The Happiest Girl in the World

Ironic light is shed on post-communist Romania in this amusing, if not especially hard-hitting satire, says Andrew Pulver

Eyes Wide Open

Philip French admires an unflinching study of homosexual love in ultra-Orthodox Israel

An Israeli film, set entirely inside a tank, about the 1982 incursion into Lebanon, is both visceral and powerful says Philip French

Triomf is a disturbing view of the life and hard times of a dysfunctional family in South Africa, says Philip French

All your worst feelings about Mussolini are confirmed in Marco Bellocchio's highly operatic Vincere, says Philip French

Marco Bellocchio's account of the dismal life of Mussolini's lover fizzles out when Il Duce exits the film, writes Andrew Pulver

A sadistic black comedy about a dysfunctional Afrikaans family is highly questionable, writes Cath Clarke

This award-winning film entirely set inside an Israeli tank during the 1982 war struggles to justify its reputation, writes Andrew Pulver

A Brokeback Mountain for the Orthodox Jewish community that has some telling points to make about faith and flesh, writes Steve Rose

It's the morning after the official opening of the Cannes film festival, and the competition films have started unspooling. Xan Brooks gets stuck in

Philip French on a film about the Russian emigre Joseph Brodsky, imagining a journey home that he never made

This imaginative speculation about Russian poet Joseph Brodsky is a resonant, beautifully made film, writes Peter Bradshaw

Malian actor renowned for his long association with the director Peter Brook and his work in film

The effects of communism's collapse on a group of Chinese factory workers are explored in a fascinating semi-documentary, writes Philip French