Trengove strikes a good balance between showing the cultural importance, even though on the wane, of old-fashioned masculinity and personal drama between Xolani and Kwanda, slowly ratcheting up the tension to breaking point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Trengove strikes a good balance between showing the cultural importance, even though on the wane, of old-fashioned masculinity and personal drama between Xolani and Kwanda, slowly ratcheting up the tension to breaking point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An arresting debut.

~ Luke Shaw -

An arresting debut.

~ Luke Shaw -

Inti Briones's muddy, saturated black and white imagery complements director Daniela Thomas' tight close-ups and lingering landscape shots in conveying both the paradox of the location and the pressure its inhabitants feel.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Inti Briones's muddy, saturated black and white imagery complements director Daniela Thomas' tight close-ups and lingering landscape shots in conveying both the paradox of the location and the pressure its inhabitants feel.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Such an important story cannot be squeezed into 106 minutes. The politics are complex and the religious conflict on a Syrian scale of horror

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Such an important story cannot be squeezed into 106 minutes. The politics are complex and the religious conflict on a Syrian scale of horror

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Michael Radford's film version of Orwell's masterpiece offers a faithful interpretation, but it is THX 1138 that captures the very essence of its stark warning against totalitarianism.

~ Niall McCallum -

Michael Radford's film version of Orwell's masterpiece offers a faithful interpretation, but it is THX 1138 that captures the very essence of its stark warning against totalitarianism.

~ Niall McCallum -

Terminator 2 is a wonderful sequel, dramatically satisfying and a fine entertainment.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Terminator 2 is a wonderful sequel, dramatically satisfying and a fine entertainment.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A unique piece of cinema, superbly performed and dangerously directed

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A unique piece of cinema, superbly performed and dangerously directed

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Goes against the grain of modern crime documentaries.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Goes against the grain of modern crime documentaries.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bigelow delivers a neo noir that hides its hope and redemption under a throbbing veil of paranoia, tension and adrenalin.

~ Stephen Carty -

Bigelow delivers a neo noir that hides its hope and redemption under a throbbing veil of paranoia, tension and adrenalin.

~ Stephen Carty -

It has the ungainly but attractive ambience of an old fairy tale being passed down through the generations, becoming more and more embellished on each retelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It has the ungainly but attractive ambience of an old fairy tale being passed down through the generations, becoming more and more embellished on each retelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With such a powerful story and a charismatic lead like Heston, it's hard to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With such a powerful story and a charismatic lead like Heston, it's hard to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A masterpiece of horror cinema, it features a bleak atmosphere, striking visuals, frenzied performances, and an utterly unshakable, creeping sense of dread.

~ James Gracey -

A masterpiece of horror cinema, it features a bleak atmosphere, striking visuals, frenzied performances, and an utterly unshakable, creeping sense of dread.

~ James Gracey -

This is a powerful film that not only resonates with the recent cycle of films concerning rebellious girls, but with films made by indigerous peoples.

~ Sarah Artt -

This is a powerful film that not only resonates with the recent cycle of films concerning rebellious girls, but with films made by indigerous peoples.

~ Sarah Artt -

Comedy doesn't come in many darker shades than that employed by Serbian director Bojan Vuletic in Requiem For Mrs J, this is truly the vantablack of humour.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Comedy doesn't come in many darker shades than that employed by Serbian director Bojan Vuletic in Requiem For Mrs J, this is truly the vantablack of humour.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director has a flare for encapsulating a world of emotion in a single moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director has a flare for encapsulating a world of emotion in a single moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Complex, sometimes conflicting emotions are beautifully played by Gedeck.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Complex, sometimes conflicting emotions are beautifully played by Gedeck.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sikumi is certainly stark, and yet there is room even in this cold, austere backdrop for the warmth of the human spirit.

~ Anton Bitel -

Sikumi is certainly stark, and yet there is room even in this cold, austere backdrop for the warmth of the human spirit.

~ Anton Bitel -

There is a fragility and brittleness to this but also an underlying warm sweetness that might just melt your heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a fragility and brittleness to this but also an underlying warm sweetness that might just melt your heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though shot on cheap black-and-white film stock, NOTLD was the film that would turn the whole horror genre blood red, with its innovative use of graphically realistic gore effects.

~ Anton Bitel -

Though shot on cheap black-and-white film stock, NOTLD was the film that would turn the whole horror genre blood red, with its innovative use of graphically realistic gore effects.

~ Anton Bitel -

Even though Newton is a stickler, there's an appealing purity to his views and he remains likeable almost despite himself.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even though Newton is a stickler, there's an appealing purity to his views and he remains likeable almost despite himself.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Something like a cross between Carry On Solanas! and The Beguiled

~ Jane Fae -

Something like a cross between Carry On Solanas! and The Beguiled

~ Jane Fae -

What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With its genuine Versailles locations and sumptuous costuming, Marie Antoinette is a feast for the eyes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With its genuine Versailles locations and sumptuous costuming, Marie Antoinette is a feast for the eyes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The acting here is of high quality, with Frot shading just enough warmth and melancholy into Claire to stop her becoming a total wet blanket... Deneuve, throwing caution to the wind

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The acting here is of high quality, with Frot shading just enough warmth and melancholy into Claire to stop her becoming a total wet blanket... Deneuve, throwing caution to the wind

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rather than pick apart rituals... Weinstein simply lets us see them in action as part of the natural fabric of his life

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rather than pick apart rituals... Weinstein simply lets us see them in action as part of the natural fabric of his life

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The performances under Walsh's direction capture the fine splinters of motivation and the mystery that we all are to each other.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The performances under Walsh's direction capture the fine splinters of motivation and the mystery that we all are to each other.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Hunnam gives a compelling performance as a man railing against the bigotry of his time, and yet simultaneously embodying it as a white explorer in a place already well-known to its inhabitants.

~ Seph Shewell Brockway -

Hunnam gives a compelling performance as a man railing against the bigotry of his time, and yet simultaneously embodying it as a white explorer in a place already well-known to its inhabitants.

~ Seph Shewell Brockway -

The film overdoses on violence. There is no escape from it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film overdoses on violence. There is no escape from it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The full use of what film can do is eye-opening - the juxtapositions jolt awareness of what is important and remains necessary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The full use of what film can do is eye-opening - the juxtapositions jolt awareness of what is important and remains necessary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The idea that a family would face the war crime equivalent of lions, tigers and bears in the space of a few hours barges through the boundaries of belief.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The idea that a family would face the war crime equivalent of lions, tigers and bears in the space of a few hours barges through the boundaries of belief.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The noir-style bleakness gives it a taut atmosphere that most contemporary movies still cannot match.

~ Stephen Carty -

The noir-style bleakness gives it a taut atmosphere that most contemporary movies still cannot match.

~ Stephen Carty -

An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

~ Max Crawford -

An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

~ Max Crawford -

Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film’s most gripping aspect is the delicacy with which it handles its extraordinary emotional depth

~ Evelin Toth -

The film’s most gripping aspect is the delicacy with which it handles its extraordinary emotional depth

~ Evelin Toth -

Just because you signal to an audience that you're purposefully making them watch paint dry does not make the experience of it any less tedious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Just because you signal to an audience that you're purposefully making them watch paint dry does not make the experience of it any less tedious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is ludicrous and wonderful. It has genuine eccentric conviction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is ludicrous and wonderful. It has genuine eccentric conviction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lelio makes no bones about how he wants us to feel, to the point where it sometimes feels as though he is stating the obvious is six-foot neon letters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lelio makes no bones about how he wants us to feel, to the point where it sometimes feels as though he is stating the obvious is six-foot neon letters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We don't just see this teenager grow up, we are buffeted and tossed by the experience.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We don't just see this teenager grow up, we are buffeted and tossed by the experience.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What [director Proyas] does here is juggle genres and lop the dead cells from the brains of old cliches.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What [director Proyas] does here is juggle genres and lop the dead cells from the brains of old cliches.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

No other director could have pulled this off, such a humane fusion of communication and technology.

~ Scott Macdonald -

No other director could have pulled this off, such a humane fusion of communication and technology.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Kubrick's canvas is best enjoyed large, right at the front.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Kubrick's canvas is best enjoyed large, right at the front.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is fundamentally a film about the workings of infatuation with a charmed fever that contaminates its characters.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is fundamentally a film about the workings of infatuation with a charmed fever that contaminates its characters.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The sex element, while erotically shot, is almost exclusively reserved for the moment in which Clare was enjoying the experience, thus stripping away the usual voyeuristic downside that often accompanies this genre.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sex element, while erotically shot, is almost exclusively reserved for the moment in which Clare was enjoying the experience, thus stripping away the usual voyeuristic downside that often accompanies this genre.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beg, borrow or steal a ticket to see it on the biggest screen you can find.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beg, borrow or steal a ticket to see it on the biggest screen you can find.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The puzzles here are of the sort intended to be enjoyed for their twists and turns rather than their resolution.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The puzzles here are of the sort intended to be enjoyed for their twists and turns rather than their resolution.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, presenting as well as producing, paints a bleak portrait of the impact of pressures on the seal trade.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, presenting as well as producing, paints a bleak portrait of the impact of pressures on the seal trade.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As a kind of call to arms against nostalgia on the one hand but forgetfulness on the other, Uruguayan-born Michael Wahrmann charts ambitious terrain.

~ Michael Pattison -

As a kind of call to arms against nostalgia on the one hand but forgetfulness on the other, Uruguayan-born Michael Wahrmann charts ambitious terrain.

~ Michael Pattison -

Allen's genius is in bringing out the humour in little incidents and in using them to provide sharp insights into character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Allen's genius is in bringing out the humour in little incidents and in using them to provide sharp insights into character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Scott wrings out every last drop of suspense from the film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Scott wrings out every last drop of suspense from the film.

~ Scott Macdonald -

As stark as its empty landscapes, as measured as the tread of the strangers along the poplar avenue, as compelling as the panic that grows in the village ahead of them.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As stark as its empty landscapes, as measured as the tread of the strangers along the poplar avenue, as compelling as the panic that grows in the village ahead of them.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Director Siobhan McCarthy is adept at using the long-established visual language of the high school movie both to entertain and to show us the world from a perspective that’s relatively new to cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Clown in A Cornfield has a lot of heart, and not just of the bloody variety.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bong loses the thread in numerous half-baked sub-plots whose inflation takes its toll on the bloated runtime.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Every frame feels like the product of conscious decision-making, with nothing merely carrying us from one point to another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hallow Road is an Irish co-production, and it shows both in theme and in quality.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s refreshing to encounter a multiverse film that doesn’t mess about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A surprisingly droll deconstruction of crime reconstruction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The circumstances of women are central to the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kurosawa's masterful synthesis doesn't stop with the script. He weaves a late Edo period samurai film, in its painstaking historic detail, into modernity.

~ Donald Munro -

The film is at its most effective when we feel the urgency of their boredom – the athletic one pacing in circles like a trapped animal – juxtaposed with the languid charm of their environment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It doesn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a pleasant way to while away an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The difference here from more familiar selections allows us to appreciate different qualities in the art.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In what is probably Côté's most straightforwardly observational film to date, the fictions come baked in.

~ 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 -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script is lean, the sword edges keen and the characters mean.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s the acting that carries it, and naturally Farahani, one of the finest talents of her generation, does not disappoint.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Subtle observations about the racism that underpins this superficially idyllic society pepper a film which repeatedly forces its hero to question his assumptions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

~ Donald Munro -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every frame feels like the product of conscious decision-making, with nothing merely carrying us from one point to another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

Ashcroft’s interpretation steers the story away from simple tragedy as we see Mortensen making gains as well as losses.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Comic invention rides shotgun on a screenplay that runs wild.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The difference here from more familiar selections allows us to appreciate different qualities in the art.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

A sophisticated palate will discern any number of flavours running through Black Bag, but these are glosses on a traditional recipe.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It doesn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a pleasant way to while away an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -