Despair – review

Dirk Bogarde is on superb form in Fassbinder's eerie adaptation of Nabokov's novel about a Russian émigré's breakdown, writes Peter Bradshaw

The Well Digger’s Daughter – review

French actor Daniel Auteuil makes a solid directorial debut with this story adapted from a Pagnol novel – though it's perhaps on the old-fashioned side, writes Peter Bradshaw

Mysteries of Lisbon – review

It may be more than four hours long, but Raúl Ruiz's final film is an entrancingly strange, beautifully eccentric fable set in 19th-century Portugal, writes Peter Bradshaw

We Have a Pope – review

Nanni Moretti's comedy about a misfit elected to the papacy is an out-and-out stinker, writes Philip French

Las Acacias – review

Actions speak louder than words in Pablo Giorgelli's uneventful Argentinian road movie, writes Philip French

Trailer trash

Jason Solomons on the welcome return of Looney Tunes favourites Sylvester and Tweety Pie, and a whole album of lunar tunes courtesy of French duo Air

Mark Kermode’s DVD round-up

TT: Closer to the Edge, about the Isle of Man TT race, is a worthy companion to Asif Kapadia's recent Senna documentary, writes Mark Kermode

Trailer trash

The florist who survived San Francisco's Aids epidemic, a triumph for Iranian cinema, and a lifetime achievement gong for Stephen Frears. By Jason Solomons

Aleksandr Sokurov: Delusions and grandeur

He is the great Russian director who once shot a whole film in a single take. Aleksandr Sokurov talks to Steve Rose about Soviet spies, fallen dictators – and how he got Putin to fund his latest work