The Measure of a Man review – tough and compassionate
Supermarket security guard Thierry is briefed to spy on his colleagues in this subtle character study from Stéphane Brizé
Mon Roi review – histrionic French drama
A portrait of a destructive relationship is burdened by a redundant subplot
Laia Costa: ‘We were doing this scene the whole night and in the end we couldn’t stop’
The Spanish star of German one-take thriller Victoria on the challenges of making the film, and why cinema needs more strong women
Victoria; Spotlight; The Big Short; The Assassin; Dirty Grandpa; Mavis!; Eat Your Bones – review
Love blossoms at double-quick speed in this amazing one-take heist thriller, while Spotlight celebrates the merits of listening
Mustang review – teen tension in Anatolia
Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s debut is an accomplished study of what it means to be young and female in Turkey
Rester Vertical review – exercise in myth-making and sexual adventure fails to stay upright
French director Alain Guiraudie’s follow-up to The Stranger by the Lake is wearyingly self-indulgent and a real disappointment
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 – The Desolate One review – a portrait of Portugal
A dreamlike tour of a nation from director Miguel Gomes, with guides including a cow and a dog
Arabian Nights, Vol 2: The Desolate One review – austerity-age cinematic poetry
In the second serving of Miguel Gomes’s potent trilogy, Scheherazade narrates tales of a killer turned folk hero, judicial madness and a stray dog
Quo Vado? review – Italian smash fails to grab
This vehicle for Italian comedy star Checco Zalone about a government official sent to the Arctic never quite convinces
Son of Saul review – a stunning, excoriating Holocaust drama
László Nemes’s debut, about a prisoner at Auschwitz forced to work in the gas chambers, dramatises the concentration camps with great intelligence, seriousness and audacity
Arabian Nights Volume One: The Restless One review – fact meets folk tale
The Thousand and One Nights proves a rich source of inspiration for this heady mix of documentary, magic realism and satire
Our Little Sister – touching family drama
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s story of siblings reunited has charm and hidden depths
The Brand New Testament review – holy fantastical irreverence
In this unruly Belgian satire, God is a sadistic, filing-fixated resident of Brussels
The Absent One review – diverting potboiler for Scandi noir completists
An unlikely detective duo delve into a double murder, and crime film cliche territory, in the second part of this Danish thriller trilogy
Dheepan review – a crime drama packed with epiphanic grandeur
Jacques Audiard’s confident Palme d’Or-winner has a rare and keen interest in its characters – a trio of Tamil refugees in Paris – and an exhilarating mastery of style