Wisdom is quiet and the future a mystery

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Wisdom is quiet and the future a mystery

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An unrelenting, yet utterly mesmerising cinematic vision.

~ Nick Da Costa -

An unrelenting, yet utterly mesmerising cinematic vision.

~ Nick Da Costa -

Ferociously funny.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ferociously funny.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In this fish-out-of-water comedy, mundanity is key.

~ Anton Bitel -

In this fish-out-of-water comedy, mundanity is key.

~ Anton Bitel -

Patricia Highsmith on a low flame

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Patricia Highsmith on a low flame

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If this is a character study, there is little character in it.

~ Anton Bitel -

If this is a character study, there is little character in it.

~ Anton Bitel -

Hooper infects characters and viewers alike with the thrill of a madness from which there can be no real escape.

~ Anton Bitel -

Hooper infects characters and viewers alike with the thrill of a madness from which there can be no real escape.

~ Anton Bitel -

Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A complex portrait of grief, Tom At The Farm is Dolan's strongest work to date, not least because of the performance he gives in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A complex portrait of grief, Tom At The Farm is Dolan's strongest work to date, not least because of the performance he gives in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Not still, but gently moving.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Not still, but gently moving.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Almost perfectly constructed... a stunning piece of filmmaking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Almost perfectly constructed... a stunning piece of filmmaking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Mackenzie shows everyone, inmates and guards alike, to be trapped in a corrupted, corrupting system that resists all change.

~ Anton Bitel -

Mackenzie shows everyone, inmates and guards alike, to be trapped in a corrupted, corrupting system that resists all change.

~ Anton Bitel -

The mix of action and satire also turns it into an absorbing hell of a ride.

~ Sophie Charlotte Rieger -

The mix of action and satire also turns it into an absorbing hell of a ride.

~ Sophie Charlotte Rieger -

It's an ending that has haunted me for 30 years...

~ Tony Sullivan -

It's an ending that has haunted me for 30 years...

~ Tony Sullivan -

Only the gun speaks

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Only the gun speaks

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is funny and serious by turns... full of striking and humorous images.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is funny and serious by turns... full of striking and humorous images.

~ Richard Mowe -

The biggest kick up the cinematic arse you're likely to get this year.

~ David Graham -

The biggest kick up the cinematic arse you're likely to get this year.

~ David Graham -

It has been described in places as "very funny" but it's closer to laughable.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It has been described in places as "very funny" but it's closer to laughable.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Rabaté is strong on seeking out the irony in middle class mores.

~ Richard Mowe -

Rabaté is strong on seeking out the irony in middle class mores.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cinematographer Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson captures Iceland at its wildest and yet this is also a tale of intimacy without romanticism.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cinematographer Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson captures Iceland at its wildest and yet this is also a tale of intimacy without romanticism.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ben-Shlush is riveting in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ben-Shlush is riveting in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The energy and sheer visual bravura carry it along.

~ Richard Mowe -

The energy and sheer visual bravura carry it along.

~ Richard Mowe -

It's always difficult to tell a story about nothing happening, and director Tim Sutton is not entirely successful in doing so here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's always difficult to tell a story about nothing happening, and director Tim Sutton is not entirely successful in doing so here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Svankmajer makes the whole world a madhouse and all humanity its patients.

~ Anton Bitel -

Svankmajer makes the whole world a madhouse and all humanity its patients.

~ Anton Bitel -

Courageous and uncompromising

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Courageous and uncompromising

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's like a suicide. And there's nothing to look at

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's like a suicide. And there's nothing to look at

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Although the pacing is sometimes poor, the sentiment - while occasionally straying towards the sentimental - is heartfelt and sweet spirited.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the pacing is sometimes poor, the sentiment - while occasionally straying towards the sentimental - is heartfelt and sweet spirited.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If the characters are focused on how and if, for us the question why lingers in the air.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If the characters are focused on how and if, for us the question why lingers in the air.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The performances are powerful, unforgettable, like ice in the wind

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The performances are powerful, unforgettable, like ice in the wind

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As Kumiko’s journey takes her deeper into Minnesota, the breathtaking ‘Americana’ landscapes and intriguingly surreal score work together to suggest a heightened state, or a fable.

~ Owen Van Spall -

As Kumiko’s journey takes her deeper into Minnesota, the breathtaking ‘Americana’ landscapes and intriguingly surreal score work together to suggest a heightened state, or a fable.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The rules of the funny games of fiction and documentary do not apply here - as long as the addictions are taken care of, anything goes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The rules of the funny games of fiction and documentary do not apply here - as long as the addictions are taken care of, anything goes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A meditative miniature of hypnotic grace.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A meditative miniature of hypnotic grace.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A simple but compelling dynamic... the execution is superb.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A simple but compelling dynamic... the execution is superb.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A still, painterly vision in silvery monochrome - capturing the quiet contemplation of the two women and simultaneously encouraging the same on the part of the viewer.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A still, painterly vision in silvery monochrome - capturing the quiet contemplation of the two women and simultaneously encouraging the same on the part of the viewer.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Paolo Virzì's study of capitalism in crisis gives the audience all it covets.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Paolo Virzì's study of capitalism in crisis gives the audience all it covets.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Despite its length, the film rarely drags, and its dramatic passages give one a chance to rest between episodes of stomach-churning violence.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite its length, the film rarely drags, and its dramatic passages give one a chance to rest between episodes of stomach-churning violence.

~ Jennie Kermode -

His attempt at satire digs too deep into the muddy waters of exaggeration

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

His attempt at satire digs too deep into the muddy waters of exaggeration

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Awe inspiring.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Awe inspiring.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is plenty to admire here, including some clever juxtaposition of audio and image.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is plenty to admire here, including some clever juxtaposition of audio and image.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The atmosphere of the drab Czechoslovakia at the time has been captured with uncompromising realism.

~ Richard Mowe -

The atmosphere of the drab Czechoslovakia at the time has been captured with uncompromising realism.

~ Richard Mowe -

How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

~ Richard Mowe -

How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

~ Richard Mowe -

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 -

What makes Ullón's film stand out is the poignancy of its personal journey.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What makes Ullón's film stand out is the poignancy of its personal journey.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rok Biček's film shows that the drive to go against the grain can have as much to do with running with the pack as with embracing individuality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rok Biček's film shows that the drive to go against the grain can have as much to do with running with the pack as with embracing individuality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film's message of smaller personal concerns being swamped by greater political ones is still touching.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

This film's message of smaller personal concerns being swamped by greater political ones is still touching.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

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 -

Worth seeing for its gripping central performances and Cuenca's impressive camerawork - signposting better films from him to come - even though the story lacks killer instinct.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Worth seeing for its gripping central performances and Cuenca's impressive camerawork - signposting better films from him to come - even though the story lacks killer instinct.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although displaying much of the barbed wit of his first film, this is a more measured and moving work.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although displaying much of the barbed wit of his first film, this is a more measured and moving work.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Intimate and insightful even in its weaker moments, Linklater finds strength and value in normality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Intimate and insightful even in its weaker moments, Linklater finds strength and value in normality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A painstakingly deliberate neo-noir, heavy on atmosphere and taking its time to build.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A painstakingly deliberate neo-noir, heavy on atmosphere and taking its time to build.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lambert laces this potentially volatile concoction with plenty of humour.

~ Richard Mowe -

Lambert laces this potentially volatile concoction with plenty of humour.

~ Richard Mowe -

It has the zing of a sugar-rush from hell.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It has the zing of a sugar-rush from hell.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Burke is interested in people not politics, keeping the focus on the sudden outbreaks of inhumanity and humanity in the madness, expertly crafting his thriller from the swirling fog of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Burke is interested in people not politics, keeping the focus on the sudden outbreaks of inhumanity and humanity in the madness, expertly crafting his thriller from the swirling fog of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -

History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The choice of hand-drawn animation and its ability to demonstrate a magical realism allows the film to find the right distance from what is being depicted.

~ Richard Mowe -

Successfully finds insight and social commentary

~ Jeremy Mathews -

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 -

Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

~ Anton Bitel -

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

~ Amber Wilkinson -