O’Horten

A pleasant, if undemanding film with some nice visual humour, says Peter Bradshaw

Giulio Andreotti, master spinner

Robert Fox: Il Divo, the film that charts the career of the former Italian prime minister, is a brilliant celebration of the state and non-state in Italy

Before I Forget

A relaxed insight into the demi-monde of the ageing, former-gigolo, gay Frenchman

Tony Manero

This Chilean comedy about a Saturday Night Fever obsessive is like being accosted by a loner on a night bus

Cherry Blossoms

One of Germany's most unpredictable independent directors reworks, or pays homage to, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, says Philip French

Martyrs

This is a sadistic, religiose French horror movie, writes Philip French

Fade away

Chris Marker's La Jetée, a half-hour futuristic film that explores time and memory, seems to conjure an entire century's romance with the moving image. Brian Dillon looks at the French director and his enigmatic masterpiece

We’ll always have Paris

With its cool style and daring techniques, the French new wave revolutionised cinema. But does it still stand up today? By Joe Queenan

France’s most wanted

Since his electric breakthrough appearance in La Haine, French actor Vincent Cassel has established a distinct brand of cool. He talks to Jason Solomons