There is a lingering, half blossomed melancholy that lies underneath the often very funny, fast-paced moments of quotidian chaos.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There is a lingering, half blossomed melancholy that lies underneath the often very funny, fast-paced moments of quotidian chaos.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film begins in a landscape of urban decay and it’s a long time before we see a horizon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film begins in a landscape of urban decay and it’s a long time before we see a horizon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An astounding film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An astounding film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It progresses in the same sort of manner as leading man Damon in that it's big and bulky, slow and purposeful but somehow, despite this, quite compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It progresses in the same sort of manner as leading man Damon in that it's big and bulky, slow and purposeful but somehow, despite this, quite compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The grooming of Strawberry may have some moments of levity but that, in many ways, makes it all the more uncomfortable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The grooming of Strawberry may have some moments of levity but that, in many ways, makes it all the more uncomfortable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Quirky and a little uneven but appealingly sweet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quirky and a little uneven but appealingly sweet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everything has been meticulously researched from the garish costumes and outlandish make-up to the mechanics of the business.

~ Richard Mowe -

Everything has been meticulously researched from the garish costumes and outlandish make-up to the mechanics of the business.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cage fills the screen even when he does not.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Cage fills the screen even when he does not.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a study of bitter, sorry people hurting each other using ancient memories, propelled like bullets via the power of fiction.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is a study of bitter, sorry people hurting each other using ancient memories, propelled like bullets via the power of fiction.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is a stunning first feature.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a stunning first feature.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ambiguity lurks in the shadows and there's a doubling up and a doubling down.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ambiguity lurks in the shadows and there's a doubling up and a doubling down.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a whodunit, the film is fun and forgettable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a whodunit, the film is fun and forgettable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Perhaps everything doesn't quite stack up into a neat narrative but as a film that explores the frosty hinterland between sociopathy and more simple teenage boredom it follows through.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Perhaps everything doesn't quite stack up into a neat narrative but as a film that explores the frosty hinterland between sociopathy and more simple teenage boredom it follows through.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s quite a maze to pick your way through as a viewer and Stone does his best ease the path.

~ Richard Mowe -

It’s quite a maze to pick your way through as a viewer and Stone does his best ease the path.

~ Richard Mowe -

The closer and more personal this documentary gets, the more it opens up to the largest of issues.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The closer and more personal this documentary gets, the more it opens up to the largest of issues.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It's not the cliches that are its main problem, although the setting and set-up are straight down the line.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's not the cliches that are its main problem, although the setting and set-up are straight down the line.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's not an easy watch, but it is a good one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's not an easy watch, but it is a good one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Beautifully photographed as always, with a colour palette whose soft, shifting hues reflect its moral and narrative ambiguity, A Hero is one of Farhadi’s finest works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Beautifully photographed as always, with a colour palette whose soft, shifting hues reflect its moral and narrative ambiguity, A Hero is one of Farhadi’s finest works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As a snapshot of the influence parents bring to bear on their offspring it lacks engagement for the audience and takes the attitude that everyone watching should be enrapt by the self-importance Penn brings to bear.

~ Richard Mowe -

As a snapshot of the influence parents bring to bear on their offspring it lacks engagement for the audience and takes the attitude that everyone watching should be enrapt by the self-importance Penn brings to bear.

~ Richard Mowe -

Dangerously thin on purpose

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Dangerously thin on purpose

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is pretty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is pretty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Corsini agilely combines elements of cinéma verité and farce.

~ Richard Mowe -

Corsini agilely combines elements of cinéma verité and farce.

~ Richard Mowe -

The everyday feel is acute – you can virtually smell the pickle jar vinegar and raw spirit and imagine a slight stickiness on the seats as Jani-Petteri Passi’s camera captures the scene with a looseness that rocks along with the rhythm of the train.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The everyday feel is acute – you can virtually smell the pickle jar vinegar and raw spirit and imagine a slight stickiness on the seats as Jani-Petteri Passi’s camera captures the scene with a looseness that rocks along with the rhythm of the train.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s astonishing to realise that this is Reis’ first screen role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s astonishing to realise that this is Reis’ first screen role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tightly wrapped doesn't begin to cover it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Tightly wrapped doesn't begin to cover it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The script is well layered and clearly is designed to secure repeat viewings.

~ Darren Amner -

The script is well layered and clearly is designed to secure repeat viewings.

~ Darren Amner -

Cummings and McCabe want to have it all - and go a fairly long way towards getting it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cummings and McCabe want to have it all - and go a fairly long way towards getting it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The narrative is paced with the urgency of a thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -

The narrative is paced with the urgency of a thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -

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 -

History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The choice of hand-drawn animation and its ability to demonstrate a magical realism allows the film to find the right distance from what is being depicted.

~ Richard Mowe -

Successfully finds insight and social commentary

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The pace of the action helps Handal to pack a lot in and his framing is inventive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A Teacher is not the most finely crafted film, but it is a cri de cœur.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -