A few scenes are likely to genuinely terrify younger viewers, but Wonka would be the first to point out that children ought to be terrified now and then.

~ Max Crawford -

A few scenes are likely to genuinely terrify younger viewers, but Wonka would be the first to point out that children ought to be terrified now and then.

~ Max Crawford -

It still does things that surprise.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It still does things that surprise.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is a sense of the freshness of freedom but this a film that mainly deals in big emotions as though worried about getting down to specifics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a sense of the freshness of freedom but this a film that mainly deals in big emotions as though worried about getting down to specifics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While having so little money may, paradoxically, have liberated Bakshi from studio interference, this freedom allows him to indulge in ideas that are, metaphorically and otherwise, away with the fairies.

~ Anton Bitel -

While having so little money may, paradoxically, have liberated Bakshi from studio interference, this freedom allows him to indulge in ideas that are, metaphorically and otherwise, away with the fairies.

~ Anton Bitel -

Who Am I succeeds because it grounds its braggadocio in action that never feels beyond the realms of possibility.

~ Luke Shaw -

Who Am I succeeds because it grounds its braggadocio in action that never feels beyond the realms of possibility.

~ Luke Shaw -

Almost everywhere in this documentary less would be more.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Almost everywhere in this documentary less would be more.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Now is the time to rediscover The Warriors and be reintroduced to a cult classic.

~ Gator MacReady -

Now is the time to rediscover The Warriors and be reintroduced to a cult classic.

~ Gator MacReady -

A respectfully written and admirably performed drama.

~ Luke Shaw -

A respectfully written and admirably performed drama.

~ Luke Shaw -

Kevin Allen succeeds, brilliantly, in creating something new, fresh and thoroughly engaging.

~ Jane Fae -

Kevin Allen succeeds, brilliantly, in creating something new, fresh and thoroughly engaging.

~ Jane Fae -

The surface detail may be uncanny, but there’s a truly different film under the skin here.

~ Luke Shaw -

The surface detail may be uncanny, but there’s a truly different film under the skin here.

~ Luke Shaw -

A preposterously gory exercise in nostalgia.

~ Luke Shaw -

A preposterously gory exercise in nostalgia.

~ Luke Shaw -

Lime is one of the cinema’s greatest baddies.

~ Robert Munro -

Lime is one of the cinema’s greatest baddies.

~ Robert Munro -

This is something special.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is something special.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Theresa Moerman's film is a deeply personal, deeply moving portrait of grief.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Theresa Moerman's film is a deeply personal, deeply moving portrait of grief.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Tobias Moretti and Jeanette Hain play the Count &Countess Közsnöm with arch reverence to vampire movies of old.

~ Luke Shaw -

Tobias Moretti and Jeanette Hain play the Count &Countess Közsnöm with arch reverence to vampire movies of old.

~ Luke Shaw -

The inventiveness sweetens up his message so that it is likely to hold the interest of teenagers as well as adults, giving it the potential to be a great educational tool.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The inventiveness sweetens up his message so that it is likely to hold the interest of teenagers as well as adults, giving it the potential to be a great educational tool.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Anya's performance as Alice does enough to keep the film interesting throughout.

~ Robert Munro -

Anya's performance as Alice does enough to keep the film interesting throughout.

~ Robert Munro -

What is most astonishing about Sunshine Superman is how genuinely happy everybody looks.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What is most astonishing about Sunshine Superman is how genuinely happy everybody looks.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There is hardly a moment that does not resort to cliché, formula or stock characters.

~ Scott Macdonald -

There is hardly a moment that does not resort to cliché, formula or stock characters.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It's beautifully constructed, pun intended.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's beautifully constructed, pun intended.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Boy meets nun, boy loses nun, boy marries nun, boy and nun go on the run.

~ Nicky Falkof -

Boy meets nun, boy loses nun, boy marries nun, boy and nun go on the run.

~ Nicky Falkof -

The sunshine of southern Spain, the often deep colours of sherry and the dusty environs of cool cellars with light shafting through them all lend atmosphere to José Luis López-Linares' documentary

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sunshine of southern Spain, the often deep colours of sherry and the dusty environs of cool cellars with light shafting through them all lend atmosphere to José Luis López-Linares' documentary

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Santa Sangre is suffused with rare heart and a sense of aching melancholy, and not a minute of its two hour run time is wasted.

~ David Graham -

Santa Sangre is suffused with rare heart and a sense of aching melancholy, and not a minute of its two hour run time is wasted.

~ David Graham -

The oppressive atmosphere of the swamp and the tension between the frustrated alpha males are so thick right up to the final frame you could cut the air with one of their knives, while the trauma of the experience lingers long after the credits roll.

~ David Graham -

The oppressive atmosphere of the swamp and the tension between the frustrated alpha males are so thick right up to the final frame you could cut the air with one of their knives, while the trauma of the experience lingers long after the credits roll.

~ David Graham -

If this is romance, it's dead.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If this is romance, it's dead.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The cast are terrific, and the comic set pieces are handled with precision and impeccable timing, even if not all of the jokes hit home.

~ Robert Munro -

The cast are terrific, and the comic set pieces are handled with precision and impeccable timing, even if not all of the jokes hit home.

~ Robert Munro -

Newcomers Cobos and Buzzurro both acquit themselves admirably given that they effectively have to carry the film with no prior experience.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Newcomers Cobos and Buzzurro both acquit themselves admirably given that they effectively have to carry the film with no prior experience.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

This is a film that might be best served not by a cinema but by a loop.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a film that might be best served not by a cinema but by a loop.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For a debut this shows impressive grasp of a variety of locations, even that whole 'children and animals' thing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For a debut this shows impressive grasp of a variety of locations, even that whole 'children and animals' thing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a film filled with longing that, appropriately, leaves us yearning for more.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a film filled with longing that, appropriately, leaves us yearning for more.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The first half an hour of this rattles along with plenty of good humour, injected with further energy by the Big Country soundtrack, which is as dyed in the wool Scottish as a fine Highland kilt.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The first half an hour of this rattles along with plenty of good humour, injected with further energy by the Big Country soundtrack, which is as dyed in the wool Scottish as a fine Highland kilt.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Demonstrates what an action movie ought to be.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Demonstrates what an action movie ought to be.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The clashes between characters give this film plenty of catalysts for interesting discussions, and it is refreshing that these discussions are not framed as anything other than three young adults connecting.

~ Luke Shaw -

The clashes between characters give this film plenty of catalysts for interesting discussions, and it is refreshing that these discussions are not framed as anything other than three young adults connecting.

~ Luke Shaw -

It's so scattershot that one finds oneself inventing titles for the 'stories' within the anthology.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's so scattershot that one finds oneself inventing titles for the 'stories' within the anthology.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The discussions of the material realities of film-making in Turkey even into the 1970s are fascinating.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The discussions of the material realities of film-making in Turkey even into the 1970s are fascinating.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Overall, fans of the genre will probably enjoy the fight sequences but the story and characterisation do not stand up to closer inspection.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Overall, fans of the genre will probably enjoy the fight sequences but the story and characterisation do not stand up to closer inspection.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Be told. See this film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Be told. See this film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A fascinating but deeply disturbing film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A fascinating but deeply disturbing film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is a great story here and Russell tells it in detail from multiple perspectives and with numerous forms of documentation.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is a great story here and Russell tells it in detail from multiple perspectives and with numerous forms of documentation.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

~ Max Crawford -

The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

~ Max Crawford -

These particular pirates may not be the greatest at, well, pirating, but if you're ready to set sail for adventure, they're the crew to join.

~ Jennie Kermode -

These particular pirates may not be the greatest at, well, pirating, but if you're ready to set sail for adventure, they're the crew to join.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is a bit of a hotchpotch... but it paints a warm portrait.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is a bit of a hotchpotch... but it paints a warm portrait.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The lower light inside the pavilion contributes to the sense that what goes on here is a kind of dreaming.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The lower light inside the pavilion contributes to the sense that what goes on here is a kind of dreaming.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What could have been turned into a gritty, gloomy film with a penchant for gore, instead retains the lighthearted feel of the manga.

~ Luke Shaw -

What could have been turned into a gritty, gloomy film with a penchant for gore, instead retains the lighthearted feel of the manga.

