Why Netflix is a lifeline for African film-makers
The streaming giant’s ambitious initiative Made By Africa, Watched By the World is a welcome platform for the continent’s overlooked cinematic talent
The Elfkins review – elves to the rescue in sickly-sweet kids’ animation
Two plucky denizens of an underground world emerge into a German town to help the local baker – with soft-as-icing results
Terminal Sud review – powerful dispatch from a civil war
Ramzy Bedia is captivating as a charismatic doctor in this French-Algerian drama about a country descending into chaos
Monsoon review – sweet times and scented tea in Saigon
In this smart, deeply felt drama, a British Vietnamese man returns to the old country to make sense of his family history
Michael Lonsdale, Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker, dies aged 89
The César-winning actor appeared in films by François Truffaut and Alain Resnais, and played religious figures in Of Gods and Men and The Name of the Rose
Barking Dogs Never Bite review – Bong Joon-ho’s canine satire has teeth
Lazy, corrupt humans are doing the biting in the Parasite director’s re-released 2000 film
The Tunnel review – a tidal wave of fire and cliche
Firefighters battle to save people trapped in an icy Norwegian road tunnel by a petrol tanker explosion
Venice film festival 2020 roundup – against all the odds, a triumph
The hot ticket was a Pedro Almodóvar short – but who will most impress Cate Blanchett’s Golden Lion jury?
Memories of Murder review – thrilling rerelease of Bong Joon-ho’s breakthrough
The Parasite director’s darkly comic 2003 thriller is not only a fine accomplishment in itself – it helped catch South Korea’s most notorious serial killer
La Haine review – effervescent classic radiates with rage and comedy
Mathieu Kassovitz’s celebrated story of inequality in a Paris banlieue is a timely rerelease in the Black Lives Matter era
Cuties controversy sparks #CancelNetflix campaign
French film Mignonnes sparks 200,000 tweets calling for boycott of streaming service over claims the film sexualises its young stars
The Painted Bird review – gruelling descent into the hell of wartime
The story of a young Jewish boy’s odyssey through occupied Poland during the second world war is filled with almost unimaginable horror
And Tomorrow the Entire World review – German antifa drama skewers left and right
Julia von Heinz’s film brings current conflicts to Venice, as a law student in an anti-fascist group finds everyone is compromised
Sun Children review – Iranian street kids strike gold
Majid Majidi’s cast of young toughs digging for treasure under a school deliver a heart-rending story with unexpected depth of emotion
Jiří Menzel: a daring, defiant beacon of European cinema
The Czech director’s films reflected a difficult, grisly era but were infused with an irresistible wit and romance, most memorably in Closely Observed Trains