They were great in '08

A young man (Xavier Lafitte) follows a woman (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) he thinks he met years earlier in "In the City of Sylvia," the best film of 2008.

" THIS is the season for critics to turn out lists of the best mov ies of the year. Un fortunately, many consist of highly publicized, big-budget movies that opened between Thanksgiving and the end of the year, while ignoring earlier films. In other words, critics let studio publicists tell them which movies deserve to be on their lists. As usual, I try to avoid this end-of-year syndrome. Here it goes:

 1. "IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA" (Jose Luis Guerin, France/Spain): Follow that woman! Minimalist romancer riffs on "Last Year at Marienbad." 2. "WENDY AND LUCY" (Kelly Reichardt, USA): A girl and her dog and a friendly security guard. 3. "…

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