~ Luke Shaw -

Despite the lush colour this is bleak, even heart-breaking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Despite the lush colour this is bleak, even heart-breaking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Every cliche that sang out of tune at the concert of dreams is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Every cliche that sang out of tune at the concert of dreams is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Resembles the first 15 minutes of a porn flick

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Resembles the first 15 minutes of a porn flick

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Less traditional but perhaps stronger for it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Less traditional but perhaps stronger for it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It’s no good having a twisting tale of gangland betrayal if every plot point is reiterated.

~ Luke Shaw -

It’s no good having a twisting tale of gangland betrayal if every plot point is reiterated.

~ Luke Shaw -

Norfolk is as much a statement about land as it is about the people who live there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Norfolk is as much a statement about land as it is about the people who live there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Frustratingly, the film isn’t really concerned with its setting, and the large bulk of the plot is a time travel caper that’s solvable within a few minutes of it being revealed.

~ Luke Shaw -

Frustratingly, the film isn’t really concerned with its setting, and the large bulk of the plot is a time travel caper that’s solvable within a few minutes of it being revealed.

~ Luke Shaw -

There are some funny moments along the way and Lohan is good.

~ David Stanners -

There are some funny moments along the way and Lohan is good.

~ David Stanners -

There are great debates about what the best children’s film of all time is, but Mary Poppins surely has to be a strong contender.

~ James Benefield -

There are great debates about what the best children’s film of all time is, but Mary Poppins surely has to be a strong contender.

~ James Benefield -

Mamma Mia! is a roller coaster of emotion, careering colourfully from the blue waters of the Adriatic.

~ Chris -

Mamma Mia! is a roller coaster of emotion, careering colourfully from the blue waters of the Adriatic.

~ Chris -

A tighter focus on the misery that drives people may have made this a more indispensable glance at the industry, but for anyone with a love of comedy, it’s sure to harbour a few gems.

~ Luke Shaw -

A tighter focus on the misery that drives people may have made this a more indispensable glance at the industry, but for anyone with a love of comedy, it’s sure to harbour a few gems.

~ Luke Shaw -

Doesn’t so much leave threads untied as set the ropes on fire.

~ Luke Shaw -

Doesn’t so much leave threads untied as set the ropes on fire.

~ Luke Shaw -

Javidi's conclusion is as smartly worked and surprising as his set up, marking a debut full of promise for better things to come.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Javidi's conclusion is as smartly worked and surprising as his set up, marking a debut full of promise for better things to come.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In short, there's a lot going on but very little of it feels fresh.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In short, there's a lot going on but very little of it feels fresh.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are several standout compositions among Figueroa's cinematography.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There are several standout compositions among Figueroa's cinematography.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The inevitable schmaltz may be a little too saccharine for some, but the premise is unique and the situations dynamic enough to elevate this a little higher than it seems at first glance.

~ Luke Shaw -

The inevitable schmaltz may be a little too saccharine for some, but the premise is unique and the situations dynamic enough to elevate this a little higher than it seems at first glance.

~ Luke Shaw -

Logan's writing fails to match Pacino's restraint, while Green's direction seems - like his central character - to be filled with a longing for more, yet being held back from going there.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Logan's writing fails to match Pacino's restraint, while Green's direction seems - like his central character - to be filled with a longing for more, yet being held back from going there.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even if the film is maybe slightly over-long you also feel that this is deliberate, thought out and worked through.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Even if the film is maybe slightly over-long you also feel that this is deliberate, thought out and worked through.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The pleasantly surprising performance of Schwarzenegger grounds the film with an emotional heft.

~ Robert Munro -

The pleasantly surprising performance of Schwarzenegger grounds the film with an emotional heft.

~ Robert Munro -

The film feels surprisingly modern but never anachronistically so.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film feels surprisingly modern but never anachronistically so.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Pohland - working with an impressive script by Oren Moverman and Michael A Lerner - manages to orchestrate a musical path between the double storyline that finds unity through the creative process.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pohland - working with an impressive script by Oren Moverman and Michael A Lerner - manages to orchestrate a musical path between the double storyline that finds unity through the creative process.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a project, Love Film Festival is impressive - four directors, four countries, polylingual, starting in 2009 and finishing (by my arithmetic) in 2016. As a film, maybe less so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As a project, Love Film Festival is impressive - four directors, four countries, polylingual, starting in 2009 and finishing (by my arithmetic) in 2016. As a film, maybe less so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

