The Life Ahead review – Sophia Loren serves up some grandmother courage
The imperious star is as magnetic as ever as a Holocaust survivor and creche worker who takes in a troubled Senegalese boy
To the Ends of the Earth review – dreamlike vision of clashing cultures
A young reporter on assignment in Uzbekistan undertakes a minor rebellion in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s sweet, sad tale
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula – zombie romp cannibalises the classics
Sequel to the South Korean gem shuns the social commentary of its predecessor in favour of tired cliches and tedious CGI
Sophia Loren: ‘The body changes. The mind does not’
The 86-year-old, star of the Netflix drama The Life Ahead, looks back at her own life, from the squalor of wartime Naples to the glamour of international fame
Queen of Hearts review – addictive study of infidelity in picture-perfect life
Trine Dyrholm is outstanding as a liberal-minded lawyer who has a predatory affair with her stepson in May el-Toukhy’s excellent Danish drama
Wolfwalkers review – an exquisite Irish animation masterpiece
This dazzling 17th-century folk tale is a total joy
The Young Observant review – teenage kicks at prestigious Italian waiter school
This docu-fictional hybrid follows a blank-faced and talentless waiter in the ways of swanky silver service
Song Without a Name review – heart-rending story of Peruvian baby trafficking
An indigenous woman has her newborn child stolen by a fake maternity clinic in this desperately sad account of real-life events in the 1980s
Sidse Babett Knudsen: the Borgen star mixing Danish drama and Westminster intrigue
Set to reprise her role as prime minister in new series of hit Scandi drama, actor is just as excited to share limelight in David Hare thriller, Roadkill
Being a Human Person review – the Monty Pythonesque artistry of Roy Andersson
The Swedish director, known for his brilliant dreamlike visions and gags, is celebrated in this documentary set around his latest film, About Endlessness
Two/One review – beautiful tale of parallel worlds
In adman Juan Cabral’s first feature, the lives of two men on opposite sides of the world are mysteriously intertwined
Netflix indicted by Texas grand jury over ‘lewd visual material’ in Cuties
French film about pre-teen girls who form a dance group is called ‘prurient’ in Tyler County prosecution. Netflix defends story as social commentary against sexualisation
Why Netflix is a lifeline for African film-makers
The streaming giant’s ambitious initiative Made By Africa, Watched By the World is a welcome platform for the continent’s overlooked cinematic talent
The Elfkins review – elves to the rescue in sickly-sweet kids’ animation
Two plucky denizens of an underground world emerge into a German town to help the local baker – with soft-as-icing results
Terminal Sud review – powerful dispatch from a civil war
Ramzy Bedia is captivating as a charismatic doctor in this French-Algerian drama about a country descending into chaos