Fear festers like the cut of a rusty scythe.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Fear festers like the cut of a rusty scythe.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is, in places, a deeply disturbing film... yet the touching scenes, when they come, have a surprisingly emotional depth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is, in places, a deeply disturbing film... yet the touching scenes, when they come, have a surprisingly emotional depth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One of the rare chick flicks that doesn’t appear to hate women, Year Of The Dog contains its essentially sappy narrative within a membrane of stabbing humor and ingenious reaction shots.

~ The Exile -

One of the rare chick flicks that doesn’t appear to hate women, Year Of The Dog contains its essentially sappy narrative within a membrane of stabbing humor and ingenious reaction shots.

~ The Exile -

Darin... again proves that he can break your heart with a look, conveying unspoken emotion with a glance that taps you into his pain.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Darin... again proves that he can break your heart with a look, conveying unspoken emotion with a glance that taps you into his pain.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film rejects the stereotypes that frequently dog gay characters, allowing them to flourish, although the female protagonists feel less fleshed out

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film rejects the stereotypes that frequently dog gay characters, allowing them to flourish, although the female protagonists feel less fleshed out

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What Would Jesus Buy has a timely message.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What Would Jesus Buy has a timely message.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are moments of joy, so sublime you feel your heart swell with the sound of the children’s voices and segments of sadness as sharp as a scalpel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are moments of joy, so sublime you feel your heart swell with the sound of the children’s voices and segments of sadness as sharp as a scalpel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Studied long shots of a factory, belching smoke into a grey sky, and the desolate waste ground of land grown tired of ruin have a poetic lyricism that leaches into the body of the film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Studied long shots of a factory, belching smoke into a grey sky, and the desolate waste ground of land grown tired of ruin have a poetic lyricism that leaches into the body of the film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Instantly forgettable but enjoyable enough.

~ Darren Amner -

Instantly forgettable but enjoyable enough.

~ Darren Amner -

Shankland dispenses with subplots almost as quickly as bodies, but his debut rattles along at a nice, taut pace.

~ Richard Mellor -

Shankland dispenses with subplots almost as quickly as bodies, but his debut rattles along at a nice, taut pace.

~ Richard Mellor -

The sort of documentary that restores your faith in humanity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sort of documentary that restores your faith in humanity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s sweetly done, well-observed and nicely acted, but I did find I was asking myself the whole way through ‘why is it that so many British films feel as though they are ‘made for TV’?’

~ Moominkat -

It’s sweetly done, well-observed and nicely acted, but I did find I was asking myself the whole way through ‘why is it that so many British films feel as though they are ‘made for TV’?’

~ Moominkat -

Aziz handles this complicated subject well.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Aziz handles this complicated subject well.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Radical feminist cry of pain it might be, but Twisted Sister can still feel like being locked up with the stereotype for an hour and a half.

~ Chris -

Radical feminist cry of pain it might be, but Twisted Sister can still feel like being locked up with the stereotype for an hour and a half.

~ Chris -

Lichtenstein takes the myth of vagina dentata and gives it a kitsch horror/comedy makeover, to surprisingly smart and sassy effect.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lichtenstein takes the myth of vagina dentata and gives it a kitsch horror/comedy makeover, to surprisingly smart and sassy effect.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tekkonkinkreet is beautiful, and ably uses its visual appeal in service of an exciting fable.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Tekkonkinkreet is beautiful, and ably uses its visual appeal in service of an exciting fable.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's refreshing to see a British film that aims for the freewheeling, semi-improvised feel of Scorsese's Mean Streets.

~ Jeff Robson -

It's refreshing to see a British film that aims for the freewheeling, semi-improvised feel of Scorsese's Mean Streets.

~ Jeff Robson -

As a sample of guerrilla film-making it is accomplished, in that the passengers seem completely unaware that their stories are being documented.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a sample of guerrilla film-making it is accomplished, in that the passengers seem completely unaware that their stories are being documented.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the mindscape of Alice Through The Looking Glass, the surrealism of Steve’s predicament would be a footnote to The Patriot Act: Fear Or Frenzy?, if it wasn’t so tragic.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In the mindscape of Alice Through The Looking Glass, the surrealism of Steve’s predicament would be a footnote to The Patriot Act: Fear Or Frenzy?, if it wasn’t so tragic.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A really enjoyable yarn in the Princess Bride mold, told with panache.

~ Tony Sullivan -

A really enjoyable yarn in the Princess Bride mold, told with panache.

~ Tony Sullivan -

La Soledad hinges on a central conceit that weighs heavily, but if it can be accepted it is the key to a work of staggering power.

~ Andrew Robertson -

La Soledad hinges on a central conceit that weighs heavily, but if it can be accepted it is the key to a work of staggering power.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a crisply professional production, beautifully shot. The landscapes of Scotland are breathtakingly presented.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a crisply professional production, beautifully shot. The landscapes of Scotland are breathtakingly presented.

~ Andrew Robertson -

By keeping the central theme simple, Edgar and his team are free to explore the nature of the relationships and the characters in the classroom alongside bigger themes such as attitudes to disability from within the community and without.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By keeping the central theme simple, Edgar and his team are free to explore the nature of the relationships and the characters in the classroom alongside bigger themes such as attitudes to disability from within the community and without.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite the pantomime nature of the story, a collection of engaging performances really draws the viewer in.

~ Max Crawford -

Despite the pantomime nature of the story, a collection of engaging performances really draws the viewer in.

~ Max Crawford -

John Webster keeps his documentary simple and to the point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

John Webster keeps his documentary simple and to the point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

I'm questioning a movie that just positively begs someone to watch while consuming a large wad of illegal hallucinogens - I should give up asking for sense.

~ Scott Macdonald -

I'm questioning a movie that just positively begs someone to watch while consuming a large wad of illegal hallucinogens - I should give up asking for sense.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The Serpent is a thriller of infinite cunning and surprise. It is unlikely that you will be more frightened in a cinema this year.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Serpent is a thriller of infinite cunning and surprise. It is unlikely that you will be more frightened in a cinema this year.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The best reason to see this might be to witness raw talent rearing its head on a non-existent budget.

~ Chris -

The best reason to see this might be to witness raw talent rearing its head on a non-existent budget.

~ Chris -

Democracy isn’t something we have, it’s something we do.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Democracy isn’t something we have, it’s something we do.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Riza is an interesting character study in which badness takes on a worryingly ambiguous mantle. Its merit is the ambiguous questions and awkward character study it presents.

~ Chris -

Riza is an interesting character study in which badness takes on a worryingly ambiguous mantle. Its merit is the ambiguous questions and awkward character study it presents.

~ Chris -

Olivier's performance is immensely intelligent, fiercely energetic, unnervingly funny and deeply disturbing

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Olivier's performance is immensely intelligent, fiercely energetic, unnervingly funny and deeply disturbing

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What makes Rocket Science endearing will doubtless make it infuriating to some, but those that could like it will like it a lot.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What makes Rocket Science endearing will doubtless make it infuriating to some, but those that could like it will like it a lot.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is one of those films I will tell all my friends they MUST see, especially if they’ve been having a bad year.

~ Moominkat -

This is one of those films I will tell all my friends they MUST see, especially if they’ve been having a bad year.

~ Moominkat -

Comes as something of a disappointment, this is the first Pixar film that one suspects could have been done live-action.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Comes as something of a disappointment, this is the first Pixar film that one suspects could have been done live-action.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Well-made and great to look at - but strictly for fans only.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Well-made and great to look at - but strictly for fans only.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Among the welter of films I am watching in the course of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it is the images from Phantom Love that continually haunt me.

~ Chris -

Among the welter of films I am watching in the course of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it is the images from Phantom Love that continually haunt me.

~ Chris -

There are many remarkable things about this unusual movie.

~ Chris -

There are many remarkable things about this unusual movie.

~ Chris -

While the accompanying imagery is quite impressive, it is more of a distraction than an aid to the story.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the accompanying imagery is quite impressive, it is more of a distraction than an aid to the story.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Another excellently shot and alarming document of troubled times in Africa.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Another excellently shot and alarming document of troubled times in Africa.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the best works of art, John Carney’s Once is both melancholy and beautiful, a fragile poem that seems almost too delicate for the big screen.

~ The Exile -

Like the best works of art, John Carney’s Once is both melancholy and beautiful, a fragile poem that seems almost too delicate for the big screen.

~ The Exile -

The sentimental nature of the film lets it down somewhat.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

The sentimental nature of the film lets it down somewhat.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Fascinating and educative.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fascinating and educative.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Once the initial idiosyncrasies have been absorbed, the film becomes repetitious and some contrast would have been welcome.

~ Chris -

Once the initial idiosyncrasies have been absorbed, the film becomes repetitious and some contrast would have been welcome.

~ Chris -

This is a wonderful little film, a delightful portrait of two very different characters, and in some ways a meditation on the nature of faith and desire.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a wonderful little film, a delightful portrait of two very different characters, and in some ways a meditation on the nature of faith and desire.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Overall, the shorts in this programme are lacking a bit in imagination, with The Accident, by Sara Nesturuk, being the only one to transcend the genre.

~ Trinity -

Overall, the shorts in this programme are lacking a bit in imagination, with The Accident, by Sara Nesturuk, being the only one to transcend the genre.

~ Trinity -

Though undoubtedly a great actress, Jolie has reached the point where her personal life dwarfs any role she could conceivably play.

~ The Exile -

Though undoubtedly a great actress, Jolie has reached the point where her personal life dwarfs any role she could conceivably play.

~ The Exile -

Higgins has done a good job in telling an untold story of political deception of which there are probably hundreds, but far less trendy than Iraq or the middle-east.

~ David Stanners -

Higgins has done a good job in telling an untold story of political deception of which there are probably hundreds, but far less trendy than Iraq or the middle-east.

~ David Stanners -

The forlorn beauty of The Man From London might inspire you to question the assumptions we make about cinema.

~ Chris -

The forlorn beauty of The Man From London might inspire you to question the assumptions we make about cinema.

~ Chris -

Did he cheat, lie, fake it, fudge it, fiddle the facts, remove evidence, fabricate evidence, spin the wheel, orchestrate the action? Probably.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Did he cheat, lie, fake it, fudge it, fiddle the facts, remove evidence, fabricate evidence, spin the wheel, orchestrate the action? Probably.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A moody, raw piece of cinema.

~ Emma Slawinski -

A moody, raw piece of cinema.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Many comparisons have been made to Charlie Kaufman and rightly so.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Many comparisons have been made to Charlie Kaufman and rightly so.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Displays an artistry all of its own, quite unlike the thrown-together 'qualities' of your typical behind-the-scenes extra.

~ Anton Bitel -

Displays an artistry all of its own, quite unlike the thrown-together 'qualities' of your typical behind-the-scenes extra.

~ Anton Bitel -

A documentary for the ears as well as the eyes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A documentary for the ears as well as the eyes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Legacy is a brave and curious film, taking a popular premise and turning it on its head.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Legacy is a brave and curious film, taking a popular premise and turning it on its head.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By comprimising his film to bring the characters together, and yet failing to inject the irony or imagery of a director such as Jodowrosky, this falls short.

~ Trinity -

By comprimising his film to bring the characters together, and yet failing to inject the irony or imagery of a director such as Jodowrosky, this falls short.

~ Trinity -

Mészáros seems to knows his stuff when it comes to art, and has shaped a clever reflection of his rococo painter's theme.

~ Chris -

Mészáros seems to knows his stuff when it comes to art, and has shaped a clever reflection of his rococo painter's theme.

~ Chris -

Cobain’s story is perfectly juxtaposed with some spectacular photography. 

~ David Stanners -

Cobain’s story is perfectly juxtaposed with some spectacular photography. 

~ David Stanners -

The characters are like people whom someone let out of Tarantino's locked cellar.

~ Chris -

The characters are like people whom someone let out of Tarantino's locked cellar.

~ Chris -

Judd Apatow has marked himself out as the leader of the pack when it comes to delivering effortless and believable raunchy comedy.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Judd Apatow has marked himself out as the leader of the pack when it comes to delivering effortless and believable raunchy comedy.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Although at times it verges on turning into CSI Riyadh, The Kingdom is ultimately much smarter and better informed than most of its ilk.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Although at times it verges on turning into CSI Riyadh, The Kingdom is ultimately much smarter and better informed than most of its ilk.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Move over, Damien.

~ Moominkat -

Move over, Damien.

~ Moominkat -

As a stand-alone documentary feature it is perhaps more suited to late night cable channels.

~ Chris -

As a stand-alone documentary feature it is perhaps more suited to late night cable channels.

~ Chris -

It is hard-hitting, but with none of the fake, over-the-top violence of Hollywood fare, and packs an emotional punch without dredging it with sugar.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is hard-hitting, but with none of the fake, over-the-top violence of Hollywood fare, and packs an emotional punch without dredging it with sugar.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is so British, it out Montys Python.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is so British, it out Montys Python.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A poetic and almost philosophical reflection on the restlessness of city life.

~ Chris -

A poetic and almost philosophical reflection on the restlessness of city life.

~ Chris -

This is a dark, perverted, gritty, romantic comedy that, like a new relationship, comes with big indie warts-and-all.

~ Chris -

This is a dark, perverted, gritty, romantic comedy that, like a new relationship, comes with big indie warts-and-all.

~ Chris -

Chan-wook Park has crafted perhaps the most original film of the year and one of the most moving.

~ Chris -

Chan-wook Park has crafted perhaps the most original film of the year and one of the most moving.

~ Chris -

Menzel has crafted a visual extravaganza.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Menzel has crafted a visual extravaganza.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wipe your mucky paws on your jeans and feast your face on this debauched, late-night, scumbag of a brilliant movie.

~ Chris -

Wipe your mucky paws on your jeans and feast your face on this debauched, late-night, scumbag of a brilliant movie.

~ Chris -

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a long time.

~ Jeff Robson -

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a long time.

~ Jeff Robson -

The film has a wistfulness, which draws you in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film has a wistfulness, which draws you in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hawke’s writing is hot on the money, as close as you know to the false bravado and insecure hope of a lost boy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Hawke’s writing is hot on the money, as close as you know to the false bravado and insecure hope of a lost boy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Like girls who rely on their beauty to get what they want, Rose has faith in her ability to charm men into bed and, if required, move in with her and pay the bills.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Like girls who rely on their beauty to get what they want, Rose has faith in her ability to charm men into bed and, if required, move in with her and pay the bills.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Shakespeare's most popular history... lashings of style, wit and theatrical skill, all shot in Glorious Technicolor.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Shakespeare's most popular history... lashings of style, wit and theatrical skill, all shot in Glorious Technicolor.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Hodge is confident and clever enough to let the story tell itself

~ Jeff Robson -

Hodge is confident and clever enough to let the story tell itself

~ Jeff Robson -

For all its many flaws, Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman is a considered triumph of filmmaking.

~ Chris -

For all its many flaws, Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman is a considered triumph of filmmaking.

~ Chris -

One of the best short films on show at EIFF 2007.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One of the best short films on show at EIFF 2007.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The water rippling around the village mirrors the ebb and flow of relationships within Salif Traoré’s film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The water rippling around the village mirrors the ebb and flow of relationships within Salif Traoré’s film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As gratuitous and confrontational a story as you’re likely to come across.

~ Richard Mellor -

As gratuitous and confrontational a story as you’re likely to come across.

~ Richard Mellor -

As a work of fiction focusing on human rights, as a protest film, it is first rate. But as cinema entertainment it may well be swamped by similar themed films using larger budgets.

~ Chris -

As a work of fiction focusing on human rights, as a protest film, it is first rate. But as cinema entertainment it may well be swamped by similar themed films using larger budgets.

~ Chris -

As an observational piece, it is very accomplished.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As an observational piece, it is very accomplished.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As entertaining as it is exhilarating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As entertaining as it is exhilarating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Death Proof is as much an experience as it is a movie for those who love movies.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Death Proof is as much an experience as it is a movie for those who love movies.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The action sequences are stunning, the special effects impressive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The action sequences are stunning, the special effects impressive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The tension and sense of death is like a physical barrier to sanity’s guiding hand.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The tension and sense of death is like a physical barrier to sanity’s guiding hand.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A monument to the days before the multiplexes.

~ Chris -

A monument to the days before the multiplexes.

~ Chris -

This is not a very nuanced view of the situation, but it really doesn’t pretend to be.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

This is not a very nuanced view of the situation, but it really doesn’t pretend to be.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

Love, life, poetry, passion, sensitivity, all magnificently exalted in song – quite a lot of songs actually – for your cross-Channel delectation and savouring.

~ Chris -

Love, life, poetry, passion, sensitivity, all magnificently exalted in song – quite a lot of songs actually – for your cross-Channel delectation and savouring.

~ Chris -

Only 15 minutes into this instant classic I thought ‘this is a bloody masterpiece’.

~ Dylan Matthew -

Only 15 minutes into this instant classic I thought ‘this is a bloody masterpiece’.

~ Dylan Matthew -

Clever direction helps us empathise with Gemma, not just peer in at her life voyeuristically.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Clever direction helps us empathise with Gemma, not just peer in at her life voyeuristically.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bridge Over The Wadi packs a tremendous emotional punch.

~ Chris -

Bridge Over The Wadi packs a tremendous emotional punch.

~ Chris -

Breath is an icy, chilling love story. It looks at a bond that goes beyond the simplicities of life and death.

~ Chris -

Breath is an icy, chilling love story. It looks at a bond that goes beyond the simplicities of life and death.

~ Chris -

Congratulations are in order to Shattered Glass helmer Billy Ray for playing it straight and subtle, resisting the temptation to jazz up the action quota and indulge in Hollywood speechifying.

~ Jeff Robson -

Congratulations are in order to Shattered Glass helmer Billy Ray for playing it straight and subtle, resisting the temptation to jazz up the action quota and indulge in Hollywood speechifying.

~ Jeff Robson -

Once again Li Yang, has directed a fascinating portrayal of the contradictions inherent in the world’s fastest growing economy.

~ David Stanners -

Once again Li Yang, has directed a fascinating portrayal of the contradictions inherent in the world’s fastest growing economy.

~ David Stanners -

This is a heartwarming film in the truest sense of the word.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

This is a heartwarming film in the truest sense of the word.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

It is the depth of the characters coupled with the breadth of the acting talent that make this film so watchable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is the depth of the characters coupled with the breadth of the acting talent that make this film so watchable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The cast put in an excellent performance and manage to be distinct in a film where uniforms, dirt and camouflage face paint make it difficult to tell men apart.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

The cast put in an excellent performance and manage to be distinct in a film where uniforms, dirt and camouflage face paint make it difficult to tell men apart.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

The problem is, you are left wanting to know far more than Fedda tells you.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The problem is, you are left wanting to know far more than Fedda tells you.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There can be little question that it is a masterpiece.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There can be little question that it is a masterpiece.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Simple and meditative cinema.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Simple and meditative cinema.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The boy discovers his father’s failings as he grows up and is hurt by them. His mother has always known, but she is of an older generation where wives were expected to suffer in silence.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The boy discovers his father’s failings as he grows up and is hurt by them. His mother has always known, but she is of an older generation where wives were expected to suffer in silence.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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 -

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 -

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 -

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 -