Both girls deliver exceptional performances in the powerful opening section, and if the film struggles to make the same impact afterwards, that serves to bring Hasna’s loss into sharp relief.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both girls deliver exceptional performances in the powerful opening section, and if the film struggles to make the same impact afterwards, that serves to bring Hasna’s loss into sharp relief.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Polley has crammed in a lot of good ideas, but they cannot all usefully share the same space.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Polley has crammed in a lot of good ideas, but they cannot all usefully share the same space.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Its the emotional sparring between the women - as fierce as anything on the battle ground - that really holds the attention

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Its the emotional sparring between the women - as fierce as anything on the battle ground - that really holds the attention

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that often lacks subtlety in its execution despite the performances and impressive make-up craft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that often lacks subtlety in its execution despite the performances and impressive make-up craft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The tension is built upon a looping repetition, from the graceful repeated camera moves from Masud Amini Tirani and Bahrami's plotting to Foad Gharemani’s baleful score.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The tension is built upon a looping repetition, from the graceful repeated camera moves from Masud Amini Tirani and Bahrami's plotting to Foad Gharemani’s baleful score.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite its urban realism, there’s also a strong sense of style.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite its urban realism, there’s also a strong sense of style.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Blasko tells the story with a plainness which adds to its power, sometimes using news-style framing as if to remind us of the political moment which we’re living through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Blasko tells the story with a plainness which adds to its power, sometimes using news-style framing as if to remind us of the political moment which we’re living through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A story which is, ultimately, about learning to think differently, to change the way that we direct our attention and resources in order to open up the possibility of renewal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A story which is, ultimately, about learning to think differently, to change the way that we direct our attention and resources in order to open up the possibility of renewal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Grisi has a background in photography and though the images are moving here, there's often a stillness to them and they are no less perfectly composed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grisi has a background in photography and though the images are moving here, there's often a stillness to them and they are no less perfectly composed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Much more of a natural crowd-pleaser than her previous works, this might be Morley’s most successful film to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much more of a natural crowd-pleaser than her previous works, this might be Morley’s most successful film to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unfortunately, narratively and thematically Traces soon delves into the overly familiar territory of European art house cinema - bourgeoise existential crisis.

~ Amar Komic -

Unfortunately, narratively and thematically Traces soon delves into the overly familiar territory of European art house cinema - bourgeoise existential crisis.

~ Amar Komic -

The film is a great example of how powerful and universal small but well-crafted stories can be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is a great example of how powerful and universal small but well-crafted stories can be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s Lerman’s shooting style which makes the biggest impression.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s Lerman’s shooting style which makes the biggest impression.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Miller is a talented young actor and does his best with the material, while Isaacs, though he gets very little screentime, is impressive as always.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Miller is a talented young actor and does his best with the material, while Isaacs, though he gets very little screentime, is impressive as always.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film of boundaries and barriers and attempts to overcome them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a film of boundaries and barriers and attempts to overcome them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It lacks the energy and precision vital to any journalistic investigation, and especially to one taking place under this kind of pressure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It lacks the energy and precision vital to any journalistic investigation, and especially to one taking place under this kind of pressure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a lot going on in Júlia Murat’s accomplished drama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a lot going on in Júlia Murat’s accomplished drama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The director offers perhaps the best visual representation of the word ‘kitsch’ cinema has recently seen

~ Dora Leu -

The director offers perhaps the best visual representation of the word ‘kitsch’ cinema has recently seen

~ Dora Leu -

Urbaite shows stylistic ambition.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Urbaite shows stylistic ambition.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The shift in silences between two people in various scenes and the stark contrast in emotion is thrilling.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The shift in silences between two people in various scenes and the stark contrast in emotion is thrilling.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Rosset has a welcoming style, the higgledy-piggledy houses of the town, each with their busily writing humans welcome repeat viewings to you can consider the details of them all.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rosset has a welcoming style, the higgledy-piggledy houses of the town, each with their busily writing humans welcome repeat viewings to you can consider the details of them all.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shooting much of this at night on a low budget, Trukanas pulls off some impressive work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shooting much of this at night on a low budget, Trukanas pulls off some impressive work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Laucius has a warm approach to comedy, allowing the humour to develop from the enjoyably messy ins and outs of the situations the characters find themselves in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Laucius has a warm approach to comedy, allowing the humour to develop from the enjoyably messy ins and outs of the situations the characters find themselves in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tucker's performance ripples like a mirage, all charm on the surface but with an air of something much less cuddly

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tucker's performance ripples like a mirage, all charm on the surface but with an air of something much less cuddly

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dazzles from the opening song and dance number to the final credits.

~ Richard Mowe -

Dazzles from the opening song and dance number to the final credits.

~ Richard Mowe -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

At one point it seems “Panahi” could easily step from one country to the other, but as his film shows, leaving is not always an easy option.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At one point it seems “Panahi” could easily step from one country to the other, but as his film shows, leaving is not always an easy option.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Both actors are masters of his kind of material and give the film a good deal more depth and nuance than is present in the script alone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both actors are masters of his kind of material and give the film a good deal more depth and nuance than is present in the script alone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If there’s a single word to describe the latest film from Signe Baumane, it’s vibrancy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If there’s a single word to describe the latest film from Signe Baumane, it’s vibrancy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In this kaleidoscope life, montage becomes an essential tool, illustrating not only the artist’s own work but his many influences, along with the immediate context in which he was living.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In this kaleidoscope life, montage becomes an essential tool, illustrating not only the artist’s own work but his many influences, along with the immediate context in which he was living.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anyone who has cared for a loved one whose mind is disintegrating will recognise some of these feelings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anyone who has cared for a loved one whose mind is disintegrating will recognise some of these feelings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may become a cult movie.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This may become a cult movie.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Nothing in Palermo’s film is sugar-coated, although a sweetness runs through it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nothing in Palermo’s film is sugar-coated, although a sweetness runs through it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Luckich's love of silent comedy is everywhere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Luckich's love of silent comedy is everywhere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By the time that West is ready to show his hand directly, most viewers will be so wrapped up in Linoleum that that details will scarcely matter.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By the time that West is ready to show his hand directly, most viewers will be so wrapped up in Linoleum that that details will scarcely matter.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film as interested in the dynamics of romance as it is in romance itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film as interested in the dynamics of romance as it is in romance itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The fast storytelling tempo transforms Kalev into a basketball game without a time-out.

~ Haji Safarov -

The fast storytelling tempo transforms Kalev into a basketball game without a time-out.

~ Haji Safarov -

A compelling yet gentle ride.

~ Richard Mowe -

A compelling yet gentle ride.

~ Richard Mowe -

There’s a rare intimacy about it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a rare intimacy about it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is less about the puzzle of who the murderer is... than about the way he slots into society and, after his arrest, is viewed by the public.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is less about the puzzle of who the murderer is... than about the way he slots into society and, after his arrest, is viewed by the public.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The performances are all first class, with any one of the three leads capable of carrying a film on her own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The performances are all first class, with any one of the three leads capable of carrying a film on her own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The trademark Spielberg visual flair is there from the outset and keeps this film interesting at times when the narrative is moving slowly, or when it lapses into melodrama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The trademark Spielberg visual flair is there from the outset and keeps this film interesting at times when the narrative is moving slowly, or when it lapses into melodrama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The beast of burden’s travails seem to be a thinly veiled criticism of Polish society which erupts in one sequence into mindless violence.

~ Richard Mowe -

The beast of burden’s travails seem to be a thinly veiled criticism of Polish society which erupts in one sequence into mindless violence.

~ Richard Mowe -

With Roger Deakins handling the cinematography and making the most of the magical light found on parts of England’s south coast, the film never ceases to be visually absorbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With Roger Deakins handling the cinematography and making the most of the magical light found on parts of England’s south coast, the film never ceases to be visually absorbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In their quietly devastating manner, Groeningen and Vandermeersch examine the fluid nature of our confusion and confidence over our place in the world.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

In their quietly devastating manner, Groeningen and Vandermeersch examine the fluid nature of our confusion and confidence over our place in the world.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

If you are already tuned into the issues, you will likely nod along in agreement with almost every sentence uttered in the polished Winslet tones.

~ Jane Fae -

If you are already tuned into the issues, you will likely nod along in agreement with almost every sentence uttered in the polished Winslet tones.

~ Jane Fae -

Oddson maintains a melancholy mood and finds ways to shift his narrative from everyday absurdity to full-on surreality and back again.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Oddson maintains a melancholy mood and finds ways to shift his narrative from everyday absurdity to full-on surreality and back again.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dreaming Walls is less a documentary than an attempt at a sense memory.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Dreaming Walls is less a documentary than an attempt at a sense memory.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Park does it the hard way, building up a complex psychological and intellectual relationship in which sexual desire feels like an emergent characteristic rather than a starting point.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Park does it the hard way, building up a complex psychological and intellectual relationship in which sexual desire feels like an emergent characteristic rather than a starting point.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Additional plot developments reveal a complex web of psychology between the two men.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Additional plot developments reveal a complex web of psychology between the two men.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Vicky Krieps...is in excellent form and up to the task of presenting to us the icon in all her idiosyncrasies.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Vicky Krieps...is in excellent form and up to the task of presenting to us the icon in all her idiosyncrasies.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Although Gurrea’s film is booby trapped for explosions, he repeatedly chooses the more interesting slow-burn path.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although Gurrea’s film is booby trapped for explosions, he repeatedly chooses the more interesting slow-burn path.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s cleverly written, beautifully performed and quite unforgettable, and yet I hesitate to recommend that anybody watch it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s cleverly written, beautifully performed and quite unforgettable, and yet I hesitate to recommend that anybody watch it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Loose camerawork from Frank van den Eeden enhances the intimate, raw spirit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Loose camerawork from Frank van den Eeden enhances the intimate, raw spirit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The depth of character in the film lends it gravity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The depth of character in the film lends it gravity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much of the film’s raw effectiveness is due to the young cast’s wisdom and effortless on-screen chemistry.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Much of the film’s raw effectiveness is due to the young cast’s wisdom and effortless on-screen chemistry.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Banshees is lifted by good performances, particularly from Keoghan and Condon, whose major scene together has a delicacy of emotion that is sharply at odds with the brute force McDonagh more generally employs.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Banshees is lifted by good performances, particularly from Keoghan and Condon, whose major scene together has a delicacy of emotion that is sharply at odds with the brute force McDonagh more generally employs.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

It is Aurora herself who, unsurprisingly, provides the most poignant observations as she looks back at her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is Aurora herself who, unsurprisingly, provides the most poignant observations as she looks back at her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s slow-moving art house fare, and those who prefer more to be revealed by what is said than left unsaid would do well to avoid, but its impact is mesmerising.

~ Ben Sillis -

It’s slow-moving art house fare, and those who prefer more to be revealed by what is said than left unsaid would do well to avoid, but its impact is mesmerising.

~ Ben Sillis -

The film is full of beautifully observed and detailed conversations as well as silences that speak volumes.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film is full of beautifully observed and detailed conversations as well as silences that speak volumes.

~ Richard Mowe -

The intimacies are staggering.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The intimacies are staggering.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sen could easily just have made an observational documentary about the brothers' day-to-day work or simply focused on the kites themselves but he stretches its wings much further than that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sen could easily just have made an observational documentary about the brothers' day-to-day work or simply focused on the kites themselves but he stretches its wings much further than that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Simón takes a loose approach to the narrative, letting the small dramas of family play out alongside larger ones, giving as much value to the transient pleasures of fresh peach juice and cooked snails as the tensions between siblings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Simón takes a loose approach to the narrative, letting the small dramas of family play out alongside larger ones, giving as much value to the transient pleasures of fresh peach juice and cooked snails as the tensions between siblings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Well designed for children aged around five to 12, with a good balance of sentiment, adventure and humour.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Well designed for children aged around five to 12, with a good balance of sentiment, adventure and humour.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A smart little thriller which asks some uncomfortable questions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A smart little thriller which asks some uncomfortable questions.

~ 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 -

A Teacher is not the most finely crafted film, but it is a cri de cœur.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -