Martyr review – masterful, visceral study of grief
A young man jumps into the sea in Mazen Khaled’s film, which takes an experimental and believable journey into anguish and loss
Fukushima 50 review – simmering tribute to power-plant heroes
There’s a touch of Hollywood in this dramatised account of the 50 workers who stayed at Fukushima Daiichi in an attempt to avert catastrophe
The Humorist review – a comedian crumbles as the USSR collapses
A fictional standup confronts his limits in this intriguing time capsule of 1980s Soviet history
Los Conductos review – a cryptic Colombian parable
Striking visuals ignite a fragmented yet politically astute film, which follows a man who escaped a cult by killing its leader
Minari director Lee Isaac Chung: ‘My friends back in Arkansas are the audience I wanted to connect with’
The film-maker on how his rural Arkansas childhood inspired the Golden Globe-winning Minari, now a strong contender for an Academy Award
Young film-maker finds love and laughter amid the tragedy in Afghanistan’s first romcom
Movie about an affair between a woman and an older man aims to challenge stereotype of Afghan women as weak and repressed
Berlin film festival 2021 roundup: the most impressive selection in years
In a modest yet triumphant virtual edition of the festival, dazzling debuts vied with the superb, low-key latest from Céline Sciamma
Into the Darkness review – a Danish family at war as the Nazis roll in
In Anders Refn’s sweeping second world war saga, a wealthy clan is ripped apart after choosing several different sides in the conflict
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn review – absurdist provocation in Covid-torn Romania
The mock trial of a teacher puts history on the stand in Radu Jude’s peculiar revenge porn story – but what is it telling us?
My Donkey, My Lover & I review – eat, bray, love … and French manners
The delightful Laure Calamy hijacks a family trekking holiday in this warm comedy of infidelity and animal magnetism
Introduction review – tangled web of relationships from Korea to Berlin
Delicate vignette charts young lovers and their families in Hong Sang-soo’s lightweight but charming drama
Drift Away review – fatal error leaves cop all at sea
Xavier Beauvois’s tenderly drawn film sees a French policeman abandon all his certainties after a tragic misjudgment
Jailbreak review – the great, ingenious, Chilean escape
The last days of Pinochet’s regime form the backdrop of this exciting dramatisation of a real prison-break plot
Erēmīta (Anthologies) review – lockdown experiments of varying accomplishment
Alexis Zabé’s mini-doc about a Venice Beach homeless community is the pick of this studiously serious grab-bag of shorts shot in lockdown
‘People want imperfection’: Hiam Abbass on Succession, Ramy and playing complex women
She is all calm as enigmatic Marcia Roy in the media-dynasty saga, but as the Egyptian-American mother in the award-winning comedy, she’s a hoot. The Palestinian actor examines her many-layered roles