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The trauma of Nazi-occupied France is revisited in writer/director Claude Miller’s polished and suspenseful melodrama. It opens in the mid-’80s with psychologist François (Mathieu Amalric) recalling his sickly, anxious childhood in Paris some three decades earlier. His parents Maxime (Patrick Bruel) and Tania (Cécile de France) are athletic types striving to conceal their Jewish identities. Shock lies in store for the 15-year-old François as he learns the tragic circumstances of how mum and dad became a couple. Artfully structured and fluently edited, A Secret has a visual lushness that counterpoints its exploration of loss and guilt. Fine performances.
The Inside Out 2 panic attack scene is one of the best depictions of anxiety ever – and something Pixar director Kelsey Mann is incredibly proud of: "I couldn't be happier"
When making Kingdom Hearts, the "one thing" RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura "wasn't willing to budge on" was a non-Disney protagonist
The Witcher fans in shambles after a new book reveals just how old Geralt really is
