This is a difficult film, full of abhorrent behaviours and unbearable tensions – but at the same time it shows a profound respect towards its troubled subject, and therefore towards its viewers as well.

~ Anton Bitel -

This is a difficult film, full of abhorrent behaviours and unbearable tensions – but at the same time it shows a profound respect towards its troubled subject, and therefore towards its viewers as well.

~ Anton Bitel -

This low-key coming of age drama pokes gently into questions of faith, temptation, family and belonging.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This low-key coming of age drama pokes gently into questions of faith, temptation, family and belonging.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Echoing Homer's Odyssey and also the procession of the Olympic torch, Swandown happens in fits and starts, sometimes achingly slow, intermittently brilliant.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Echoing Homer's Odyssey and also the procession of the Olympic torch, Swandown happens in fits and starts, sometimes achingly slow, intermittently brilliant.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This might not seem like the most exciting piece of cinema but you'll be surprised by how quickly you find yourself rooting for its vivacious heroes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This might not seem like the most exciting piece of cinema but you'll be surprised by how quickly you find yourself rooting for its vivacious heroes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Weiwei is such a fascinating subject that even a documentary that never seems to stray into the experimental is compelling, but white text on a black screen does not a revolution make.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Weiwei is such a fascinating subject that even a documentary that never seems to stray into the experimental is compelling, but white text on a black screen does not a revolution make.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Ray Winstone has always been at his best in comedy, and here he excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ray Winstone has always been at his best in comedy, and here he excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite its grim subject, this is a film full of fight, with all the energy you'd expect from that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite its grim subject, this is a film full of fight, with all the energy you'd expect from that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is not just a piece of history, it's a how-to guide with lasting relevance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is not just a piece of history, it's a how-to guide with lasting relevance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The title of Niall McGann’s documentary is a joke, elevating the work to a level of self-importance that the mischief therein consistently and amusingly undercuts.

~ Michael Pattison -

The title of Niall McGann’s documentary is a joke, elevating the work to a level of self-importance that the mischief therein consistently and amusingly undercuts.

~ Michael Pattison -

Long Distance Information depicts that phone call so well, the stilted awkwardness as you ask about things you don't care about.

~ Donald Munro -

Long Distance Information depicts that phone call so well, the stilted awkwardness as you ask about things you don't care about.

~ Donald Munro -