Jarvis Cocker's The Big Melt combines archive film and live music in an alloy of heavy industry, Kes, electronica and sex. Interview by Catherine Shoard
Henry Barnes: The crash reel – a montage of falls by snowboarders – is turned painfully on its head in Lucy Walker's documentary about the long drop from athletic excellence to frail humanity
Catherine Shoard: Sheffield Doc/Fest kicks off with a film on Russia's feminist punk collective, an at-times unsubtle study of naivety forced into acuity
Shane Meadows on being a 'mad little Stone Roses fan', Gemma Arterton on perfecting her French, and actor Michael Shannon on working with rising indie director Jeff Nichols. By Jason Solomons
The star of Jaws and Close Encounters made another early film, but it never got the credit it was due. Its rerelease reminds us that the young actor really had something special
New British films and American independents loom large in the Scottish cinema showcase, which also features two retrospectives and a revival of The Gorbals Story
Peter Bradshaw: Julie Maroh, as author of its source novel, has unique credentials to comment, but for what it's worth I felt the film's descent into agony and tears took it clear of titillation
Four films from directors who have consistently gone against Hollywood's grain premiered at the festival last week, a sign that the outsider can still thrive in cinema