Tehran Taboo review – powerful Iranian animation
A stunningly rotoscoped collection of the Iranian capital’s secret stories
My 20th Century review – tales of an adventuress and an anarchist
The witty, whimsical debut of Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi is about the strange entwined fates of separated twins at the turn of the century
Fan Bingbing’s mysterious disappearance: what it means for China’s elite
Three months ago, one of the country’s best known actors went missing. Now, seemingly chastened, she has reappeared with a bill for £112m in unpaid taxes and fines
Tehran Taboo review – sex, drugs and rock’n’roll in Iran
In this multi-stranded rotoscoped narrative, crackling with tension and bleak comedy, musicians and prostitutes find ways around the strict laws of their country
Jalouse review – female rage seen through a pre-#MeToo lens
The Foekinos brothers’ sometimes tone-deaf romcom pits women against women in the pursuit of men
‘There are no different truths’: the last years of Soviet cinema
A new season at the Barbican tells the story of the USSR’s final generation through the lens of its pioneering film-makers
Wajib review – raw nerves beneath the ancient hurts
Annemarie Jacir pits tradition against modernity in this bittersweet comedy about a father driving around Nazareth with his hipster architect son
Wajib review – a jokey jaunt through Nazareth
Annemarie Jacir’s comedy-drama interleaves simmering tension in the Israeli town with moments of terrific humour as a father and son deliver wedding invitations
Manto: the writer who felt the pain of India’s partition
Saadat Hasan Manto chronicled Bombay life in all its ugly beauty – until sectarian horrors were unleashed on the streets he loved. A new biopic by director Nandita Das retells his stories
Christopher Robin hugs top spot as BlacKkKlansman advances at UK box office
Shark tale The Meg and Mamma Mia! sequel hold on to higher placings as Idris Elba’s crime thriller Yardie fails to crack Top 10
Amanda review – a calm, healing film about life after Islamist terror
A well-meaning but sometimes obtuse French drama about a seven-year-old whose mother is killed in a mass shooting
The Guardians review – Nathalie Baye stars in lyrical wartime drama
Xavier Beauvois’ French drama evokes the role and psychology of those left on the farm during the first world war
Gold review – shining drama of India’s triumph on the hockey field
Reema Kagti’s stirring film celebrates the nation’s first post-independence Olympic medal at the 1948 Wembley Games
The Guardians review – women left behind reap a bitter harvest
In Xavier Beauvois’ fierce, compassionate drama, the first world war casts a terrible shadow over a farming community
The Heiresses review – wit and wisdom amid Paraguay’s upper crust
A woman is drawn out of her protective bubble when the money runs out in this excellent debut from Marcelo Martinessi