Sing Me a Song review – sombre Bhutanese internet love story
French documentarian Thomas Balmès checks in with the Himalayan monk he filmed back in 2013 to find him addicted to online romance
Yellow Rose review – bittersweet tale of Filipina’s quest to be a country music star
Broadway’s Eva Noblezada ably holds a tune and the screen in this bittersweet story of an immigrant trying to break into country and western
The 50 best films of 2020 in the UK: the full list
It’s number one time, and it’s a picture from the beginning of the year that nothing else has quite eclipsed for wit, thrills and sheer watchability
The 50 best films of 2020 in the UK, No 1: Parasite
Bong Joon-ho’s satirical invasion-of-the-lifestyle-snatchers movie is cruel, ingenious and positively hums with malice
The Racer review – Tour de France takes the tablets
This fictional cycling and doping drama focuses on a support rider – an unsung hero who sacrifices his own dreams of winning the yellow jersey
The Woman Who Ran review – a movie-novella with a sensational meaning
Hong Sang-soo’s nuanced, low-key film could be a criticism of Korean sexual politics, or just a series of different meetings
Farewell Amor review – humane and skilful Angolan diaspora tale
Director Ekwa Msangi extends equal sympathy to all the characters in this drama about a family reuniting in New York after many years apart
The Macaluso Sisters review – aftermath of a tragedy in scorching drama
Hot, sunny days of calamity govern the lives of five sisters, who raised themselves after their parents died, in this touching story
Kim Ki-duk: punk-Buddhist shock, violence – and hypnotic beauty too
The South Korean director, who has died of Covid, was at the forefront of a new wave of uncompromising cinema
Rose Island review – Netflix micronation comedy short on eccentricity
Based on the true story of engineer Giorgio Rosa, who built an independent state off the coast of Italy, this is a slight offering
No Hard Feelings review – life lessons and love stories in a refugee shelter
A young German-Iranian worker befriends two siblings facing deportation in an urgent, uncompromising tale of modern Europe
Liberté review – gruesome night in the woods as French aristos go dogging
The debauchery of a bunch of bewigged 18th-century libertines is presented with cerebral seriousness, but it’s an ordeal to watch
From Beyoncé to the Oscars: Mary Twala, Africa’s queen of cinema
The late South African actor was introduced to a whole new audience in Beyoncé’s Black Is King. But it’s her final film – This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection – that could be her best work
Patrick review – wry, existential nudist comedy
The fact that almost everyone’s in the nude is the least remarkable thing about this deadpan delight from Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants
Ext.Night review – After Hours-ish, Cairo-set yarn hampered by misogyny
An intriguing comedy drama about a film-maker who falls foul of a taxi driver and a sex worker is atmospheric but muddled