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The Fifth Seal review – a spiky political cabaret of cruelty and fear

Zoltán Fábri’s 1976 film follows military veteran Karoly in wartime Hungary as he asks fellow drinkers in a bar what they would choose: be the slave master or the slave

Orlando, My Political Biography review – inventive spin on Virginia Woolf’s novel

Trans director Paul B Preciado uses Woolf’s classic text as a literary exploration and an intimate personal journey to powerful effect

The Imaginary review – charming anime about made-up best friends from former Ghibli protege

Spirited Away animator Yoshiyuki Momose takes the reins in this dreamy and dark family fable, adapted from AF Harrold’s novel of the same name

A Greyhound of a Girl review – Roddy Doyle story is beautiful take on childhood grief

Heart-lifting adaptation of Doyle’s children’s novel follows cheeky 12-year-old Mia as she faces the loss of her beloved granny

Post your questions for David Duchovny

Is the truth really out there when it comes to the actor, writer, podcaster and musician? There’s only one way to find out – ask him here

Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88

The prolific actor appeared in more than 190 films and TV shows and was a vocal anti-war activist

Anouk Aimée was an entrancing 60s movie icon with an air of glamorous unknowability

The star of La Dolce Vita and A Man and a Woman, who has died aged 92, had a unique screen presence that was at once alluring and forbidding

Sleeping Dogs review – not quite total recall for Russell Crowe in over-the-top pulp-noir

Crowe plays an ex-cop receiving treatment for dementia who revisits one of his old cases, only to unearth some uncomfortable but entertaining memories

Freud’s Last Session review – what-if meeting of minds with Anthony Hopkins as the master analyst

Hopkins’ Sigmund Freud locks horns with Matthew Goode’s CS Lewis in an imaginary encounter that is watchable but not terribly profound

Treasure review – Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry uneasy in well-intentioned Holocaust drama

Wonky-toned story follows Dunham as a journalist visiting Poland, and Fry as her cuddly European dad, both trying to get to grips with family history

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 review – mutant-bear slasher is back in the woods

This tiresomely meta sequel is as bad as the original, and there are better examples of this kind of nasty ‘humour’ on YouTube

Romeo n Juliet 4EVA review – Jamaican teens breathe fresh life into Shakespeare romance

What started life as a reality show following kids in schools putting on Shakespeare has become a rather lovely adaptation with performances that give the pros a run for their money

You Burn Me review – Sappho and suffering in a macabre meditation on desire and death

This hour-long reverie from Argentinian film-maker Matías Piñeiro offers chilling insight into the agonies of unrequited love

The Crow review – Brandon Lee’s heavy metal horror is a potent goth fantasy

After Lee’s accidental on-set killing, speculation of a curse elevated this grungy revenge fantasy to cult status. Its violent, cartoonish energy still holds power

The Small Back Room review – boundary-breaking wartime drama from Powell and Pressburger

Reuniting the stars of Black Narcissus, this movie about a back-room boffin attached to a bomb disposal unit finds the film-makers pushing gloriously against genre conventions

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