Mr Peabody And Sherman (2014) ***

Time-travelling adventures of a canine genius and his adopted son.

Mommy (2014) ***

Impressive film about a crazy kid and his brave mother fighting a losing battle to save him.

Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) ***

Part "Star Wars" spoof and part Marvel superhero parody.

Tangerines (2014) ***

Deeply humanistic film about war. Story of Estonian settlers caught in the middle of a post-Soviet war in Abkhazia.

Edge Of Tomorrow (2014) ***

"Groundhog Day" meets "Starship Troopers" meets "Saving Private Ryan", from the screenwriter of "The Usual Suspects" and the director of "Go".

Eastern Boys (2014) *

Un Beau dimanche (2014) *

Bird People (2014) **

French film about an American computer specialist and a French hotel maid.

Aimer boire et chanter (2014) *

Alain Resnais's last film.

Qu'Allah bénisse la France (2014) **

Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014) ***

Vincent n'a pas d'ecailles (2014) ***

Respire (2014) ***

Saint Laurent (2014) ***

La Prochaine fois je viserai le coeur (2014) ***

Une Nouvelle amie (2014) ***

Pas son genre (2014) ***

Lulu femme nue (2014) ***

L'Homme qu'on aimait trop (2014) ***

Fidelio l'Odyssee d'Alice (2014) ***

L'Enlevement de Michel Houellebecq (2014) ***

Les Combattants (2014) ***

Clouds Of Sils Maria (2014) ***

La Chambre bleue (2014) ***

La Belle et la bete (2014) ***

Adieu au langage (2014) ***

La Ritournelle (2014) *

A somewhat "original" French film about adultery ("French film about adultery" being an expression like "Hong Kong film about king-fu", "Japanese film about samurai" or "a western about cowboys") - "original" in the sense that this time, it's a wife who commits adultery. Otherwise, it's exactly like half of all French films. Or almost half.

Diplomatie (2014) **

Curiously de-dramatized war movie set in Paris just before the Liberation.

Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu? (2014) **

Popular French farce about a Catholic family whose four daughters get married to a Jew, a Muslim, an Asian and an African.

Samba (2014) **

French film, mixing comedy and tragedy, about an illegal immigrant from Senegal in Paris.

Yves Sant Laurent (2014) **

The weaker of the two films about the famous fashion designer, made in 2014.

Bande de filles (2014) *

Ugly and unpleasant film about a girl gang in France.

Hippocrate (2014) ***

Realistic French drama set in a hospital.

Party Girl (2014) **

French drama about an aging prostitute/bar hostess. Realistic, humanist film.

Wild Tales (2014) ***

Salt Of The Earth (2014) ***

Kamienie na szaniec (2014) ***

Le Meraviglie (2014) **

Jack (2014) ***

Human Capital (2014) ***

Gun Woman (2014) ***

Free Fall (2014) ***

Force Majeure (2014) ***

Diet Of Sex (2014) ***

Bloedlink (2014) ***

The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya (2014) *

Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem (2014) **

A man refuses to grant a divorce to his wife. Israeli drama set in a rabbinical court.

The Midnight After (2014) ***

Excellent post-apocalyptic drama that mixes several genres. The film goes off the rails at the very end, but until then it offers constant surprises.

Scarlet Innocence (2014) ***

The Valley Below (2014) ***

Galapagos: Nature's Wonderland (2014) **

A 40-minute IMAX documentary about the diversity of life on the Galapagos Islands. Written and narrated by David Attenborough.

Pride (2014) ***

The Old Left meets the New Left as gay rights activists from London help striking Welsh miners during the Thatcher era. Uplifting.

Bang Bang Baby (2014) **

Stylish, but bizarre pastiche of "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963).

Fall (2014) *

A priest receives a letter from a man he sexually abused many years earlier.

Charlie's Country (2014) **

Quite different from Rolf de Heer's other films.

Seth's Dominion (2014) **

Canadian documentary about a comic artist. Length: 43 min.

Under The Skin (2014) ***

Queen And Country (2014) ***

Mr Turner (2014) ***

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) ***

Everything Will Be (2014) *

A documentary about Vancouver's Chinatown.