The Kite Runner
Philip French:A deeply moving drama set in Afghanistan is a welcome antidote to some truly witless comedies
Ne Touchez Pas la Hache (Don’t Touch the Axe)
Peter Bradshaw: The latest film from remarkable 79-year-old French new-wave master Jacques Rivette is an adaptation of a Balzac novella
The Kite Runner
Peter Bradshaw: A workmanlike, if decaffeinated version of Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel: the story of two boyhood friends, brothers in spirit, who grow up in 70s Kabul
A Comedy of Power
Philip French: Claude Chabrol's smooth, perceptive thriller is tinged with suave Gallic cynicism and resigned anger
The Saragossa Manuscript
Xan Brooks:If Alejandro Jodorowsky had got his hands on The Seventh Seal it might have looked like this
A Comedy of Power
Peter Bradshaw: The new feature from 77-year-old director Claude Chabrol
Silent Light
Philip French: This is a long, slow, delicate portrait of a farming family from the Mennonite community
The Sacrifice
Philip French: A re-released masterwork
The Sacrifice review – Tarkovsky’s tragic final film, darkened and clotted with time
Tarkovsky’s last film, from 1986, rereleased for the 75th anniversary of his birth, is brilliant and audacious
Silent Light
Peter Bradshaw: Beautiful and gripping, Carlos Reygadas's story of a love triangle leaves an indelible image on the mind
La Vie en Rose
Rental and retail: Marion Cotillard gets right under the skin of the French singer in a remarkable performance
Not Here to Be Loved
Retail: A slight but effective piece by the little-known Stéphane Brizé, this is a French film that seems all too British
4:30
Peter Bradshaw: An intriguing Singaporean film about the twilight hours
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
Philip French: Clearly there's a talent here that's worthy of anyone's attention
The Jane Austen Book Club
Philip French: A self-congratulatory elitist work that echoes, refers to and is inspired by Austen