The Chambermaid review – a ghost in the luxurious lives of others
A young employee wafts from room to room in this disquieting story of the unseen servant class maintaining a five-star hotel
Die Tomorrow review – dates with death ripped from the headlines
This ruminative collection of vignettes steeped in everyday reality was inspired by newspaper accounts of bizarre tragedies
Our Time review – raw scenes from a failing marriage
A love-triangle drama featuring director Carlos Reygadas and his wife as fictional counterparts is intense, if a tad self-indulgent
Our Time review – forbidden love on a bull-fighting ranch from Carlos Reygadas
Director Carlos Reygadas comes close to autobiography in this shallow and self-indulgent story of a tortured extramarital fling
Never Look Away review – powerful Gerhard Richter-inspired drama
A German boy who witnesses Nazi horrors grows up to become a painter in this overcooked but affecting melodrama
Josh O’Connor: ‘This film is as important as I, Daniel Blake’
The God’s Own Country star’s latest role is alongside Laia Costa in Only You. The pair discuss the unflinching infertility drama with its director Harry Wootliff
Never Look Away review – epic but uneven melodrama inspired by Gerhard Richter
This fictionalised story of the artist by the director of The Lives of Others lacks a strong central performance to match its ambition
Article 15 review – no-holds-barred Indian crime thriller
A topical tale of rape and murder burns with justified anger
Ordinary Time review – quietly profound joys of bringing up baby
A couple navigate the first few weeks of parenthood in Susana Nobre’s affecting, meditative drama
Blue My Mind review – something’s fishy in coming-of-age horror
Luna Wedler delivers a good performance as a shy teenager navigating a new school – and a body that is radically changing
Amin review – the builder, the divorcee and a forbidden love
In this sombre and thoughtful drama, a Senegalese construction worker falls for the French woman whose house he is remodelling
Balloon review – airborne escape caper crash lands
Michael Herbig’s overwrought drama sucks the thrills out of this story of two families fleeing communist East Germany
Streaming: the best of Claire Denis
If you liked the much-acclaimed High Life, it’s well worth dipping into this French auteur’s compelling back catalogue
‘They went to crazy lengths’ – amazing Afghan films the world never got to see
From the Afghan Abigail’s Party to the thriller made with live bullets, Mariam Ghani, daughter of the country’s president, has made a riveting documentary about five unfinished communist-era films
Best films of 2019 so far
Charlize Theron flips into funny with Seth Rogen, Mel Gibson picks Vince Vaughn as his accomplice and Avengers reach their Endgame – the finest movies yet this year released in the UK