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 -

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 -

The script by Diablo Cody is a real gem, painful and darkly funny throughout.

~ Donald Munro -

The script by Diablo Cody is a real gem, painful and darkly funny throughout.

~ Donald Munro -

This is no chest-beating, flag-waving war movie, no propaganda for conflicts past, present or future, War Witch is the story of childhood destroyed, a country in flames and of how we survive the worst of what (in)humanity throws at us.

~ Neil Mitchell -

This is no chest-beating, flag-waving war movie, no propaganda for conflicts past, present or future, War Witch is the story of childhood destroyed, a country in flames and of how we survive the worst of what (in)humanity throws at us.

~ Neil Mitchell -

The wall is an undeniable presence, both solidly tangible and, thanks to some stunning sound design, resonantly audible as it redefines and demarcates the Woman's newly cloistered life.

~ Anton Bitel -

The wall is an undeniable presence, both solidly tangible and, thanks to some stunning sound design, resonantly audible as it redefines and demarcates the Woman's newly cloistered life.

~ Anton Bitel -

A celebration of Vito's life and of the work that long outlives him.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A celebration of Vito's life and of the work that long outlives him.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When a journalist is so embedded, a bit of historical accuracy and broader perspective might actually have helped.

~ Anton Bitel -

When a journalist is so embedded, a bit of historical accuracy and broader perspective might actually have helped.

~ Anton Bitel -

Director Gomes pays homage to the fantasy of colonial history while subverting it at the same time.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Director Gomes pays homage to the fantasy of colonial history while subverting it at the same time.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Attacking the communist regime with minimal reverence, Sun Alley is entertaining and at times very funny.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Attacking the communist regime with minimal reverence, Sun Alley is entertaining and at times very funny.

~ Nicola Osborne -

The pace of the film, like the turning of the seasons, country life and the shift in control of the Bras empire, is slow, but no less enthralling for that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The pace of the film, like the turning of the seasons, country life and the shift in control of the Bras empire, is slow, but no less enthralling for that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Peschel delivers a superb physical performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Peschel delivers a superb physical performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A lurching and uneven film, Sleeping Sickness resembles a dream.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A lurching and uneven film, Sleeping Sickness resembles a dream.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is a well-observed portrait of the family ties that bind, but with insufficient narrative development to justify its length.

~ Anton Bitel -

It is a well-observed portrait of the family ties that bind, but with insufficient narrative development to justify its length.

~ Anton Bitel -

You will learn a few things here, even if you are a film buff.

~ Owen Van Spall -

You will learn a few things here, even if you are a film buff.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The historical reality was as much about political as personal liberty, and the film reflects that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The historical reality was as much about political as personal liberty, and the film reflects that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters' interplay, mutual respect and overwhelming joy at being accepted made my heart swell in delighted awe.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The characters' interplay, mutual respect and overwhelming joy at being accepted made my heart swell in delighted awe.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Thought-provoking rather than yielding insight.

~ Chris -

Thought-provoking rather than yielding insight.

~ Chris -

A delightful, genial, lovable movie - the product of an idiosyncratic artist and master storyteller.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A delightful, genial, lovable movie - the product of an idiosyncratic artist and master storyteller.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The picture Edwin paints recalls the postcards of the title, both for good and ill.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The picture Edwin paints recalls the postcards of the title, both for good and ill.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Polanski makes a familiar story of persecution and inhumanity utterly fresh.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Polanski makes a familiar story of persecution and inhumanity utterly fresh.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

They're interesting people, all with interesting and evolving stories to tell.

~ Scott Macdonald -

They're interesting people, all with interesting and evolving stories to tell.

~ Scott Macdonald -

No Man's Zone is a crushingly dull documentary, at least twice as long as the selected material warrants.

~ Scott Macdonald -

No Man's Zone is a crushingly dull documentary, at least twice as long as the selected material warrants.

~ Scott Macdonald -

El Hosaini is wise to inject visual majesty into her otherwise gritty tale.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

El Hosaini is wise to inject visual majesty into her otherwise gritty tale.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

Quietly, in the background, details become almost too horrible to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quietly, in the background, details become almost too horrible to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The charisma of the interviewees is what makes the film interesting to watch.

~ Donald Munro -

The charisma of the interviewees is what makes the film interesting to watch.

~ Donald Munro -

This immersive film from the Wakatobi islands in Indonesia is a fascinating snapshot of the lives of the Bajo tribe and a sweetly worked narrative about family and friendship that also offers powerful commentary about the state of our seas.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This immersive film from the Wakatobi islands in Indonesia is a fascinating snapshot of the lives of the Bajo tribe and a sweetly worked narrative about family and friendship that also offers powerful commentary about the state of our seas.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Matthew Akers’ all-seeing documentary cleverly mimics the form of the museum’s retrospective by saving the most revealing facts about Abramovic until professional and personal context is established.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

Matthew Akers’ all-seeing documentary cleverly mimics the form of the museum’s retrospective by saving the most revealing facts about Abramovic until professional and personal context is established.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

Technically impressive, indeed ground-breaking.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

Technically impressive, indeed ground-breaking.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

One of the best social dramas you are likely to see this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the best social dramas you are likely to see this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kid-Thing is all about kid-think, with David Zellner keeping his main character's child perspective front and centre at all times.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kid-Thing is all about kid-think, with David Zellner keeping his main character's child perspective front and centre at all times.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A gently paced but unsparing and unglamorous portrait of a gay relationship where love doesn't and perhaps never could conquer all.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A gently paced but unsparing and unglamorous portrait of a gay relationship where love doesn't and perhaps never could conquer all.

