This isn't just about big concepts and whiteboards but the everyday positive reinforcement that helps kids get on in all senses of the phrase.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This isn't just about big concepts and whiteboards but the everyday positive reinforcement that helps kids get on in all senses of the phrase.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Writing with Fire deftly infuses hope and inspiration into what could rightfully have been a wholly dire depiction of India’s most trodden-upon population.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Writing with Fire deftly infuses hope and inspiration into what could rightfully have been a wholly dire depiction of India’s most trodden-upon population.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The Velvet Underground will restore your belief in documentaries!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Velvet Underground will restore your belief in documentaries!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

All attempts to document true crime could be informed by this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All attempts to document true crime could be informed by this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a lengthening here - but also a shortening of the emotional distance between us the viewer and those caught on camera.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a lengthening here - but also a shortening of the emotional distance between us the viewer and those caught on camera.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a difference between talking about something you remember and talking about something you have just watched – something to think about when you watch yet another documentary about another old white guy who has already had 15 films made about him

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a difference between talking about something you remember and talking about something you have just watched – something to think about when you watch yet another documentary about another old white guy who has already had 15 films made about him

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Directors Sami Khan and Smriti Mundhra show through this well-edited film, just how traumatic losing someone close can be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Directors Sami Khan and Smriti Mundhra show through this well-edited film, just how traumatic losing someone close can be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Made with plenty of upbeat vigour, the end result is a primer history lesson for newcomers to Sierra Leone that also touches on the cultural tensions that can develop even between those pulling in the same direction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Made with plenty of upbeat vigour, the end result is a primer history lesson for newcomers to Sierra Leone that also touches on the cultural tensions that can develop even between those pulling in the same direction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Insightful and at times wonderfully playful.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Insightful and at times wonderfully playful.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Procession gives outsiders an intimate view of the damage done by abuse. It gives survivors a chance to see that there is hope: that the pain and the panic and other debilitating symptoms can recede, and there can be a life afterwards.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Procession gives outsiders an intimate view of the damage done by abuse. It gives survivors a chance to see that there is hope: that the pain and the panic and other debilitating symptoms can recede, and there can be a life afterwards.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film which will remind its viewers why they fell in love with cinema in the first place.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film which will remind its viewers why they fell in love with cinema in the first place.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ullón adopts a spare but attentive approach, not imposing herself or archive upon the film but instead letting Mateo and others tell this story through their conversations and via the old cassette player he uses to capture them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ullón adopts a spare but attentive approach, not imposing herself or archive upon the film but instead letting Mateo and others tell this story through their conversations and via the old cassette player he uses to capture them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An oneiric, sensory and imaginative journey documenting being young in contemporary India.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

An oneiric, sensory and imaginative journey documenting being young in contemporary India.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

Documentarian Milo Rau's hybrid feature is part passion play and part call for compassion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Documentarian Milo Rau's hybrid feature is part passion play and part call for compassion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For a documentary directly focused on the money side of the cannabis industry in California, Russo finds poignancy in the roots of the plant’s history.

~ Stephanie Brown -

For a documentary directly focused on the money side of the cannabis industry in California, Russo finds poignancy in the roots of the plant’s history.

~ Stephanie Brown -

A film full of intimacy and affection, of insight into the effort it takes to be both an artist and a human being.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film full of intimacy and affection, of insight into the effort it takes to be both an artist and a human being.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Julia is a film about food and about the change in attitude towards cooking one woman could spark.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Julia is a film about food and about the change in attitude towards cooking one woman could spark.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This isn’t just a tale of Chinese manipulation, however, as Wang goes on to show how America, too, played down the story initially, in ways that chillingly mirror what happened in Wuhan.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This isn’t just a tale of Chinese manipulation, however, as Wang goes on to show how America, too, played down the story initially, in ways that chillingly mirror what happened in Wuhan.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Invincible Demons is a film that understands the aesthetic appeal of environmental abuse, but it doesn’t titillate with images of eco-collapse or sensationalise interviews with long-suffering Delhi citizens.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

Invincible Demons is a film that understands the aesthetic appeal of environmental abuse, but it doesn’t titillate with images of eco-collapse or sensationalise interviews with long-suffering Delhi citizens.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

This is a tragedy at any level. There's not just the siege but the associated mentality, a mixture of recursion, remorse, and regret.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a tragedy at any level. There's not just the siege but the associated mentality, a mixture of recursion, remorse, and regret.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Grain is a passionate tribute to the camera men and women eschewing digital convenience for film’s time-honoured texture.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

Grain is a passionate tribute to the camera men and women eschewing digital convenience for film’s time-honoured texture.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

There are several places where statistics are given without context, and the background reading is a gloss of imagery.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are several places where statistics are given without context, and the background reading is a gloss of imagery.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is a simple message from the film – only action can free us from the dark thoughts of hopelessness, inactivity, the impossibility of making a real change.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

There is a simple message from the film – only action can free us from the dark thoughts of hopelessness, inactivity, the impossibility of making a real change.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

By animating the whole movie, Rasmussen makes the story feel more immersive and of a whole piece.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

By animating the whole movie, Rasmussen makes the story feel more immersive and of a whole piece.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Heineman is careful not to bludgeon viewers with the horror of it all.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Heineman is careful not to bludgeon viewers with the horror of it all.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Inés Toharia’s documentary will make you consider the restoration process with fresh eyes.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

Inés Toharia’s documentary will make you consider the restoration process with fresh eyes.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

Beshir keeps an eye on the natural environment as well as the sociopolitics, including the oppression of the Oromo people, while allowing a mythic element concerning the hunt for the water of life to flow alongside.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beshir keeps an eye on the natural environment as well as the sociopolitics, including the oppression of the Oromo people, while allowing a mythic element concerning the hunt for the water of life to flow alongside.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Do you like watching car chases? These men do them for a living.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Do you like watching car chases? These men do them for a living.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For all its intricacy and cleverness, this is a film that never loses its central focus.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For all its intricacy and cleverness, this is a film that never loses its central focus.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a winning combination of warmth and honesty to the way that she and her family share their lives that opens the door to viewers and asks them to shift their perspective.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a winning combination of warmth and honesty to the way that she and her family share their lives that opens the door to viewers and asks them to shift their perspective.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Blankenbyl doesn't labour her point but instead lets Joe Berger's camerawork do the talking.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Blankenbyl doesn't labour her point but instead lets Joe Berger's camerawork do the talking.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The clothes they wear make you swoon and the colourised underwater images do the rest to transport us into a magical world.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The clothes they wear make you swoon and the colourised underwater images do the rest to transport us into a magical world.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Coming in at a short 71 minutes, Stern captures Spain’s creative energy and charisma.

~ Paul Risker -

Coming in at a short 71 minutes, Stern captures Spain’s creative energy and charisma.

~ Paul Risker -

From the first shot of a uniformed member of a cleaning team walking the tiled lip of a rooftop infinity pool this is the edge of image, the thing unseen.

~ Andrew Robertson -

From the first shot of a uniformed member of a cleaning team walking the tiled lip of a rooftop infinity pool this is the edge of image, the thing unseen.

~ Andrew Robertson -

All Light, Everywhere examines the microscopic and vertiginous in equal, beguiling measure.

~ Matthew Anderson -

All Light, Everywhere examines the microscopic and vertiginous in equal, beguiling measure.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Nothing is taken too seriously - there's plenty of teasing within the group itself - but respect is shown for the effort that has gone into all this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nothing is taken too seriously - there's plenty of teasing within the group itself - but respect is shown for the effort that has gone into all this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Honigmann and her editor Jessica de Koning find an amiable rhythm, moving between straightforward interview segments and more contemplative moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Honigmann and her editor Jessica de Koning find an amiable rhythm, moving between straightforward interview segments and more contemplative moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

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

~ 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 -