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Revolution, televised: where did the pioneering British director get his Brechtian pyrotechnics?

Honor thy father? An unsentimental look at some of cinema's worst patriarchs

Justice for junior: on the privileged and piteous life of the father of Universal horror

In jeopardy: on Laura Poitras's latest polemic and Xavier Dolan's claustrophobic adaptation of It’s Only the End of the World

Revolutionary stories: on Pedro Almodóvar’s Alice Munro adaptation, Kleber Mendonça Filho's latest, and a red carpet protest

State of the art: a letter by Danièle Straub-Huillet recounts the careless and destructive attitudes towards conservation of paintings and historical documents

Who runs the world? On the festival's attempts to address gender disparity in the industry and two standout films by female directors

Parental guidance suggested: on Maren Ade's screwball comedy Toni Erdmann, which achieves true greatness—and then some

A doctor reflects on the views of medical treatment offered in Titicut Follies, Hospital, and Near Death

From reverence to rape: parsing the form and function of a provocative, newly restored cult animation classic