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Eine Mural / Breakfast on the Grass (2011)

Estonia’s unstoppable animators recreate Edouard Manet’s morning masterpiece once more – with extra tipple, finds Ian Francis.

Film of the week: Compliance

A prank call to a fast-food restaurant plumbs sado-masochist depths in this drawn-from-true-life thriller, finds Hannah McGill.

Film of the week: Neighbouring Sounds

Satire cloaks melodrama and fear masks guilt in this rich tapestry of Brazilian nouveau-riche life, writes Tony Rayns.

Film of the week: Post Tenebras Lux

Arthouse virtuoso Carlos Reygadas takes a poetic trip into his own heart of darkness, finds Tony Rayns.

Film of the week: Reality

Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah follow-up is a gentler satire about a celebrity-obsessed fishmonger that has something new to say about reality-TV culture, writes Pasquale Iannone.

Film of the week: Beyond the Hills

Sexual and divine love make ill-starred bedfellows in Cristian Mungiu’s measured and powerful monastery drama, says Nick Roddick.

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