The Banishment
This confused Russian thriller hints at greatness, but never achieves it
Paris
Philip French: A disappointing attempt to make a movie that captures the whole of the city's life through some dozen or more local characters
Let’s play hostages
Emine Saner on a haunting new movie about Afghanistan by a 19-year-old director
DVD preview: You The Living
Swedish director Roy Andersson develops a style that involves short tableaux played out with incredible precision in front of an immobile camera
Memories of Underdevelopment
Peter Bradshaw: A very dry title for an absolutely tremendous film from 1968 by the Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Peter Bradshaw: Dreamily beautiful images and bold ideas intertwine in this notable Japanese animation by Keiichi Sugiyama
DVD review: The Edge of Heaven
German and Turkish cultures clash in The Edge of Heaven
Film trailer: Paris
This is a trailer for Paris. A dancer laid low by heart disease looks out of his window and finds dance in the city and the people who live in it
Death Note: The Last Name
Philip French: The second part of what is shaping up as an unnecessary trilogy where the cast ends up being strangled by a serpentine plot
Mes amis, mes amours
Philip French: A dim 'odd couple' comedy set in a touristic London
Death Note: The Last Name
Peter Bradshaw: Unnecessary sequel to the Japanese psycho-supernatural thriller
Mes Amis, Mes Amours
Peter Bradshaw: Strained and unrelaxed romcom set within London's French community
Female Agents
Peter Bradshaw: An enjoyable if absurd second world war yarn from Jean-Paul Salomé
Couscous
Philip French's film of the week: In a beautifully filmed movie with exactly the right ingredients, an old man realises his dream of opening a restaurant
Couscous (La Graine et le Mulet)
Peter Bradshaw: A restaurant is at the heart of this French-African drama, but it's anything but a foodie-feelgood film