Anaïs in Love review – Anaïs Demoustier intoxicates in comic French love triangle
Cinema’s latest irresistible chaotic femme, Demoustier is perfectly cast in first-time writer-director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s sparkling romance
Mama’s Affair review – star vehicle for Cantopop idols Mirror is for boyband fans only
Music-biz drama featuring Hong Kong pop stars Keung To and Jer Lau bids for cross-generational appeal but gets lost in cliches
Anaïs in Love review – cerebral eroticism and summery thrills in French adultery farce
Charming ‘bulldozer’ Anaïs sprints after emotional stimulants in breezy tale of graduate student who seduces her publisher’s partner
Special Delivery review – noirish bruiser is Fast and Furious in South Korea
Parasite’s Park So-dam stars as an elite courier ferrying fugitives in an action thriller packed with dangerous driving
‘He was the Steve Jobs of his day’: Romain Duris takes on the towering role of Gustave Eiffel
The tousle-haired star could be regarded as the quintessential Parisian actor – and now he’s taking on the city icon that looms largest
Eiffel review – celebrated tower builder gets cheekily tall backstory
Romain Duris brings authority to this fanciful version of history, which has Gustave Eiffel erecting the monument as a Taj Mahal for his lost love
Between Two Dawns review – powerful workplace drama over safety failings
A workplace incident pitches a young man into a battle of conscience with his family and the law in Selman Nacar’s debut
The Deer King review – a beautiful muddle from Studio Ghibli regular
Animator turned director Masashi Ando creates a strikingly handsome work let down by sketchy storytelling
Hit the Road review – all of Iranian life on four wheels
Panah Panahi juggles joy, heartbreak and surreal humour in a road movie his imprisoned father would be proud of
Hit the Road review – irrepressible defiance in beautifully composed debut feature
Directed by Panah Panahi, the son of jailed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, this tense family drama is drenched in a subtle but urgent political meaning
Robust review – Gérard Depardieu at his larger-than-life best
The French star plays an actor who forms a complex friendship with a young security guard in this refreshingly understated comedy drama
The Big City review – Satyajit Ray’s miraculous look at a new world of possibility
The struggles and triumphs of a 1950s Kolkata family whose highest earner is a woman is told with marvellous lucidity in an optimistic masterpiece
A Chiara review – an Italian girl’s war against mob rule
A teenager demands to know the truth about the media’s portrayal of her father in this authentic, slow-burning drama
Ode to the Spring review – manipulative Chinese Covid-onset drama
These sentimental, pandemic-based stories, all set in Wuhan, might struggle to find an audience
Futura review – fascinating snapshot of Italy’s young adults
In this charming documentary, Italian teenagers from across the country share their hopes and fears as they contemplate the future