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Philip French: It's arthouse whimsy done with a certain style.
Asterix and the Vikings
Steve Rose: Old-school line animation.
Belle de Jour
Rob Mackie: Belle de Jour is a must-see.
It’s Winter
Philip French: This subtle, elliptical, pared-down movie is for fugitives from yuletide bonhomie, hollow celebrations and expensive gifts for the people who have everything.
Esma’s Secret
Philip French: A small, intense film with a sure sense of place.
Esma’s Secret: Grbavica review – Bosnia’s Berlin winner is a disappointment
A melodramatic soap opera of a film about postwar Bosnia that, despite a sensitive performance from Mirjana Karanovic, doesn’t do itself justice
It’s Winter
Peter Bradshaw: An austerely beautiful parable.
Kabul Express
Phelim O'Neill: This is sure to be the only lightly comedic movie that opens with footage of 9/11.
Down and out in Afghanistan
DVD of the week: Stray Dogs is a moving tale of two children desperately trying to get arrested in post-Taliban Afghanistan, says Mark Kermode .
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
Retail: It's billed as a comedy but the only laughs are of the blackest kind as our increasingly incoherent hero is shuttled round a number of hospitals busy with the aftermath of a bus crash, receives a number of lectures about his alcohol intake and is often ignored, but never quite gets the treatment he needs.
The Dead
Peter Bradshaw: John Huston's 1987 adaptation of James Joyce's short story, rereleased this week, was a labour of love that fully earns its reappearance.
Innocent Voices
Rob Mackie: An absorbing view of the El Salvador civil war.
We Shall Overcome
Philip French: This is a family film that will draw families together