Araki never digs deep enough, wasting the opportunity to expose her resentments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Araki never digs deep enough, wasting the opportunity to expose her resentments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that seeks to challenge and alienate its audience from the get-go, knowing full well that it won't win all of them back.

~ Max Crawford -

A film that seeks to challenge and alienate its audience from the get-go, knowing full well that it won't win all of them back.

~ Max Crawford -

A psychologically astute and darkly funny look at the deep bonds of female friendship and the damage that can be wrought by those closest to you.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A psychologically astute and darkly funny look at the deep bonds of female friendship and the damage that can be wrought by those closest to you.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

It only lasts an economical 70 minutes but seems considerably longer

~ Richard Mowe -

It only lasts an economical 70 minutes but seems considerably longer

~ Richard Mowe -

Obra is as layered as the past it seeks to uncover.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Obra is as layered as the past it seeks to uncover.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Ageing, Paralluelo observes - for the elderly as everyone else - goes on, even when we fear it might not.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ageing, Paralluelo observes - for the elderly as everyone else - goes on, even when we fear it might not.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The semi-improvised film finds real heart in its characters.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The semi-improvised film finds real heart in its characters.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

As with the exaggerated use of sound, this 'borrowing' from other films is excessive and becomes increasingly grating despite the short running time.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

As with the exaggerated use of sound, this 'borrowing' from other films is excessive and becomes increasingly grating despite the short running time.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Logan's writing fails to match Pacino's restraint, while Green's direction seems - like his central character - to be filled with a longing for more, yet being held back from going there.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Logan's writing fails to match Pacino's restraint, while Green's direction seems - like his central character - to be filled with a longing for more, yet being held back from going there.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is little substance beneath this atmospheric top layer.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is little substance beneath this atmospheric top layer.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Subaru gives a brilliant performance - including some excellent vocal takes - as an amnesiac whose only link to the world is his singing.

~ Luke Shaw -

Subaru gives a brilliant performance - including some excellent vocal takes - as an amnesiac whose only link to the world is his singing.

~ Luke Shaw -

The contrast between the characters and the actors sparky chemistry means the laughs have a head start, but there is also a considerable amount of psychological terrain being covered.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The contrast between the characters and the actors sparky chemistry means the laughs have a head start, but there is also a considerable amount of psychological terrain being covered.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite the hill of the title, Sang-soo's latest falls flat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite the hill of the title, Sang-soo's latest falls flat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Seizes the attention from the brutal opening – and refuses to let go for an instant.

~ Richard Mowe -

Seizes the attention from the brutal opening – and refuses to let go for an instant.

~ Richard Mowe -

Both Gamboa and Barberini acquit themselves admirably in what is almost a two-hander.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Both Gamboa and Barberini acquit themselves admirably in what is almost a two-hander.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The music is an intensely emotional force within the film, and effectively acts as an interpretive guide for the audience in relation to the images of poetic abstraction.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The music is an intensely emotional force within the film, and effectively acts as an interpretive guide for the audience in relation to the images of poetic abstraction.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The Duke Of Burgundy is delicate, constructed, poised; a piece of naturalistic beauty with all the authentic artificiality of wings pinioned while drying by small pieces of paper, a needle through the heart that wrenches.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Duke Of Burgundy is delicate, constructed, poised; a piece of naturalistic beauty with all the authentic artificiality of wings pinioned while drying by small pieces of paper, a needle through the heart that wrenches.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Llansó's manages to combine the poetic sci-fi of Andrei Tarkovsky with the surrealism and dark humour of his fellow countrymen such as Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, or more recently Sergio Caballero.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Llansó's manages to combine the poetic sci-fi of Andrei Tarkovsky with the surrealism and dark humour of his fellow countrymen such as Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, or more recently Sergio Caballero.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Ovashvili tells the story with spare dialogue and absorbing attention to detail.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ovashvili tells the story with spare dialogue and absorbing attention to detail.

~ Richard Mowe -

Beyoncé is one of several out-of-place symbols within the film and although her juxtaposition with Hitler is undoubtedly amusing, she retains her original 'meaning' (empowerment).

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Beyoncé is one of several out-of-place symbols within the film and although her juxtaposition with Hitler is undoubtedly amusing, she retains her original 'meaning' (empowerment).

~ Rebecca Naughten -

An authentic, no-holds barred roller coaster ride, which gives fresh hope for a new wave of British cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

An authentic, no-holds barred roller coaster ride, which gives fresh hope for a new wave of British cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

François Gédigier's inspired editing trusts that mismatched sounds and images form an emotional whole.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

François Gédigier's inspired editing trusts that mismatched sounds and images form an emotional whole.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Although less than 11 minutes long, the film packs in a host of strange and eerie imagery that lingers long in the mind.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Although less than 11 minutes long, the film packs in a host of strange and eerie imagery that lingers long in the mind.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is little within the film that is obviously futuristic, but you do not need special effects to represent the future - a depressing dystopia is already being lived.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is little within the film that is obviously futuristic, but you do not need special effects to represent the future - a depressing dystopia is already being lived.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

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 screenplay written by the filmmaker and Andrea Piva is a proper masterwork, from the basic plotting to the intelligent, insightful dialogue.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

From the start, there is something different about this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the anger at the unfairness of what has gone before, this is ultimately a warm-hearted, life-affirming film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is a ride, okay, and it is a bit nauseating and therefore not sterile.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

It’s also striking to think that when Leila is looking forward into the future, she is already, in some senses, looking at our recent past, which only reinforces the sense of the cyclical and ongoing nature of her themes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Thorne still comes across as being at the stage where many aspects of her work are experimental. She’s yet to settle into her style.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -