Ida wins Oscar for best foreign language film
Paweł Pawlikowski’s film about a novice nun in the 1960s who discovers she is Jewish becomes first Polish film to win award
Cars, drugs and virginity tests dominate Iranian film festival
Tehran’s Fajr film festival, which marks the anniversary of the Islamic revolution, has ditched weighty themes in favour of populist blockbusters
Fifty Shades of Grey so dominates global box office it could whip Mamma Mia!
Universal’s titillator claims several eastern-European records en route to $237.7m worldwide
Dancing in Jaffa review – documentary waltzes and tangoes for peace
Hilla Medalia captures ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine as he uses fancy footwork to bring together Palestinian and Jewish children
DVDs and downloads: Middle of Nowhere, Enemy, Scoop, Magic in the Moonlight and more
Selma wasn’t the first remarkable film made by Ava DuVernay
Berlin 2015: Diary of a Chambermaid review – up the garden path, but elegantly
Peter Bradshaw: The classic novel of below-stairs power struggles has become a strangely directionless study of bourgeois desperation, despite a fine central performance from Léa Seydoux
Oscars 2015: what will win best foreign language film?
The Academy creeps towards world cinema credibility with a slate of acclaimed nominees, from Pawlikowski’s wistful Ida to short story collection Wild Tales
Trash review – ‘Slumdog Millionaire meets City of God’
Stephen Daldry’s tale of Rio street kids has grit, humour and outstanding performances from its young cast, writes Mark Kermode
Pelo Malo review – coming of age in Caracas
A mother and son face personal crises amid inner-city turmoil in Mariana Rondon’s vibrant drama, writes Mark Kermode
‘Anti-Putin’ Oscar nominee Leviathan gets wide Russian release
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film has been subject to fierce official criticism for its portrayal of modern Russia and cold-shouldered by state TV – but the controversy has stoked local interest
Ida director Pawel Pawlikowski stands ground against complaints of historical inaccuracy
The Polish director, whose film has two Oscar nominations, has said the furore about Ida’s clarity on Holocaust history is ‘absurd’ and ‘too silly to comment on’
Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) review – quietly perceptive Venezuelan drama
Mariana Rondón’s tale of the tense relationship between a mother and son has dark undertones, writes Mike McCahill
I Am Yours review – delicately etched Nordic drama
Amrita Acharia is impressive as a Norwegian-Pakistani caught between different worlds, writes Leslie Felperin
Appreciation: Francesco Rosi 1922-2015
Ed Vulliamy remembers the master film-maker, whose thrillers exposed the murky twists and turns of Italian politics and crime
Paper Souls (Les âmes de papier) review – supernatural comedy with hints of Woody Allen
A writer of funeral orations is visited by a ghost in a fantasy that’s cliched but occasionally poignant, says Mark Kermode