Shock Wave: Hong Kong Destruction review – one long tick-tick-boom symphony
Andy Lau plays a bomb-disposal officer in this old-school action thriller with tricksy, Infernal Affairs-esque storytelling
Safe Inside review – a flawed thriller with a doozy of a twist
A coach accident leads two tourists to a rural French mansion in this intriguing but confused film with implausibility at its core
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet review – a mini masterwork
A health crisis turns a series of odd vignettes into an enigmatic wonder as one man and his dog navigate a mysterious world
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes review – a strangely comforting end
A lesbian couple move to the country to deal with terminal illness in this tense, sensitive film by Chilean director José Luis Torres Leiva
Why Not You review – a hollow depiction of homophobic violence
An aspiring dancer is devastated by survivor’s guilt after a shooting in a gay bar, in a topical film that takes on too many big issues
From Black Widow to unseen Beatles footage: what films to see as cinemas reopen
The dazzling Nomadland leads the way with a medieval thriller, a Ben Wheatley chiller and Emma Stone’s Cruella hot on its heels
Oxygen review – air runs out for claustrophobic survival nightmare
Mélanie Laurent is excellent as a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic pod with enough oxygen to last the length of the film
Outrage as male voice actor dubs Laverne Cox in Italian-language Promising Young Woman
Cox’s character in the revenge thriller given deep voice of Roberto Pedicini, sparking backlash over European dubbing of trans actors
The Lady in the Portrait review – painterly pageantry in a Chinese royal court
Fan Bingbing stars as an emperor’s wife having her portrait painted in this artful yet inert period drama
The Salesman: Arthur Miller’s American classic reframed in Iran
Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning film about two married actors has intriguing parallels with the play they are performing
Apples review – quirky amnesia mystery is funnily forgettable
Christos Nikou’s black comedy about a plague of forgetfulness is intriguingly absurd but not as memorable as it thinks it is
Under the Pavement Lies the Strand: Berliners build a feminist future
Part of the New German Cinema boom, Helma Sanders-Brahms’ 1975 film about two actors asks if theatre still has revolutionary potential
Lucky review – spirited Ghanaian romcom captures the social media age
An idling student enlists the help of a wideboy friend in pursuit of a hot date in a comedy that veers between likable and laddish
Atlantis review – strangely upbeat exploration of war-ravaged Ukraine
Valentyn Vasyanovych’s award-winning drama casts deeply likable non-professionals – most with direct experience of the conflict with Russia
Forget me not: what if a virus stole our memories?
Christos Nikou’s new comedy Apples is about a city afflicted with mass amnesia. The director explains why technology is already leading us there