Starting as a refined drama about a broken Tunisian family, the narrative becomes a complex meditation on attachment and motherhood, all encompassed by a remarkable female lead.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

Starting as a refined drama about a broken Tunisian family, the narrative becomes a complex meditation on attachment and motherhood, all encompassed by a remarkable female lead.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

Beyond the dark loneliness of grief, is the soft light of a shared mourning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beyond the dark loneliness of grief, is the soft light of a shared mourning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What makes all this compelling is the underlying sense of brooding menace.

~ Themroc -

What makes all this compelling is the underlying sense of brooding menace.

~ Themroc -

While Verseau talks about how crucial the surgery was to her mental health, the complexity of the emotions experienced afterwards is also made clear.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Verseau talks about how crucial the surgery was to her mental health, the complexity of the emotions experienced afterwards is also made clear.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hoogendoorn crafts the tension around space and body which cinematographer Gregg Telussa captures candidly, usually keeping both protagonists within the frame.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

Hoogendoorn crafts the tension around space and body which cinematographer Gregg Telussa captures candidly, usually keeping both protagonists within the frame.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

Philippe’s incisive, forthright approach leaves no room for apologism.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Philippe’s incisive, forthright approach leaves no room for apologism.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

Brutal, bloody and enriched with a specific dark humour.

~ Marija Lukarevska -

Brutal, bloody and enriched with a specific dark humour.

~ Marija Lukarevska -

There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.

~ Nikola Jovic -

There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.

~ Nikola Jovic -

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 -

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 -

The writing is sharp and succinct.

~ Richard Mowe -

The writing is sharp and succinct.

~ Richard Mowe -

A tactile and colour-infused film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A tactile and colour-infused film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

German director Wim Wenders allows Paris, Texas to unfurl with such assured calm that each delicate narrative revelation, no matter how trivial or terrible, seems a natural and almost obvious progression.

~ Niall McCallum -

German director Wim Wenders allows Paris, Texas to unfurl with such assured calm that each delicate narrative revelation, no matter how trivial or terrible, seems a natural and almost obvious progression.

~ Niall McCallum -

Nyoni expertly controls her narrative so that it glides effortlessly between the reality of the funeral preparations to the more surreal psychological trauma Shula is working through.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nyoni expertly controls her narrative so that it glides effortlessly between the reality of the funeral preparations to the more surreal psychological trauma Shula is working through.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

No Other Land brings humanity and particularity to a topic that is too often discussed in the abstract.

~ Jennie Kermode -

No Other Land brings humanity and particularity to a topic that is too often discussed in the abstract.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Italian filmmaker employs a minimalist approach that embraces the languorous nature of summer.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

The Italian filmmaker employs a minimalist approach that embraces the languorous nature of summer.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

While many other films feel as though they are really staking out a deliberate political stance against the Iranian regime or coming at it from deep within metaphor, My Favourite Cake is casually, but almost constantly, rebellious in small ways.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While many other films feel as though they are really staking out a deliberate political stance against the Iranian regime or coming at it from deep within metaphor, My Favourite Cake is casually, but almost constantly, rebellious in small ways.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's no doubt that by presenting several characters as pure id is quite a dangerous gambit for a filmmaker but Glass keeps things interesting by having them driven by different things.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's no doubt that by presenting several characters as pure id is quite a dangerous gambit for a filmmaker but Glass keeps things interesting by having them driven by different things.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The quality certainly shines out.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

The quality certainly shines out.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

It's got the musicality that proper swearing should.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's got the musicality that proper swearing should.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The entire cast, especially Stone, who has admitted that Lanthimos is a muse, enter into the grand guignol spirit of the proceedings with gusto.

~ Richard Mowe -

The entire cast, especially Stone, who has admitted that Lanthimos is a muse, enter into the grand guignol spirit of the proceedings with gusto.

~ Richard Mowe -

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 -

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 -

Thoughtful and stripped of sensationalism, each story and its wider implications bite deep.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Thoughtful and stripped of sensationalism, each story and its wider implications bite deep.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Loznitsa’s approach is quietly observational, capturing the quotidian goings on as they continue beneath the shadow of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Loznitsa’s approach is quietly observational, capturing the quotidian goings on as they continue beneath the shadow of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Condensed and symbolic in its approach, sometimes to the point where it becomes surreal, Hunting Daze uses a small story to address big subjects.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Condensed and symbolic in its approach, sometimes to the point where it becomes surreal, Hunting Daze uses a small story to address big subjects.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For all the apparent chaos, this is a tightly controlled piece of work which fully delivers on the promise of Stolevski’s earlier films.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For all the apparent chaos, this is a tightly controlled piece of work which fully delivers on the promise of Stolevski’s earlier films.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Illusions are everywhere in this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Illusions are everywhere in this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Panigrahi is pitch perfect in her debut role.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Panigrahi is pitch perfect in her debut role.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whatever structuring the directors are doing is achieved with the lightest of touches, so that we feel as though we’re just along for the ride with these guys.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whatever structuring the directors are doing is achieved with the lightest of touches, so that we feel as though we’re just along for the ride with these guys.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s something inherently endearing about the way that Nikou always managed to conjure timelessness in his worlds. They’re more analogue than futuristic but ultimately hang in a sort of limbo of ‘here but not quite now’.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s something inherently endearing about the way that Nikou always managed to conjure timelessness in his worlds. They’re more analogue than futuristic but ultimately hang in a sort of limbo of ‘here but not quite now’.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dying is full of glorious contradictions, many of which occur within the same conversation

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dying is full of glorious contradictions, many of which occur within the same conversation

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Slippery in terms of genre and form, the writer/director’s satire puts all his characters and, by extension, us under close scrutiny.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Slippery in terms of genre and form, the writer/director’s satire puts all his characters and, by extension, us under close scrutiny.

~ 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 -

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 -

The Beast explores what Henry James diagnosed so devastatingly. The chill of egotism and the feverish dance around the void are so desperately relevant today that it leaves one breathless.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Beast explores what Henry James diagnosed so devastatingly. The chill of egotism and the feverish dance around the void are so desperately relevant today that it leaves one breathless.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

As much as Architecton rues humanity’s depletion of our resources, it also marvels at our ability to harness materials for our own ends.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

As much as Architecton rues humanity’s depletion of our resources, it also marvels at our ability to harness materials for our own ends.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

It’s fitting for a film set in the “City of Dreams” and that is concerned with life’s illusions and how we navigate them as it is about the here and now.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s fitting for a film set in the “City of Dreams” and that is concerned with life’s illusions and how we navigate them as it is about the here and now.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

His rigorous journey conveys a deep sense of beauty.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

His rigorous journey conveys a deep sense of beauty.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

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 -