Ikiru

Philip French: A welcome revival, the narrative is carefully paced and the central performance magnificent

Ikiru

Xan Brooks: Kurosawa's direction is imperishable - as fresh and as fluid as it ever was

Summer Hours

Xan Brooks: This pleasant Chekhovian miniature is a welcome return for Olivier Assayas

City of Men

Xan Brooks: Where Meirelles's film lifted the lid of Brazil's teeming gangland subculture, Morelli's simply tours the same old neighbourhood

DVD preview: You The Living

Swedish director Roy Andersson develops a style that involves short tableaux played out with incredible precision in front of an immobile camera

Memories of Underdevelopment

Peter Bradshaw: A very dry title for an absolutely tremendous film from 1968 by the Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Origin: Spirits of the Past

Peter Bradshaw: Dreamily beautiful images and bold ideas intertwine in this notable Japanese animation by Keiichi Sugiyama

Film trailer: Paris

This is a trailer for Paris. A dancer laid low by heart disease looks out of his window and finds dance in the city and the people who live in it

Death Note: The Last Name

Philip French: The second part of what is shaping up as an unnecessary trilogy where the cast ends up being strangled by a serpentine plot

Mes Amis, Mes Amours

Peter Bradshaw: Strained and unrelaxed romcom set within London's French community

Female Agents

Philip French's film of the week: Four Frenchwomen put up a fine resistance in this Second World War tale. And despite every known war movie cliche, it's still an exciting ride

Female Agents

Peter Bradshaw: An enjoyable if absurd second world war yarn from Jean-Paul Salom&eacute