DVD

Jakob M Erwa’s psycho-thriller Homesick (15) ★★★★★ tells a familiar story in a surprising way. Jessica (Esther Maria Pietsch), right, is a prize-winning cellist who’s just moved into a stunning apartment with her boyfriend Lorenz (Matthias Lier). Every day she practises her Bach, and all seems right with the world. Not a bit of it. The spooky lady from upstairs (Tatja Seibt) calls to complain about the noise…

Brakes (15) ★★★★, an improvised portmanteau romcom, is strange indeed, dealing with nine couples whose relationships have ended. The movie is unremittingly bleak: there isn’t one happy soul, nor one couple who don’t bicker all the time. But they’re still more fun

than The Death Of Stalin (15) ★★, a satire with Michael Palin and Jason Isaacs, above, that boasts not a single laugh. We all know life under Uncle Joe was ghastly, but it can’t have been this bad. Christopher Bray