Like the pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer (who Cousins speaks of almost as if he were a guru), Cousins can be inspiring, his enthusiasm contagious; even if some of his details don’t seem to stand up well to scrutiny.

~ Chris -

Like the pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer (who Cousins speaks of almost as if he were a guru), Cousins can be inspiring, his enthusiasm contagious; even if some of his details don’t seem to stand up well to scrutiny.

~ Chris -

Truth be told, it is annoying as hell and becomes very tired, very quickly.

~ Robert Munro -

Truth be told, it is annoying as hell and becomes very tired, very quickly.

~ Robert Munro -

The movie hits some nasty sweet spots but also falls foul of numerous genre cliches, both old and new.

~ Neil Mitchell -

The movie hits some nasty sweet spots but also falls foul of numerous genre cliches, both old and new.

~ Neil Mitchell -

Kossakovsky takes his time to drink in the visuals and uses his camera creatively to transport us from place to place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kossakovsky takes his time to drink in the visuals and uses his camera creatively to transport us from place to place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Consider it an 'amuse oeil', an appetiser for a sense not traditionally courted in this way.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Consider it an 'amuse oeil', an appetiser for a sense not traditionally courted in this way.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sallitt brings an unusually stringent intellectual level to proceedings that marks his film out from the largely immature field of its peers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sallitt brings an unusually stringent intellectual level to proceedings that marks his film out from the largely immature field of its peers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Higgins film is at its best in the early stages, when brooding threat is mixed with Owen's general sense of confusion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Higgins film is at its best in the early stages, when brooding threat is mixed with Owen's general sense of confusion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A dazzlingly confident and magical picture.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A dazzlingly confident and magical picture.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Supported by only the most rudimentary of plot structures that is crumbling from the outset and a Funny or Die backbone of comic acting talent who really should have stayed on higher ground.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Supported by only the most rudimentary of plot structures that is crumbling from the outset and a Funny or Die backbone of comic acting talent who really should have stayed on higher ground.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film's vision of creation and destruction as coexisting drives within the steely heart of man has lost none of its arresting force over the years – or been outdone by Tsukamoto's two sequels.

~ Anton Bitel -

The film's vision of creation and destruction as coexisting drives within the steely heart of man has lost none of its arresting force over the years – or been outdone by Tsukamoto's two sequels.

~ Anton Bitel -

It's an inkblot, almost literally, and wallowing in the speculation its randomness generates is diverting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's an inkblot, almost literally, and wallowing in the speculation its randomness generates is diverting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The single most striking thing about this film is the soundscape.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The single most striking thing about this film is the soundscape.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Kenta Maeno is the man, Tetsuaki Matsue the director who follows him, 16 are the songs that he sings as he goes. You shouldn't.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Kenta Maeno is the man, Tetsuaki Matsue the director who follows him, 16 are the songs that he sings as he goes. You shouldn't.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Endured rather than enjoyed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Endured rather than enjoyed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Tsukamoto's preoccupations with meta(l)morphosis, body horror and unchecked masculinity remain firmly in place, as does the writer/director's way with outrageous images and ideas.

~ Anton Bitel -

Tsukamoto's preoccupations with meta(l)morphosis, body horror and unchecked masculinity remain firmly in place, as does the writer/director's way with outrageous images and ideas.

~ Anton Bitel -

Director Stefano Savona very simply invites us to stand witness.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Director Stefano Savona very simply invites us to stand witness.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Director Gomes pays homage to the fantasy of colonial history while subverting it at the same time.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Director Gomes pays homage to the fantasy of colonial history while subverting it at the same time.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Sheil is mesmerising.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sheil is mesmerising.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Those looking for drama might be advised to steer clear, but for anyone willing to fall into the film's gentle ruminatory rhythm, it is a visual treat

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Those looking for drama might be advised to steer clear, but for anyone willing to fall into the film's gentle ruminatory rhythm, it is a visual treat

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's uncomfortable viewing, sometimes literally so, as pictures flash by with stroboscopic intensity, but more often than not the discomfiture is emotional.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's uncomfortable viewing, sometimes literally so, as pictures flash by with stroboscopic intensity, but more often than not the discomfiture is emotional.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Three short films about suburban life.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Three short films about suburban life.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Stacey Gregg has crafted a script that neatly gives us characters and then exposes their flaws.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Stacey Gregg has crafted a script that neatly gives us characters and then exposes their flaws.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The weight of history lies heavy on the shoulders of these filmmakers.

~ Robert Munro -

The weight of history lies heavy on the shoulders of these filmmakers.

~ Robert Munro -

Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's beautifully executed but in places the act of repetition seems to work against it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's beautifully executed but in places the act of repetition seems to work against it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Siblings: For Better Or Worse comprises a collection of four short documentary features - each dealing with a different set of circumstances. They're all well-made.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Siblings: For Better Or Worse comprises a collection of four short documentary features - each dealing with a different set of circumstances. They're all well-made.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The film will resonate with some because of the believable sense of frustration and helplessness that the narrating Romain conveys.

~ David Graham -

The film will resonate with some because of the believable sense of frustration and helplessness that the narrating Romain conveys.

~ David Graham -

It soon becomes clear that it isn’t the destination, and the discovery of Emak Bakia, that is the most interesting thing about the film, but the journey itself.

~ Robert Munro -

It soon becomes clear that it isn’t the destination, and the discovery of Emak Bakia, that is the most interesting thing about the film, but the journey itself.

~ Robert Munro -

For all the postmodern presentation, every emotion here ultimately rings true, and there are enough great ideas, oddball characters, amiable performances and big laughs to ensure that this remains a cult favourite.

~ Anton Bitel -

For all the postmodern presentation, every emotion here ultimately rings true, and there are enough great ideas, oddball characters, amiable performances and big laughs to ensure that this remains a cult favourite.

~ Anton Bitel -

It is rare to be grateful that something so fleeting has passed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is rare to be grateful that something so fleeting has passed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A simple tale, beautifully told.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A simple tale, beautifully told.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Beginning with acts of rape and murder, Wojtek Smarzowski immediately sets the tone for his hard-hitting period drama which although containing a carefully wrought love story, never romanticises the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beginning with acts of rape and murder, Wojtek Smarzowski immediately sets the tone for his hard-hitting period drama which although containing a carefully wrought love story, never romanticises the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Impenetrable, muddied, slipshod, and most disappointingly boring.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Impenetrable, muddied, slipshod, and most disappointingly boring.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Director Damien Odoul successfully blends a mixture of naturalistic and unobtrusive camerawork with occasional bursts of surreal imagery.

~ Robert Munro -

Director Damien Odoul successfully blends a mixture of naturalistic and unobtrusive camerawork with occasional bursts of surreal imagery.

~ Robert Munro -

The characters' interplay, mutual respect and overwhelming joy at being accepted made my heart swell in delighted awe.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The characters' interplay, mutual respect and overwhelming joy at being accepted made my heart swell in delighted awe.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Richard Coyle is decent in the title role, his engaging lead performance is a solid, if not star making turn.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Richard Coyle is decent in the title role, his engaging lead performance is a solid, if not star making turn.

~ Scott Macdonald -

This isn't a conventional life-affirming cancer narrative, this is angrier, more personal.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This isn't a conventional life-affirming cancer narrative, this is angrier, more personal.

~ Andrew Robertson -

An intriguing piece.

~ Andrew Robertson -

An intriguing piece.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a suggestion that this is out of time, a zephyr inconstant, a mystery of the air and the shifting sands.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a suggestion that this is out of time, a zephyr inconstant, a mystery of the air and the shifting sands.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The picture Edwin paints recalls the postcards of the title, both for good and ill.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The picture Edwin paints recalls the postcards of the title, both for good and ill.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In Pilgrimage there is a journey, but one is not certain if it is intentional that there is nothing at the end.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In Pilgrimage there is a journey, but one is not certain if it is intentional that there is nothing at the end.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Although never less than immersive, the documentary suffers from Solnicki's freeform approach, which has a tendency to lack context

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although never less than immersive, the documentary suffers from Solnicki's freeform approach, which has a tendency to lack context

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are some tremendous bits of effects work, but the olláparo is mostly contrived of suggestion.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are some tremendous bits of effects work, but the olláparo is mostly contrived of suggestion.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The use of humor becomes poignant given how impoverished these kids are, their indomitable spirit shining through even when the world deals them a bum hand.

~ David Graham -

The use of humor becomes poignant given how impoverished these kids are, their indomitable spirit shining through even when the world deals them a bum hand.

~ David Graham -

Almost certainly one of the year's best films.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Almost certainly one of the year's best films.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A tight script and convincing performances.

~ David Graham -

A tight script and convincing performances.

~ David Graham -

They're interesting people, all with interesting and evolving stories to tell.

~ Scott Macdonald -

They're interesting people, all with interesting and evolving stories to tell.

~ Scott Macdonald -

No Man's Zone is a crushingly dull documentary, at least twice as long as the selected material warrants.

~ Scott Macdonald -

No Man's Zone is a crushingly dull documentary, at least twice as long as the selected material warrants.

~ Scott Macdonald -

License is taken in terms of the narrative but for those prepared to accept the plot and character contrivances, there's much to enjoy in Patrick Baladi's central performance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

License is taken in terms of the narrative but for those prepared to accept the plot and character contrivances, there's much to enjoy in Patrick Baladi's central performance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Not just a little tragic, not just a little life-affirming, but touching, moving.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Not just a little tragic, not just a little life-affirming, but touching, moving.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Despite its more heavy-handed aspects, Fluk shows potential behind the camera, with a good eye for framing and patience when it comes to giving the mood of a scene time to develop.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite its more heavy-handed aspects, Fluk shows potential behind the camera, with a good eye for framing and patience when it comes to giving the mood of a scene time to develop.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fairly standard fish-out-of-water, culture-clash story, albeit with a mumblecore vibe, that has the unfortunate problem of peaking in the middle before gradually losing steam.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fairly standard fish-out-of-water, culture-clash story, albeit with a mumblecore vibe, that has the unfortunate problem of peaking in the middle before gradually losing steam.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Khavn always remembers to lace his anarchic jamboree with socio-political concern as well as a vibrant affection for his subjects.

~ David Graham -

Khavn always remembers to lace his anarchic jamboree with socio-political concern as well as a vibrant affection for his subjects.

~ David Graham -

It's a thin and sketchy experience.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It's a thin and sketchy experience.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It starts odd, and it gets weirder.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It starts odd, and it gets weirder.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This immersive film from the Wakatobi islands in Indonesia is a fascinating snapshot of the lives of the Bajo tribe and a sweetly worked narrative about family and friendship that also offers powerful commentary about the state of our seas.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This immersive film from the Wakatobi islands in Indonesia is a fascinating snapshot of the lives of the Bajo tribe and a sweetly worked narrative about family and friendship that also offers powerful commentary about the state of our seas.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Metamorphosis is brilliant, stunning, breath-taking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Metamorphosis is brilliant, stunning, breath-taking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The footage itself is of some interest but Py's narrative grates over the top.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The footage itself is of some interest but Py's narrative grates over the top.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Debates play out over the relevant types of grainy CCTV footage but although branded an "experimental" film, the argument is robust and coherent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Debates play out over the relevant types of grainy CCTV footage but although branded an "experimental" film, the argument is robust and coherent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

When it becomes a horror movie it is a good one, but when it is not a horror movie it is a great one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

When it becomes a horror movie it is a good one, but when it is not a horror movie it is a great one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Half-formed ideas about the nature of family and responsibility can be glimpsed but the action ends with a whimper rather than a bang.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Half-formed ideas about the nature of family and responsibility can be glimpsed but the action ends with a whimper rather than a bang.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Enjoyable to a point but frustratingly convoluted at times

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Enjoyable to a point but frustratingly convoluted at times

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The widely differentiated effects on individual frames leaves great gulfs between them - startling when presented in succession.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The widely differentiated effects on individual frames leaves great gulfs between them - startling when presented in succession.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A woolly-hatted wandering wonderment.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A woolly-hatted wandering wonderment.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Offering a British twist on the mumblecore genre, writer/director Alex Barrett's debut feature doesn't lack bravery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Offering a British twist on the mumblecore genre, writer/director Alex Barrett's debut feature doesn't lack bravery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Goes to show that life is often more fascinating than fiction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Goes to show that life is often more fascinating than fiction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A lovely piece of animated documentary, a touching portrait of a small moment in a family's formation.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A lovely piece of animated documentary, a touching portrait of a small moment in a family's formation.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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 -

Even a failed experiment tells us something, and here what we are told is that it's not as entertaining as one would hope to watch people one doesn't know filming their travels in a vague and context free way.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Even a failed experiment tells us something, and here what we are told is that it's not as entertaining as one would hope to watch people one doesn't know filming their travels in a vague and context free way.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Kid-Thing is all about kid-think, with David Zellner keeping his main character's child perspective front and centre at all times.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kid-Thing is all about kid-think, with David Zellner keeping his main character's child perspective front and centre at all times.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film efficiently uses animation to produce genuine moments of horror.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This film efficiently uses animation to produce genuine moments of horror.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Friedkin has fun seeing how far he can push the envelope with swift, bloody violence and frequent full-frontal female nudity.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Friedkin has fun seeing how far he can push the envelope with swift, bloody violence and frequent full-frontal female nudity.

~ Scott Macdonald -

This is an autobiographical film about someone's love, and love is the right word, a love of film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is an autobiographical film about someone's love, and love is the right word, a love of film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The only thing Martens takes seriously is his humour - and it pays off handsomely.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The only thing Martens takes seriously is his humour - and it pays off handsomely.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grim and unremitting, it's hard to go the distance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grim and unremitting, it's hard to go the distance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What emerges is a picture of a place where much history has been lost, often deliberately, but where the residents, though mindful of their past are always looking to the future.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What emerges is a picture of a place where much history has been lost, often deliberately, but where the residents, though mindful of their past are always looking to the future.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A conflicting and frustrating experience, enlivened by enthusiastic performances and some delightfully deadpan moments of tragic hilarity.

~ David Graham -

A conflicting and frustrating experience, enlivened by enthusiastic performances and some delightfully deadpan moments of tragic hilarity.

~ David Graham -

A jealous castle in time, falsity piled upon artifice, circular and fleeting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A jealous castle in time, falsity piled upon artifice, circular and fleeting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sawadogo gives a potent, revealing performance which is sadly wasted in a story without impulse or direction.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Sawadogo gives a potent, revealing performance which is sadly wasted in a story without impulse or direction.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A film and a story where you can't afford to be out of the conversation.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A film and a story where you can't afford to be out of the conversation.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is a strong film, an indicator of the talent of both writer and director.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a strong film, an indicator of the talent of both writer and director.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In this small and human drama there are the shadows of the idealism and tyranny of the assembly-line.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In this small and human drama there are the shadows of the idealism and tyranny of the assembly-line.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hospitalité begins with a promising and intriguing set-up before falling to pieces over the last half hour.

~ Robert Munro -

Hospitalité begins with a promising and intriguing set-up before falling to pieces over the last half hour.

~ Robert Munro -

A haunting, well-directed piece of cinema.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A haunting, well-directed piece of cinema.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Beautiful in scale, in scope, each of our three major locations is lovingly rendered.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Beautiful in scale, in scope, each of our three major locations is lovingly rendered.

~ Andrew Robertson -

An interminable, frustrating film

~ Scott Macdonald -

An interminable, frustrating film

~ Scott Macdonald -

The sound is enveloping, excellent, a submarine hunting for its missing guitar, a synthetic-aperture-radar love-song, ambience built steadily from Jurgen Gruber's audio samples.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The sound is enveloping, excellent, a submarine hunting for its missing guitar, a synthetic-aperture-radar love-song, ambience built steadily from Jurgen Gruber's audio samples.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hail essentially tells the story of going straight, and is filled with knowing details, acidic and authentic writing.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Hail essentially tells the story of going straight, and is filled with knowing details, acidic and authentic writing.

~ Scott Macdonald -

There is an extant sense of mystery, perhaps trending to dread, but here it is not enough.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is an extant sense of mystery, perhaps trending to dread, but here it is not enough.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For all the quality of the performances, it's the story that lets it down.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For all the quality of the performances, it's the story that lets it down.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are lines, but they are blurry, hypnotically so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are lines, but they are blurry, hypnotically so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

God Bless America is an uneven series of sketches.

~ Scott Macdonald -

God Bless America is an uneven series of sketches.

~ Scott Macdonald -

This is a thing that is beautifully composed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a thing that is beautifully composed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Grabbers is a thoroughly charming and welcome blend of terror and blarney.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Grabbers is a thoroughly charming and welcome blend of terror and blarney.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Gate #5 is a passive observer, perhaps too passive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Gate #5 is a passive observer, perhaps too passive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I found myself forgetting about actors acting, and saw a cruel divine joke played upon mostly decent, interesting people. It's achingly sad.

~ Scott Macdonald -

I found myself forgetting about actors acting, and saw a cruel divine joke played upon mostly decent, interesting people. It's achingly sad.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Fawns completes the troika with a ringing emotional pop.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Fawns completes the troika with a ringing emotional pop.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Forever Loved is at its best when it avoids embellishment.

~ David Graham -

Forever Loved is at its best when it avoids embellishment.

~ David Graham -

Flying Blind takes its time, but it knows where it's going, and it's very good.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Flying Blind takes its time, but it knows where it's going, and it's very good.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A funny, original and often tender début feature from the talented Mr Eklund.

~ Robert Munro -

A funny, original and often tender début feature from the talented Mr Eklund.

~ Robert Munro -

An immensely involving and engaging experience.

~ David Graham -

An immensely involving and engaging experience.

~ David Graham -

While technically accomplished, it's well-trodden territory, and there's a certain familiarity to it all.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While technically accomplished, it's well-trodden territory, and there's a certain familiarity to it all.

~ Andrew Robertson -

At the end of it one sits, dumbfounded.

~ Andrew Robertson -

At the end of it one sits, dumbfounded.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is the balancing of a social awkwardness - which provokes comedy and terror at the same time - that makes Exit Elena such a pleasant success.

~ Robert Munro -

It is the balancing of a social awkwardness - which provokes comedy and terror at the same time - that makes Exit Elena such a pleasant success.

~ Robert Munro -

Ocampo's decision to keep things gritty without being exploitative is a good one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ocampo's decision to keep things gritty without being exploitative is a good one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sound is amazing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The sound is amazing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film observes various individual slices of their lives, some of which are adorable, many dull.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The film observes various individual slices of their lives, some of which are adorable, many dull.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A gentle, enjoyable little drama - a very comfortable and concise 80 minutes.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A gentle, enjoyable little drama - a very comfortable and concise 80 minutes.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Not without drama, not without charm, this is a touching little piece of rebellion and acceptance.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Not without drama, not without charm, this is a touching little piece of rebellion and acceptance.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For all the 3D eyeball-poking efforts, barbershop-quartet singing fish and more colours than an explosion in a paintbox, the thin story never rises beyond merely okay.

~ Scott Macdonald -

For all the 3D eyeball-poking efforts, barbershop-quartet singing fish and more colours than an explosion in a paintbox, the thin story never rises beyond merely okay.

~ Scott Macdonald -

This is dark, and sweet, and repeatedly inventive, but doesn't always feel coherent.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is dark, and sweet, and repeatedly inventive, but doesn't always feel coherent.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Offers us an important last look at the man Jean-Luc Godard held personally responsible for cinema.

~ Robert Munro -

Offers us an important last look at the man Jean-Luc Godard held personally responsible for cinema.

~ Robert Munro -

Swayze toned down his abilities as a dancer to play Castle, but still looks riveting.

~ Chris -

Swayze toned down his abilities as a dancer to play Castle, but still looks riveting.

~ Chris -

We never fully empathise or understand Delmira's plight, or feel completely drawn into her world. However, that may just be the point.

~ Robert Munro -

We never fully empathise or understand Delmira's plight, or feel completely drawn into her world. However, that may just be the point.

~ Robert Munro -

It is in places red, but it is nowhere deep.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is in places red, but it is nowhere deep.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Possessed of a compelling, folkloric intensity, Tom Chick's film is a morbid gem.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Possessed of a compelling, folkloric intensity, Tom Chick's film is a morbid gem.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A film of extraordinary complexity and fascination.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A film of extraordinary complexity and fascination.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Stunning to look at.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Stunning to look at.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is polyglot internationalism, verging on magical realism.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is polyglot internationalism, verging on magical realism.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Always charmingly frothy, even when the narrative threatens to salsa off with the fairies.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Always charmingly frothy, even when the narrative threatens to salsa off with the fairies.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an entertaining if occasionally anachronistic slice of silliness.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is an entertaining if occasionally anachronistic slice of silliness.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A work as oft-filmed as Alice asks for something new, but it is not here.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A work as oft-filmed as Alice asks for something new, but it is not here.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Colour is fast, eye-catching, brilliant.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Colour is fast, eye-catching, brilliant.

~ Andrew Robertson -

That the film tests our patience due to the wearily extroverted characters and a distinct lack of laughter is undoubtedly more frustrating than the numb limbs arising from such an intimidating run-time.

~ Robert Munro -

That the film tests our patience due to the wearily extroverted characters and a distinct lack of laughter is undoubtedly more frustrating than the numb limbs arising from such an intimidating run-time.

~ Robert Munro -

A kind of narrative pareidola.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A kind of narrative pareidola.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Lewy avoids the trite path to redemption, choosing instead to keep this a study of man in midlife crisis, understated and realistic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lewy avoids the trite path to redemption, choosing instead to keep this a study of man in midlife crisis, understated and realistic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lydia Adetunji's script is neatly structured, not only managing to imply that answers we're given aren't entirely the truth in both directions, but also creating an air of creeping fear.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Lydia Adetunji's script is neatly structured, not only managing to imply that answers we're given aren't entirely the truth in both directions, but also creating an air of creeping fear.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's compelling, haunting, meaningless - it's all projection, these juxtapositions, it's a kaleidoscope of noise and image, and yet, within it, pattern.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's compelling, haunting, meaningless - it's all projection, these juxtapositions, it's a kaleidoscope of noise and image, and yet, within it, pattern.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Screenings of Buenas Noches Espana should come with a free dose of ibruprofen because there's a good chance you'll leave with a headache.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Screenings of Buenas Noches Espana should come with a free dose of ibruprofen because there's a good chance you'll leave with a headache.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Brake is an undying sequence of storytelling gimmicks.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Brake is an undying sequence of storytelling gimmicks.

~ Scott Macdonald -

More like a tragicomic fairytale than a social-realist examination of inner-city problems.

~ Robert Munro -

More like a tragicomic fairytale than a social-realist examination of inner-city problems.

~ Robert Munro -

This is genuinely funny, full of subtle characterisation and humorous moments.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is genuinely funny, full of subtle characterisation and humorous moments.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A film that is in step with its contemporary Hollywood background, for better and for worse.

~ James Benefield -

A film that is in step with its contemporary Hollywood background, for better and for worse.

~ James Benefield -

While Brave may occasionally shy away from darker territory in order to retain its appeal for even the youngest of audiences, there are still plenty of 'big' ideas here for small minds to think about.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Brave may occasionally shy away from darker territory in order to retain its appeal for even the youngest of audiences, there are still plenty of 'big' ideas here for small minds to think about.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One of the most affecting films of the year.

~ Robert Munro -

One of the most affecting films of the year.

~ Robert Munro -

This is a challenging and rewarding piece that reflects your own thoughts as much as those of the filmmaker.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a challenging and rewarding piece that reflects your own thoughts as much as those of the filmmaker.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you're a fan of gialli and horror all'italiana you'll enjoy playing spot the homage. If you're not a lot of the imagery and dialogue will simply go past you.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

If you're a fan of gialli and horror all'italiana you'll enjoy playing spot the homage. If you're not a lot of the imagery and dialogue will simply go past you.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

One of the most deservedly popular movies in cinema history.

~ Stephen Carty -

One of the most deservedly popular movies in cinema history.

~ Stephen Carty -

The music is striking, the aesthetic impact more dependent on sound than vision.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The music is striking, the aesthetic impact more dependent on sound than vision.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Emotionally charged food for thought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Emotionally charged food for thought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every time the film brings out [...] his photographs, I found myself leaning forward - drinking in their beautiful details.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Every time the film brings out [...] his photographs, I found myself leaning forward - drinking in their beautiful details.

~ Scott Macdonald -

This is what used to be known in the sixth form lavs as bike shed humour - infantile male gags about the female anatomy, genitalia, show-off swaggering and sexual innuendos, so broad they flatten subtlety and boil boob gags until they pop.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is what used to be known in the sixth form lavs as bike shed humour - infantile male gags about the female anatomy, genitalia, show-off swaggering and sexual innuendos, so broad they flatten subtlety and boil boob gags until they pop.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Farjado's style is immersive, capturing both the sense of chaos in the district but also finding time to linger on fine details, giving a vibrant sense of place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Farjado's style is immersive, capturing both the sense of chaos in the district but also finding time to linger on fine details, giving a vibrant sense of place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The characters are vivid and full of life in a way that a traditional script might not convey.

~ David Graham -

The characters are vivid and full of life in a way that a traditional script might not convey.

~ David Graham -

Subversive and incendiary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Subversive and incendiary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The 99 Unbound might just about cut the mustard after school on CBeebies but its low budget and rudimentary design are cinematically embarrassing.

~ David Graham -

The 99 Unbound might just about cut the mustard after school on CBeebies but its low budget and rudimentary design are cinematically embarrassing.

~ David Graham -

While it's got culture (or at least poetry and sculpture), it's not long on meaning.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While it's got culture (or at least poetry and sculpture), it's not long on meaning.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The seven stories knit together well, and provide an engrossing and alternative view of a city whose image has long been absorbed into popular culture

~ Emma Slawinski -

The seven stories knit together well, and provide an engrossing and alternative view of a city whose image has long been absorbed into popular culture

~ Emma Slawinski -

The film has a magnetic quality - it is allegedly based on a true story, but its whimsy and execution put it in the realms of 'man in the pub' and 'shaggy dog'.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film has a magnetic quality - it is allegedly based on a true story, but its whimsy and execution put it in the realms of 'man in the pub' and 'shaggy dog'.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script is lean, the sword edges keen and the characters mean.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s the acting that carries it, and naturally Farahani, one of the finest talents of her generation, does not disappoint.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Subtle observations about the racism that underpins this superficially idyllic society pepper a film which repeatedly forces its hero to question his assumptions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

~ Donald Munro -

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 delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer/director Sandhya Suri - who has a documentary background - is keen to show that everyone plays their part in the prejudices and corruption of the legal system.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

Lin and Sun studiously maintain the enigma around Shuo so that we are left guessing as to whether he’s just a disadvantaged teen trying to make his way in the world or a cuckoo in the nest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -