Two Prosecutors review – a petrifying portrait of Stalinist insurrection
Drawn from a suppressed story by gulag survivor Georgy Demidov, Sergei Loznitsa’s haunting film unravels a terrifying parable of bureaucratic evil
‘I had a chance to pass my mum’s story on’: Kazuo Ishiguro on growing up in shadow of the Nagasaki bomb
The film version of A Pale View of Hills, the Nobel-winner’s tale of loss, exile and a pregnant radioactive bride, is about to premiere at Cannes. The writer explains why this story is so personal to him
The Ugly Stepsister review – body-horror take on Cinderella is ingenious reworking of fairy tale
Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt upends audience expectations in a feature debut that’s hyper-aware of the origin story’s sexual and patriarchal imagery
The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan seabird comedy drama tries to sell feelgood mood
Coogan does his best, but there’s a tonal mismatch here: the animal-teaches-lonely-human narrative jars with a depiction of lives in totalitarian Argentina
Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94
Prolific Canadian director also made one of the country’s first internationally successful films, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Richard Dreyfuss
Babe review – tale of the talking sheep-pig a charming relic of its time
A startling novelty 30 years ago, the film’s now antique effects and strange anti-Orwell farmyard tale feel dated, but is still a quaintly comfortable place to visit
The Return review – Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes bring fierce class to elemental Odyssey adaptation
Uberto Pasolini’s raw and urgent drama, from a draft by Edward Bond, sees a traumatised Odysseus face the shameful aftermath of war
The Amateur review – Rami Malek takes action-hero baby steps as CIA analyst out for revenge
Malek gives an eccentric performance as a nerdy agent who wants his superior Laurence Fishburne to retrain him as an assassin
The King of Kings review – Charles Dickens retelling of the Jesus story does a serviceable job
The famous author tells his son and their cat the story of Jesus in this mixed-bag family animation, voiced by an impressive cast
Meryl Streep in talks to play Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia movie
Oscar-winner set to take on role as godlike lion usually perceived to be male in upcoming adaption of The Magician’s Nephew
Elijah Wood says fees for Lord of the Rings actors were ‘not massive’
Star says cast took a ‘gamble’ appearing in Peter Jackson’s hit trilogy and did not earn enough to ‘rest easy’ for life
The Most Precious of Cargoes review – postmodern Holocaust fairytale is dreamy curiosity
Michel Hazanavicius’s sentimental tale about a baby found in the woods features sweet little cartoon birds and rabbits as well as the real horror of Nazi death camps
Is Hollywood really going to ditch the anti-fascist satire in its Starship Troopers remake?
Reports suggest tongues are being removed from cheeks for a new version of Robert A Heinlein’s militaristic space opera. Is this due to Trump 2.0?
Snow White review – Disney’s exhaustingly awful reboot axes the prince and makes the dwarves mo-cap
With tiresome pseudo-progressive additions that tie the whole thing in knots, this is a waste of estimable entertainers like Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot
Daniel Craig in line for role in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film for Netflix
Gerwig is expected to begin filming The Magician’s Nephew, the origin story of CS Lewis’s classic fantasy novels, with the actor reported to have a major role