Bird Island

A man who has suffered from persistent fatigue recovers this week on Bird Island while a teenager falls for a troubled woman in film noir All Roads To Pearla. A marriage unravels in The Nest, a girl tries to keep her mother's absence a secret in Rocks - see what writer and director Theresa Ikoko and Sarah Gavron had to say about it - and punk reggae protest movement Rock Against Racism is profiled in White Riot. Two most excellent dudes are called upon to save the universe in Bill And Ted Face The Music, while a mixed race, same sex couple move to the wrong small town in Spiral. A preacher faces family conflict in Luz: The Flower Of Evil - see our interview with director Juan Diego Escobar Alzate - and there are virtual rereleases for werewolf comedy Dog Soldiers and Bong Joon Ho's début, Barking Dogs Never Bite, which sees an academic go to the dogs. All this, plus we're bringing you news and reviews from the Venice Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh.

• All Roads To Pearla
• Bill And Ted Face The Music
• Spiral
• Luz: The Flower Of Evil
• The Nest
• White Riot
• Rocks
• Bird Island
• Dog Soldiers