Philip French is a very knowledgeable unpretentious critic. 

My alternatives: 

Andrei Rublev 
2001: A Space Odyssey 
The Colour of Pomegranates 
L'Avventura 
8 1/2 
Pierrot le Fou 
Persona 
My Night with Maud 
Dr Strangelove 
Lawrence of Arabia 

Mirror 
Alice in the Cities 
Celine and Julie go Boating 
Tale of Tales 
Spirit of the Beehive 
Stalker 
Kings of the Road 
Apocalypse Now 
Claire's Knee 
Manhattan 

The Green Ray 
Paris Texas 
Raging Bull 
Street of Crocodiles 
Brazil 
Once upon a Time in America 
Blue Velvet 
Red Sorghum 
Night of the Shooting Stars 

Maborosi 
Abraham Valley 
Eternity and a Day 
The Double Life of Veronique 
Ulysses' Gaze 
Rosetta 
Chungking Express 
Flatworld 
Close Up 
The Sheltering Sky 

Mulholland Dr 
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 
Werckmeister Harmonies 
Innocence 
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes 
Silent Light 
The Return 
The New World 
The Wayward Cloud 
Dogville 

imo there are as many good films as ever, from a range of countries, but less truly great masterpieces in recent year.