Olivier Assayas on Something in the Air: ‘A rock concert, a party, a riot – these are the rites of passage’

Olivier Assayas's new film is set amid the fallout of the May 68 uprising and the rebellious antics of its hero recall the director's own youthful protests. He talks to Ryan Gilbey about adrenaline rushes and breaking rules

Mark Kermode’s DVD round-up

Tom Hooper's Les Misérables is never knowingly understated and all the better for it, writes Mark Kermode

A Hijacking – review

Tobias Lindholm's Danish hostage thriller is a lesson in how things should be done – and not just on-screen, writes Philip French

Our Children – review

Joachim Lafosse's drama is a brilliantly acted study of unintended consequences and terrible cruelty, writes Philip French

Vehicle 19 – review

This South African thriller, while intriguing, may leave you feeling a little carsick, writes Philip French

Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy) – review

Restored and rereleased, this study of an 'anti-honeymoon' is electrifying and moving, writes Peter Bradshaw

Tahar Rahim: ‘Not everybody is this crazy’

French actor Tahar Rahim shrugs off his disturbing new film, speaks a little Gaelic and offers to give sad fans a hug

Dragon – review

Donnie Yen proves that he's not just a martial artist in Peter Ho-Sun Chan's western-influenced actioner, writes Mike McCahill

The Eye of the Storm – review

The acting's great - but there's a smaller, fiercer movie trying to burst out of this drama about a tyrannical woman on her deathbed, writes Peter Bradshaw

I’m So Excited – review

Pedro Almodóvar's air steward farce could be some kind of national allegory – but the great director's real interest lies in returning to the good-natured sex comedy of his youth, writes Peter Bradshaw

In the Fog – review

Sergei Loznitsa's stark parable about Soviet collaboration with the Nazis has echoes of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, writes Philip French

On my radar: Mira Nair

The award-winning film director picks her cultural highlights of the moment, from Michael Haneke's Amour to The Book of Mormon. Interview by Corinne Jones

White Elephant – review

This hard-hitting tale of Catholic priests working in the slums of Argentina thrills from start to finish, writes Philip French

White Elephant – review

It isn't clear where the focus lies in Pablo Trapero's drama about priests trying to save a sprawling Buenos Aires slum, writes Peter Bradshaw

In the Fog review – Sergei Loznitsa’s meditation on the poisonous shame of collaboration

When a Nazi collaborator is led into the Belarusian forest to be executed, why doesn't he protest? Loznitsa's lacerating film explores the agonies of war and puts European history on trial