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In Vitro review – a suspenseful marriage drama set on a futuristic Australian cattle farm

Ashley Zukerman and Talia Zucker are excellent in this sci-fi thriller, with incredible sound design and an interestingly peculiar final act

The End review – Tilda Swinton end-of-the-world singalong drama commands attention

There are very good performances from Michael Shannon and Swinton, who go to ground in a survival bunker with their son, only to come across an uninvited guest

‘Porn is the most conservative business I was ever in’: behind the scenes at Café Flesh

The 1982 film was rejected by its conservative financiers but had an influential afterlife at cinemas such as the Scala in King’s Cross. A restored print is showing in London this month

The Stimming Pool review – film-makers on the autistic spectrum dive ingeniously into the uncanny

This docufiction is funny and pregnant with ideas – as a group of young artists on the spectrum examine how their creativity and sense of self is shaped by autism

Director Marco Berger: ‘My films make some masculine viewers question if they could be gay’

The Argentinian film-maker, whose movies blur the lines between gay and straight, discusses what inspired him to make his latest work – queer romcom The Astronaut Lovers

Misericordia review – waking dream of a movie is one of the strangest films of the year

A man moves in with his employer’s widow in this playful but dreamlike and inscrutable drama from Alain Guiraudie, the director of Stranger By the Lake

Internationally acclaimed film Santosh blocked in India over portrayal of police brutality

Award-winning film set in fictional town has already made its debut at Cannes but censors have refused to approve it for domestic release

Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention

No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal released a day after he was attacked by settlers and detained by Israeli forces

Judge accuses RAF pair of ‘wanton vandalism’ for destroying Paddington Bear statue

Destruction of statue by RAF engineers described as ‘the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for’

Amazon confirms producers to steer next James Bond film: ‘greatest sense of responsibility’

Spider-Man’s Amy Pascal and Harry Potter’s David Heyman will helm the tech company’s first official 007 adventure

Gérard Depardieu tells court he grabbed sexual assault accuser by hips to avoid slipping

Actor denies assault and says he was following advice of his then lawyer when he previously told police there had been no physical contact

Terra in Vista review – roaming with a found family of seasonal farm labourers

Contemplative doc with striking cinematography follows a tightknit community who move seasonally from farm to farm across Europe

Romcom ageism: is George Clooney right to hang up his heartthrob hat at 63?

The film star has announced his retirement from romantic roles, and it could be a clever move – just look at Hugh Grant and Matthew McConaughey

Loved Severance? Try Triangle, the underrated puzzle box thriller that might break your brain

This scrappy genre-busting film starring Melissa George and Liam Hemsworth is a thrilling watch because it is unclassifiable: small-scale and epic, brainy and silly

Sew Torn review – seamstress thriller turns into Run Lola Run-style alternative-reality caper

A sewing supply shopowner who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong is faced with three choices – commit the perfect crime, call the police, or run away

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