After the Night review – laboured Lisbon ghetto drama

It's not clear why Basil de Cunha's drama about a moody Lisbon ghetto dweller did so well on the festival circuit, writes Peter Bradshaw

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker review – unexpectedly affecting Roma study

This realist study about a Bosnian family who just scrape by is lit up by the couple's quiet love for each other, writes Peter Bradshaw

Magic Magic review – ‘shapeless mess’

Even a 'memorably repellent' Michael Cera can't save Sebastián Silva's film about graceless Americans abroad, writes Jonathan Romney

Wrinkles review – ‘unsentimental evocation of old age’

This Spanish animation, with voices from Martin Sheen and Matthew Modine, is intelligent and entertaining, writes Jonathan Romney

We Are the Best! review – Lukas Moodysson rediscovers his sense of fun

A film about a 1980s proto-riot grrrl band is a boisterous pleasure, writes Jonathan Romney

Mira Grosin: school, football… and a movie on the side

The star of Lukas Moodysson's new film, We Are the Best!, talks to Richard Orange about landing a movie role at the age of 11

The King and the Mockingbird review – ‘A richly conceived treat’

Peter Bradshaw: This beautiful reissued French animation draws on Fritz Lang and seems to prefigure the style of Japanese anime

Crows review – Child kidnap turned into dreamy cinema

Peter Bradshaw: Dorota Kedzierzawska's strange film, in which a love-starved girl snatches another child, eschews the horror of the situation

Willow and Wind review – A unique childhood fable from Iran

Peter Bradshaw: A boy's quest to repair the school window he broke with a football is a trance-like wonder that beautifully conveys the vulnerability of childhood

The Lunchbox director on India’s new taste for realism

Ritesh Batra's unassuming debut film isn't big on action, melodrama or tunes, yet it has become a surprise box-office phenomenon, says Nosheen Iqbal

Tom at the Farm (Tom à la Ferme) review – ‘Disorientatingly strange’

The latest offering from wunderkind Xavier Dolan makes a pleasant change. It's disciplined and intriguing, writes Peter Bradshaw

The Past review – a whirlwind of warring emotions | Mark Kermode

Bérénice Bejo is outstanding in Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi's rich study of people trapped in physical and emotional limbo, writes Mark Kermode

My Stuff review – ‘A sort-of Super Downsize Me’

Petri Luukkainen's meditation on possessions and attachment has moments of rare enlightenment, writes Mike McCahill

The Past review – ‘Its severity and cerebral force are beyond question’

A Separation director Asghar Farhadi confirms his place among cinema's true grown-ups with a pressure cooker of a relationship drama. Prepare yourself for post-film debate, writes Peter Bradshaw

Salvo review: ‘A fascinating, stylised drama’

White-knuckle action coupled with eerie, atmospheric pacing makes this film about the Sicilian mafia an intriguing watch, writes Peter Bradshaw