Bandit Queen (18)

After many years of unavailability in the UK, this powerful, often extremely gruelling film based on the life of Phoolan Devi gets a welcome re-release – with an added poignancy following her assassination in 2001.

The X Files: I Want to Believe (15)

Dir: Chris Carter/104mins With: Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Billy Connolly A stand-alone story in the tradition of some of the show’s most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and takes the complicated relationship between Mulder and Scully in unexpected directions.

Her Name is Sabine (12A)

Sandrine Bonnaire’s intimate and unflinching portrait of her younger sister’s decline is one of the most arresting directorial debuts of recent years.

El Baño del Papa (The Pope’s Toilet) (15)

This heartbreaking, bittersweet comedy about honesty, friendship and family ties follows the luckless Beto, who scrapes a living smuggling goods across the Uruguayan border on his bike.

Persepolis (12A)

Nominated for the Best Animated Feature at this year’s Oscars. Persepolis is the personal tale of Satrapi’s upbringing in Iran from the 70s to the 90s, before she left for a permanent Gallic residence. Shot in a vivid black and white hand-drawn style.

The Edge of Love (15)

Dir: John Maybury/111mins With: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys Written by the acclaimed playwright Sharman MacDonald, and starring her daughter Keira Knightley, ’The Edge of Love’ is the story of legendary poet Dylan Thomas told through the lives of two extraordinary women.

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (PG)

Young Angus discovers a crystalline egg on a local beach.

Some Came Running (PG)

Malcontent army officer Dave Hirsch (Sinatra in one of his best performances) returns to his sickeningly quaint hometown in a bid to be accepted as a serious novelist by his family and the local literati.

The Edge of Love (15)

A simply gorgeous period romance, charged with provocative undercurrents about art, war and sex…

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (PG)

This touching confection skillfully steals the champagne-bubble humour and crisp visual elegance of a classic screwball comedy.