Los Conductos review – a cryptic Colombian parable
Striking visuals ignite a fragmented yet politically astute film, which follows a man who escaped a cult by killing its leader
Minari director Lee Isaac Chung: ‘My friends back in Arkansas are the audience I wanted to connect with’
The film-maker on how his rural Arkansas childhood inspired the Golden Globe-winning Minari, now a strong contender for an Academy Award
Young film-maker finds love and laughter amid the tragedy in Afghanistan’s first romcom
Movie about an affair between a woman and an older man aims to challenge stereotype of Afghan women as weak and repressed
Berlin film festival 2021 roundup: the most impressive selection in years
In a modest yet triumphant virtual edition of the festival, dazzling debuts vied with the superb, low-key latest from Céline Sciamma
Into the Darkness review – a Danish family at war as the Nazis roll in
In Anders Refn’s sweeping second world war saga, a wealthy clan is ripped apart after choosing several different sides in the conflict
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn review – absurdist provocation in Covid-torn Romania
The mock trial of a teacher puts history on the stand in Radu Jude’s peculiar revenge porn story – but what is it telling us?
My Donkey, My Lover & I review – eat, bray, love … and French manners
The delightful Laure Calamy hijacks a family trekking holiday in this warm comedy of infidelity and animal magnetism
Introduction review – tangled web of relationships from Korea to Berlin
Delicate vignette charts young lovers and their families in Hong Sang-soo’s lightweight but charming drama
Drift Away review – fatal error leaves cop all at sea
Xavier Beauvois’s tenderly drawn film sees a French policeman abandon all his certainties after a tragic misjudgment
Jailbreak review – the great, ingenious, Chilean escape
The last days of Pinochet’s regime form the backdrop of this exciting dramatisation of a real prison-break plot
Erēmīta (Anthologies) review – lockdown experiments of varying accomplishment
Alexis Zabé’s mini-doc about a Venice Beach homeless community is the pick of this studiously serious grab-bag of shorts shot in lockdown
‘People want imperfection’: Hiam Abbass on Succession, Ramy and playing complex women
She is all calm as enigmatic Marcia Roy in the media-dynasty saga, but as the Egyptian-American mother in the award-winning comedy, she’s a hoot. The Palestinian actor examines her many-layered roles
Bad Tales review – suburban dysfunction in visceral Italian drama
Superbly shot, the D’Innocenzo brothers’ film focuses on families, neighbourly envy and the feral behaviour of men which culminates in tragedy
‘My father and I disagree on the purpose of cinema’: Anders and Nicolas Winding Refn on film-making
The two Danish directors have known the joy of success and the pain of failure in their respective careers. Just don’t expect them to see eye to eye on anything else
Oscars release first shortlists for 2021 Academy Awards
Boys State, MLK/FBI and Crip Camp among contenders as categories announced include best documentary and best international film