Alice in the Cities

Philip French: Wenders' 1974 road movie confirmed his place as one of the leaders of the New German Cinema

Half Moon

Peter Bradshaw: An ageing Iranian Kurdish musician becomes a celebrity in this bittersweet tale

El Violin

Peter Bradshaw: Francisco Vargas's tense tale of a one-handed street musician who gets caught up in Mexican guerrilla warfare

The Kite Runner

Philip French:A deeply moving drama set in Afghanistan is a welcome antidote to some truly witless comedies

The Kite Runner

Peter Bradshaw: A workmanlike, if decaffeinated version of Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel: the story of two boyhood friends, brothers in spirit, who grow up in 70s Kabul

A Comedy of Power

Philip French: Claude Chabrol's smooth, perceptive thriller is tinged with suave Gallic cynicism and resigned anger

The Saragossa Manuscript

Xan Brooks:If Alejandro Jodorowsky had got his hands on The Seventh Seal it might have looked like this

A Comedy of Power

Peter Bradshaw: The new feature from 77-year-old director Claude Chabrol

Silent Light

Philip French: This is a long, slow, delicate portrait of a farming family from the Mennonite community

The Sacrifice

Peter Bradshaw: Andrei Tarkovsky's final film, from 1986, rereleased for the 75th anniversary of his birth, is brilliant and audacious

Silent Light

Peter Bradshaw: Beautiful and gripping, Carlos Reygadas's story of a love triangle leaves an indelible image on the mind