An affectionate, touching piece.

~ Darren Amner -

Parts of this film are so well handled that it's difficult to find any flaw in them at all.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's the film's sheer lack of charm that proves terminal.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are no shortcuts in this film, no conventions and nothing careless.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Zomblogalypse falls short of its potential, but its amiable brand of comedy still scores pretty well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Arthur de Pins, adapting his graphic novel, alongside co-director Alexis Ducord gets caught between the adult ideas of protest and class war, and the more kid-friendly adventures.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the editing sometimes jars, Fulci juggles smooth, elegant camera moves with nimble handheld work to get the balance of dramatic build-up and visceral action just right.

~ David Graham -

Everything about Zombieland works, from the expositional flashbacks, to Columbus’ voice-over narration, to the well-judged but sudden changes in tone.

~ Daniel Hooper -

Bravo too often steps back from more serious interrogation in favour of more surface thrills as the girls wave their derrieres in the air like they don't care.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you're a fan of tense crime thrillers full of scares and mystery, then it may not be for you - but it's certainly about you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At just 83 minutes, this is a tight little snapshot that manages to draw in themes from the bigger picture of sociopolitics in Niger without losing its focus.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Indisputably one of the greatest concert films ever made, DA Pennebaker's striking work captures those last moments onstage in all their glory.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Western documentary regulars may feel as though they are in familiar territory at the start of the film, which begins by focusing on Syria - but soon the violence considered will come a lot closer to home.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Well shot and well paced, Zero has a lot to offer in spite of its twee moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Not only visually intelligent but ravishingly beautiful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film with more than just a clever gimmick.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite overkill in the ideas department, which many will find too pretentious for comfort or coherence, visually, Zed is a masterpiece.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Takeshi Kitano's film is so beautifully made that the violence appears aesthetically pleasing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The barest hooks of a narrative are here but stitched together with a lot of energy and stylish flourishes from cinematographer Benjamin Rufi.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a very particular film - one where particles of detail crystallise into observation, meaning and import accreting like nacre around grit, producing a pearl, a natural jewel.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Pourfaraj is superb in the lead, his Massoud stiff-backed, primly moustached, yet achingly human.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kalifa smartly draws Zagros so that he is not merely painted as a monster.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Viewers will, of course, start with the assumption that Z is somehow real, yer Christensen still manages to create uncertainty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not that Zu Warriors lacks substance, rather its message - 'The new generation must step up to take the place of the old' - and similar obvious, if true, homilies tend to be obscured by the flying swordsmen, pyrotechnics and other FX work.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Although the narrative beats don’t sear with originality, it is clever and has enough nuance and ambiguity to keep folks guessing right up until the finale, with a cast of characters throughout that are a genuine treat.

~ Luke Shaw -

With competent actors and a strong, if not particularly original, central idea, Zoom has the chance to do great things, but it all falls rather flat as the need to interweave the three story strands interferes with their natural pacing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This modern fairytale has its dark side, but it’s not as grim as something the Brothers Grimm would have concocted.

~ Luke Shaw -

The humour exaggerates the worst excesses of Saturday Night Live.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Zoo ought to present insurmountable problems to any artist working in a visual medium – but Devor turns every obstacle into a virtue.

~ Anton Bitel -

At once a noirish thriller, a social drama, a morality tale, a coming-of-age story and a compelling allegory of 'fortress' USA.

~ Anton Bitel -

The important thing is, thanks to a smart and involving script, we care about whether they make it until morning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Being low budget and British is no excuse for dire unoriginality.

~ Anton Bitel -

Ineptly scripted, amateurishly edited, poorly acted, ugly looking and determinedly adolescent in its focus.

~ Anton Bitel -

Not quite enough braaaaaains to go round.

~ Scott Macdonald -

These are not so much the high-kicking tough guy lowlifes of Gareth Evans' hit as the offspring of some ITV reality show supplied with guns and lingerie and crack.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is horror well and truly updated for the YouTube/reality TV generation.

~ Anton Bitel -

While it has its share of comic observations and poetic flourishes, it is a relentlessly downbeat tale of alienation, dipsomania and nihilistic ruin.

~ Anton Bitel -

Zombie 108 is little more than amateurishly presented, disposable fodder for adolescents still in thrall to excessive gore and exposed breasts.

~ Neil Mitchell -

The humour varies between dumb and silly and more often than not misses the mark.

~ Daniel Hooper -

Simply aping horror films of yesteryear, layering on the piles of intestines, and putting self-aware performances on screen, isn’t enough on its own in today’s crowded field of horror parodies.

~ Owen Van Spall -

[Žižek] is one of those rare human beings whose mind explodes before your eyes, like bomblets of ideas.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's a well constructed, well paced, well made film, but it's poised and polished and professional where one might hope for something a bit more ramshackle, a mite more rebellious.

~ Andrew Robertson -

By isolating the footballer from the general run of play, an ordinary league match becomes a study of one man's craft.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Zero Theorem is a messy mélange of broad pratfalls, challenged idealism, dark satire, and expansive, indeed cosmic allegory - but it also .cannot escape being seen as a kind of Brazil vers. 2.0.

~ Anton Bitel -

The tale itself doesn't really hold together either logically or emotionally, at least not once we step outside the very particular rules of literary psychodrama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Good documentary finds an interesting story or is interestingly told - great documentary does both, and Zero Days is that.

~ Andrew Robertson -

If you've read the paper during the last ten years, you won't get much new insight here.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The closer this film gets to documentary, the better it becomes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The performances have a depth and understanding that surpasses surface glamour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Holland’s directing shows a lot or flair and promise, often finding a striking image or unusual angle in his stark cityscapes.

~ Jeff Robson -

Abdallah El Akal channels an unsettling amount of loathing.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

Shintaro Katsu is perfectly cast, as Zatoichi, being in every sense, except one, ordinary.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The performances are anything but annoying. In fact, they are charming, without being mumsy, and cute, without being showy-off.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The animated characters have a detailed, Disney-friendly feel, but there is little of the sentimentality that tends to fur the teeth of US animation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

All the abusive repartee between staff and customers should gladden the hearts of minimum wage workers everywhere.

~ Tony Sullivan -

For those wanting a straightforward story with identifiable protagonists, Zabriskie Point may seem like a mess. But if you were wanting such simplistic entertainment, why would you go to see a film by Antonioni?

~ Chris -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script is lean, the sword edges keen and the characters mean.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s the acting that carries it, and naturally Farahani, one of the finest talents of her generation, does not disappoint.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Subtle observations about the racism that underpins this superficially idyllic society pepper a film which repeatedly forces its hero to question his assumptions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

~ Donald Munro -

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through the lens of the men’s romance, Onir takes in a good deal more, exploring the complex realities behind assumptions of prejudice and the myriad factors that go into making each of us who we are.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout the film there is a sense of play, and even as the story evolves to take on darker material, something of that lightness, that happy-go-lucky quality remains.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a genuine unpredictability to Honey Bunch, both structurally and thematically.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the episodes work is when they have a driving, kinetic energy about them. When they don't it's repetitious loop.

~ Donald Munro -

The film, directed by feature debutant Shaun Dozier, retains the density of dialogue you might expect from a stage play but, by leaning into the theatrical nature of the proceedings, Dozier is in some ways able to make this into a virtue.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Coogan is well cast in this tricky role, moving easily from humour to heartbreak..

~ Jennie Kermode -

Manizha Bakhtari may not be a household name but after watching Natalie Halla’s documentary you’re likely to think she ought to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sung’s own camera plays tricks, placing objects too close in the foreground so that parts of an image are out of focus, like an incomplete memory.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The concept, narrative, dialogue, cinematography and action sequences are elements of Scanners that can't be faulted.

~ Donald Munro -

The film hangs on Pemberton’s performance, and he imbues Doug with a sweetness that makes us feel for him despite his deeply misguided actions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer/director Sandhya Suri - who has a documentary background - is keen to show that everyone plays their part in the prejudices and corruption of the legal system.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Once again, Guiraudie proves himself the master of setting up a mystery by the means of perfect script economy that functions strictly on “need to know” basis.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s ironic that a film about a family who have built a perfect facsimile of a life for themselves should feel so overly constructed itself

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lin and Sun studiously maintain the enigma around Shuo so that we are left guessing as to whether he’s just a disadvantaged teen trying to make his way in the world or a cuckoo in the nest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -