A unique cinematic experience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A unique cinematic experience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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 -

While the end result is important, Hùng’s film is all about savouring the moment, something that becomes more urgent as it progresses - although talk of speed has little place in a film that unfolds with the pace and beauty of a flower.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the end result is important, Hùng’s film is all about savouring the moment, something that becomes more urgent as it progresses - although talk of speed has little place in a film that unfolds with the pace and beauty of a flower.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The passage of time - and a beautiful 4k restoration - have been kind to this reimagining of Jacques Offenbach's opera, with its deliberately operatic gestures and colours and stylised production design feeling sharply avant garde even today.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The passage of time - and a beautiful 4k restoration - have been kind to this reimagining of Jacques Offenbach's opera, with its deliberately operatic gestures and colours and stylised production design feeling sharply avant garde even today.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Six-year-olds will love it. Twelve-year-olds will scorn.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Six-year-olds will love it. Twelve-year-olds will scorn.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An instant classic and far too good for children.

~ Symon Parsons -

An instant classic and far too good for children.

~ Symon Parsons -

The film’s undoubtedly a dream ride for any boy racer.

~ Jeff Robson -

The film’s undoubtedly a dream ride for any boy racer.

~ Jeff Robson -

At last, a children's film that is fun!

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

At last, a children's film that is fun!

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The feeling that something bad could happen at any moment permeates the mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The feeling that something bad could happen at any moment permeates the mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The dance sequences are brilliantly performed and well worth watching the film for in their own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The dance sequences are brilliantly performed and well worth watching the film for in their own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lanthimos skillfully transforms this lustful carnival into a coming-of-age drama, emphasising the protagonist's mastery of sexuality as a connotation of her mental evolution.

~ Levan Tskhovrebadze -

Lanthimos skillfully transforms this lustful carnival into a coming-of-age drama, emphasising the protagonist's mastery of sexuality as a connotation of her mental evolution.

~ Levan Tskhovrebadze -

A film which flatters to deceive, teasing the viewer with a fluttering of aesthetically-pleasing eyelids before dashing off in pursuit of another suitor.

~ Robert Munro -

A film which flatters to deceive, teasing the viewer with a fluttering of aesthetically-pleasing eyelids before dashing off in pursuit of another suitor.

~ Robert Munro -

Confident enough in its characters to tell its story without sensationalism or stylistic overcompensation.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Confident enough in its characters to tell its story without sensationalism or stylistic overcompensation.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A beautifully constructed piece of work in which every detail serves the whole, putting the tools of the epic at the disposal of a story which is intimate and delicately realised.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautifully constructed piece of work in which every detail serves the whole, putting the tools of the epic at the disposal of a story which is intimate and delicately realised.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The garments are liberating, positioning the wearer as subject, not object of a gaze that evaluates the body.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The garments are liberating, positioning the wearer as subject, not object of a gaze that evaluates the body.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A fresh spin on territory that has been frequently explored.

~ Richard Mowe -

A fresh spin on territory that has been frequently explored.

~ Richard Mowe -

An important contribution to the record, Home Ground succeeds – like Myong – in doing a lot with the material available to it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An important contribution to the record, Home Ground succeeds – like Myong – in doing a lot with the material available to it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hoard goes further, creeps around, becomes something you can start to smell, to taste.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hoard goes further, creeps around, becomes something you can start to smell, to taste.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Although the issues of trauma and recovery being dealt with here are not exactly easy watching, Onashile shoots the film with a fluidity and grace.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the issues of trauma and recovery being dealt with here are not exactly easy watching, Onashile shoots the film with a fluidity and grace.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An amuse-bouche of a film, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest comedy romance may leave you wanting more but it’s also a fully rounded, good looking experience packed with all the flavours we’ve come to expect from the master of deadpan down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An amuse-bouche of a film, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest comedy romance may leave you wanting more but it’s also a fully rounded, good looking experience packed with all the flavours we’ve come to expect from the master of deadpan down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hamaguchi isn’t scared to completely change the rhythm of his film on a dime, something that is likely to frustrate as many people as it delights.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hamaguchi isn’t scared to completely change the rhythm of his film on a dime, something that is likely to frustrate as many people as it delights.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are so many shots through things, boundaries, borders, thresholds, that we are primed for other barriers crossed. Those transgressions are not light ones, but in them is an abject honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are so many shots through things, boundaries, borders, thresholds, that we are primed for other barriers crossed. Those transgressions are not light ones, but in them is an abject honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Trauma here isn’t a switch turned on by a force strong enough to propel it into being, but instead, it’s a slow-burning reflective state.

~ Nikola Jovic -

Trauma here isn’t a switch turned on by a force strong enough to propel it into being, but instead, it’s a slow-burning reflective state.

~ Nikola Jovic -

The vibrancy of childhood skips from the screen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The vibrancy of childhood skips from the screen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Protagonist Adam (Andrew Scott) lives in a neatly furnished home, no longer feels the need to hide his sexuality, and tells himself he’s fine, but the music says otherwise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Protagonist Adam (Andrew Scott) lives in a neatly furnished home, no longer feels the need to hide his sexuality, and tells himself he’s fine, but the music says otherwise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Otero, who is in almost every scene, carries the film with her fresh and naturalistic performance, which is perfectly complemented by Solaguren’s impressionistic style.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Otero, who is in almost every scene, carries the film with her fresh and naturalistic performance, which is perfectly complemented by Solaguren’s impressionistic style.

~ 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 -

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 -