Mini-Review: Essentially decent people find themselves in impossible positions in the pressure cooker of modern Tehran. Riveting throughout, this complex drama beautifully illustrates that everyone - whether modern or traditional, middle- or working-class, man or woman - has reason to feel that they are doing the right thing, while losing the way in the moral maze. And the weight of their actions falls on the shoulders of the children. A powerful film that will stay with me for a long time.

Mini-Review: Despite some memorable moments - Winslet dancing to Alanis Morissette is one - this film failed for me as it didn't know what it was trying to be. Is it a serious treatment of the subject? In parts it seems to be, Winslet and Keitel are good. But then it descends into farcical comedy. If it's trying to point out the hypocrisy of those supposedly "saving" her, there's no need to bludgeon us with it

Mini-Review: Despite the dry subject matter, there are many pleasures to be had here: the wry wit, Fassbender and Mortensen at the top of their game, the sumptuous art design and cinematography. But the ending was a bit of a damp squib.

Mini-Review: Terrific blend of mystery, black comedy and social commentary which lifts this above the usual procedural. Surprising and thought provoking.

Mini-Review: The usual Herzog concoction of beauty, poetry, eccentrics and... alligators. Again.