Bright Days Ahead review – more French adultery
Embarking on a bittersweet affair, Fanny Ardant is as classy as a champagne flute, but this French drama plays a touch too hard to the matinee crowd, writes Leslie Felperin
Chinese Puzzle review – amiable Cédric Klapisch trilogy-closer
Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou head for New York in a likable finale to Cédric Klapisch's trilogy of dramedies, writes Peter Bradshaw
Miss Violence review – macabre tale of evil and Greek anguish
A tale of abuse and denial set in a claustrophobic Athens apartment has force and technique but tips into the bizarre, writes Peter Bradshaw
Fanny Ardant: ‘Tears are like diamonds, you can’t waste them’
The French actor tells Jonathan Romney about being Truffaut's muse, why she never married, and the feminine side of Gérard Depardieu
Seven Samurai – Philip French on Kurosawa’s masterly historical epic
Philip French: Kurosawa's tale of a 16th-century village under attack is one of the 20th-century's finest works of art
Of Horses and Men review – weird tales of love, death and horses
Man's relationship with horses is explored in this surreal Icelandic comedy-drama, writes Mark Kermode
Of Horses and Men review – love on the hoof
Hugely enjoyable tale set in the wilds of Iceland, as romance between humans is kindled by a bond with horses, writes Peter Bradshaw
How we made City of God
Alice Braga, City of God actor: 'Some of our security guards were drug traffickers and what not – but nobody carried a machine gun'
DVDs and downloads: True Detective, Lone Survivor, The Monuments Men and more
Guy Lodge reviews the southern gothic cop drama, Peter Berg's gruelling military drama, George Clooney's second world war caper and the rest of the week's big releases
36 review – a flicker-book study of a photo hoarder
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit's innovative film is an object lesson in what can be achieved without flashy camerawork, writes Mike McCahill
When I Saw You review – poignant Palestinian refugee drama
Annemarie Jacir's warm, heartfelt drama about 1960s refugees makes links between statelessness and losing a father, writes Peter Bradshaw
Pluto review – murderous rivalry in Korean schools
Korea's film-makers find fertile ground in the country's education system, as this hostage drama attests, writes Mike McCahill
Thailand’s toil and trouble over ‘divisive’ Shakespeare film
How did a movie about a production of Macbeth get banned when a documentary about the decision was waved through? And will director Ing K keep shooting through military rule?
Omar review – love is a battlefield
A young man has to choose between passion and politics in this compelling Palestinian drama, writes Jonathan Romney
Omar review – flexing tensions between resistance and love in Palestine
The frustration of young men trapped in conflict between Israel and Palestine bursts out in this cleverly plotted action thriller, writes Steve Rose