The Disappearance of Alice Creed; Revanche
Two outstanding thrillers recall Hitchcock and Hollywood films noirs, writes Philip French
The Milk of Sorrow
This Peruvian lament examining how distress passes down the generations is subtle and wonderfully moving, says Catherine Shoard
Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnès Varda's French New Wave classic, about two hours in a young singer's evening, looks like a brilliant, pioneering film, says Peter Bradshaw
Dogtooth
Three children are taught to fear the world by their deceitful father in a chiling movie that evokes the Josef Fritzl case, writes Philip French
Dogtooth review – scalp-pricklingly strange fable of dysfunction and self-harm
A scarily ingrown family are at the heart of this brilliant Greek black comedy, with a hint of Michael Haneke
Werner Schroeter obituary
Flamboyant cult German director, belatedly appreciated
The Market
Ben Hopkins's second film set in Turkey is a satisfying fable, says Philip French
City of Life and Death
Lu Chuan's re-creation of the siege of Nanjing in 1938 is relentlessly horrific, says Philip French
Give Me Your Hand
Debut director's much-praised French film about twins. By Peter Bradshaw
I Am Love
Ice queen Tilda Swinton is swept away by passion as she breaks free from the Milanese upper classes in a film that covers territory once explored by Antonioni, writes Philip French
I Am Love review – Tilda Swinton is perfectly cast in elegant drama of upheaval
Swinton plays a Russian in Milan in a film from director Luca Guadagnino, about the ennui of Italy’s patrician classes
Samson & Delilah
Warwick Thornton draws startling performances from the central characters in his tale of an outcast Aboriginal couple in the Outback, writes Philip French
Kakera – A Piece of Our Life
A lesbian love story from Japan. By Xan Brooks