"We played a rough game, and we lost"

~ Robert Munro -

"We played a rough game, and we lost"

~ Robert Munro -

Denied colour, Roger Corman plays with light and shadow like a master of film noir.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Denied colour, Roger Corman plays with light and shadow like a master of film noir.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The introductory credits are among the most marvellous images seen on screen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The introductory credits are among the most marvellous images seen on screen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Sarah Kernochan's screenplay is precise and doesn't shy away from the real-life absurdities we all encounter.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Sarah Kernochan's screenplay is precise and doesn't shy away from the real-life absurdities we all encounter.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The script is sharp and witty, but, like the big waves, comes and goes.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script is sharp and witty, but, like the big waves, comes and goes.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Robert Carlyle's directorial debut adapts Douglas Lindsay's novel detailing the life and crimes of Barney Thomson with real panache and wit.

~ Robert Munro -

Robert Carlyle's directorial debut adapts Douglas Lindsay's novel detailing the life and crimes of Barney Thomson with real panache and wit.

~ Robert Munro -

Subaru gives a brilliant performance - including some excellent vocal takes - as an amnesiac whose only link to the world is his singing.

~ Luke Shaw -

Subaru gives a brilliant performance - including some excellent vocal takes - as an amnesiac whose only link to the world is his singing.

~ Luke Shaw -

García's cautiousness clogs up the human drama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

García's cautiousness clogs up the human drama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While younger kids will probably have a tolerance for the low-fi manoeuvering, kids the same age as Frikke are likely to find it all a bit old hat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While younger kids will probably have a tolerance for the low-fi manoeuvering, kids the same age as Frikke are likely to find it all a bit old hat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Unfortunately, it’s all rather muddled.

~ Luke Shaw -

Unfortunately, it’s all rather muddled.

~ Luke Shaw -

Its refusal to treat fights as spectacle, together with its austere editing and static camera, provides a melancholic grounding.

~ Luke Shaw -

Its refusal to treat fights as spectacle, together with its austere editing and static camera, provides a melancholic grounding.

~ Luke Shaw -

The buildup of clutter over the course of the film is its most appealing visual metaphor.

~ Luke Shaw -

The buildup of clutter over the course of the film is its most appealing visual metaphor.

~ Luke Shaw -

The film is likely to be branded 'controversial', the biggest pity is that there is very little to say about it beyond that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is likely to be branded 'controversial', the biggest pity is that there is very little to say about it beyond that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Iron Ministry moves beyond the observational to the experiential, which is to say that sound and image come together to put us among the passengers rather than simply watching them from a distance.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The Iron Ministry moves beyond the observational to the experiential, which is to say that sound and image come together to put us among the passengers rather than simply watching them from a distance.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Director Graham is fantastic at allowing the underlying relational strain to simmer for most of the film, in quiet, unspoken Scots Calvinist passive-aggression.

~ Robert Munro -

Director Graham is fantastic at allowing the underlying relational strain to simmer for most of the film, in quiet, unspoken Scots Calvinist passive-aggression.

~ Robert Munro -

As usual with Pixar the film operates on twin levels - with one part going straight over the heads and minds of its junior target audience and the other heading directly to their parents.

~ Richard Mowe -

As usual with Pixar the film operates on twin levels - with one part going straight over the heads and minds of its junior target audience and the other heading directly to their parents.

~ Richard Mowe -

It doesn't so much feel old-fashioned as it does out of time.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It doesn't so much feel old-fashioned as it does out of time.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is no doubting Moderndorfer's intentions to present an anti-captialistic polemic but he pushes things so far here that they become unbelievable and, by the end, almost funny by default.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is no doubting Moderndorfer's intentions to present an anti-captialistic polemic but he pushes things so far here that they become unbelievable and, by the end, almost funny by default.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s the quiet unease and invasive nature of Lily’s probing into the house that are the real highlights here.

~ Luke Shaw -

It’s the quiet unease and invasive nature of Lily’s probing into the house that are the real highlights here.

~ Luke Shaw -

For an ambitious SciFi film made for a conservative budget, there’s a lot to enjoy here.

~ Luke Shaw -

For an ambitious SciFi film made for a conservative budget, there’s a lot to enjoy here.

~ Luke Shaw -

A charming, if a dark hearted, coming of age story.

~ Luke Shaw -

A charming, if a dark hearted, coming of age story.

~ Luke Shaw -

There's a lot of great potential here. Roe and Andrews don't quite have what it takes to pull it together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a lot of great potential here. Roe and Andrews don't quite have what it takes to pull it together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is no tension, no expectation of trouble. Happiness infuses the land

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is no tension, no expectation of trouble. Happiness infuses the land

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The originality of Happy Feet is a genuine surprise. Whether the script will hold the attention of the under-nines is less easy to judge.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The originality of Happy Feet is a genuine surprise. Whether the script will hold the attention of the under-nines is less easy to judge.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There isn’t anything particularly wrong with the direction, which is solid horror fare, but it’s trying to animate a cadaver of a script.

~ Luke Shaw -

There isn’t anything particularly wrong with the direction, which is solid horror fare, but it’s trying to animate a cadaver of a script.

~ Luke Shaw -

Photographer-turned-director Jake Gavin brings maturity and warmth to his debut feature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Photographer-turned-director Jake Gavin brings maturity and warmth to his debut feature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s plenty of the pre-requisite tension, and the monsters are designed well and deployed with restraint.

~ Luke Shaw -

There’s plenty of the pre-requisite tension, and the monsters are designed well and deployed with restraint.

~ Luke Shaw -

Overall, Guardians of the Galaxy is good fun.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Overall, Guardians of the Galaxy is good fun.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is not the most revealing documentary ever, and it deals with a subject that is ultimately pure pop-culture, but it is impossible to feel anything other than inspired by the pluckiness of the this British underdog.

~ Luke Shaw -

This is not the most revealing documentary ever, and it deals with a subject that is ultimately pure pop-culture, but it is impossible to feel anything other than inspired by the pluckiness of the this British underdog.

~ Luke Shaw -

A clear passion project that could nonetheless do with some judicious editing to tighten its focus.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A clear passion project that could nonetheless do with some judicious editing to tighten its focus.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

We see events from Alice's perspective, meaning that, unusually, she is positioned more as the desiring subject than the desired object within the narrative.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

We see events from Alice's perspective, meaning that, unusually, she is positioned more as the desiring subject than the desired object within the narrative.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Max Von Sydow's magnificent Emperor Ming is a template against which all future alien rulers have had to measure up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Max Von Sydow's magnificent Emperor Ming is a template against which all future alien rulers have had to measure up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Johnny To's direction is as smooth as a well-cut suit and the violence has a balletic intensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Johnny To's direction is as smooth as a well-cut suit and the violence has a balletic intensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What makes this film so much more than a thriller is the very terrible human emotional territory it dares to venture in.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What makes this film so much more than a thriller is the very terrible human emotional territory it dares to venture in.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A gentle ethnographic survey.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A gentle ethnographic survey.

~ Andrew Robertson -

If you're going to make a film about the man considered to the be the "father of modern cinema" then it had better look good and debut feature director Kyle Rideout and his cinematographer Tony Mirza take this task to heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you're going to make a film about the man considered to the be the "father of modern cinema" then it had better look good and debut feature director Kyle Rideout and his cinematographer Tony Mirza take this task to heart.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film has charm, due in most parts to Shameik Moore's performance

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has charm, due in most parts to Shameik Moore's performance

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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 -

This film's attempt to contextualise a zombie threat as something more deeply political is clumsy at best.

~ Luke Shaw -

This film's attempt to contextualise a zombie threat as something more deeply political is clumsy at best.

~ Luke Shaw -

The elements involved in creating this movie were well thought out and planned perfectly (just like the driver’s getaways).

~ John Gallagher -

The elements involved in creating this movie were well thought out and planned perfectly (just like the driver’s getaways).

~ John Gallagher -

Pete Travis works hard to bring John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's apocalyptic vision to life.

~ David Graham -

Pete Travis works hard to bring John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's apocalyptic vision to life.

~ David Graham -

Raymond might sometimes hit his beats too hard but he does keep his eye on the bigger picture.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Raymond might sometimes hit his beats too hard but he does keep his eye on the bigger picture.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ruvalcaba has crafted an appropriately memorable consideration of memory, its mutability and its importance to the present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ruvalcaba has crafted an appropriately memorable consideration of memory, its mutability and its importance to the present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The novel angle it takes is the best thing going for this film, and it is a smart twist to an rote story.

~ Luke Shaw -

The novel angle it takes is the best thing going for this film, and it is a smart twist to an rote story.

~ Luke Shaw -

Emotional weight grounds the film and gives it a resonance beyond the confines of this single family home.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Emotional weight grounds the film and gives it a resonance beyond the confines of this single family home.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The mysteries left unresolved after the near two and a half hours are more puzzling than compelling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The mysteries left unresolved after the near two and a half hours are more puzzling than compelling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The essence of documentary, well demonstrated, find an interesting subject and tell the story well. This is it, this is the stuff.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The essence of documentary, well demonstrated, find an interesting subject and tell the story well. This is it, this is the stuff.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Joe Stephenson's directorial debut is a slightly uneven but ultimately moving drama that announces both himself and young actor Scott Chambers as up-and-coming talents to look out for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Joe Stephenson's directorial debut is a slightly uneven but ultimately moving drama that announces both himself and young actor Scott Chambers as up-and-coming talents to look out for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nandy lets drama unfold but it is emotion that drives this story, which achieves more resonance than you expect a 10-minute runtime to allow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nandy lets drama unfold but it is emotion that drives this story, which achieves more resonance than you expect a 10-minute runtime to allow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a tense and enjoyable genre picture, and one which gets terrific central performances from all involved.

~ Robert Munro -

This is a tense and enjoyable genre picture, and one which gets terrific central performances from all involved.

~ Robert Munro -

Everything here is just a rehash of other films.

~ Luke Shaw -

Everything here is just a rehash of other films.

~ Luke Shaw -

Wells delivers a great performance.

~ Luke Shaw -

Wells delivers a great performance.

~ Luke Shaw -

The script sparkles, delivering plenty of great moments.

~ Luke Shaw -

The script sparkles, delivering plenty of great moments.

~ Luke Shaw -

It's not awful, it's just not good.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's not awful, it's just not good.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Richard Gere is exceptional.

~ Luke Shaw -

Richard Gere is exceptional.

~ Luke Shaw -

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 -

A bad film with a capable director.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A bad film with a capable director.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the most deservedly popular movies in cinema history.

~ Stephen Carty -

One of the most deservedly popular movies in cinema history.

~ Stephen Carty -

As compelling as it is humourous.

~ Luke Shaw -

As compelling as it is humourous.

~ Luke Shaw -

An intensely sad and affecting look at a hugely talented young woman, ill equipped for the all-consuming fame which her soulful voice would bring her.

~ Robert Munro -

An intensely sad and affecting look at a hugely talented young woman, ill equipped for the all-consuming fame which her soulful voice would bring her.

~ Robert Munro -

González Villaseñor has given these women a voice of their own and constructed a merited tribute to their determined generosity.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

González Villaseñor has given these women a voice of their own and constructed a merited tribute to their determined generosity.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The fact that At Land works so well reminds us that Meshes was no accident.

~ Chris -

The fact that At Land works so well reminds us that Meshes was no accident.

~ Chris -

If the male characters are on the flimsy side, at least it makes a change from the women being relegated.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If the male characters are on the flimsy side, at least it makes a change from the women being relegated.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If this weren’t a documentary, these five people would surely find themselves nestled in the pages of some postmodern epic.

~ Luke Shaw -

If this weren’t a documentary, these five people would surely find themselves nestled in the pages of some postmodern epic.

~ Luke Shaw -

A brilliant piece of character driven desert noir.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A brilliant piece of character driven desert noir.

~ Andrew Robertson -

To call the film haunting is an understatement.

~ Luke Shaw -

To call the film haunting is an understatement.

~ Luke Shaw -

There's no doubting the film looks good..But there's a feeling of both too much gloss and of glossing over details.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's no doubting the film looks good..But there's a feeling of both too much gloss and of glossing over details.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shin Adachi’s script seeks to get past the gloss and into the reality of Japan’s “lost generation”.

~ Luke Shaw -

Shin Adachi’s script seeks to get past the gloss and into the reality of Japan’s “lost generation”.

~ Luke Shaw -

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 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 -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

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 -