It's in dance that the film's strength lies, illustrating, through choreography, Acosta's more abstract - and more negative - emotions, including fear, loneliness and lust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's in dance that the film's strength lies, illustrating, through choreography, Acosta's more abstract - and more negative - emotions, including fear, loneliness and lust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shawky allows his characters to sit firmly in the driving seat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shawky allows his characters to sit firmly in the driving seat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Written around the songs as it is, the film makes good use of them and they add to rather than distracting from the narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Written around the songs as it is, the film makes good use of them and they add to rather than distracting from the narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a refreshing lack of sentimentality in the way Omerzu captures his duo of protagonists.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a refreshing lack of sentimentality in the way Omerzu captures his duo of protagonists.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Recent Hollywood heist films - typified by the Ocean's franchise - have been largely concerned with shiny surfaces, gloss and froth but British director Steve McQueen is much more interested in what lies beneath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Recent Hollywood heist films - typified by the Ocean's franchise - have been largely concerned with shiny surfaces, gloss and froth but British director Steve McQueen is much more interested in what lies beneath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The characters are beautifully drawn and the performances finely balanced in a film with a lot more going on upstairs than its preoccupation with violence might suggest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters are beautifully drawn and the performances finely balanced in a film with a lot more going on upstairs than its preoccupation with violence might suggest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Offering a clear-sighted view of the situation that calls to mind executive producer Matthew Heinemann’s approach to the drug trade in Cartel Land, Kasbe digs at the complexity of the poaching problem.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Offering a clear-sighted view of the situation that calls to mind executive producer Matthew Heinemann’s approach to the drug trade in Cartel Land, Kasbe digs at the complexity of the poaching problem.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story, such as it is, has the dreamy flow of childhood remembered, but though the honeyed tones of the magic hour are often used, there's never a glossing over the toughness of life being faced by these free-range kids.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story, such as it is, has the dreamy flow of childhood remembered, but though the honeyed tones of the magic hour are often used, there's never a glossing over the toughness of life being faced by these free-range kids.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You don't have to look far for allegory in Panek's film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You don't have to look far for allegory in Panek's film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are just too many movie references and homage to the likes of David Lynch in this noirish thriller to make it anything other than an over-derivative exercise in style over substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

There are just too many movie references and homage to the likes of David Lynch in this noirish thriller to make it anything other than an over-derivative exercise in style over substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

Though Mauro Herce's cinematography is strong, Yasin struggles to take us beyond the look to the feel of the women's relationship.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though Mauro Herce's cinematography is strong, Yasin struggles to take us beyond the look to the feel of the women's relationship.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If we have, ourselves, become greedy to know exactly what the secret is by this point, Barve certainly does not disappoint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If we have, ourselves, become greedy to know exactly what the secret is by this point, Barve certainly does not disappoint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Time and place hold both no and every meaning in Christian Petzold's latest film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Time and place hold both no and every meaning in Christian Petzold's latest film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a savage kind of beauty in Pretsell's portrait of desperation and despair.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a savage kind of beauty in Pretsell's portrait of desperation and despair.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mayfair treats her scenes of sex and desire with restraint, using juxtaposition to evoke mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mayfair treats her scenes of sex and desire with restraint, using juxtaposition to evoke mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zoabi uses farcical comedy as his warm-hearted messenger, presenting his argument with a disarming hug and a surprising dash of romance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zoabi uses farcical comedy as his warm-hearted messenger, presenting his argument with a disarming hug and a surprising dash of romance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If we compared the original to a Mark Rothko canvas - a distillation of raw emotion - this version is more akin to a colossal, baffling kinetic sculpture, one that seems to exist in more dimensions than it ought to.

~ Max Crawford -

If we compared the original to a Mark Rothko canvas - a distillation of raw emotion - this version is more akin to a colossal, baffling kinetic sculpture, one that seems to exist in more dimensions than it ought to.

~ Max Crawford -

Sunset while resisting the digital, flings us into a dreamworld where nostalgia for the past is twin to premonition of our future.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Sunset while resisting the digital, flings us into a dreamworld where nostalgia for the past is twin to premonition of our future.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This mixture of sharp observation and inadvertent clumsiness characterises a film whose director has obvious talent but needs experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This mixture of sharp observation and inadvertent clumsiness characterises a film whose director has obvious talent but needs experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a strong sense of isolation from the start in Fisher's film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a strong sense of isolation from the start in Fisher's film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is certainly not the first musical to treat its songs as set pieces and it delivers in terms of action elsewhere, with some thrilling horseback manoeuvres and solid fight scenes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is certainly not the first musical to treat its songs as set pieces and it delivers in terms of action elsewhere, with some thrilling horseback manoeuvres and solid fight scenes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Both leads acquit themselves well despite having little or no prior acting experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both leads acquit themselves well despite having little or no prior acting experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Phoenix gives his character more depth than such men are usually afforded but deliberately takes a back seat, allowing Reilly the dramatic lead role he has long deserved.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Phoenix gives his character more depth than such men are usually afforded but deliberately takes a back seat, allowing Reilly the dramatic lead role he has long deserved.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some may be dissuaded by the painstaking pace yet the tone manages to be both humorous and heart-rending at the same time.

~ Richard Mowe -

Some may be dissuaded by the painstaking pace yet the tone manages to be both humorous and heart-rending at the same time.

~ Richard Mowe -

Religious and family tensions are explored with care and sensitivity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Religious and family tensions are explored with care and sensitivity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Billingham's consideration calls for empathy rather than condemnation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Billingham's consideration calls for empathy rather than condemnation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mansky's bigger picture about the manipulation of a nation is crystal clear.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mansky's bigger picture about the manipulation of a nation is crystal clear.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Thedin is excellent in the central role, perfectly balancing Jill's wisdom and insight with her vulnerability and sometime naivety.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Thedin is excellent in the central role, perfectly balancing Jill's wisdom and insight with her vulnerability and sometime naivety.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few artists are ever willing to let their audiences get this close to their unrevised selves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few artists are ever willing to let their audiences get this close to their unrevised selves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Flynn is convincing and sympathetic in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Flynn is convincing and sympathetic in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whatever else she may be, Maya clearly has no tolerance for bullshit - she seems constitutionally incapable of playing the game.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whatever else she may be, Maya clearly has no tolerance for bullshit - she seems constitutionally incapable of playing the game.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All the more powerful because of its deep roots in myth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All the more powerful because of its deep roots in myth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film remains mysterious without being confusing - you don't need to grasp every detail to understand its metaphors and message and its enigmatic aura invites repeat viewings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film remains mysterious without being confusing - you don't need to grasp every detail to understand its metaphors and message and its enigmatic aura invites repeat viewings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film only lives up to about 80% of the promise whereas I wanted 150%.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The film only lives up to about 80% of the promise whereas I wanted 150%.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The improvised nature of the script also works in its favour, with the unpredictability for the actors themselves translating to tension on the screen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The improvised nature of the script also works in its favour, with the unpredictability for the actors themselves translating to tension on the screen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We are spared the usual sugary score and the savant trope is nowhere to be seen. Instead we get the mess, the anger and the frustration much more common in real life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We are spared the usual sugary score and the savant trope is nowhere to be seen. Instead we get the mess, the anger and the frustration much more common in real life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Reisner is a real find as the young star and Siimetsis gets a performance from her that has a summer's day brightness to it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Reisner is a real find as the young star and Siimetsis gets a performance from her that has a summer's day brightness to it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kirkeskov keeps Amal's character ambiguous from the viewer's perspective, so that tension stems from what we don't know about her.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kirkeskov keeps Amal's character ambiguous from the viewer's perspective, so that tension stems from what we don't know about her.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One thing I particularly enjoyed was that it balances its study of Will with an exploration of Tom’s coming of age, while never making Will’s decision to drop out morally clear-cut.

~ Owen Van Spall -

One thing I particularly enjoyed was that it balances its study of Will with an exploration of Tom’s coming of age, while never making Will’s decision to drop out morally clear-cut.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This isn't the kind of film that's destined to win mainstream awards but Paradis' performance deserves to be remembered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This isn't the kind of film that's destined to win mainstream awards but Paradis' performance deserves to be remembered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is also no mistaking the challenge to us, the viewers, regarding our own awareness of where products come from and our, albeit unwitting, culpability in child exploitation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is also no mistaking the challenge to us, the viewers, regarding our own awareness of where products come from and our, albeit unwitting, culpability in child exploitation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you're interested in the technical details of the sport or the process of filmmaking, you may find Julien Faraut's unapologetically artsy film fascinating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're interested in the technical details of the sport or the process of filmmaking, you may find Julien Faraut's unapologetically artsy film fascinating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This odd couple film could easily have been mere farce, but the two leads, both on top form, imbue it with a warmth and pathos that breaks through in unexpected places.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This odd couple film could easily have been mere farce, but the two leads, both on top form, imbue it with a warmth and pathos that breaks through in unexpected places.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brady doesn't want us to feel good, she wants us to feel the connection

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Brady doesn't want us to feel good, she wants us to feel the connection

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You might not think you're in the mood for buying, but his extravagant sales pitch is likely to win you over by the end.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You might not think you're in the mood for buying, but his extravagant sales pitch is likely to win you over by the end.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In short, Insect is a self-consuming product, always at pains to expose its artifice as it offers behind-the-scenes commentary on both its own and the play's making.

~ Anton Bitel -

In short, Insect is a self-consuming product, always at pains to expose its artifice as it offers behind-the-scenes commentary on both its own and the play's making.

~ Anton Bitel -

Elusively impenetrable stuff that only loosely can be described as cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

Elusively impenetrable stuff that only loosely can be described as cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

This film displays a deftness of touch.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This film displays a deftness of touch.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Newcomer Tardiolo is splendid in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Newcomer Tardiolo is splendid in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mortensen has gained weight. He plays Tony with confidence.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Mortensen has gained weight. He plays Tony with confidence.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lazarov lets his tale unfold gradually like a gentle thaw

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lazarov lets his tale unfold gradually like a gentle thaw

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Touching and brave.

~ Richard Mowe -

Touching and brave.

~ Richard Mowe -

The final stretch, when Alex commences the climb, is some of the most nail-biting cinema you will ever see.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The final stretch, when Alex commences the climb, is some of the most nail-biting cinema you will ever see.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The dialogue is irreverent and sharp like a raven's claw.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The dialogue is irreverent and sharp like a raven's claw.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

While Farhadi certainly knows how to spin a web of intrigue, deceit and suspicion, the narrative has a tendency to leap from strand to strand, often leaving the audience stumbling in its wake.

~ Richard Mowe -

While Farhadi certainly knows how to spin a web of intrigue, deceit and suspicion, the narrative has a tendency to leap from strand to strand, often leaving the audience stumbling in its wake.

~ Richard Mowe -

Doillon is wonderfully adept and natural, and it's really her performance that makes the film compelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Doillon is wonderfully adept and natural, and it's really her performance that makes the film compelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Each successive scene hits you over the head with the ferocity of the action.

~ Richard Mowe -

Each successive scene hits you over the head with the ferocity of the action.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film carries a message about the importance of tolerance, love and a healthy dose of silliness in the face of the darker elements of modern life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film carries a message about the importance of tolerance, love and a healthy dose of silliness in the face of the darker elements of modern life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's essentially a character study - the trouble is that there's not much character there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's essentially a character study - the trouble is that there's not much character there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bitokov develops the shifting, brooding relationships of the men well but other elements of the story are given short shrift.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bitokov develops the shifting, brooding relationships of the men well but other elements of the story are given short shrift.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's the detail that really makes the film fascinating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's the detail that really makes the film fascinating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Beautifully shot and articulated.

~ Richard Mowe -

Beautifully shot and articulated.

~ Richard Mowe -

There's an impressive range of mouthwatering dishes on display, constantly being adapted and upgraded.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an impressive range of mouthwatering dishes on display, constantly being adapted and upgraded.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Chained For Life finds a rich vein of comedy in the awfulness of many people's reactions to disability.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Chained For Life finds a rich vein of comedy in the awfulness of many people's reactions to disability.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In many ways the film is stronger for being viewed at a distance from the events it depicts.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In many ways the film is stronger for being viewed at a distance from the events it depicts.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Becky Parsons and John M Tran's cinematography brings out every detail of the crowded rooms before us and puts us to close to the grain of the wood that we can almost smell it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Becky Parsons and John M Tran's cinematography brings out every detail of the crowded rooms before us and puts us to close to the grain of the wood that we can almost smell it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You might notice the elegance of composition while knowing that the place contains so much human suffering.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You might notice the elegance of composition while knowing that the place contains so much human suffering.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The writers start from a place where the screw is already turned and, just when you think they can't get it any tighter, find new ways to increase the tension - matching their torque with action.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The writers start from a place where the screw is already turned and, just when you think they can't get it any tighter, find new ways to increase the tension - matching their torque with action.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Turkish director Tolga Karaçelik shows a fine ear for family dynamics as well as a joyously off-the-wall sense of humour that ensures even though we've taken similar movie road trips in the past, this one feels fresh.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Turkish director Tolga Karaçelik shows a fine ear for family dynamics as well as a joyously off-the-wall sense of humour that ensures even though we've taken similar movie road trips in the past, this one feels fresh.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lee works the narrative with an ambivalence that borders on the inscrutable

~ Sunil Chauhan -

Lee works the narrative with an ambivalence that borders on the inscrutable

~ Sunil Chauhan -

both a love letter to the documentarians from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania... and a dialogue between the period in which these poetic pioneers were working and the present day.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

both a love letter to the documentarians from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania... and a dialogue between the period in which these poetic pioneers were working and the present day.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Far from being lascivious, Nurlan is wistful, and Manojlovi, who has the look of a sort of hangdog Walter Mathau, favours expressions of surprise, puzzlement and resignation over anything so low-brow as lust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Far from being lascivious, Nurlan is wistful, and Manojlovi, who has the look of a sort of hangdog Walter Mathau, favours expressions of surprise, puzzlement and resignation over anything so low-brow as lust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An original and highly ambitious premise that maintains its grip your attention and imagination.

~ Richard Mowe -

An original and highly ambitious premise that maintains its grip your attention and imagination.

~ Richard Mowe -

The veneer of technical excellence never quite takes your mind off the lack of substance beneath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The veneer of technical excellence never quite takes your mind off the lack of substance beneath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The directors take what is primarily an observational approach, with only intermittent scenes clearly set up to encourage specific discussions. In return for this they get intimate access to their star's day to day life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The directors take what is primarily an observational approach, with only intermittent scenes clearly set up to encourage specific discussions. In return for this they get intimate access to their star's day to day life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For those who know and love Van Gogh's work, the effect is hypnotic, a translation of his vision into a new medium.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For those who know and love Van Gogh's work, the effect is hypnotic, a translation of his vision into a new medium.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This quiet, documentary takes the viewer on an interesting, intriguing journey, ending on a question mark.

~ Jane Fae -

This quiet, documentary takes the viewer on an interesting, intriguing journey, ending on a question mark.

~ Jane Fae -

Any film that has both a fight director and a dance choreographer is probably doing something right.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Any film that has both a fight director and a dance choreographer is probably doing something right.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Aleksey Fedorchenko isn't the first to try to come at the horrors of the Holocaust from a fresh perspective - although the narrow outlook he adopts here also ends up limiting how much he is able to say.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Aleksey Fedorchenko isn't the first to try to come at the horrors of the Holocaust from a fresh perspective - although the narrow outlook he adopts here also ends up limiting how much he is able to say.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Trobisch lets the normality bite.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Trobisch lets the normality bite.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

The pace of the action helps Handal to pack a lot in and his framing is inventive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -