Perhaps the most horrifying aspect of the film is what it reveals about US culture and society more broadly.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Perhaps the most horrifying aspect of the film is what it reveals about US culture and society more broadly.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Like the heavyweight prize-fighter in his prime, this is documentary stripped back to its leanest form.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the heavyweight prize-fighter in his prime, this is documentary stripped back to its leanest form.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like a complex jigsaw, each piece slots into place perfectly, completing a richly detailed picture of one man and his determination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like a complex jigsaw, each piece slots into place perfectly, completing a richly detailed picture of one man and his determination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The farmers are not in good condition. They look tired and their equipment looks exhausted.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The farmers are not in good condition. They look tired and their equipment looks exhausted.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You couldn’t make it up!

~ Val Kermode -

You couldn’t make it up!

~ Val Kermode -

An excellent mix of real and virtual world visuals keeps all this highly entertaining.

~ Val Kermode -

An excellent mix of real and virtual world visuals keeps all this highly entertaining.

~ Val Kermode -

The Order of Myths is more than a look at the celebration of Mardi Gras, it's a deep gaze into the history and the people of Mobile.

~ George Williamson -

The Order of Myths is more than a look at the celebration of Mardi Gras, it's a deep gaze into the history and the people of Mobile.

~ George Williamson -

When Davies says “The world was young and oh, how we laughed,” he sounds like Death waiting to take it all away.

~ Val Kermode -

When Davies says “The world was young and oh, how we laughed,” he sounds like Death waiting to take it all away.

~ Val Kermode -

An excellent documentary, putting you so close to the action you can almost feel the sweat and taste the chalk dust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An excellent documentary, putting you so close to the action you can almost feel the sweat and taste the chalk dust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This little gem has a narrative structure that Hollywood movies seem to have forgotten how to employ - all the ingredients for a classic thriller are here.

~ Tony Sullivan -

This little gem has a narrative structure that Hollywood movies seem to have forgotten how to employ - all the ingredients for a classic thriller are here.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Despite the bravery of some of the interviewees, I would have liked more answers.

~ Val Kermode -

Despite the bravery of some of the interviewees, I would have liked more answers.

~ Val Kermode -

Just as An Inconvenient Truth was able to reach a wide audience thanks to a strong message well presented, this film has the potential to do the same.

~ Val Kermode -

Just as An Inconvenient Truth was able to reach a wide audience thanks to a strong message well presented, this film has the potential to do the same.

~ Val Kermode -

Metev isn't scared to hold a shot, letting silence unfold as often as conversation and though people occasionally seem to roll their eyes at the camera, this adds to the charm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Metev isn't scared to hold a shot, letting silence unfold as often as conversation and though people occasionally seem to roll their eyes at the camera, this adds to the charm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What this film shows, by visiting communities around the world, is that issues of pollution are often intrinsically linked to issues of ownership.

~ Val Kermode -

What this film shows, by visiting communities around the world, is that issues of pollution are often intrinsically linked to issues of ownership.

~ Val Kermode -

Wolf argues her case with passion.

~ Val Kermode -

Wolf argues her case with passion.

~ Val Kermode -

This could have been a hatchet job... but McCormack’s film digs a lot deeper than that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This could have been a hatchet job... but McCormack’s film digs a lot deeper than that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The frank simplicity of the film's design is itself transgressive, and it hits harder as a result.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The frank simplicity of the film's design is itself transgressive, and it hits harder as a result.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a very moving story, and I wish I could give the film more praise.

~ Val Kermode -

This is a very moving story, and I wish I could give the film more praise.

~ Val Kermode -

There is genuine grief, genuine rage, remembered and brought to the screen.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is genuine grief, genuine rage, remembered and brought to the screen.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Although not breaking new ground in terms of the way it is shot and edited, this is a compelling story and features some excellent archive footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although not breaking new ground in terms of the way it is shot and edited, this is a compelling story and features some excellent archive footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This blending of the truth and invention is a key plank of Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke's work, which skates so close to documentary it is hard to spot the join.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This blending of the truth and invention is a key plank of Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke's work, which skates so close to documentary it is hard to spot the join.

~ 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 -

The characters work well...but there’s never quite enough energy to events.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

[Hart] doesn’t turn up the volume, but uses tone and repetition so effectively that the film becomes a microcosm of the real experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -