someone does not return. The files are emptied. The desks are cleaned. That's the way it goes.

You can watch Oldboy as a very intelligent highly engaging thriller, but it also asks some profound philosophical questions. This to me is what raises it above the level of just another good film.

Every other year the Holland Animation Film Festival shows a selection of some of the best independent animation films of the past two or three years as well as a number of retrospectives and thematic programs. Here are some personal highlights of this year's festival.