Taxidermia
Peter Bradshaw: A visually striking, provocative dish served up with the most horrid ingredients imaginable.
Molière
Peter Bradshaw: Very moderate sub-Stoppardian speculation about the great French playwright.
Jan Švankmajer – The Complete Short Films
Retail: The BFI has put together a sumptuous collection of the Czech surrealist’s endlessly experimental shorts.
Flanders
Mark Kermode: Flanders reminds us that war is hell and there's nothing funny about bullets.
Flandres (Flanders)
Peter Bradshaw: Like Dumont's best work, it echoes uneasily in the mind.
Les Petites Vacances
Mark Kermode: A strange film, balanced between whimsy and creepiness, but firmly anchored by Bernadette Lafont's magnetic screen presence.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Mark Kermode: Moodily cool in its visuals and heartbreaking in its portrayal of silent rage.
Les Petites Vacances
Peter Bradshaw: An elegant, if opaque psychological study.
The Golden Door
Peter Bradshaw: A solidly constructed film with a brilliant visual sense, tremendous performances and an eloquent, dreamy sense of time and place.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Peter Bradshaw: A heartbreaking study.
Paris, Je T’Aime
Peter Bradshaw: Selection of short-film doodles about Paris from big-name directors.
A Touch of Spice
Rental and Retail: A nicely presented but stodgy attempt to present a Greek child's life through food.
La Vie en Rose
Peter Bradshaw: Formless and weirdly selective bio-pic of Edith Piaf.
Frankie
Peter Bradshaw: Fantastically vapid piece of nonsense.
Not Here to Be Loved
Peter Bradshaw: A heart of schmaltz beats within this initially severe-looking French film from Stéphane Brizé