Smile at Last review – photo-love-story style parable of a teen abandoned at a tough Soviet youth facility
With handheld camerawork, this unsentimental rite of passage film follows Mari, who tries to escape from a residential home in Estonia
Battle of Chile director Patricio Guzmán dies aged 85
Passionate documentary maker won international acclaim for unsparing but poetic films exploring the impact of the Pinochet regime in Chile
In-I in Motion review – Juliette Binoche pulls back the curtain on dance duet with Akram Khan
The actor makes her directing debut with a raw, fascinating film about her 2008 collaboration with the British dancer
Your mission, Tom Cruise, is to improve at interviews. And please keep sending the cakes
He risks his life for entertainment, but getting an anecdote out of him is a trickier matter. Happily, Cruise is no stranger to knuckling down and pulling off the impossible
Whisper of the Heart review – Studio Ghibli deep cut is pep talk on how to live the artistic life
Hayao Miyazaki-scripted 90s teen romance sees an aspiring writer drawn to a potential soulmate thanks to library books and a curmudgeonly cat
The Cycle of Love review – a 6,000-mile bike ride caps a real life Swedish-Indian romance
One Oscar-winning director, one horoscope-prompted meet-cute and a continent-crossing cyclist – is this the start of documentaries that make you happy-cry?
A Talent for Murder review – Helen Mirren is a viperous Patricia Highsmith in hit-and-miss thriller
A fictionalised version of the cantankerous crime author plots a murder with an ambitious editor in a story in need of a sharper edge
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo review – Takashi Miike follows Ferrara and Herzog with a disappointment
There’s a surprisingly tame quality to the gorehound’s contribution to the rough and ready franchise and a general aimlessness that frustrates
‘This should be condemned by any thinking human’: film industry rallies behind NAZA directors
Backing comes after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor were threatened with having their citizenship revoked and accused of treason
James McNeill Whistler review – painter’s work shines through attention-grabbing life story
The latest Exhibition on Screen documentary does a good job balancing the famous scandals with the subtle brilliance of his art
The Debut review – Julianne Moore is a thrill in Jesse Eisenberg’s oddball comedy
Riotous lead performance holds together third movie from actor turned film-maker, about a housewife who joins a local musical
Venice best actress winner says she signed on at Danish job centre days before her victory
Mathilde Arcel, who won the Volpi Cup on Saturday for her role in Golden Lion winner Woman Unknown, said job offers have now begun to arrive
Legend of Destruction review – starry voices grace animated telling of the Jewish revolt against the Romans
Eight years in the making, the innovative film uses painted still images – it’s like being read a graphic novel by a cast including Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly and Elliott Gould
Are you outraged by Sydney Sweeney – again? More fool you
Today it’s a silly sports betting ad, but I can’t see anything she’s done that’s worth this ire. She’s in her 20s: she does dumb things. Enjoy! says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Night of the Coyotes review – border-crossing role-play is tourist attraction in struggling Mexican town
Clara Trischler’s absorbing feature sees residents of the small town of El Alberto hired to play characters in a re-enactment of the migrant experience