The film takes on a masterful intesity as mental health as well as music begins to be at stake.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film takes on a masterful intesity as mental health as well as music begins to be at stake.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wisdom is quiet and the future a mystery

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Wisdom is quiet and the future a mystery

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Ceylan explores such themes as moral responsibility, class and altruism with rigour.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ceylan explores such themes as moral responsibility, class and altruism with rigour.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ferociously funny.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ferociously funny.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Marion Cotillard tenderly lets us in on every nuance of dread, every vital decision.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Marion Cotillard tenderly lets us in on every nuance of dread, every vital decision.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -

Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A compelling, interesting and well-acted redemption tale.

~ Jane Fae -

A compelling, interesting and well-acted redemption tale.

~ Jane Fae -

The relatable, compassionately told story should easily appeal to both adults and younger folk.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The relatable, compassionately told story should easily appeal to both adults and younger folk.

~ Owen Van Spall -

In Gaspard Ulliel, Bonello has found an actor who not only looks the part but eases under Saint Laurent's skin with sensitivity.

~ Richard Mowe -

In Gaspard Ulliel, Bonello has found an actor who not only looks the part but eases under Saint Laurent's skin with sensitivity.

~ Richard Mowe -

Hazanavicius creates scenes of conflict that have echoes of everything from Apocalypse Now to Full Metal Jacket.

~ Richard Mowe -

Hazanavicius creates scenes of conflict that have echoes of everything from Apocalypse Now to Full Metal Jacket.

~ Richard Mowe -

War by any other name

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

War by any other name

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Wenders as a curious, excited filmmaker stretches out his hands to show us all the treasures he has found.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Wenders as a curious, excited filmmaker stretches out his hands to show us all the treasures he has found.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Only the gun speaks

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Only the gun speaks

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A suspenseful and jittery depiction of how fear can nestle in the place where you should feel safest.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A suspenseful and jittery depiction of how fear can nestle in the place where you should feel safest.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Anchoring the audience with a perennial fence-sitter allows more room for the inevitable impact of the characters' stories, without the weight of an absolute ideological argument.

~ Luke Shaw -

Anchoring the audience with a perennial fence-sitter allows more room for the inevitable impact of the characters' stories, without the weight of an absolute ideological argument.

~ Luke Shaw -

A feelgood parable of human nature's ability to extract the positive from a negative.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A feelgood parable of human nature's ability to extract the positive from a negative.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Burger and Theis direct with one voice, staying close to their characters and finding rhythm in the details of dance or a walk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Burger and Theis direct with one voice, staying close to their characters and finding rhythm in the details of dance or a walk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ben-Shlush is riveting in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ben-Shlush is riveting in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What comes through is a sense of the vast number of tasks the museum must carry out to cover its remit as a public service.

~ Owen Van Spall -

What comes through is a sense of the vast number of tasks the museum must carry out to cover its remit as a public service.

~ Owen Van Spall -

What is truly amazing about the film is the way cinematographer Dick Pope evokes Turner’s colour palette.

~ Richard Mowe -

What is truly amazing about the film is the way cinematographer Dick Pope evokes Turner’s colour palette.

~ Richard Mowe -

The energy and sheer visual bravura carry it along.

~ Richard Mowe -

The energy and sheer visual bravura carry it along.

~ Richard Mowe -

Moore gives a frank and funny portrayal of female status at a certain age in the Dream Factory.

~ Richard Mowe -

Moore gives a frank and funny portrayal of female status at a certain age in the Dream Factory.

~ Richard Mowe -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The plot quickly runs out of narrative drive, preferring to deluge the senses with symbolic and surrealistic images.

~ Richard Mowe -

The plot quickly runs out of narrative drive, preferring to deluge the senses with symbolic and surrealistic images.

~ Richard Mowe -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Loach gives voice with eloquence to the disenfranchised and celebrates the spirit of working people.

~ Richard Mowe -

Loach gives voice with eloquence to the disenfranchised and celebrates the spirit of working people.

~ Richard Mowe -

A simple but compelling dynamic... the execution is superb.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A simple but compelling dynamic... the execution is superb.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Hippocrates is an engaging coming-of-age drama centring on the problems within public medicine in France as budget cuts bite.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Hippocrates is an engaging coming-of-age drama centring on the problems within public medicine in France as budget cuts bite.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is no tension, no expectation of trouble. Happiness infuses the land

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is no tension, no expectation of trouble. Happiness infuses the land

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jones spares none of the gory details in his depiction of the way the West really was.

~ Richard Mowe -

Jones spares none of the gory details in his depiction of the way the West really was.

~ Richard Mowe -

Kidman is 47. She's an actress playing an actress, not a Catholic girl from Philly with all the enthusiasm of youth

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kidman is 47. She's an actress playing an actress, not a Catholic girl from Philly with all the enthusiasm of youth

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Transformation is coming, although as with Sciamma's previous films this is not a simple, one-way manoeuvre, completed in double-quick time

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Transformation is coming, although as with Sciamma's previous films this is not a simple, one-way manoeuvre, completed in double-quick time

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film includes a lot of material that will make viewers uncomfortable, but never gratuitously.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film includes a lot of material that will make viewers uncomfortable, but never gratuitously.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Production designer Olivier Radot and costume designer Pascaline Chavanne revel in the colors and textures of Seventies casino ambiance.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Production designer Olivier Radot and costume designer Pascaline Chavanne revel in the colors and textures of Seventies casino ambiance.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Bennett Miller has secured his place at the forefront of directors who excel at character studies.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Bennett Miller has secured his place at the forefront of directors who excel at character studies.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The couple's tension merely becomes irritating after a while.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The couple's tension merely becomes irritating after a while.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A clever film, shot with sophistication, which ... propelled Eastwood to international stardom.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A clever film, shot with sophistication, which ... propelled Eastwood to international stardom.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

~ Richard Mowe -

How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

~ Richard Mowe -

Gong Li is magnificent as always.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gong Li is magnificent as always.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Be prepared for scenes you finish in your own head to haunt you.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Be prepared for scenes you finish in your own head to haunt you.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There is much irony on the theme of generational gulfs, internet obsessions and the nature of creativity and culture. Unfortunately none of it rings true.

~ Richard Mowe -

There is much irony on the theme of generational gulfs, internet obsessions and the nature of creativity and culture. Unfortunately none of it rings true.

~ Richard Mowe -

An authentic, no-holds barred roller coaster ride, which gives fresh hope for a new wave of British cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

An authentic, no-holds barred roller coaster ride, which gives fresh hope for a new wave of British cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

Egoyan has made an edgy and contemporary psychological thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -

Egoyan has made an edgy and contemporary psychological thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -

François Gédigier's inspired editing trusts that mismatched sounds and images form an emotional whole.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

François Gédigier's inspired editing trusts that mismatched sounds and images form an emotional whole.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

~ Donald Munro -

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through the lens of the men’s romance, Onir takes in a good deal more, exploring the complex realities behind assumptions of prejudice and the myriad factors that go into making each of us who we are.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout the film there is a sense of play, and even as the story evolves to take on darker material, something of that lightness, that happy-go-lucky quality remains.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

~ 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 -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer/director Sandhya Suri - who has a documentary background - is keen to show that everyone plays their part in the prejudices and corruption of the legal system.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

Lin and Sun studiously maintain the enigma around Shuo so that we are left guessing as to whether he’s just a disadvantaged teen trying to make his way in the world or a cuckoo in the nest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -