The Witnesses

Philip French: This subtly observed, positive and unsentimental film relates how a tightknit group of French friends reacts to the onset of Aids in 1984-85.

Tell No One

Retail: Guillaume Canet's exploration of the aftermath of a murder contains thrilling chase scenes and an impressive central performance by François Cluzet.

The Witnesses

Peter Bradshaw: André Téchiné's 1980s-set French drama has an eerie similarity to present day.

I Am Cuba

Retail: Martin Scorsese believes celebrated Soviet director Mikhail Kalotozov's film would have changed the course of cinema if it had been seen in 1964.

The Counterfeiters

Philip French: A fascinating, low-key movie about moral choices and life-and-death decisions made in terrible conditions. Many will finish this film pondering how they themselves would have acted.

The City of Violence

This Korean crime drama nods to cowboy and gangster classics, but adds joyful flourishes all of its own.

The Singer

Peter Bradshaw: A gentle, autumnal film, with nice performances from Gérard Depardieu and Cécile De France.

Clubland

Philip French: Starring Brenda Blethyn, who is frighteningly good, in what is a pretty tiresome film.

Yella

Philip French: It's a gripping business thriller with a compelling performance from Nina Hoss.

Padre Padrone

Gritty realistic story told in a stylised, impressionistic, at times Brechtian manner.

Clubland

Peter Bradshaw: Brenda Blethyn stars in this amiable, if directionless little Australian picture which is part coming-of-age comedy and part mid-life crisis.

Syndromes and a Century

Peter Bradshaw: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's surreal tale of tangled human relationships should be seen by as many people as possible.