Czech film-maker Jiří Menzel’s oddity about an ambitious waiter is a piquant acquired taste.

Keri Russell bakes a mean sweet and savoury pie in a Southern-style romantic comedy.

India casts a dotty, seductive spell over a shell-shocked American office worker on assignment.

Heading back to the San Fernando Valley, a mellow Paul Thomas Anderson hangs loose with retro fun and games.

A fictional filmic spin on France’s first restaurant makes for a très sweet soufflé.

Thievery and courtroom theatrics rule the roost when a British senior cit stands up for his self-perceived rights.

Steve Buscemi is all too easy to believe as a sleazy-weasel paparazzi.

An artist redefines life by bonding with his groundskeeper. (Think Lady Chatterley minus sex.)

The stark, dreary interiors and frustrated and woebegone individuals certainly spotlight discontent.

When a schoolteacher’s adoptive mother dies, her biological mother — a buzzy butterball TV-show host — suddenly shows up.