The Absent One review – diverting potboiler for Scandi noir completists

An unlikely detective duo delve into a double murder, and crime film cliche territory, in the second part of this Danish thriller trilogy

Dheepan review – a crime drama packed with epiphanic grandeur

Jacques Audiard’s confident Palme d’Or-winner has a rare and keen interest in its characters – a trio of Tamil refugees in Paris – and an exhilarating mastery of style

Papusza review – ponderous tale of a Polish poet

This biopic of Romany poet Bronislawa Wajs features a little too much landscape and not enough life

From to La Haine to Dheepan, French cinema isn’t afraid to discuss immigration – but does it get it right?

Jacques Audiard’s new feature is not the first Gallic film to look at the plight of migrants. But does the country’s cinema do enough to expose the cracks in French society?

Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart to star in The Intouchables remake

The Breaking Bad and Ride Along actors are to co-star in the Hollywood version of French hit comedy The Intouchables

The Club review – dark drama skewers sinning priests

Chilean director Pablo Larraín exposes guilt and denial in this powerful story about a secret ‘retirement home’ for Catholic clergymen

How Sebastian Schipper created a one take thriller that surpassed Hitchcock

Since launching at last year’s Berlin film festival, the audacious one-take heist movie, Victoria, has everyone talking. How did its makers pull off something that a movie legend could not?

Being European: what does it mean?

It’s the question that lies at the heart of the EU referendum. Seven Brits tell us what makes them feel part of a larger continent

The Pearl Button review – a metaphysical look at Chile’s traumatic history

Patricio Guzmán’s study of the political killings of the 1970s, as well as the country’s history of violence, enhances his reputation as one of the great documentarians

Goodnight Mommy review – twin horror doubles down on nightmarish shocks

An idyllic summer at a lakeside house turns nasty horror for two brothers in this gruesome debut from Austrian film-maker Veronika Franz

Grimsby sickens but fails to gross as Deadpool continues heroics at the UK box office

Sacha Baron Cohen’s lampooning of easy targets leaves top spot to another lewd lead, while Star Wars’ forceful run in the top 10 finally ends

Do we Brits no longer have an appetite for foreign-language films?

The web may have opened up the world of film for young cinephiles, but it’s cinemas that can make a real difference by championing foreign films

Rams review – hilarious and heartbreaking

Feuding brothers, chilly vistas and sickly sheep provide the perfect premise for this darkly comedic Icelandic saga

A Bigger Splash director: ‘Italian cinema is mostly a bureau for tourism’

Luca Guadagnino’s latest film sees the writer-director reunited with Tilda Swinton, this time playing a recuperating rocker. And while he has fond words for the Rolling Stones, who supply some of the tunes, he’s less forgiving about actors, scriptwriters and the Italian film industry

The Last Diamond review – crime caper missing a few crucial cogs

The heist here is entertaining enough, but sluggish pacing and the lack of sparkle between the lead actors takes the shine off things