Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango in Paris director, dies aged 77
Politically pioneering Italian director of The Conformist and Last Tango in Paris, who went on to win the best director Oscar for The Last Emperor, dies from cancer
Shoplifters review – Kore-eda’s audacious latest steals the heart
This Palme d’Or-winning drama about a Japanese family of crooks who lift a lost little girl from the streets is a satisfying and devastating gem
The Workshop review – teacher on a preposterous learning curve
Laurent Cantet’s drama about the lessons of a young people’s writing class is laboured, inert and utterly unconvincing
Thugs of Hindostan review – Bollywood swashbuckler takes on Disney’s Pirates
Bollywood’s biggest budget to date and a megastar cast ensure this irreverent romp through historical inaccuracy doesn’t lose anything in translation
Waru review – the disquieting death of a Maori child
Switching between horror and heartbreak, this powerful portmanteau drama by eight directors is difficult to watch
303 Squadron review – makeshift memorial to Polish sky fighters
Major global conflict is presented on a tuppence-ha’penny budget in this not-especially-dramatic Battle of Britain matinee filler
Seven Samurai tops critics’ poll of best foreign-language films
Akira Kurosawa epic beats Bicycle Thieves to top of BBC’s 100-strong list that includes just four female-directed films
The Guilty review – a must-see masterclass in cinematic suspense
Gustav Möller’s low-key debut takes one man, a dark room and a phone – and crafts a cop thriller as riveting as any blockbuster
How we made Il Postino
‘At Massimo’s funeral, his film double walked behind the coffin in homage – and all the Neapolitans thought it was his ghost’
Dogman review – Matteo Garrone’s tragic story of lowlife Italian criminals
It’s a dog’s life for a man cowed by a gangster in the Gomorrah director’s best film
Orphée review – Cocteau’s classic never looks back
Jean Marais’ journey through the underworld gains new strangeness and rapture in this restoration of Jean Cocteau’s 1950 Orpheus myth
A Star Is Born outshines Venom and Johnny English at UK box office
The acclaimed romance starring Lady Gaga takes a late leap to the top spot as Neil Armstrong biopic First Man steps in at No 4
1945 review – wedding day trauma in the aftermath of war
In Ferec Torok’s skilled drama, celebrations in a Hungarian hamlet are marred by spreading rumours of infidelity, drug addiction and betrayal
Kler review – counting the sins of the Catholic priesthood
Controversial in its native Poland, this ambitious drama skilfully shows its clerical cast are as much victims as villains
MFKZ review – frenetic world-building overkill
Adapting his graphic novel, Guillaume Renard pieces together a dense reimagining of LA that’s impressive – until you stop to think about it