Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana team up for Special Correspondents remake

Ben Child: Gervais to write and direct English-language version of Frédéric Auburtin’s comedy Envoyés Très Spéciaux, with Bana as a fake war reporter embedded in his Manhattan apartment

I Clowns review – Philip French on Fellini’s beautifully made 1970 documentary/memoir

Circuses often figured in Fellini’s films, never more so than in this beautifully made 1970 movie, writes Philip French

Margarita, with a Straw: ‘The sexuality of the disabled excited me as a film-maker’

Leslie Felperin: In London years ago, Shonali Bose was inspired to make a movie when her cousin, who has cerebral palsy, told her she wanted sex for her birthday. Now both women are back in town – at the film festival with the finished work

My Name Is Hmmm (Je m’appelle Hmmm) review – fundamentally misjudged

Agnès B speckles her movie with nouvelle vague mannerisms and Godardian flourishes, but it never comes alive, writes Peter Bradshaw

The Colour of Pomegranates: a chance to savour a poetic masterpiece

A digitally restored version of Armenian director Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 ‘cinematic Holy Grail’ is set to dazzle the London film festival 2014 this week

You and the Night review – sex, surreality and Eric Cantona

The footballer-turned-actor stars as the legendarily well-endowed Stud in this startling, savage French comedy, writes Peter Bradshaw

Violette review – fine biopic of Simone de Beauvoir’s protege

Emmanuelle Devos brings enormous charisma to this story of writerly ambition and romantic disappointment, writes Peter Bradshaw

Le Jour se Lève review – still bristling with energy

Jean Gabin is as rugged and worldly as ever in this sparkling reissue of Marcel Carné’s classic, writes Peter Bradshaw

Ida review – painful wartime truths revealed

A young nun unearths her family’s secret history in this bleak yet arresting Polish drama, writes Mark Kermode

Human Capital review – stylish yet shallow Oscar nominee

An accident is explored from several perspectives in this Italian adaptation of Stephen Amidon’s novel, writes Mark Kermode

Ghost in the Shell review – a rare slice of adult animation fantasy

Blending violent thriller, tech porn and sci-fi epic, this headspinning manga cyborg quest has dated better than its live-action rivals, writes Peter Bradshaw

Relationship Status: It’s Complicated review – a barely amusing romcom

Manu Paye plays a monkey-featured commitmentphobe torn between interchangeable women in this bog-standard French comedy, writes Leslie Felperin

Human Capital review – a shrewd portrait of status anxiety and avarice

Stephen Amidon’s novel of greed and family consequences is skilfully transplanted to Milan for this caustic drama, writes Peter Bradshaw

Manuscripts Don’t Burn review – brave and defiant film-making

Mohammad Rasoulof’s thriller eschews Iran’s cinematic guidelines and goes straight for the jugular, writes Mark Kermode

Pasolini first look review – Abel Ferrara’s bewitching walk on the wild side

Xan Brooks: Willem Dafoe is superb as the celebrated Italian director who died in mysterious circumstances in 1975, in a film that could be Ferrara’s best yet