Well shot and well paced, Zero has a lot to offer in spite of its twee moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Well shot and well paced, Zero has a lot to offer in spite of its twee moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This isn’t up there with the best of the V/H/S series overall, but it’s entertaining enough.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This isn’t up there with the best of the V/H/S series overall, but it’s entertaining enough.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At first glance it seems like a rollercoaster action movie but underneath it's full of ambiguities, hidden clues and red herrings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At first glance it seems like a rollercoaster action movie but underneath it's full of ambiguities, hidden clues and red herrings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

Leone demonstrated that he is a talented director with a perfect instinct for set pieces, but that he is less capable as a screenwriter.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Leone demonstrated that he is a talented director with a perfect instinct for set pieces, but that he is less capable as a screenwriter.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Whilst very, very cheap, Terrorvision goes beyond standard spoof territory and fleshes out its characters into people the viewer can care about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whilst very, very cheap, Terrorvision goes beyond standard spoof territory and fleshes out its characters into people the viewer can care about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A heart-in-your-mouth experience.

~ James Benefield -

A heart-in-your-mouth experience.

~ James Benefield -

An unusually intimate, exploratory film underscored by dry humour, Sky Peals has an atmosphere that you won’t find anywhere else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An unusually intimate, exploratory film underscored by dry humour, Sky Peals has an atmosphere that you won’t find anywhere else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tiainen copes impressively with a film which swerves far off its original course, and what emerges is more interesting for the diversion.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tiainen copes impressively with a film which swerves far off its original course, and what emerges is more interesting for the diversion.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Overrated and extremely dated.

~ Stephen Carty -

Overrated and extremely dated.

~ Stephen Carty -

Just enough is revealed to keep you glued while shocking, sucker-punches blindside you at all the right moments.

~ Stephen Carty -

Just enough is revealed to keep you glued while shocking, sucker-punches blindside you at all the right moments.

~ Stephen Carty -

Hilarious throughout.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

Hilarious throughout.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

The oppressive atmosphere of the swamp and the tension between the frustrated alpha males are so thick right up to the final frame you could cut the air with one of their knives, while the trauma of the experience lingers long after the credits roll.

~ David Graham -

The oppressive atmosphere of the swamp and the tension between the frustrated alpha males are so thick right up to the final frame you could cut the air with one of their knives, while the trauma of the experience lingers long after the credits roll.

~ David Graham -

The writing is sharp and succinct.

~ Richard Mowe -

The writing is sharp and succinct.

~ Richard Mowe -

Eisenberg takes us through the entire journey in a brisk 90 minutes, but the film never feels rushed.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Eisenberg takes us through the entire journey in a brisk 90 minutes, but the film never feels rushed.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The combination of subtlety and indeterminacy makes for an uncanny treat.

~ Anton Bitel -

The combination of subtlety and indeterminacy makes for an uncanny treat.

~ Anton Bitel -

A film that is so focused on the presence we can’t see it forgets to fully flesh out the lives that we can.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that is so focused on the presence we can’t see it forgets to fully flesh out the lives that we can.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A Nightmare On Elm Street remains an atmospheric and genuinely unsettling film with a chilling, universally relatable central motif: sleep gets everyone in the end.

~ James Gracey -

A Nightmare On Elm Street remains an atmospheric and genuinely unsettling film with a chilling, universally relatable central motif: sleep gets everyone in the end.

~ James Gracey -

A film that looks back, that gazes also into you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that looks back, that gazes also into you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nightbitch is of an ilk that is off-kilter. It is unreliable and unstable. It is visceral and dark. It is taxidermy and what I think are freezer potato pancakes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Nightbitch is of an ilk that is off-kilter. It is unreliable and unstable. It is visceral and dark. It is taxidermy and what I think are freezer potato pancakes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Gosling and Crowe are wondrous sparring partners.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Gosling and Crowe are wondrous sparring partners.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A Mother’s Embrace has an organic quality. Even its strangest elements feel convincingly part of the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A Mother’s Embrace has an organic quality. Even its strangest elements feel convincingly part of the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although this is set in the Nineties, the gritty feel makes it redolent of Seventies-set thrillers, a mood reinforced by the way that du Welz embeds us in Paul’s life from the start.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although this is set in the Nineties, the gritty feel makes it redolent of Seventies-set thrillers, a mood reinforced by the way that du Welz embeds us in Paul’s life from the start.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Gibson’s got intensity on tap, balancing internal grief with edgy energy and natural comic timing for the performance of his career.

~ Stephen Carty -

Gibson’s got intensity on tap, balancing internal grief with edgy energy and natural comic timing for the performance of his career.

~ Stephen Carty -

In this tangled tapestry, Russell has captured the soul of a nation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In this tangled tapestry, Russell has captured the soul of a nation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anderson’s use of the documentary framework is an inspired choice, since it lends what we’re seeing an air of reality that helps build the tension to jangling point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Anderson’s use of the documentary framework is an inspired choice, since it lends what we’re seeing an air of reality that helps build the tension to jangling point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Usually with a comedy you're lucky to get one genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang has at least half a dozen.

~ Steve Harwood -

Usually with a comedy you're lucky to get one genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang has at least half a dozen.

~ Steve Harwood -

Hellboy holds his head high above the mass of superhero characters thanks to a terrific performance by Ron Perlman.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hellboy holds his head high above the mass of superhero characters thanks to a terrific performance by Ron Perlman.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Illusions are everywhere in this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Illusions are everywhere in this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

To see it on any screen other than the biggest you can is to do yourself a disservice, and to miss it is to miss a masterpiece.

~ Andrew Robertson -

To see it on any screen other than the biggest you can is to do yourself a disservice, and to miss it is to miss a masterpiece.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Way too inspired for the end result to be intentional.

~ Gator MacReady -

Way too inspired for the end result to be intentional.

~ Gator MacReady -

Alternately hilarious and touching.

~ Gator MacReady -

Alternately hilarious and touching.

~ Gator MacReady -

Manages to include a whole stack of annoying cliches, stereotypes and habits that it could well do without.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Manages to include a whole stack of annoying cliches, stereotypes and habits that it could well do without.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film's real trouble stems from the fact that Lynch just wasn't the right man for the job.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's real trouble stems from the fact that Lynch just wasn't the right man for the job.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Full of gothic visuals and brooding melancholy, the bleak gloom is striking.

~ Stephen Carty -

Full of gothic visuals and brooding melancholy, the bleak gloom is striking.

~ Stephen Carty -

Even though we’re essentially talking about a basic shot-reverse shot exchange, framed in creeping wide angles, juxtaposed with close-ups, the feeling is comparable to watching a getaway heist.

~ Nikola Jovic -

Even though we’re essentially talking about a basic shot-reverse shot exchange, framed in creeping wide angles, juxtaposed with close-ups, the feeling is comparable to watching a getaway heist.

~ Nikola Jovic -

With a post-apocalypse setting - deserts, service corridors, junk yards at night - the film lacks the vision of Silent Running.

~ Paz Newis -

With a post-apocalypse setting - deserts, service corridors, junk yards at night - the film lacks the vision of Silent Running.

~ Paz Newis -

A past shines through another layer of the past into a silver screen present that is both familiar and brand-new.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A past shines through another layer of the past into a silver screen present that is both familiar and brand-new.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jennifer Kent's film creates something original, even frightening

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jennifer Kent's film creates something original, even frightening

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Baal is a film that will get under your skin, unsettling to a rare degree.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Baal is a film that will get under your skin, unsettling to a rare degree.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It finds room for those who despise weakness, and are weaker for it, and is stronger because of it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It finds room for those who despise weakness, and are weaker for it, and is stronger because of it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What isn't untrue is that Anora is brilliant.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What isn't untrue is that Anora is brilliant.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Although Jonas describes his leg as rotting, we get only the briefest hints of what this looks like to him. For the most part, it just looks like an ordinary leg, and our understanding of his position comes from Singh’s performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Although Jonas describes his leg as rotting, we get only the briefest hints of what this looks like to him. For the most part, it just looks like an ordinary leg, and our understanding of his position comes from Singh’s performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -