Tramontane review – musical road trip untangles trauma of Lebanese civil war
Vatche Boulghourjian was selected for Cannes’ Critics’ Week for this meandering mystery about a blind musician who discovers that his childhood was a lie
In Between review – flatmates crash the cultural boundaries
Three women from Muslim and Christian backgrounds bond over hummus and history in a delightful drama set in Tel Aviv
On Body and Soul review – bizarre and brutal tale of lovers in the slaughterhouse
In this strange, unsettling romance, a Hungarian abattoir provides the backdrop for an affair between two workers that exists only when they sleep
Our Last Tango review – passion and pain in tango doc well timed for Strictly season
This engaging film focuses on a couple who once dazzled audiences with their intimate dance routines but whose off-stage love turned to heartbreak
In the Last Days of the City review – adrift in Cairo as the Arab spring looms
A film-maker returns to the place of his boyhood on a quest for love and creative fulfilment in this melancholy cine-journal
The Villainess review – rampage through the criminal underworld in sensible heels
A street-tough young woman graduates from a finishing school for contract killers in this bloodily inventive South Korean thriller
The Villainess review – overstuffed, overdone and riotous good fun
This Korean revenge thriller reels from genre to genre with abandon but boasts some exceptional moments
My Pure Land review – a good idea gone slightly awry
This female-centric Pakistani western boasts beautiful imagery but ultimately fails to hold together
Nocturama; Strong Island; Alien: Covenant and more – review
Bertrand Bonello’s mesmerising thriller Nocturama gets its UK premiere on Netflix, while Michael Fassbender is the saving grace in Alien: Covenant
My Pure Land review – teenage girls wield guns against bandits in masala western
A gun-trained female trio resist robbers bent on stealing their home in this Pakistan drama that pays homage to Hollywood and south-Asian film-making
7 Days review – wedding planners entangled in a knotty affair
There’s a satisfying, life-affirming undertow in this story of a midlife romance set on an idyllic Mediterranean island
Center of My World review – sensitive gay coming-of-age story strikes a chord
This German adaptation of Andreas Steinhöfel’s YA novel wobbles between genuinely cute and aggravatingly twee, but it has a moving emotional candour
Kills on Wheels review – hitman in a wheelchair fires up plucky comedy drama
Attila Till’s movie isn’t exactly a radical representation of disability, but has its heart in the right place
The Graduation review – French film-school doc shows long, hard route to the top
This Frederick Wiseman-style vérité documentary sits in on the judging process as the prestigious La Fémis winnows down its applicants
C’est la Vie! review – underpowered party planner comedy that offers little to chew on
The new comedy from the makers of French hit Untouchable has fine cast, led by Jean-Pierre Bacri, but it just isn’t funny or exciting enough