This recent Spanish Film Festival standout is a powerful reminder that the scars of Spain’s 20th century history are everywhere.

This unflinching documentary by director Irene Taylor captures the Quebecois singer’s struggle with a career-ending condition.

A winning central performance and the music of Ravel grace this appealing biopic about a conductor trying to beat the odds stacked against her.

Based on real-life events, this meticulously crafted, deeply unsettling mystery thriller features stellar performances.

Does God exist? The debate between Freud and C.S. Lewis plays like a good-humoured duel.

A work of theatre about the theatre – its travails, agonies, ghosts and pleasures – that works exceptionally well on screen.

Simon Stone’s production for Opera di Roma has its hits and misses, but the optics are terrific.

The German auteur turns his lens on Tokyo for what is, in part, a celebration of the city’s excellent public toilets.

Jonathan Glazer’s coolly observed, unsettling film takes place on the periphery of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Legendary Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s 20th film is a gem, musing on the troubles of life and portents of the future.

The case remains more open than shut in Justine Triet’s engrossing courtroom drama.

Bradley Cooper takes his skills as an actor/director to another level in this inventive Leonard Bernstein biography.