~ Owen Van Spall -

To enjoy this kind of adventure, you have to get lost in Guy Maddin's house, because he has made a ghost of a film - 'but a ghost isn't nothing.'

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

To enjoy this kind of adventure, you have to get lost in Guy Maddin's house, because he has made a ghost of a film - 'but a ghost isn't nothing.'

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There's a real sense of being there, not only in the same physical spaces but in the same emotional ones.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a real sense of being there, not only in the same physical spaces but in the same emotional ones.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brought up a notch by a fine cast, some genuinely funny scenes and a curious darker streak that lies beneath the laughs.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Brought up a notch by a fine cast, some genuinely funny scenes and a curious darker streak that lies beneath the laughs.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Given the Rampling family pedigree there are certain expectations of quality, and Southcombe largely lives up to the promise with this sharply stylish crime mystery that gives plenty of space for Rampling to flex her acting muscles.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Given the Rampling family pedigree there are certain expectations of quality, and Southcombe largely lives up to the promise with this sharply stylish crime mystery that gives plenty of space for Rampling to flex her acting muscles.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Anyone over the age of 35 will find the whistle-stop, romanticised tour of Thatcher's career offers scarcely any insight, skating over most of the interesting issues.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Anyone over the age of 35 will find the whistle-stop, romanticised tour of Thatcher's career offers scarcely any insight, skating over most of the interesting issues.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sadly, there is not a funny enough script or any particularly amusing performance to provide a backbone to hang the visualisations on, leaving Iron Sky as a more of a showcase for what low-budget filmmaking can achieve in terms of effects.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Sadly, there is not a funny enough script or any particularly amusing performance to provide a backbone to hang the visualisations on, leaving Iron Sky as a more of a showcase for what low-budget filmmaking can achieve in terms of effects.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A haunting, well-directed piece of cinema.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A haunting, well-directed piece of cinema.

~ Scott Macdonald -

As Martin walks to and fro from urban settings to the Edenic countryside, Weingartner's film also seems to meander, and to drift a little too close to the sentimental – until a twist comes that forces the viewer to re-evaluate everything that has gone bef

~ Anton Bitel -

As Martin walks to and fro from urban settings to the Edenic countryside, Weingartner's film also seems to meander, and to drift a little too close to the sentimental – until a twist comes that forces the viewer to re-evaluate everything that has gone bef

~ Anton Bitel -

Soderbergh lays the pretension on thick in flashbacks to the Barcelona job that is clearly at the root of her problems, with slo-mo here and black and white there doing nothing to distract from the fact that it has all the substance of a chocolate bar adv

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Soderbergh lays the pretension on thick in flashbacks to the Barcelona job that is clearly at the root of her problems, with slo-mo here and black and white there doing nothing to distract from the fact that it has all the substance of a chocolate bar adv

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like Richter's creations, this deceptively simple film is many-layered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like Richter's creations, this deceptively simple film is many-layered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It took me a while to warm to this film...But as Yong Kim explores her characters a more nuanced, rewarding movie emerges.

~ Jeff Robson -

It took me a while to warm to this film...But as Yong Kim explores her characters a more nuanced, rewarding movie emerges.

~ Jeff Robson -

Diane Kruger has only four days, all at the Petit Trianon, to leave her mark. And she does - a fervent and poignant, half-aware queen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Diane Kruger has only four days, all at the Petit Trianon, to leave her mark. And she does - a fervent and poignant, half-aware queen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The strongest features of the of the film are the performances by Max von Sydow and by Sandra Bullock as Linda, Oskar's mother.

~ Donald Munro -

The strongest features of the of the film are the performances by Max von Sydow and by Sandra Bullock as Linda, Oskar's mother.

~ Donald Munro -

This low-key coming of age drama pokes gently into questions of faith, temptation, family and belonging.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This low-key coming of age drama pokes gently into questions of faith, temptation, family and belonging.

~ Owen Van Spall -

It's difficult to understand how anybody could put themselves through this for eight or more hours a day over a six month period. There's only really one answer: love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's difficult to understand how anybody could put themselves through this for eight or more hours a day over a six month period. There's only really one answer: love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bleak, stripped down and haunting.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Bleak, stripped down and haunting.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Despite the fine cast, and some striking, color-drained cinematography, A Moi Seule doesn't have enough psychological complexity.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Despite the fine cast, and some striking, color-drained cinematography, A Moi Seule doesn't have enough psychological complexity.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Yet although the film is shot wide by an unmoving camera in full naturalist mode, we ultimately remain uncertain whether Chocó has taught Everlides a lesson, or just dreamt that she has.

~ Anton Bitel -

Yet although the film is shot wide by an unmoving camera in full naturalist mode, we ultimately remain uncertain whether Chocó has taught Everlides a lesson, or just dreamt that she has.

~ Anton Bitel -

There are simply not enough surprises to be had and as the film progresses one gets a sense that a series of boxes are being ticked.

~ Owen Van Spall -

There are simply not enough surprises to be had and as the film progresses one gets a sense that a series of boxes are being ticked.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Mendoza never lets your expectations, or your blood pressure, settle as the strange and isolated group face physical and existential threats.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Mendoza never lets your expectations, or your blood pressure, settle as the strange and isolated group face physical and existential threats.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Despite its grim subject, this is a film full of fight, with all the energy you'd expect from that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite its grim subject, this is a film full of fight, with all the energy you'd expect from that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a fantastic chance to see some of the industry's greatest talents at the top of their game.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a fantastic chance to see some of the industry's greatest talents at the top of their game.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Blue Angel has all the ingredients of a classic moral tragedy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Blue Angel has all the ingredients of a classic moral tragedy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a challenging and rewarding piece that reflects your own thoughts as much as those of the filmmaker.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a challenging and rewarding piece that reflects your own thoughts as much as those of the filmmaker.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A quietly enjoyable film with a sense of the old-fashioned about it and a few bursts of humour to cut through the air of melancholy and suspicion.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A quietly enjoyable film with a sense of the old-fashioned about it and a few bursts of humour to cut through the air of melancholy and suspicion.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Aspiring to character-study status, the film evades at almost every turn the more compelling moments of its bare-bones plot. It’s a shame.

~ Michael Pattison -

Aspiring to character-study status, the film evades at almost every turn the more compelling moments of its bare-bones plot. It’s a shame.

~ Michael Pattison -

Every time the film brings out [...] his photographs, I found myself leaning forward - drinking in their beautiful details.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Every time the film brings out [...] his photographs, I found myself leaning forward - drinking in their beautiful details.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Weiwei is such a fascinating subject that even a documentary that never seems to stray into the experimental is compelling, but white text on a black screen does not a revolution make.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Weiwei is such a fascinating subject that even a documentary that never seems to stray into the experimental is compelling, but white text on a black screen does not a revolution make.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A diverse collection of short films inevitably means there will be a mixed bag in terms of enjoyment for any one viewer: some of the films are very obscure or outright bizarre, whereas some are so short and slight they leave little impact

~ Owen Van Spall -

A diverse collection of short films inevitably means there will be a mixed bag in terms of enjoyment for any one viewer: some of the films are very obscure or outright bizarre, whereas some are so short and slight they leave little impact

~ Owen Van Spall -

The filmmaker and her crew deserve a lot of credit for even managing to capture this lifestyle – not to mention following it for five years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Breslin, as so often, is the standout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The observational approach works against the director, slowing down proceedings and making it hard to see the wood for the trees

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lotus may love pretty things, but he doesn’t hold back on the gore.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With so much going on the only shame is that at this length the pirouettes in various directions are so brief, giving us a taste for ideas that are begging to be dug into further.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the film is generally a delight, the increasingly surreal third act can be hard to track.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

A patient, affecting study of human connection in unusual circumstances

~ Antoni Konieczny -

The irreverent score, the gothic art direction, and Mario Tosi’s kaleidoscopic, slithering cinematography coalesce into something mesmeric.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Like its subject, the film is a fusion of styles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An overflowing life is presented to us through archival interviews and film clips, and most revealingly through on-camera insights from O’Brien herself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The anxious impact of the airport is also brought home to us by the crowded nature of the animation, its expressionist rendering emphasising the strangeness of this environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For better or worse, Antonioni’s got his master stylist hat on here, even if it sometimes obscures his vision.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Feels like a bite-sized companion piece to The Invasion

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a good deal of depth and nuance to these relationships as Blichfeldt uses them to illustrate how a society which makes women dependent on men magnifies ever petty disagreement and sets them at odds with one another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The cinematography is deliberately downbeat. The narrative meanders as its hero does.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anno, while acknowledging the history through the use of archive and via her interviewees, firmly accentuates the positives and the strides that have been made.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s no room here for the simple morality of the average horror film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though parts of the film are repetitive and others don’t quite knit together, there are some real gems hidden in there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The plot is not the film’s strongest point, but it functions well enough as a device through which to explore a troubled relationship.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pure joy from start to finish.

~ Anton Bitel -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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

~ Jennie Kermode -

I Am Love is social melodrama in the best traditions of Italian cinema.

~ Chris -

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 -

An overflowing life is presented to us through archival interviews and film clips, and most revealingly through on-camera insights from O’Brien herself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -