Samson and Delilah
Sensitive film about a tragic love affair in Australia's Aboriginal community. By Peter Bradshaw
Lourdes
Philip French enjoys this gem, made by a former assistant to Michael Haneke, and centring on a group of visitors to France's famous site of pilgrimage
No One Knows About Persian Cats
This drama about Tehran's underground world of prohibited rock music is raw, scary and despairing, writes Philip French
The Lion’s Den
Martina Gusman is convincingly bewildered as a woman convicted of killing her lover in this Argentinian drama, writes Philip French
No One Knows About Persian Cats
The unseen world of the Iranian rock underground gets an outing in Bahman Ghobadi’s latest film, says Peter Bradshaw
Banned in Iran: Take It Easy Hospital
The Iranian indie band talk about life as outlaws in their homeland, as documented in their new film No One Knows About Persian Cats
The Ape
A Swedish driving instructor has a very bad day, writes Philip French
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson's blockbuster crime thriller is brought successfully to the screen, writes Philip French
Sergei Paradjanov: film-maker of outrageous imagination
Sergei Paradjanov made some of the most beautiful films ever seen, writes Elif Batuman. His reward was to be sent to the gulag for 'surrealist tendencies'
Father of My Children
The life of a legendary figure in the French movie industry has inspired a convincing picture about the addictive and heartbreaking business of film-making, writes Philip French
Xiaolu Guo: ‘I don’t think English society cares about the Chinese at all’
Film-maker and author Xiaolu Guo's Locarno-winning feature, She, A Chinese, was shot and funded in London. But, the young director tells Geoffrey Macnab, the young director remains sceptical about whether there's really room in the market for east Asian or subtitled films
She, a Chinese
This picaresque tale of a girl's journey from a remote Chinese village to a strange new life in Britain has some perceptive moments, writes Philip French
She, a Chinese
Xiaolu Guo's adaptation of her own novel is an insightful treatment of China's place in the global village, writes Peter Bradshaw