The Lion Has Seven Heads review – a fierce revolutionary leftist bad dream from 1970
With its white-robed preacher striding through Congo-Brazzaville, this denunciation of imperialism from Brazilian director Glauber Rocha is very much of its time
Stop-Zemlia review – tender Ukraine teen drama is unbearably poignant
Director Kateryna Gornostai’s documentary-like film, originally released in 2021, has assumed a heartbreaking new significance since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Nostalgia review – joy and danger await in a Naples homecoming
A man returns to his birthplace in Mario Martone’s evocative but waywardly plotted drama
Spanish film-maker Carlos Saura, director of ¡Ay Carmela!, dies aged 91
One of Spain’s most prolific auteurs continued to work until the end – his last film, Walls Can Talk, was released last week
Saint Omer review – Alice Diop’s compelling courtroom drama
The French director draws on her own experience in this story of a writer sitting in on the trial of a woman accused of murdering her own baby
Saint Omer review – witchcraft and baby killing in extraordinary real-life courtroom drama
Alice Diop’s unnerving fiction feature is based on the true case of a Senegalese immigrant accused in the French court of murdering her 15-month-old daughter
EO review – an innocent donkey leads the way in surreal Bresson-inspired ride
Life is seen through the eyes of a put-upon beast of burden in this beautifully photographed homage to Au Hasard Balthazar by the veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski
A Human Position review – elegantly restrained Norwegian drama
Nothing much happens, but less is more in Anders Emblem’s quiet tale of a traumatised journalist
Mostly Martha is a feast of a film – and the US remake is a dog’s dinner
More people have probably seen No Reservations, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, but the original German film is charming and better in every way
Nascondino (Hide and Seek) review – remarkable documentary about a Neapolitan street kid
For four years, Victoria Fiore follows bright, personable Entoni, at the mercy of Italy’s new law concerning children from organised crime families
Holy Spider – prurient Iranian serial killer drama
Based on the real-life case of a man who murdered 16 women, Ali Abbasi’s tense film feels at once timely and dehumanising
More Than Ever review – thoughtful drama about how to die well
Vicky Krieps shows her emotional range as a woman taking ownership of terminal illness in Emily Atef’s sensitive film co-starring the late Gaspard Ulliel
Holy Spider review – Iranian crime thriller takes real case and makes it implausible
Twenty years after a serial killer murdered 16 sex workers in Mashad, Ali Abbasi has made a fictionalised account of his capture and trial
More Than Ever review – dying Vicky Krieps acts up a storm in end-of-life drama
Krieps and the late Gaspard Ulliel bring great conviction and intelligence to this unlikely tale of a woman’s last adventure
The Substitute review – vehement inspiring-teacher thriller is all a bit Mr Chips
A poet in Buenos Aires takes up teaching at a tough school and tries to protect his students in Diego Lerman’s cliched, if well-acted, tale