It's bold, impetuous and willing to bite off far more than it can chew. One doesn't see enough of this sort of thing these days.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's bold, impetuous and willing to bite off far more than it can chew. One doesn't see enough of this sort of thing these days.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Keeps holding out a promise of insight into its young protagonist's mentality and makeup, but ends up merely observing her from a cool distance, as if through the binoculars from the opening scene.

~ Anton Bitel -

Keeps holding out a promise of insight into its young protagonist's mentality and makeup, but ends up merely observing her from a cool distance, as if through the binoculars from the opening scene.

~ Anton Bitel -

Ambyr Childers conveys the pressure the world-weary Iris is under brilliantly, while Julia Garner shines as the otherworldly Rose.

~ David Graham -

Ambyr Childers conveys the pressure the world-weary Iris is under brilliantly, while Julia Garner shines as the otherworldly Rose.

~ David Graham -

This film shows better than any documentary on the development of safety gear for drivers, cars and roads could ever do why the changes in the sport were necessary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This film shows better than any documentary on the development of safety gear for drivers, cars and roads could ever do why the changes in the sport were necessary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

My pick for the greatest film ever made.

~ Scott Macdonald -

My pick for the greatest film ever made.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Seigner is wonderfully playful and her bold risk taking shows how much she trusts Polanski.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Seigner is wonderfully playful and her bold risk taking shows how much she trusts Polanski.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What makes the film stand out, apart from the fact that it is a musical, is its reluctance to go all the way with the melodrama.

~ Nicola Osborne -

What makes the film stand out, apart from the fact that it is a musical, is its reluctance to go all the way with the melodrama.

~ Nicola Osborne -

The investigation has a surreal aspect to it that stretches credulity while the final resolution seems unsatisfactorily far-fetched.

~ Richard Mowe -

The investigation has a surreal aspect to it that stretches credulity while the final resolution seems unsatisfactorily far-fetched.

~ Richard Mowe -

Eminently watchable for those in the mood for simplistic fare who are prepared to suspend disbelief.

~ Richard Mowe -

Eminently watchable for those in the mood for simplistic fare who are prepared to suspend disbelief.

~ Richard Mowe -

Apart from Mike Eley's lustrous, lyrical cinematography, The Selfish Giant is also elevated by the central performances of Chapman and Thomas.

~ Anton Bitel -

Apart from Mike Eley's lustrous, lyrical cinematography, The Selfish Giant is also elevated by the central performances of Chapman and Thomas.

~ Anton Bitel -

Deeply tedious and bereft of purpose.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Deeply tedious and bereft of purpose.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Saleh Bakri is superb in the central role, at first chilling, then lurching between brutality and incongruous tenderness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Saleh Bakri is superb in the central role, at first chilling, then lurching between brutality and incongruous tenderness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Not since Eisenstein's imaginative expressionism has a film ravaged tradition and brought the past into focus with such devastating energy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Not since Eisenstein's imaginative expressionism has a film ravaged tradition and brought the past into focus with such devastating energy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Farhadi peels away the layers with simplicity, revealing the complicated and detailed emotions which lurk very close to the surface.

~ Richard Mowe -

Farhadi peels away the layers with simplicity, revealing the complicated and detailed emotions which lurk very close to the surface.

~ Richard Mowe -

What is so disarming about Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive is a scarce sense of appreciation - of the vampire couple for each other and the appreciation by both of them for what is great in the world.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What is so disarming about Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive is a scarce sense of appreciation - of the vampire couple for each other and the appreciation by both of them for what is great in the world.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Perhaps Winding Refn’s most deliberately difficult work to date.

~ Robert Munro -

Perhaps Winding Refn’s most deliberately difficult work to date.

~ Robert Munro -

Behind the surface simplicity of a father and son road trip lurks a sharp and bitter-sweet odyssey with a strong sense of satire.

~ Richard Mowe -

Behind the surface simplicity of a father and son road trip lurks a sharp and bitter-sweet odyssey with a strong sense of satire.

~ Richard Mowe -

Made for HBO, the film demonstrates the high quality of some American television.

~ Richard Mowe -

Made for HBO, the film demonstrates the high quality of some American television.

~ Richard Mowe -

Worth seeing for the performances but ultimately confusion reigns.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Worth seeing for the performances but ultimately confusion reigns.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s a crowd-pleaser and only the most stern of hearts and minds could fail to be seduced by its charm and the incredible persona of Gallienne.

~ Richard Mowe -

It’s a crowd-pleaser and only the most stern of hearts and minds could fail to be seduced by its charm and the incredible persona of Gallienne.

~ Richard Mowe -

Sheer unadulterated pleasure often comes from the most unexpected quarters.

~ Richard Mowe -

Sheer unadulterated pleasure often comes from the most unexpected quarters.

~ Richard Mowe -

Shuttling back and forth between the families, Like Father, Like Son scrutinises words, deeds, allegiances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Shuttling back and forth between the families, Like Father, Like Son scrutinises words, deeds, allegiances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film with all its large time leaps gives the impression not of something alien, long dead, but very pertinent to the now.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film with all its large time leaps gives the impression not of something alien, long dead, but very pertinent to the now.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A stunning doom-laden score manages to imbue even underwhelming moments with a sense of both unease and unexpected pathos.

~ David Graham -

A stunning doom-laden score manages to imbue even underwhelming moments with a sense of both unease and unexpected pathos.

~ David Graham -

Jodorowsky, amazingly vigorous at 84, is never anything less than captivating, funny, and passionate when on screen.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Jodorowsky, amazingly vigorous at 84, is never anything less than captivating, funny, and passionate when on screen.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Del Toro and Amalric with contrasting acting styles make a magnetic duo yet the ponderous detail of the therapy occasionally bogs down the film, so much so that even the two actors cannot surmount it completely.

~ Richard Mowe -

Del Toro and Amalric with contrasting acting styles make a magnetic duo yet the ponderous detail of the therapy occasionally bogs down the film, so much so that even the two actors cannot surmount it completely.

~ Richard Mowe -

The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

~ Richard Mowe -

The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ilo Ilo is a quietly assured first feature that marks the director out as a bright new talent.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Ilo Ilo is a quietly assured first feature that marks the director out as a bright new talent.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Although other films have dealt with the subject of euthanasia none so far has looked at the emotional difficulties of the perpetrator.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although other films have dealt with the subject of euthanasia none so far has looked at the emotional difficulties of the perpetrator.

~ Richard Mowe -

Even after many viewings it is difficult to fully grasp the film's historical significance, storytelling innovations and stylistic brilliance.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Even after many viewings it is difficult to fully grasp the film's historical significance, storytelling innovations and stylistic brilliance.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The closer Luhrmann stays to the spirit of Fitzgerald and the more he trusts his cast, the better the result.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The closer Luhrmann stays to the spirit of Fitzgerald and the more he trusts his cast, the better the result.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Sorrentino dares to tread where the great have gone before and leaves his own distinctive mark.

~ Richard Mowe -

Sorrentino dares to tread where the great have gone before and leaves his own distinctive mark.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although the actors acquit themselves with some distinction the performances cannot quite disguise the one dimensional aspect of the characters.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although the actors acquit themselves with some distinction the performances cannot quite disguise the one dimensional aspect of the characters.

~ Richard Mowe -

A flowing, lyrical film, at times startlingly beautiful, The Golden Dream hypnotises the viewer with its constant movement, its unceasing rhythm.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A flowing, lyrical film, at times startlingly beautiful, The Golden Dream hypnotises the viewer with its constant movement, its unceasing rhythm.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film takes an even-handed view of its main protagonist, illustrating faults on both sides of the divide.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film takes an even-handed view of its main protagonist, illustrating faults on both sides of the divide.

~ Richard Mowe -

Falls just shy of a state of perfection.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Falls just shy of a state of perfection.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Competently filmed and acted and, by all accounts, faithful to the novel, it’s the story itself that hinders Desert Of The Tartars as a piece of cinema.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Competently filmed and acted and, by all accounts, faithful to the novel, it’s the story itself that hinders Desert Of The Tartars as a piece of cinema.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Brontis really does steal the show, offering a multi-layered, sensitive performance that begs the question why we haven't seen more of him over the years.

~ David Graham -

Brontis really does steal the show, offering a multi-layered, sensitive performance that begs the question why we haven't seen more of him over the years.

~ David Graham -

Few actors have ever come to embody a historical figure in such a powerful way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few actors have ever come to embody a historical figure in such a powerful way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everyone is allowed to over-act, not least herself, who runs the gamut of wet-eyed self-pity to hysteria.

~ Richard Mowe -

Everyone is allowed to over-act, not least herself, who runs the gamut of wet-eyed self-pity to hysteria.

~ Richard Mowe -

The director's uncompromising approach and rigour pulls us along at least until the half way point when the pace begins to falter and its lack of obvious intentions starts to grate.

~ Richard Mowe -

The director's uncompromising approach and rigour pulls us along at least until the half way point when the pace begins to falter and its lack of obvious intentions starts to grate.

~ Richard Mowe -

Visually arresting, impressively taut and enjoyably idiosyncratic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Visually arresting, impressively taut and enjoyably idiosyncratic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a distinct lack of energy and focus especially for the first hour, when nothing much happens.

~ Richard Mowe -

There is a distinct lack of energy and focus especially for the first hour, when nothing much happens.

~ Richard Mowe -

A commanding painting of passions, relationships and enlightenment.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A commanding painting of passions, relationships and enlightenment.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Bling Ring cuts through the vapid foam to the vapid core to ask questions about morality, responsibility and where desolate idleness may lead.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Bling Ring cuts through the vapid foam to the vapid core to ask questions about morality, responsibility and where desolate idleness may lead.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The way The Birds is shot is the stuff of legend.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The way The Birds is shot is the stuff of legend.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is quite something to witness Douglas and Damon embrace the characters quite so authentically.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is quite something to witness Douglas and Damon embrace the characters quite so authentically.

~ Richard Mowe -

The precision of Claire Denis' perplexities, the ardent blows that fire at the heart and the head, are unequaled in her film Bastards (Les Salauds).

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The precision of Claire Denis' perplexities, the ardent blows that fire at the heart and the head, are unequaled in her film Bastards (Les Salauds).

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

As I Lay Dying looks and sounds great, and offers many individual moments of heightened intensity.

~ Anton Bitel -

As I Lay Dying looks and sounds great, and offers many individual moments of heightened intensity.

~ Anton Bitel -

Peretti lets his violence resonate, keeping it mostly offscreen but letting it echo ominously in the animalistic tendencies of the teens.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Peretti lets his violence resonate, keeping it mostly offscreen but letting it echo ominously in the animalistic tendencies of the teens.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dreyfuss is a force of nature. His energy is boundless, his eyes sparkle with ideas, he runs (not walks), he gushes (not speaks), he laughs like a hyena.

~ Monica Wolfe Murray -

Dreyfuss is a force of nature. His energy is boundless, his eyes sparkle with ideas, he runs (not walks), he gushes (not speaks), he laughs like a hyena.

~ Monica Wolfe Murray -

It's a courageous performance in more ways than one.

~ Richard Mowe -

It's a courageous performance in more ways than one.

~ Richard Mowe -

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -