Keeps holding out a promise of insight into its young protagonist's mentality and makeup, but ends up merely observing her from a cool distance, as if through the binoculars from the opening scene.

~ Anton Bitel -

Keeps holding out a promise of insight into its young protagonist's mentality and makeup, but ends up merely observing her from a cool distance, as if through the binoculars from the opening scene.

~ Anton Bitel -

Doubtless the director thought the style would serve its narrative but it only alienates.

~ Richard Mowe -

Doubtless the director thought the style would serve its narrative but it only alienates.

~ Richard Mowe -

The absurdly marvellous timing Haden Church has with Labrèche when they discuss glass eyes or the future, makes Whitewash also wonderfully, desperately funny.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The absurdly marvellous timing Haden Church has with Labrèche when they discuss glass eyes or the future, makes Whitewash also wonderfully, desperately funny.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A cracking film by a born filmmaker and I can’t wait to see what all involved in it do next.

~ Jeff Robson -

A cracking film by a born filmmaker and I can’t wait to see what all involved in it do next.

~ Jeff Robson -

Côté has always had a skill for subverting expectations and here he manages to slide his film from black comedy to outright horror with the smoothness of a snake.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Côté has always had a skill for subverting expectations and here he manages to slide his film from black comedy to outright horror with the smoothness of a snake.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a showcase for ideas about new ways to approach the genre. In that regard, it is both entertaining and inventive.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a showcase for ideas about new ways to approach the genre. In that regard, it is both entertaining and inventive.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The pacing is slow and deliberate while this eccentric individual with a strong moral streak makes for a less than engaging lead character.

~ Richard Mowe -

The pacing is slow and deliberate while this eccentric individual with a strong moral streak makes for a less than engaging lead character.

~ Richard Mowe -

This Is Martin Bonner is undoubtedly a small film but it is finely crafted and has a big heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This Is Martin Bonner is undoubtedly a small film but it is finely crafted and has a big heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film doesn't really go anywhere but is nonetheless effective as a piece of contemplative art.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film doesn't really go anywhere but is nonetheless effective as a piece of contemplative art.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We're transported into a world of cinema; some of it is known, much of it unknown, which surely fires the imagination of any viewing cinephile.

~ Robert Munro -

We're transported into a world of cinema; some of it is known, much of it unknown, which surely fires the imagination of any viewing cinephile.

~ Robert Munro -

What is not in doubt is the raw emotion in this work - from Polley quivering with nervous energy as she watches her father read some of the more revelatory pieces of script - to the visible impact airing the family's dirty linen in public has on her sibli

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What is not in doubt is the raw emotion in this work - from Polley quivering with nervous energy as she watches her father read some of the more revelatory pieces of script - to the visible impact airing the family's dirty linen in public has on her sibli

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The selection of songs shows an insider’s fervour.

~ David Graham -

The selection of songs shows an insider’s fervour.

~ David Graham -

Few portrayals of autism spectrum disorders in film have ever had the authenticity of this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few portrayals of autism spectrum disorders in film have ever had the authenticity of this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Overrated and extremely dated.

~ Stephen Carty -

Overrated and extremely dated.

~ Stephen Carty -

Roehler casts a distinctly critical and jaundiced eye over his compatriots across three generations but he leaves room for compassion and even a touch of sentimentality.

~ Richard Mowe -

Roehler casts a distinctly critical and jaundiced eye over his compatriots across three generations but he leaves room for compassion and even a touch of sentimentality.

~ Richard Mowe -

There’s no reassurance to be found in this cold world but Campos’s talent for getting mood whistling abominably through your ears is worthy of admiration.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

There’s no reassurance to be found in this cold world but Campos’s talent for getting mood whistling abominably through your ears is worthy of admiration.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

The performances of Kora Karvouni as Anna and Maria Skoula as Sophia are captivating.

~ Robert Munro -

The performances of Kora Karvouni as Anna and Maria Skoula as Sophia are captivating.

~ Robert Munro -

Apart from Mike Eley's lustrous, lyrical cinematography, The Selfish Giant is also elevated by the central performances of Chapman and Thomas.

~ Anton Bitel -

Apart from Mike Eley's lustrous, lyrical cinematography, The Selfish Giant is also elevated by the central performances of Chapman and Thomas.

~ Anton Bitel -

his film ingeniously lays a horror tale over what are, for the most part, perfectly normal events often experienced by pregnant women and it is its subtlety which is its strength.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

his film ingeniously lays a horror tale over what are, for the most part, perfectly normal events often experienced by pregnant women and it is its subtlety which is its strength.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Given the limitations placed on directors by silent movies, Hitchcock achieves an enviable amount of nuance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Given the limitations placed on directors by silent movies, Hitchcock achieves an enviable amount of nuance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Reprise is difficult to watch. It demonstrates an originality and energy which requires control to make sense of itself.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Reprise is difficult to watch. It demonstrates an originality and energy which requires control to make sense of itself.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Extremely engaging and frequently side-splittingly funny

~ Richard Mowe -

Extremely engaging and frequently side-splittingly funny

~ Richard Mowe -

The end result is a kind of funny/kind of sad character study that asks questions about our relationships with others and our environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The end result is a kind of funny/kind of sad character study that asks questions about our relationships with others and our environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

From Coca Cola as the perfect commodity, full of metaphysical reality ("The real thing!"), to the Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs with the toy inside... Fiennes and Zizek do their best to make theoretical concepts understandable.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

From Coca Cola as the perfect commodity, full of metaphysical reality ("The real thing!"), to the Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs with the toy inside... Fiennes and Zizek do their best to make theoretical concepts understandable.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Managing for the most part to avoid the clichés of portraying the gypsy milieu, it has the stamp of authenticity.

~ Richard Mowe -

Managing for the most part to avoid the clichés of portraying the gypsy milieu, it has the stamp of authenticity.

~ Richard Mowe -

Pandas is gleeful, brutal, mischievous and funny.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Pandas is gleeful, brutal, mischievous and funny.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A well-shot and occasionally sweaty run around the same old block.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A well-shot and occasionally sweaty run around the same old block.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This apparently meandering, unfocused story conceals an acutely observed portrait of a society in flux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This apparently meandering, unfocused story conceals an acutely observed portrait of a society in flux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Each of the performances adds to the whole but it's Won-sang Park who carries the film on his increasingly damaged shoulders.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Each of the performances adds to the whole but it's Won-sang Park who carries the film on his increasingly damaged shoulders.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film doesn’t seem to have much to say about racism, and even less about its potential links to family, class and gender – all of which hang in the background, threatening to force the filmmakers to make a more serious and challenging film.

~ Michael Pattison -

The film doesn’t seem to have much to say about racism, and even less about its potential links to family, class and gender – all of which hang in the background, threatening to force the filmmakers to make a more serious and challenging film.

~ Michael Pattison -

The overkill threatens to bludgeon the much-loved book into an over-wrought exercise in style.

~ Richard Mowe -

The overkill threatens to bludgeon the much-loved book into an over-wrought exercise in style.

~ Richard Mowe -

As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sheer unadulterated pleasure often comes from the most unexpected quarters.

~ Richard Mowe -

Sheer unadulterated pleasure often comes from the most unexpected quarters.

~ Richard Mowe -

The comedy shifts and jumps with ease from the wintry beach to the pool and into our hearts due to the acute timing of the performances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The comedy shifts and jumps with ease from the wintry beach to the pool and into our hearts due to the acute timing of the performances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Part farce, part political commentary, part soul-searching device.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Part farce, part political commentary, part soul-searching device.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Shuttling back and forth between the families, Like Father, Like Son scrutinises words, deeds, allegiances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Shuttling back and forth between the families, Like Father, Like Son scrutinises words, deeds, allegiances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The nagging thought during the 90 minutes is how far two these one-time Hollywood’s A-listers have fallen.

~ Richard Mowe -

The nagging thought during the 90 minutes is how far two these one-time Hollywood’s A-listers have fallen.

~ Richard Mowe -

The photography is stunning and many of the set pieces are visually exciting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The photography is stunning and many of the set pieces are visually exciting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A movie that lets you be the judge of inappropriate behaviors and risks worth taking.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A movie that lets you be the judge of inappropriate behaviors and risks worth taking.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film shows how easily an individual can be domestically, emotionally, politically and legally marginalised.

~ Michael Pattison -

The film shows how easily an individual can be domestically, emotionally, politically and legally marginalised.

~ Michael Pattison -

Hřebejk's pacing is perfect with each revelation timed to intrigue and pull you further into the mystery.

~ Richard Mowe -

Hřebejk's pacing is perfect with each revelation timed to intrigue and pull you further into the mystery.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although other films have dealt with the subject of euthanasia none so far has looked at the emotional difficulties of the perpetrator.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although other films have dealt with the subject of euthanasia none so far has looked at the emotional difficulties of the perpetrator.

~ Richard Mowe -

Stark, beautifully observed, genuinely captivating, A Hijacking grabs its audience and does not let go.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Stark, beautifully observed, genuinely captivating, A Hijacking grabs its audience and does not let go.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Its sure-footed direction, its invention and its heart are all infatuating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Its sure-footed direction, its invention and its heart are all infatuating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The nature of Harry Dean Stanton means that no documentary is ever going to get underneath his skin, yet director Sophie Huber does manage to crack his defensive wall on occasion.

~ Robert Munro -

The nature of Harry Dean Stanton means that no documentary is ever going to get underneath his skin, yet director Sophie Huber does manage to crack his defensive wall on occasion.

~ Robert Munro -

Sorrentino dares to tread where the great have gone before and leaves his own distinctive mark.

~ Richard Mowe -

Sorrentino dares to tread where the great have gone before and leaves his own distinctive mark.

~ Richard Mowe -

Wong Kar Wai knows how to frame faces like no other, with embroidered collars, white straw fedoras, a rowdy monkey, cotton flowers and words escaping lips that are like song.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Wong Kar Wai knows how to frame faces like no other, with embroidered collars, white straw fedoras, a rowdy monkey, cotton flowers and words escaping lips that are like song.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A flowing, lyrical film, at times startlingly beautiful, The Golden Dream hypnotises the viewer with its constant movement, its unceasing rhythm.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A flowing, lyrical film, at times startlingly beautiful, The Golden Dream hypnotises the viewer with its constant movement, its unceasing rhythm.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gloria has the instincts of an eagle and the courage to fly.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gloria has the instincts of an eagle and the courage to fly.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film takes an even-handed view of its main protagonist, illustrating faults on both sides of the divide.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film takes an even-handed view of its main protagonist, illustrating faults on both sides of the divide.

~ Richard Mowe -

Raaphorst and scriptwriter Chris W Mitchell seem so proud of the look that they completely forget that a film also needs to have a decent plot and characters lying beneath the costumes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Raaphorst and scriptwriter Chris W Mitchell seem so proud of the look that they completely forget that a film also needs to have a decent plot and characters lying beneath the costumes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Falls just shy of a state of perfection.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Falls just shy of a state of perfection.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A kaleidoscopic sequence explores questions of identity through some of the trippiest black and white imagery you'll have seen on the big screen for a long time.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A kaleidoscopic sequence explores questions of identity through some of the trippiest black and white imagery you'll have seen on the big screen for a long time.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This invigorating tone poem is far more difficult to describe than it is to sit through.

~ Michael Pattison -

This invigorating tone poem is far more difficult to describe than it is to sit through.

~ Michael Pattison -

With astute social commentary interwoven in these personal dramas, this is a film whose cruellest joke is on its title character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With astute social commentary interwoven in these personal dramas, this is a film whose cruellest joke is on its title character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rebollo, reinvents the Road Movie, just as Leos Carax does in Holy Motors.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Rebollo, reinvents the Road Movie, just as Leos Carax does in Holy Motors.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pete Travis works hard to bring John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's apocalyptic vision to life.

~ David Graham -

Pete Travis works hard to bring John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's apocalyptic vision to life.

~ David Graham -

With such a fascinating subject, it's hard for a documentary to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With such a fascinating subject, it's hard for a documentary to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A brilliant central performance from Robin Weigert.

~ David Graham -

A brilliant central performance from Robin Weigert.

~ David Graham -

Will best reward those who are prepared to pay attention and stick with its twirls and pirouettes until the complex pay-off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Will best reward those who are prepared to pay attention and stick with its twirls and pirouettes until the complex pay-off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As usual, Haneke never lets us forget the artifice of what we are watching.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

As usual, Haneke never lets us forget the artifice of what we are watching.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The real comedic heart of the film is with the still-kicking Brit-veteran oldies.

~ David Graham -

The real comedic heart of the film is with the still-kicking Brit-veteran oldies.

~ David Graham -

The more problematic aspects of the film stem from a narrative that cannot sustain the inventiveness of the central conceit and which peters out before the end.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The more problematic aspects of the film stem from a narrative that cannot sustain the inventiveness of the central conceit and which peters out before the end.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

In some ways she may be a monster, but Netzer and co-writer Radulescu find a path for Cornelia that steers clear of outright condemnation. Her tragic devotion to her son is so absolute that she retains our pity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In some ways she may be a monster, but Netzer and co-writer Radulescu find a path for Cornelia that steers clear of outright condemnation. Her tragic devotion to her son is so absolute that she retains our pity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

All of it is so beautifully observed it is as waking from a childhood fever to demolish half a volume of Grimm before hallucinatory somnambulance washes once more over.

~ Andrew Robertson -

All of it is so beautifully observed it is as waking from a childhood fever to demolish half a volume of Grimm before hallucinatory somnambulance washes once more over.

~ Andrew Robertson -

An inward, austere examination of ideas of madness, empathy and the creative impulse.

~ Jeff Robson -

An inward, austere examination of ideas of madness, empathy and the creative impulse.

~ Jeff Robson -

Buy It Now is rare in being a film about teenagers which portrays them realistically and manages to do so without being offensive to a young audience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Buy It Now is rare in being a film about teenagers which portrays them realistically and manages to do so without being offensive to a young audience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The story-telling is low key and muted, as befits the characters, but the unremitting sense of melancholia weighs heavily on the film and the viewer.

~ Richard Mowe -

The story-telling is low key and muted, as befits the characters, but the unremitting sense of melancholia weighs heavily on the film and the viewer.

~ Richard Mowe -

Zaman is not looking to rush to judgement of his characters but to explore what makes them tick and give a feel for how traditions get passed down the generations.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zaman is not looking to rush to judgement of his characters but to explore what makes them tick and give a feel for how traditions get passed down the generations.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is quite something to witness Douglas and Damon embrace the characters quite so authentically.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is quite something to witness Douglas and Damon embrace the characters quite so authentically.

~ Richard Mowe -

Drawing from real life events, Tanic's docudrama gains its power from the emotionally stirring scenario and all-round naturalistic performances, which feel infused with greater honesty given that a version of this nightmare has been played out in real lif

~ Owen Van Spall -

Drawing from real life events, Tanic's docudrama gains its power from the emotionally stirring scenario and all-round naturalistic performances, which feel infused with greater honesty given that a version of this nightmare has been played out in real lif

~ Owen Van Spall -

'An effective and realistic examination of a world where intelligent and privileged characters have reached near-adulthood without having any real understanding of basic morality.'

~ Jeff Robson -

'An effective and realistic examination of a world where intelligent and privileged characters have reached near-adulthood without having any real understanding of basic morality.'

~ Jeff Robson -

As a partnership of writer and actor, it is as close to perfection as is possible to witness.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a partnership of writer and actor, it is as close to perfection as is possible to witness.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This photographic formula may sound as restrictive as it is perscriptive but Thamrongrattanarit has a light approach to his ideas of memory and recollection, weaving moments of comedy and poignancy into his sweet if slight drama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This photographic formula may sound as restrictive as it is perscriptive but Thamrongrattanarit has a light approach to his ideas of memory and recollection, weaving moments of comedy and poignancy into his sweet if slight drama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Immensely satisfying and riveting.

~ Richard Mowe -

Immensely satisfying and riveting.

~ Richard Mowe -

Herriman is perfect in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Herriman is perfect in the lead.

~ 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 -

The characters work well...but there’s never quite enough energy to events.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ahmed doesn’t need to include war footage for us to feel its weight and understand its shadow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The colour elements prove all the more striking when in contrast to black and white.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The beautiful cinematography, the bluesy jazz score and the gentle pace of the film are beguiling, but Masciari makes sure that we don’t lose sight of the ridiculous.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot over 17 years, it mingles intimate personal moments with visceral concert footage, its musical sequences knitted together with some of the best editing you’re likely to see this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

[Hart] doesn’t turn up the volume, but uses tone and repetition so effectively that the film becomes a microcosm of the real experience.

~ 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 -

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 -