Set in a futuristic Rwanda, the themes are as old as the hills - with colonialism, identity and self-determination chief among them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Set in a futuristic Rwanda, the themes are as old as the hills - with colonialism, identity and self-determination chief among them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bloody Oranges is condemned to straddle between two half-baked tones.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Bloody Oranges is condemned to straddle between two half-baked tones.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

The use of traditional folk song and the fact that the language shifts from Italian to Spanish also highlights the way that stories are passed from mouth to ear down the generations and across borders.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The use of traditional folk song and the fact that the language shifts from Italian to Spanish also highlights the way that stories are passed from mouth to ear down the generations and across borders.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While there's plenty to be said for a subtle approach, Qnia is too laidback for his own good.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While there's plenty to be said for a subtle approach, Qnia is too laidback for his own good.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The subtlety Vogt employs as a director pays off in spades as he gets as much creepy mileage from the disturbance of soil and water as any amount of CGI could muster.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The subtlety Vogt employs as a director pays off in spades as he gets as much creepy mileage from the disturbance of soil and water as any amount of CGI could muster.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Binoche gives her all, stripping away any vestiges of actressy pretence to assimilate herself in the community while at the same time investing her performance with an authentic conviction.

~ Richard Mowe -

Binoche gives her all, stripping away any vestiges of actressy pretence to assimilate herself in the community while at the same time investing her performance with an authentic conviction.

~ Richard Mowe -

Panahi and his actors shift through emotions so smoothly, you barely notice them until they have immersed you.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Panahi and his actors shift through emotions so smoothly, you barely notice them until they have immersed you.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hold Me Tight [has] the sensorial acuteness to abduct us straight to the place where, providentially or not, poignant life decisions are being forged and the creations of new realities begin when the world around seems to collapse.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Hold Me Tight [has] the sensorial acuteness to abduct us straight to the place where, providentially or not, poignant life decisions are being forged and the creations of new realities begin when the world around seems to collapse.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Kogonada is the directorial equivalent of a careful tea maker himself, he knows how to infuse his films with complex ideas without getting preachy or overtechnical about it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kogonada is the directorial equivalent of a careful tea maker himself, he knows how to infuse his films with complex ideas without getting preachy or overtechnical about it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -