If there are people out there who are nervous of going to see subtitled films, this is the perfect introduction.

~ Gator MacReady -

If there are people out there who are nervous of going to see subtitled films, this is the perfect introduction.

~ Gator MacReady -

A model of economical film-making and story-telling.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A model of economical film-making and story-telling.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A unique cinematic experience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A unique cinematic experience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Well made and with an incredibly powerful central performance.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Well made and with an incredibly powerful central performance.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Sokurov's drama has a haunting quality and moments of poetry found in the simplest of shots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sokurov's drama has a haunting quality and moments of poetry found in the simplest of shots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If nastiness was a flower, Trouble Every Day would be a bunch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If nastiness was a flower, Trouble Every Day would be a bunch.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The slow pacing isn't helped when sequences like the one that opens the film... go on for so long they almost become self-parodies.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The slow pacing isn't helped when sequences like the one that opens the film... go on for so long they almost become self-parodies.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The kind of movie that would have been banned 20 years ago.

~ Gator MacReady -

The kind of movie that would have been banned 20 years ago.

~ Gator MacReady -

It is nice just to sit back and let the day-glo colours wash over you, marvelling at the high-spirited energy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is nice just to sit back and let the day-glo colours wash over you, marvelling at the high-spirited energy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

On the strength of this film, writer/director Robert Schwentke is a talent to watch.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

On the strength of this film, writer/director Robert Schwentke is a talent to watch.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A pleasant, low-key, quietly romantic piece.

~ Nicola Osborne -

A pleasant, low-key, quietly romantic piece.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Solondz's humour remains dark. His dialogue is always brilliant.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Solondz's humour remains dark. His dialogue is always brilliant.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Nauseatingly saccharine.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Nauseatingly saccharine.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Deserves your attention, marking its director and lead as talents to watch.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Deserves your attention, marking its director and lead as talents to watch.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A very well crafted fly-on-the-wall style documentary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very well crafted fly-on-the-wall style documentary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Davis's skill comes, not just from choosing wonderful subjects, but by becoming accepted into this strange extended family.

~ Trinity -

Davis's skill comes, not just from choosing wonderful subjects, but by becoming accepted into this strange extended family.

~ Trinity -

Phillippe Faucon deals with its potentially difficult subject seriously, honestly and even handedly.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Phillippe Faucon deals with its potentially difficult subject seriously, honestly and even handedly.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

An honest and open account, which leaves us to draw our own conclusions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An honest and open account, which leaves us to draw our own conclusions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Riedelsheimer's camerawork and editing is supremely confident and richly perfect.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Riedelsheimer's camerawork and editing is supremely confident and richly perfect.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A harrowing and unnerving experience.

~ Trinity -

A harrowing and unnerving experience.

~ Trinity -

Startlingly original.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Startlingly original.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants, revealing the human complexities beneath.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants, revealing the human complexities beneath.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Goldman spins a moving story and allows the audience to empathise with the characters.

~ Trinity -

Goldman spins a moving story and allows the audience to empathise with the characters.

~ Trinity -

Engaging and likeable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Engaging and likeable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Simplicity can be an art form. Wang Chao, with his debut film, takes it to the extreme. He makes no concessions to the audience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Simplicity can be an art form. Wang Chao, with his debut film, takes it to the extreme. He makes no concessions to the audience.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A film of astonishing maturity and compassion.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A film of astonishing maturity and compassion.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lewis handles the documentary with a lightness of touch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lewis handles the documentary with a lightness of touch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fine acting, camera work free of frills and a plot that will keep you guessing.

~ Trinity -

Fine acting, camera work free of frills and a plot that will keep you guessing.

~ Trinity -

The young actors, making their first movie, take risks beyond the call of duty.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The young actors, making their first movie, take risks beyond the call of duty.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

None of the events hold the slightest iota of interest.

~ Gator MacReady -

None of the events hold the slightest iota of interest.

~ Gator MacReady -

Even the Coen Bros cannot stimulate interest in a guy who has switched the lights off inside his head.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Even the Coen Bros cannot stimulate interest in a guy who has switched the lights off inside his head.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Some picturesque moments in the film hint at good ideas.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Some picturesque moments in the film hint at good ideas.

~ Nicola Osborne -

The acting is superb, breathing life and vitality into the script, which still betrays its theatrical origins.

~ Trinity -

The acting is superb, breathing life and vitality into the script, which still betrays its theatrical origins.

~ Trinity -

A good, solid British comedy.

~ Trinity -

A good, solid British comedy.

~ Trinity -

Severely patience-trying.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Severely patience-trying.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

This is one of Herzog's best documentaries, possibly because his subject matter strays close to the boundaries of fiction.

~ Trinity -

This is one of Herzog's best documentaries, possibly because his subject matter strays close to the boundaries of fiction.

~ Trinity -

By picking such a fantastic heroine, all director Udelson needs to do is let the cameras roll, which is pretty much what she does.

~ Nicola Osborne -

By picking such a fantastic heroine, all director Udelson needs to do is let the cameras roll, which is pretty much what she does.

~ Nicola Osborne -

The film is intelligent and honest, without being, in any way, entertaining.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is intelligent and honest, without being, in any way, entertaining.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Beautifully choreographed and exceptionally well acted.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Beautifully choreographed and exceptionally well acted.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Writer-directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger... have made a film which successfully manages to dramatise the subtleties of modern relationships

~ Trinity -

Writer-directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger... have made a film which successfully manages to dramatise the subtleties of modern relationships

~ Trinity -

This is a film that sidesteps convention. There is no ending, no beginning. There is the journey.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a film that sidesteps convention. There is no ending, no beginning. There is the journey.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This unpretentious, entertaining little comedy of culture clashes marks a solid feature debut for British writer/director Joel Hopkins

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

This unpretentious, entertaining little comedy of culture clashes marks a solid feature debut for British writer/director Joel Hopkins

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Not an essential film by any means, but possibly a welcome distraction from more self-consciously serious fare.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Not an essential film by any means, but possibly a welcome distraction from more self-consciously serious fare.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A valuable document in the the history of Israel and Palestine.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A valuable document in the the history of Israel and Palestine.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Remarkably assured debut feature.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Remarkably assured debut feature.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

It is a triumph of the imagination over a plot that is not really a plot, more an emotional car crash.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is a triumph of the imagination over a plot that is not really a plot, more an emotional car crash.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A tense exploration of relationships and human frailty, helped enormously by Beatrice Thiriet's wonderfully evocative score.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A tense exploration of relationships and human frailty, helped enormously by Beatrice Thiriet's wonderfully evocative score.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a documentary, the film has to be rated a failure. As an exercise in storytelling, it is more successful.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

As a documentary, the film has to be rated a failure. As an exercise in storytelling, it is more successful.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Buscemi gives one of his finest performances.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Buscemi gives one of his finest performances.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A powerful piece of drama, which is all too close to real life.

~ Trinity -

A powerful piece of drama, which is all too close to real life.

~ Trinity -

There is a word for this. Icky.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is a word for this. Icky.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The dialogue-driven, yet simplistic structure means the film appears too long for its subject.

~ Trinity -

The dialogue-driven, yet simplistic structure means the film appears too long for its subject.

~ Trinity -

Worth a look for those with interested in the history of exploitation cinema.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Worth a look for those with interested in the history of exploitation cinema.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Reboux and Mesquida bring a natural intelligence to demanding roles.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Reboux and Mesquida bring a natural intelligence to demanding roles.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Beautiful in its simplicity and utterly moving.

~ Trinity -

Beautiful in its simplicity and utterly moving.

~ Trinity -

toppard and director Michael Apted weave a web of intrigue, suspicion and, for God's sake, romance into what might have been as incomprehensible as a computer hacker's notebook.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

toppard and director Michael Apted weave a web of intrigue, suspicion and, for God's sake, romance into what might have been as incomprehensible as a computer hacker's notebook.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A great deal more than an end-of-shoot wrap party.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A great deal more than an end-of-shoot wrap party.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An exhilarating insight into a moment in Californian history when some underprivileged kids broke the rules and did things on skateboards that had never been seen before.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An exhilarating insight into a moment in Californian history when some underprivileged kids broke the rules and did things on skateboards that had never been seen before.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film takes standard ingredients of a good horror movie - the sinister setting, the horrible crime, the ghostly presence, the newcomer - and uses a surprisingly gore-free, old-fashioned way of scaring the audience.

~ Trinity -

The film takes standard ingredients of a good horror movie - the sinister setting, the horrible crime, the ghostly presence, the newcomer - and uses a surprisingly gore-free, old-fashioned way of scaring the audience.

~ Trinity -

Suture, have avoided every cliche of film noir.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Suture, have avoided every cliche of film noir.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Brilliantly funny, rather bizarre.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Brilliantly funny, rather bizarre.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Sadly the main story... is pretty dull, uninspired stuff

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Sadly the main story... is pretty dull, uninspired stuff

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The good humour of all those involved, including the wives, is infectious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The good humour of all those involved, including the wives, is infectious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite, or because of, the appalling nature of these women's lives, the film has a raw edge.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Despite, or because of, the appalling nature of these women's lives, the film has a raw edge.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Weber's discretion smothers gossip and edits anecdote.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Weber's discretion smothers gossip and edits anecdote.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Abdkalykov's attention to detail, from watching bugs crawl across floors, to the endless blue of the open sky mark out the qualities of a true visual artist.

~ Trinity -

Abdkalykov's attention to detail, from watching bugs crawl across floors, to the endless blue of the open sky mark out the qualities of a true visual artist.

~ Trinity -

At its best early on as it plays the culture clashes.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

At its best early on as it plays the culture clashes.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There's no doubt that this is a well-made documentary, but it feels like there's been outside tampering.

~ Trinity -

There's no doubt that this is a well-made documentary, but it feels like there's been outside tampering.

~ Trinity -

Lucrecia Martel's debut as writer/director captures the many layered character of the Argentinian upper-class so perfectly that explanatory scenes would appear bourgeois in their desire to tidy the place up a bit.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lucrecia Martel's debut as writer/director captures the many layered character of the Argentinian upper-class so perfectly that explanatory scenes would appear bourgeois in their desire to tidy the place up a bit.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Writer-director Yves Caumon notices the small details... and makes them count.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Writer-director Yves Caumon notices the small details... and makes them count.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The intelligence of the writing and the intensity of Ryan Gosling's performance takes it out of the shock horror budget bin.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The intelligence of the writing and the intensity of Ryan Gosling's performance takes it out of the shock horror budget bin.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The pornography of violence is a phrase banded about by armchair critics. What does it mean? It means Battle Royale.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The pornography of violence is a phrase banded about by armchair critics. What does it mean? It means Battle Royale.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Pang Brothers lay claim to the throne of those other action thriller maestro siblings, the Wachowskis.

~ Trinity -

The Pang Brothers lay claim to the throne of those other action thriller maestro siblings, the Wachowskis.

~ Trinity -

Enjoyable and witty, all the more impressive when you discover that it took only 19 days to shoot.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Enjoyable and witty, all the more impressive when you discover that it took only 19 days to shoot.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zacharias Kunuk's achievement with his mainly untrained actors is astonishing. Even the sexual chemistry works.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Zacharias Kunuk's achievement with his mainly untrained actors is astonishing. Even the sexual chemistry works.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jeunet has such an imaginative approach to film that he creates an atmosphere of magic.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jeunet has such an imaginative approach to film that he creates an atmosphere of magic.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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 -

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 -

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 -

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 -