Forgetting Ain El-Heweh seems to be something the rest of the world has got good act, Fleifel's heart-felt film is a powerful reminder.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Forgetting Ain El-Heweh seems to be something the rest of the world has got good act, Fleifel's heart-felt film is a powerful reminder.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Valle’s deadpan comedy demonstrates a master image-maker at work.

~ Michael Pattison -

Valle’s deadpan comedy demonstrates a master image-maker at work.

~ Michael Pattison -

Being disorientated is part of the game of art - from William Shakespeare to the present.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Being disorientated is part of the game of art - from William Shakespeare to the present.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -

The subject of understanding and mystery prove a sticking point, with the film remaining so wilfully opaque that it is more frustrating than rewarding by the end credits.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The subject of understanding and mystery prove a sticking point, with the film remaining so wilfully opaque that it is more frustrating than rewarding by the end credits.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is storytelling in its truest sense and the cast rise to the occasion.

~ Jeff Robson -

This is storytelling in its truest sense and the cast rise to the occasion.

~ Jeff Robson -

Zürcher's film may not follow traditional storytelling lines but it is bold in form and, for all its lack of story, memorable in content.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zürcher's film may not follow traditional storytelling lines but it is bold in form and, for all its lack of story, memorable in content.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The movie works by getting under your skin in ways that you only realise when the situation turns sour.

~ James Benefield -

The movie works by getting under your skin in ways that you only realise when the situation turns sour.

~ James Benefield -

Soderbergh, just as he did with his 2011 film Contagion shows that the disaster you expected safely elsewhere, is right in front of you.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Soderbergh, just as he did with his 2011 film Contagion shows that the disaster you expected safely elsewhere, is right in front of you.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Kim Longinotto's documentary about the Tamil poet Salma burns with both indignation and a profound melancholy.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Kim Longinotto's documentary about the Tamil poet Salma burns with both indignation and a profound melancholy.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A very personal film that takes on big themes almost incidentally, Rock The Casbah is remarkable for the balance it strikes between Israeli and Arab perspectives, often deriving sly humour from the otherwise tragic culture clash.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A very personal film that takes on big themes almost incidentally, Rock The Casbah is remarkable for the balance it strikes between Israeli and Arab perspectives, often deriving sly humour from the otherwise tragic culture clash.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Barreto's film is a stylish feast for the eyes, registering the nuances of the 50s turning into the 60s.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Barreto's film is a stylish feast for the eyes, registering the nuances of the 50s turning into the 60s.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

At its core, this is a character study, with the contradictory American character summed up in one man.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At its core, this is a character study, with the contradictory American character summed up in one man.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

There are films that stick with you. Ones that make an impression even if it wasn’t a pleasant one. This is maybe one of those.

~ Chris -

There are films that stick with you. Ones that make an impression even if it wasn’t a pleasant one. This is maybe one of those.

~ Chris -

The characters may be variously plagued by debt, illness and emotional strain but they also prove there is conoslation in friendship and that a single shared chocolate can be more important and touching than a thousand words.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The characters may be variously plagued by debt, illness and emotional strain but they also prove there is conoslation in friendship and that a single shared chocolate can be more important and touching than a thousand words.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pluto is an oddly funny film - inhabiting as isolated a world as its titular celestial body.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Pluto is an oddly funny film - inhabiting as isolated a world as its titular celestial body.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Seidl manages to make this ordeal excruciating to watch without ever being graphic, visually or even narratively.

~ Michael Pattison -

Seidl manages to make this ordeal excruciating to watch without ever being graphic, visually or even narratively.

~ Michael Pattison -

Like Saili himself, this proves to be a thoughtful little gem.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like Saili himself, this proves to be a thoughtful little gem.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We lurch between environments where there is no freedom at all and where one might get away with anything, and the effect is morally dizzying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We lurch between environments where there is no freedom at all and where one might get away with anything, and the effect is morally dizzying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pauline Etienne sweeps all before her as Suzanne Simonin, a nun who wants none of it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pauline Etienne sweeps all before her as Suzanne Simonin, a nun who wants none of it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lamas highlights the power of the much-maligned 'talking head' format of documentary while simultaneously striking out into less clearly defined territory aided by the shadowy life story of that same man.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Lamas highlights the power of the much-maligned 'talking head' format of documentary while simultaneously striking out into less clearly defined territory aided by the shadowy life story of that same man.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

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 -

Kluijfhout captures a sense of both the shellfish's elegance and mystery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kluijfhout captures a sense of both the shellfish's elegance and mystery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nords gets an excellent performance from Konovalovs - contrasting the enjoyment of the wide open spaces of his home city at night with the stress that waits for him inside his home or school.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nords gets an excellent performance from Konovalovs - contrasting the enjoyment of the wide open spaces of his home city at night with the stress that waits for him inside his home or school.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is first and foremost a celebration of life and life cycles but Heathcote's film also touches on deeper political issues surrounding the livelihoods of farmers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is first and foremost a celebration of life and life cycles but Heathcote's film also touches on deeper political issues surrounding the livelihoods of farmers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The harrowing latter half of the film could easily have become alienating, but Seyfried makes it compelling.

~ Max Crawford -

The harrowing latter half of the film could easily have become alienating, but Seyfried makes it compelling.

~ Max Crawford -

This is a curious film, an important film and, in its oblique way, a very funny film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a curious film, an important film and, in its oblique way, a very funny film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A poetic and tense debut that explores not so much the coming of age as the coming of mortality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A poetic and tense debut that explores not so much the coming of age as the coming of mortality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

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 -

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 -

Despite the seemingly grim subject matter, Gordon-Levitt goes the upbeat route with his debut feature.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Despite the seemingly grim subject matter, Gordon-Levitt goes the upbeat route with his debut feature.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The emphasis here is on the immediate and indirect ecological effects, which the film renders in aesthetic terms without ever becoming a compelling interrogation in itself.

~ Michael Pattison -

The emphasis here is on the immediate and indirect ecological effects, which the film renders in aesthetic terms without ever becoming a compelling interrogation in itself.

~ Michael Pattison -

Dark Blood is an offbeat film no one would call formally perfect, yet the depths it gutsily goes for and its strange vein of comedy make it one to think about and enjoy

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

Dark Blood is an offbeat film no one would call formally perfect, yet the depths it gutsily goes for and its strange vein of comedy make it one to think about and enjoy

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

One for keeping the little ones happy on a damp afternoon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One for keeping the little ones happy on a damp afternoon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A brilliant central performance from Robin Weigert.

~ David Graham -

A brilliant central performance from Robin Weigert.

~ 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 -

It's the boxy Apple Mac precursors that are the real stars in many ways. It's hard not to feel a warm glow of affection for them, assuming you are a viewer of a certain age.

~ Owen Van Spall -

It's the boxy Apple Mac precursors that are the real stars in many ways. It's hard not to feel a warm glow of affection for them, assuming you are a viewer of a certain age.

~ Owen Van Spall -

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 -

A fascinating meta-textual picture.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A fascinating meta-textual picture.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A fairytale for old romantics everywhere, who believe that the weapons of friendship and commitment are as vital in the fight for a relationship, as love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fairytale for old romantics everywhere, who believe that the weapons of friendship and commitment are as vital in the fight for a relationship, as love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an upbeat, often hilarious, but never mawkish, celebration of love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an upbeat, often hilarious, but never mawkish, celebration of love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

Zacharias Kunuk's achievement with his mainly untrained actors is astonishing. Even the sexual chemistry works.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Zacharias Kunuk's achievement with his mainly untrained actors is astonishing. Even the sexual chemistry works.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Unquestionably and understandably harrowing, in places unbearably so, this reflection upon acts of murder, genocide and torture, told by the perpetrators themselves, is a masterpiece.

~ Merlin Harries -

Unquestionably and understandably harrowing, in places unbearably so, this reflection upon acts of murder, genocide and torture, told by the perpetrators themselves, is a masterpiece.

~ Merlin Harries -

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 -