Walker's documentary is moving, life-affirming and challenges what you think you might know about these people who pick through the rubbish.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Walker's documentary is moving, life-affirming and challenges what you think you might know about these people who pick through the rubbish.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It leaves a few too many questions unanswered, a few too many unasked, but it's still excellent.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It leaves a few too many questions unanswered, a few too many unasked, but it's still excellent.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Newcomers may find it hard to get into because we are only played short snatches of all this interesting music.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Newcomers may find it hard to get into because we are only played short snatches of all this interesting music.

~ Jennie Kermode -

History replicated in the editing suite, composition compelling, illuminating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

History replicated in the editing suite, composition compelling, illuminating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This nuanced, insightful documentary is much more successful than most at communicating the complex impact of sexual abuse.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This nuanced, insightful documentary is much more successful than most at communicating the complex impact of sexual abuse.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sadly this documentary manages to miss the mark despite a lot of quality material.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sadly this documentary manages to miss the mark despite a lot of quality material.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sampat is a subject so complex and compelling, so fearless and flawed, that in the end the documentary itself is drawn into her irresistible orbit no less than she dominates all the people and situations around her.

~ Anton Bitel -

Sampat is a subject so complex and compelling, so fearless and flawed, that in the end the documentary itself is drawn into her irresistible orbit no less than she dominates all the people and situations around her.

~ Anton Bitel -

The film-makers have a good eye for detail.

~ Val Kermode -

The film-makers have a good eye for detail.

~ Val Kermode -

A low-key, but fascinating, documentary.

~ James Benefield -

A low-key, but fascinating, documentary.

~ James Benefield -

Patricio Guzmán has wisely chosen to step back and let the story unfold largely by itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Patricio Guzmán has wisely chosen to step back and let the story unfold largely by itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As a study of one character, this could have been very effective, but done three times it becomes rather tedious.

~ Val Kermode -

As a study of one character, this could have been very effective, but done three times it becomes rather tedious.

~ Val Kermode -

Another documentary gem from the incredibly strong factual line-up at Sundance 2010.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Another documentary gem from the incredibly strong factual line-up at Sundance 2010.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At times this appears to be a documentary about looking things up on Google.

~ Andrew Robertson -

At times this appears to be a documentary about looking things up on Google.

~ Andrew Robertson -

We have to ask ourselves whether we are watching a child being exploited or whether we are ourselves guilty of exploitation.

~ Val Kermode -

We have to ask ourselves whether we are watching a child being exploited or whether we are ourselves guilty of exploitation.

~ Val Kermode -

The team's ability to keep filming in chaotic situation is impressive, especially when they are largely amateurs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The team's ability to keep filming in chaotic situation is impressive, especially when they are largely amateurs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What is most surprising about this film is not the dilligence with which Sundberg and Stern set about following the course of Rivers through a year of her life - although that is certainly in evidence - but how incredibly welcoming she is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What is most surprising about this film is not the dilligence with which Sundberg and Stern set about following the course of Rivers through a year of her life - although that is certainly in evidence - but how incredibly welcoming she is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a powerfully atmospheric film that goes beyond the conventional techniques of documentary to communicate concepts we might otherwise struggle to grasp.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a powerfully atmospheric film that goes beyond the conventional techniques of documentary to communicate concepts we might otherwise struggle to grasp.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film contains some beautiful photography, and its subjects are presented with dignity and humour. It is a pity that it soon becomes rambling.

~ Val Kermode -

The film contains some beautiful photography, and its subjects are presented with dignity and humour. It is a pity that it soon becomes rambling.

~ Val Kermode -

Sington has found a range of economists and experts who explain in clear language the roots of the crisis.

~ Val Kermode -

Sington has found a range of economists and experts who explain in clear language the roots of the crisis.

~ Val Kermode -

Every bit as quirky, engaging and rebellious as the artwork it aims to celebrate. Sadly, it also shares graffiti's tendency to be energetic but scattergun and ephemeral.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every bit as quirky, engaging and rebellious as the artwork it aims to celebrate. Sadly, it also shares graffiti's tendency to be energetic but scattergun and ephemeral.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Donor Unknown never quite pushes hard enough on the big ethical and philosophical questions involved in the notion of fatherhood by proxy.

~ Robert Munro -

Donor Unknown never quite pushes hard enough on the big ethical and philosophical questions involved in the notion of fatherhood by proxy.

~ Robert Munro -

Cutting Loose has a certain style and flair that brings out the artistry of hair dressing.

~ Donald Munro -

Cutting Loose has a certain style and flair that brings out the artistry of hair dressing.

~ Donald Munro -

Their choice of this one man to symbolise the oppression of a whole nation makes this a strong and impressive film.

~ Val Kermode -

Their choice of this one man to symbolise the oppression of a whole nation makes this a strong and impressive film.

~ Val Kermode -

Renaud Barret treads a careful path, resulting in a film that captures wider realities whilst providing an engaging, entertaining story of one band's search for fame.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Renaud Barret treads a careful path, resulting in a film that captures wider realities whilst providing an engaging, entertaining story of one band's search for fame.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The documentary team here are to be congratulated on getting so close to their subjects, on inspiring so much trust, even if there are moments when they agree to turn the cameras off.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The documentary team here are to be congratulated on getting so close to their subjects, on inspiring so much trust, even if there are moments when they agree to turn the cameras off.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Entertaining, amusing, like a humorous conversation overheard on the train.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Entertaining, amusing, like a humorous conversation overheard on the train.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While this is a short film it carries within it the seeds of dread, hope, and waiting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While this is a short film it carries within it the seeds of dread, hope, and waiting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Darren Bolger and Caroline Campbell's film is a portrait of an individual crime lost amidst other tragedies.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Darren Bolger and Caroline Campbell's film is a portrait of an individual crime lost amidst other tragedies.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Memory, reality, fact and fiction blend to give you a vivid 'feel' for the interviewees' recollections while being acutely aware that this remains a remembered reconstruction of the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Memory, reality, fact and fiction blend to give you a vivid 'feel' for the interviewees' recollections while being acutely aware that this remains a remembered reconstruction of the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

I'm not sure that I have ever seen a film as horrific as this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

I'm not sure that I have ever seen a film as horrific as this.

~ 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 -

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 -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

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 -