There is less concern here with logic than with mood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is less concern here with logic than with mood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film really shouldn’t work, but it does.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film really shouldn’t work, but it does.

~ Richard Mowe -

Don't be suckered in by the promises of bloodsucking.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Don't be suckered in by the promises of bloodsucking.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kirill Serebrennikov takes a fearless approach to filmmaking, unafraid of blending intellectual ideas with realistic settings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kirill Serebrennikov takes a fearless approach to filmmaking, unafraid of blending intellectual ideas with realistic settings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

He may provide too much shock detail for some audiences but the director proves himself a master story-teller.

~ Richard Mowe -

He may provide too much shock detail for some audiences but the director proves himself a master story-teller.

~ Richard Mowe -

The absurd exaggerations and the wild parishes of humor are completely original, never cruel, and attached to a physicality that is pure cinema.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The absurd exaggerations and the wild parishes of humor are completely original, never cruel, and attached to a physicality that is pure cinema.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film's slow burn is gripping but, as it builds to a climax, the plot becomes overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film's slow burn is gripping but, as it builds to a climax, the plot becomes overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Some of the art is truly breathtaking, especially the star-filled skies, and the movement of the various animals we meet is beautifully observed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some of the art is truly breathtaking, especially the star-filled skies, and the movement of the various animals we meet is beautifully observed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stewart valiantly tries to soldier through but cannot make her character spring to life.

~ Richard Mowe -

Stewart valiantly tries to soldier through but cannot make her character spring to life.

~ Richard Mowe -

After the initial disbelief that Jarmusch has written and directed a movie as simple and quiet as this, you settle into the rhythm of the piece and begin to appreciate the secret

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

After the initial disbelief that Jarmusch has written and directed a movie as simple and quiet as this, you settle into the rhythm of the piece and begin to appreciate the secret

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gosling and Crowe are wondrous sparring partners.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Gosling and Crowe are wondrous sparring partners.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A triumphant piece of filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A triumphant piece of filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film about greatness and those who have it thrust upon them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film about greatness and those who have it thrust upon them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The script has a heartfelt carefulness but it is never preachy, with 'naughty' conversations about the home's teacher's willy exploding likely to have pre-adolescents (and adults who well remember these sorts of conversations) hooting with laughter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script has a heartfelt carefulness but it is never preachy, with 'naughty' conversations about the home's teacher's willy exploding likely to have pre-adolescents (and adults who well remember these sorts of conversations) hooting with laughter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An efficiently diverting thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -

An efficiently diverting thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -

Mauro Herce's cinematography is stunning and merges perfectly with the soundscape created by Emilio García Rivas.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mauro Herce's cinematography is stunning and merges perfectly with the soundscape created by Emilio García Rivas.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With little glances, with the pitch of her voice, Nélisse shows us that Casey is alert to what''s happening around her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With little glances, with the pitch of her voice, Nélisse shows us that Casey is alert to what''s happening around her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite Nichols’s softly-softly approach, the film packs a powerful punch, constantly reminding us of just how recent these historical injustices are.

~ Richard Mowe -

Despite Nichols’s softly-softly approach, the film packs a powerful punch, constantly reminding us of just how recent these historical injustices are.

~ Richard Mowe -

Almodóvar exudes a new found confidence.

~ Richard Mowe -

Almodóvar exudes a new found confidence.

~ Richard Mowe -

This film is not an encyclopedia entry but a living, breathing adventure ride into French cinema through the eyes and ears of the filmmaker.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This film is not an encyclopedia entry but a living, breathing adventure ride into French cinema through the eyes and ears of the filmmaker.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film preserves a sense of immediacy and is achingly relevant for our times much in the same way Cathy Come Home was for the Sixties.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film preserves a sense of immediacy and is achingly relevant for our times much in the same way Cathy Come Home was for the Sixties.

~ Richard Mowe -

I like that this film includes a good deal of interesting, amusing gender role reversal

~ Jane Fae -

I like that this film includes a good deal of interesting, amusing gender role reversal

~ Jane Fae -

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A beautifully crafted film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautifully crafted film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kuosmanen constantly shifts perspective, asking us to view the situation from a different angle - and another place of emotional truth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kuosmanen constantly shifts perspective, asking us to view the situation from a different angle - and another place of emotional truth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One of the film’s leading forces is its stunning visual composition.

~ Evelin Toth -

One of the film’s leading forces is its stunning visual composition.

~ Evelin Toth -

Cristian Mungiu is such a master of vivisecting human interrelations that we might almost overlook how he sets the tone with animals, vegetables and minerals.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cristian Mungiu is such a master of vivisecting human interrelations that we might almost overlook how he sets the tone with animals, vegetables and minerals.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Jim Jarmusch has always been great at extracting stories from his subjects. Here, his role is focused more on containment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jim Jarmusch has always been great at extracting stories from his subjects. Here, his role is focused more on containment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cotillard's face oscillates mysteriously between the past depicted on the screen and a woman of the present who tries to understand.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cotillard's face oscillates mysteriously between the past depicted on the screen and a woman of the present who tries to understand.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Drawing on that particular quality of light that seems unique to Chile, Jodorowsky paints an alluring portrait of his homeland.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Drawing on that particular quality of light that seems unique to Chile, Jodorowsky paints an alluring portrait of his homeland.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The threadbare plot relies on the performances and writing to underpin this narrative simplicity.

~ Paul Risker -

The threadbare plot relies on the performances and writing to underpin this narrative simplicity.

~ Paul Risker -

If this gang of ideas doesn’t quite hang together as it should, Benyamina still makes her mark with some brilliant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If this gang of ideas doesn’t quite hang together as it should, Benyamina still makes her mark with some brilliant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fluffy and charming confection that has an enticing exterior without much substance on the inside.

~ Richard Mowe -

A fluffy and charming confection that has an enticing exterior without much substance on the inside.

~ Richard Mowe -

Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The wide-eyed young girl Sophie, who possesses a wisdom and bravura beyond her years, is beautifully caught by newcomer Ruby Barnhill.

~ Richard Mowe -

The wide-eyed young girl Sophie, who possesses a wisdom and bravura beyond her years, is beautifully caught by newcomer Ruby Barnhill.

~ Richard Mowe -

Full of passing vistas, moments of lyricism, raw sex and emotions – all building to a portrait of youths trying to bond together to survive.

~ Richard Mowe -

Full of passing vistas, moments of lyricism, raw sex and emotions – all building to a portrait of youths trying to bond together to survive.

~ Richard Mowe -

The script takes an adult approach to emotions, even as it shows how childish a situation can become.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script takes an adult approach to emotions, even as it shows how childish a situation can become.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The closer the glance at the specifics, the more universal the plight becomes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The closer the glance at the specifics, the more universal the plight becomes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -

The anxious impact of the airport is also brought home to us by the crowded nature of the animation, its expressionist rendering emphasising the strangeness of this environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For better or worse, Antonioni’s got his master stylist hat on here, even if it sometimes obscures his vision.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Feels like a bite-sized companion piece to The Invasion

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a good deal of depth and nuance to these relationships as Blichfeldt uses them to illustrate how a society which makes women dependent on men magnifies ever petty disagreement and sets them at odds with one another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The cinematography is deliberately downbeat. The narrative meanders as its hero does.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anno, while acknowledging the history through the use of archive and via her interviewees, firmly accentuates the positives and the strides that have been made.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s no room here for the simple morality of the average horror film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though parts of the film are repetitive and others don’t quite knit together, there are some real gems hidden in there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The plot is not the film’s strongest point, but it functions well enough as a device through which to explore a troubled relationship.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pure joy from start to finish.

~ Anton Bitel -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Coogan is well cast in this tricky role, moving easily from humour to heartbreak..

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -