David Parkinson

A must for movie buffs, but too much of the charm resides in the clips and exhibits and those unaffected by the nostalgia will find the romantic triangle a touch too contrived.

A sparse and languid Italian thriller that carries a debt to Melville.

It feels more like a ciné dissertation designed to showcase Zvyagintsev’s appreciation of the medium than an original piece of cinema.

A subtle and sensual character study.

A brave effort from Richardson with another outstanding performance from Foster.

Ironically, it lacks journalistic rigour but it's a fond, nostalgic look at the gilded history of the Grey Lady.

Although there are fine homages to Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Eisenstein and Harold Lloyd here, this is a scattershot offering full of apolitical mockery.

Plenty of mileage is derived from Dujardin's dismissal of everything Arab, Michel Hazanavicius also throws in some supremely silly running gags, while keeping the plot moving at a clip and establishing a rapport between the hapless hero and his insouciantly accomplished assistant, Bérénice Bejo.

Simmering study of a petty hood-cum-wannabe pianist succumbing to his innate violent side - but there might be a touch too much ivory tinkling for some.

Edwards and Andrews insisted on using the picture to drive another nail into her detested Mary Poppins image.

A gripping if occasionally overwrought drama radiated by a standout turn from Seydoux.

A fun and frothy mock-doc with a message buried in its axle.

Insightful as ever but a little dated in the set-up and treatment of the shooting.

A road trip movie filled with simple pleasures. Ashmore does a solid job as a mariachi musician without a single grenade-launcher in his guitar case

Love Jones is fun, at least for the first hour, after which the melodrama takes over and the characters stop being witty and become schmaltzy instead.

A bit theatrical in places, which is not surprising when you consider its provenence but it suffers for it.

Rarely has screen satire been so bleak or so mercilessly funny.

This has a lot of good ingredients but just doesn't quite manage to pull it off. It's looks dated and Shirley Maclaine doesn't quite capture the sympathies of all audiences.

A neo-realist fairy tale that charms without losing sight of its key themes of exploitation and truth to one’s self.

The music, even after a quarter of a century, is the film's redemption.

A sometimes over-simplified but often affecting look at forbidden love.

A smart and incisive look at race, identity and dysfunction in modern French society.

An intriguing look at a lost voice.

A fascinating topic is attenuated by conservative storytelling and sketchy characterisation. Nevertheless, the sense of place is as assured as the vigilant performances, while the defusing sequences are genuinely suspenseful.

Bold and beautiful, this is a mystery worth puzzling over.

A mix of the fascinating and the frustrating: some of the dishes are exciting and interesting, however, 108 minutes of detail causes this documentary to fall short of its potential.

This looks and sounds superb. Isabelle Huppert and Pascal Gregory are splendid. But the over-archingly smug sophistication of the enterprise robs it of some much-needed human interest.

Curious allegorical epic which was supposed to speak to Allied spirits during the second world war but was a trifle obscure in its symbolism even then.