O’Horten

Scratch a 21st-century Scandinavian, the movies tell us, and you'll find a 19th-century peasant. By Philip French

O’Horten

A pleasant, if undemanding film with some nice visual humour, says Peter Bradshaw

Delta

The movie is lovely looking, but frankly a little specious and shallow, says Peter Bradshaw

DVD review: North Face

Rob Mackie: A mountain-climbing film good enough to reach the standard set by Touching the Void

The Grocer’s Son

This is a sweet-natured tale of a shy lad reluctantly returning from Paris to his Provençal roots, writes Philip French

Giulio Andreotti, master spinner

Robert Fox: Il Divo, the film that charts the career of the former Italian prime minister, is a brilliant celebration of the state and non-state in Italy

Before I Forget

This is an unsentimental meditation on old age and pleasures past, writes Philip French

Before I Forget

A relaxed insight into the demi-monde of the ageing, former-gigolo, gay Frenchman

Tony Manero

This Chilean comedy about a Saturday Night Fever obsessive is like being accosted by a loner on a night bus

Cherry Blossoms

One of Germany's most unpredictable independent directors reworks, or pays homage to, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, says Philip French