ALAN McGUIRE welcomes a biography of the French semiologist and philosopher

The Commandant’s Shadow (12A)
Directed by Daniela Volker

MARIA DUARTE is entertained by a wry portrait of befuddled resistance to US authoritarianism

MARIA DUARTE recommends the powerful study of an underfunded reform school and the staff who struggle to do good

MARIA DUARTE cherishes the flashes of absurd humour and theme of community healing in a documentary set in a Soviet-era Black Sea sanatorium

MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable documentary, culled from 20 years of smartphone footage, that documents the trials of being a single parent