Paper Souls review – cloyingly contrived
This Paris-set, Woody Allen-inspired comedy about a writer of funeral orations contains one too many layers of unreality, writes Peter Bradshaw
Anita Ekberg, star of La Dolce Vita, dies aged 83
Swedish actor, who created one of Italian cinema’s most famous moments in Fellini’s 1960 film, dies in Rome after series of illnesses
The 88 movies we’re most excited about in 2015
Think 2014 was a good year for film? Think again. This year is shaping up to be one of the classics. Here’s what’s on our radar
Le Rayon Vert review – beautifully gentle 80s Rohmer
Marie Rivière is wonderful as the shy, sensitive singleton at the centre of Rohmer’s documentary-like but mysterious classic, writes Peter Bradshaw
A Tale of Samurai Cooking review – sweet Japanese costume drama
Yûzô Asahara subverts traditional gender roles with this romantic tale of a reluctant young man set to work in a lord’s kitchen, writes Mark Kermode
Steve McQueen to be honoured at European Film Awards
British director of 12 Years A Slave, Hunger and Shame to be given award for European achievement in world cinema
The Green Prince review – gripping Israeli spy documentary
The truth is put on trial in this arresting story about the son of a Hamas leader who became a spy for Israel, writes Peter Bradshaw
A Tale of Samurai Cooking review – a tasty morsel
Demure period movie about cooking that is more snack fare than haute cuisine, writes Peter Bradshaw
The Great Museum review – behind the scenes at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum
Johannes Holzhausen’s documentary is a pleasing, high-minded peek at the inner workings of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, writes Peter Bradshaw
Manakamana review – real-time Nepalese cable-car journey
This depiction of a cable-car trek to a Nepalese temple is suspended somewhere between soothing and soporific, writes Henry Barnes
The 10 best films of 2014: No 5 – Leviathan
Our countdown heats up with this booze-fuelled Russian epic, which warmed the hearts of critics at Cannes – and had officials at the Kremlin steaming
Mea Culpa review – fast-moving French policier
Good thing Fred Cavayé’s new-school French crime flick keeps the pace high, because there’s not much under the hood, writes Andrew Pulver
School of Babel review – absorbing anatomy of a multi-ethnic classroom
The pupils in this documentary about a Parisian classroom are a bit more studious than the ones in its fictional counterpart The Class, writes Andrew Pulver
Me, Myself and Mum review – stereotypical French sex education
Comedian Guillaume Gallienne plays both himself as a boy and his mother in a coming-of-age tale riddled with gender cliches
Stations of the Cross (Kreuzweg) review – brilliant, by-the-book parable
A girl becomes convinced of her sacrificial destiny in Dietrich Brüggemann’s strangely moving film, writes Peter Bradshaw