What emerges in Tolmach's documentary is shocking but, on another level, unsurprising.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What emerges in Tolmach's documentary is shocking but, on another level, unsurprising.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Goes against the grain of modern crime documentaries.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Goes against the grain of modern crime documentaries.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is magical, a trove.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is magical, a trove.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Anybody who has ever run a business will relate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anybody who has ever run a business will relate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It also serves as a sharp reminder how any minority, when under-represented in the media, is at risk of being stereotyped and how too many creative teams are still dominated by white, middle-class males.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It also serves as a sharp reminder how any minority, when under-represented in the media, is at risk of being stereotyped and how too many creative teams are still dominated by white, middle-class males.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Tiffany Bartok doesn't shy away from the depressing aspects of Kevyn's story, nor obfuscate his responsibility for parts of what went wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Tiffany Bartok doesn't shy away from the depressing aspects of Kevyn's story, nor obfuscate his responsibility for parts of what went wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Torun, who spent much of her childhood in the city, lets us get supremely close to seven exquisitely different felines.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Torun, who spent much of her childhood in the city, lets us get supremely close to seven exquisitely different felines.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Religion can often become the whipping boy for problems, especially in the Middle East, but Kohn's documentary shows how the real issue lies in the sexist traditions not Islam.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Religion can often become the whipping boy for problems, especially in the Middle East, but Kohn's documentary shows how the real issue lies in the sexist traditions not Islam.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Morgen infuses new life into Jane Goodall's groundbreaking wildlife study that took place over half a century ago.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Morgen infuses new life into Jane Goodall's groundbreaking wildlife study that took place over half a century ago.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Icarus is a multi-layered and compelling piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Icarus is a multi-layered and compelling piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At its best, this is a film that has something to say about democracy itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At its best, this is a film that has something to say about democracy itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rachel Drezin treads a careful line between the risk of appropriating other people's struggles and the importance of giving a voice to parents, of understanding that they can struggle too.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rachel Drezin treads a careful line between the risk of appropriating other people's struggles and the importance of giving a voice to parents, of understanding that they can struggle too.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the film is strong is in its exploration of the relationships between politicians (from both major parties), regulators and college owners.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the film is strong is in its exploration of the relationships between politicians (from both major parties), regulators and college owners.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whether she is probing at the ideas of the ties that bind us to a home or considering the morality of goat horns, she constantly nudges us to move around and, perhaps, get a better view.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whether she is probing at the ideas of the ties that bind us to a home or considering the morality of goat horns, she constantly nudges us to move around and, perhaps, get a better view.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The issues presented here go far beyond the question of whether or not it's fair to animals to use them as a food source.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The issues presented here go far beyond the question of whether or not it's fair to animals to use them as a food source.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What emerges is a warm profile of two people who love each other, working a damned sight harder than many neurotypical couples to get over the humps in the road.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What emerges is a warm profile of two people who love each other, working a damned sight harder than many neurotypical couples to get over the humps in the road.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director talks about a "sense of play" in the press notes but are the audience really playing if they don't know the rules ahead of time?

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director talks about a "sense of play" in the press notes but are the audience really playing if they don't know the rules ahead of time?

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Heineman's film inevitably includes some tough-to-watch footage but he recognises the power in not always showing death.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Heineman's film inevitably includes some tough-to-watch footage but he recognises the power in not always showing death.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bull knows what he's doing when it comes to the action.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bull knows what he's doing when it comes to the action.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The director makes judicious use of old family photos and voice-over along with some strong nature photography that anchors the documentary in terms of place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director makes judicious use of old family photos and voice-over along with some strong nature photography that anchors the documentary in terms of place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kindness and joy not always come to mind when one thinks of the fashion world. This is the rare portrait where they do. As the documentary unfolds, we marvel at the diversity, the celebratory mood.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Kindness and joy not always come to mind when one thinks of the fashion world. This is the rare portrait where they do. As the documentary unfolds, we marvel at the diversity, the celebratory mood.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Despite his besst intentions, James never really fully achieves the cinematic element that would lift this above being a well-illustrated encyclopaedia article.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite his besst intentions, James never really fully achieves the cinematic element that would lift this above being a well-illustrated encyclopaedia article.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -