The kind of film that will appeal to people with a penchant for bleak, gritty, naturalistic dramas.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

The kind of film that will appeal to people with a penchant for bleak, gritty, naturalistic dramas.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Unfortunately the film is as vacuous as Hollywood at its worst.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Unfortunately the film is as vacuous as Hollywood at its worst.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

It's a great experience for the actors to get into such meaningful and intelligent roles and for us to be thrilled by their hard work and great performances.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's a great experience for the actors to get into such meaningful and intelligent roles and for us to be thrilled by their hard work and great performances.

~ Gator MacReady -

Cumulatively, the episodic conversations paint a vivid picture of contemporary Iranian life and, especially, of the place of women in the post-revolutionary era.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Cumulatively, the episodic conversations paint a vivid picture of contemporary Iranian life and, especially, of the place of women in the post-revolutionary era.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

An enjoyable way to spend two hours.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

An enjoyable way to spend two hours.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

It has little teen humour, with the majority of the cast unlikely to see 40 again, and there is not enough plot substance to constitute an incentive for the older crowd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It has little teen humour, with the majority of the cast unlikely to see 40 again, and there is not enough plot substance to constitute an incentive for the older crowd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Well worth the time and effort.

~ Gator MacReady -

Well worth the time and effort.

~ Gator MacReady -

Miklos is superb in the role of Anisio, striking a balance between menace and swagger, which gives him a comedic air.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Miklos is superb in the role of Anisio, striking a balance between menace and swagger, which gives him a comedic air.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The movie becomes bogged down.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The movie becomes bogged down.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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 -

It's all a bit superficial.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's all a bit superficial.

~ Gator MacReady -

Overflows with classic moments.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Overflows with classic moments.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

For what is essentially a psychological horror film, Spider is remarkable for its quietness, its unassuming grace.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For what is essentially a psychological horror film, Spider is remarkable for its quietness, its unassuming grace.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Odoul's vision has a unique quality of strangeness and Bonnetblanc's performance is extraordinary.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Odoul's vision has a unique quality of strangeness and Bonnetblanc's performance is extraordinary.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This movie is to be cherished.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This movie is to be cherished.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Keeps the viewer enthralled throughout.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Keeps the viewer enthralled throughout.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Andre Turpin, directing his first selp-penned feature, has created an absorbing film, which will easily captivate a willing audience.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Andre Turpin, directing his first selp-penned feature, has created an absorbing film, which will easily captivate a willing audience.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Christopher Doyle's cinematography has a rawness that belies the romance of the outback. The

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Christopher Doyle's cinematography has a rawness that belies the romance of the outback. The

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The narrative is so out-of-focus and the characters so unrealistic one cannot figure out exactly what universe the film inhabits.

~ Gator MacReady -

The narrative is so out-of-focus and the characters so unrealistic one cannot figure out exactly what universe the film inhabits.

~ Gator MacReady -

An interesting genre hybrid that hits more than it misses.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

An interesting genre hybrid that hits more than it misses.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

If you are turned off by European arthouse movies then this is more likely to confirm your dispassion rather than change your beliefs.

~ Gator MacReady -

If you are turned off by European arthouse movies then this is more likely to confirm your dispassion rather than change your beliefs.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's awful, yet is so well directed and acted that you can't take your eyes off it, no matter how much you want to.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's awful, yet is so well directed and acted that you can't take your eyes off it, no matter how much you want to.

~ Gator MacReady -

The film has an individuality about it and yet looks like a store front studio product.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has an individuality about it and yet looks like a store front studio product.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Shows a maturity that embraces every aspect of what commitment and family means and why those sentimental things that blokes feel uncomfortable with have a purpose and a reason.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Shows a maturity that embraces every aspect of what commitment and family means and why those sentimental things that blokes feel uncomfortable with have a purpose and a reason.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

My Little Eye avoids kitsch, camp and pastiche.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

My Little Eye avoids kitsch, camp and pastiche.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For a slow film, there is too much plot.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For a slow film, there is too much plot.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot makes as much sense as a French haggis.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot makes as much sense as a French haggis.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

While the film is, indeed, freewheeling, some of us prefer to call it out of control.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the film is, indeed, freewheeling, some of us prefer to call it out of control.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ann Hui's quaint little film is enjoyable, despite being too static.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Ann Hui's quaint little film is enjoyable, despite being too static.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

The breadth and depth of Japon belies its standing as a directorial debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The breadth and depth of Japon belies its standing as a directorial debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An exceptional documentary.

~ George Williamson -

An exceptional documentary.

~ George Williamson -

But the real disappointment is Everett, who gives a lazy performance, as if he knows he can do this backwards and simply can't be bothered.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

But the real disappointment is Everett, who gives a lazy performance, as if he knows he can do this backwards and simply can't be bothered.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For all its confrontational posturing, there are moments when the film fails to take the leap into the abyss.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

For all its confrontational posturing, there are moments when the film fails to take the leap into the abyss.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

It is opaque in the style of Seventies art house movies, with an energy that leaps out and shakes your bones.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is opaque in the style of Seventies art house movies, with an energy that leaps out and shakes your bones.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

With some awesome location shots of the Arctic circle and a brooding score from David Julyan, Nolan’s picture oozes atmosphere.

~ Stephen Carty -

With some awesome location shots of the Arctic circle and a brooding score from David Julyan, Nolan’s picture oozes atmosphere.

~ Stephen Carty -

There is simply no audience for this film.

~ Gator MacReady -

There is simply no audience for this film.

~ Gator MacReady -

Small children would delight in this film, but most adults would be horrified by the thought of them seeing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Small children would delight in this film, but most adults would be horrified by the thought of them seeing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gordon has created a sweet drama that contains all the elements of a darn good story.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Gordon has created a sweet drama that contains all the elements of a darn good story.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

For an uplifting tale about an ordinary man, who is not a recovering alcoholic, or a typical British waster, then check this out.

~ Gator MacReady -

For an uplifting tale about an ordinary man, who is not a recovering alcoholic, or a typical British waster, then check this out.

~ Gator MacReady -

The humour is so crass, to call it dumbed-down would be expansive.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The humour is so crass, to call it dumbed-down would be expansive.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Instead of being driven by effects and action, Frailty holds your attention with utter disbelief. You can accept what is happening, but do you want to?

~ Gator MacReady -

Instead of being driven by effects and action, Frailty holds your attention with utter disbelief. You can accept what is happening, but do you want to?

~ Gator MacReady -

redolent with imagery and running metaphors that are deeply relevant to Romanian politics and social structures, but to an outsider they make the film seem beautifully surreal.

~ George Williamson -

redolent with imagery and running metaphors that are deeply relevant to Romanian politics and social structures, but to an outsider they make the film seem beautifully surreal.

~ George Williamson -

Using handheld camera and naturalistic lighting, director Marius Holst's style might be summarised as Dogme-lite.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Using handheld camera and naturalistic lighting, director Marius Holst's style might be summarised as Dogme-lite.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

This is not so much a treasure doc as an upstate New York small town story.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is not so much a treasure doc as an upstate New York small town story.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Anat Even and Ada Ushpiz manage to present these stories in a way that is less about the conflict and more about the human plight of the three women.

~ George Williamson -

Anat Even and Ada Ushpiz manage to present these stories in a way that is less about the conflict and more about the human plight of the three women.

~ George Williamson -

Some may find Decasia's approach nihilistic.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Some may find Decasia's approach nihilistic.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion, rather than the overuse of special effects.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion, rather than the overuse of special effects.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

With its lack of sentimentality, Cry Woman breaks the mould of beautiful looking, nostalgic filmmaking.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

With its lack of sentimentality, Cry Woman breaks the mould of beautiful looking, nostalgic filmmaking.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Filled with great splendour and majesty.

~ Trinity -

Filled with great splendour and majesty.

~ Trinity -

Succeeds in making the familiar strange and the unfamiliar everyday.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Succeeds in making the familiar strange and the unfamiliar everyday.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Gliding smoothly under the surface of what appears to be a serious film about coincidence and morality is that old black magic called sentiment.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gliding smoothly under the surface of what appears to be a serious film about coincidence and morality is that old black magic called sentiment.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script does its best to make the audience uncomfortable - embarrassed, disgusted, socially repulsed - long before anything as sensational as murder occurs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The script does its best to make the audience uncomfortable - embarrassed, disgusted, socially repulsed - long before anything as sensational as murder occurs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Neither good, nor bad. Just average.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Neither good, nor bad. Just average.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Shot in an interview style, Breath Control is not particularly revolutionary... However, what really sets it apart is the director's love of his subject.

~ George Williamson -

Shot in an interview style, Breath Control is not particularly revolutionary... However, what really sets it apart is the director's love of his subject.

~ George Williamson -

At turns funny, violent, bitter and over the top, it's a curious little fable about boredom, risk-taking, and the frustration experienced by trained fighters in peacetime.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At turns funny, violent, bitter and over the top, it's a curious little fable about boredom, risk-taking, and the frustration experienced by trained fighters in peacetime.

~ Jennie Kermode -

I only wish there was more of it.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

I only wish there was more of it.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Strangely disjointed.

~ Trinity -

Strangely disjointed.

~ Trinity -

The film's strength lies in its simplicity and humanity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film's strength lies in its simplicity and humanity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Backyard is as staged as the action you see on television. Knowing this, however, doesn't detract from a queasy feeling and sense of exploitation.

~ George Williamson -

Backyard is as staged as the action you see on television. Knowing this, however, doesn't detract from a queasy feeling and sense of exploitation.

~ George Williamson -

Don't expect anything new, or original.

~ Gator MacReady -

Don't expect anything new, or original.

~ Gator MacReady -

This gritty realism is enhanced by the manner in which the film is shot, using not-so-steady camerawork.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This gritty realism is enhanced by the manner in which the film is shot, using not-so-steady camerawork.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite the depressing nature of the subject matter, the film is heartfelt and uplifting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Despite the depressing nature of the subject matter, the film is heartfelt and uplifting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What makes the film work is the incredibly earnest acting of the main players.

~ Trinity -

What makes the film work is the incredibly earnest acting of the main players.

~ Trinity -

Beautiful to look at, as well as anarchic and contemporary.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Beautiful to look at, as well as anarchic and contemporary.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This Chad/France co-production is pleasant enough viewing, but felt somewhat calculated, polished and ersatz to me.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

This Chad/France co-production is pleasant enough viewing, but felt somewhat calculated, polished and ersatz to me.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Ozon's quirky French murder mystery-cum-comedy-cum-musical is a brilliant pastiche on so many genres, it has no right to be as entertaining as it is, or as gripping.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ozon's quirky French murder mystery-cum-comedy-cum-musical is a brilliant pastiche on so many genres, it has no right to be as entertaining as it is, or as gripping.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -