Multiverses have become a box office staple lately, courtesy of Marvel and the like, but they are rarely as elegantly mounted as this retro and twisty little mystery from Timm Kröger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Multiverses have become a box office staple lately, courtesy of Marvel and the like, but they are rarely as elegantly mounted as this retro and twisty little mystery from Timm Kröger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lowe’s approach is an exhiliarating, if sometimes a bit scrappy, mix of high and low brow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lowe’s approach is an exhiliarating, if sometimes a bit scrappy, mix of high and low brow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

The narrative deals profoundly with grief as well as loss which will assuredly resonate with most of us.

~ Richard Mowe -

The narrative deals profoundly with grief as well as loss which will assuredly resonate with most of us.

~ Richard Mowe -

A tactile and colour-infused film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A tactile and colour-infused film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Veteran actress Yun Jeong-hie, who came out of a 15-year retirement to take on the role of Mija brings a fragile beauty and strength to the part, lending her character an air of inscrutability that is intriguing rather than frustrating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Veteran actress Yun Jeong-hie, who came out of a 15-year retirement to take on the role of Mija brings a fragile beauty and strength to the part, lending her character an air of inscrutability that is intriguing rather than frustrating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Distances of time and space are collapsible in Fingscheidt’s hands.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Distances of time and space are collapsible in Fingscheidt’s hands.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Park captures the web of life tensions that don’t just stop when we’re teenagers, particularly the pull of the new versus the attraction of nostalgia.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Park captures the web of life tensions that don’t just stop when we’re teenagers, particularly the pull of the new versus the attraction of nostalgia.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is well made and the humour delicately balanced between corruption and farce.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is well made and the humour delicately balanced between corruption and farce.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Yunis, who is also a novelist, covers a lot of ground here but it never feels as though we are only being served up the easy route.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Yunis, who is also a novelist, covers a lot of ground here but it never feels as though we are only being served up the easy route.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Panigrahi is pitch perfect in her debut role.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Panigrahi is pitch perfect in her debut role.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A supernaturally themed thriller which also delivers a healthy supply of laughs, this is a wild ride from start to finish.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A supernaturally themed thriller which also delivers a healthy supply of laughs, this is a wild ride from start to finish.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ 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 -

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 -

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 -