Our contributors picked their favourite films from Spain and Latin America in the third instalment of the International Cinema series

Manchester International Film Festival comes back in 2021 with a new selection of world and UK premieres.

To celebrate this year’s LGBT History Month our writers picked the essential LGBT biographical films

Sia’s directorial debut is an offensive and cartoonish portrayal of autism

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In the second edition of our International Cinema feature we take a look at our favourite Asian films

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In the first edition of our international cinema feature we take a look at our favourite French and Italian films

Wondering what films are coming out in the next few months? Check out our overview of the most interesting ones and pick something for yourself

The Painted Bird is a visually stunning but emotionally empty tale of brutality in a lawless time, writes Michal Wasilewski

Manchester’s film scene has a lot to offer this academic year, with a range of events and festivals scheduled to take place

There Is No Evil consists of four novels highlighting the reality of Iran’s capital punishment, writes Michal Wasilewski

This Is Not Berlin is a sensual portrait of Mexico’s underground scene amid the social and political turmoil of the 1980s, writes Michal Wasilewski

Loop is an unoriginal take on time travel films and is better suited to the teenage audience of streaming services than film festivals, writes Michal Wasilewski

And Then We Danced is a deeply emotional, subtle romance which avoids preachiness and pretentiousness by conveying its message through music and dance, writes Michal Wasilewski

Although Charlie Buhler’s pandemic-based Before the Fire may seem perfectly timed, it fails to recreate even a bad apocalypse film, writes Michal Wasilewski.

Calm with Horses blends a gripping underworld story with a personal drama to create universal moral dilemmas, writes Michal Wasilewski.

Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winner is a brilliant satire on social inequality, and a mesmerising cinematic experience, writes Michal Wasilewski

With the 2020 Academy Awards almost upon us, Michal Wasilewski takes a look the contenders and makes his predictions for this year’s winners

The 2019 Toronto Film Festival winner is an unintelligent, unambitious satire on Nazi Germany, failing on a dramatic and emotional level, writes Michal Wasilewski