Put a brilliant British actor in the hands of a brilliant French director and lights go on.

A family death can mean a leap back into a quiet but revealing past.

Justin Kurzel produces a nuanced portrait of psychological and physical sadism.

Danny Boyle's biopic of trapped hiker Aaron Ralston is great, minus soundtrack.

Here's a techo-thriller that can't decide exactly what it's trying to say.

Sam Fuller's war masterwork brings out the best in gritty Lee Marvin.

Hitler had Brown Shirts and Mussolini Black Shirts, but what about UN Blue?

If you've lived 14,000 years and decide to confess, everyone's listening.

Nanni Moretti's sensitive papal portrayal intelligently probes the concept of burden

An account of the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing takes too much for granted.

John Cusack struggles to live up to Edgar Allen Poe in this sputtering thriller.

Mike Leigh's account of a London family's four seasons is deeply and quietly moving.