Dir: Nietzchka Keene | Cast: Bjork, Bryndis Petra Bragadottir, Valdimar Orn Flygenring, Guorun Gisladottir | Fantasy Drama, 78' Iceland is a magical setting for this enchanting medieval black and white adaptation...

Dir: Jean Renoir | Cast: Nora Gregor, Gaston Modot, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain | France, Drama 110’ Some of the recent choices in critics polls...

Dir: Huang Xi | Taiwan Drama 122' The fate of an embryo is at the heart of this complex female-centric second feature from Huang Xi (Missing Johnny) a confident new voice...

Dir: Nicolas Ray | Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, James Mason | US Drama 97’ One of several bold choices made by James Mason that undeservingly died at the box office, resulting...

Dir: Joseph Losey | Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox | Drama 89’ Even today Victor Hanbury is still regularly described just as a mere pseudonym for the blacklisted American...

Dir: Jasmin Gordon | Drama, Switzerland, 80' A Swiss mother of three finds herself on mean streets in this filmic but rather flat family drama premiering at this year's Toronto Film...

Dir: Ali Abassi | Script: Gabriel Sherman | Cast: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan, Catherine McNally, Charlie Carrick, Ben Sullivan, Mark Rendall, Joe Pingue, Jim Monaco, Bruce...

Dir: Amos Gitai | Israel, Drama 87’ Trying not to tread on anyone’s toes Amos Gitai’s latest is timely, in the context of Hamas’ attack on Israel, but offers no answer. Why...

Dir/Wri: Lynne Ramsay | UK Drama | Cast: Samantha Morton This adaptation of Alan Warner's novel suffers from various central improbabilities and a queasily amoral tone starting with the eponymous heroine...