Is it possible to make an interesting film where only one man remembers The Beatles? Probably. Is this it? Probably not.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Is it possible to make an interesting film where only one man remembers The Beatles? Probably. Is this it? Probably not.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Horror film of the year so far, and likely to be one of the most memorable and celebrated of the coming decade.

~ David Graham -

Horror film of the year so far, and likely to be one of the most memorable and celebrated of the coming decade.

~ David Graham -

Teresa Sutherland's script finds Gothic tensions in a landscape where the imaginary has as much power to harm as the real.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Teresa Sutherland's script finds Gothic tensions in a landscape where the imaginary has as much power to harm as the real.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The chemistry of film and filming is such that it makes something special.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The chemistry of film and filming is such that it makes something special.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is strangeness here but of an intriguing rather than repellent sort.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is strangeness here but of an intriguing rather than repellent sort.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Patterson handles the acceleration and deceleration throughout with aplomb, notching things up or down at just the right moments and using inventive camerawork and sound design that encourages you to lean in and listen during the film's quieter moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Patterson handles the acceleration and deceleration throughout with aplomb, notching things up or down at just the right moments and using inventive camerawork and sound design that encourages you to lean in and listen during the film's quieter moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A charming and playful consideration of her career.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A charming and playful consideration of her career.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The first thing that stands out about the film is the ease with which we can recognise Vai despite her being played by a different actress each time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The first thing that stands out about the film is the ease with which we can recognise Vai despite her being played by a different actress each time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kaskas makes the step up from short films to her first feature with ease.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kaskas makes the step up from short films to her first feature with ease.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The simple search and rescue plot is more than adequate an adventure in which to indulge the antics of our original toys, and allows space to throw in a few choice newcomers.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The simple search and rescue plot is more than adequate an adventure in which to indulge the antics of our original toys, and allows space to throw in a few choice newcomers.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Blair's sharp injection of pace helps to zip past any cliches so fast that you don't have much time to register them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Blair's sharp injection of pace helps to zip past any cliches so fast that you don't have much time to register them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is Freud as we rarely see him, human and approachable and a bit baffled by the idea of having a young fan.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is Freud as we rarely see him, human and approachable and a bit baffled by the idea of having a young fan.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It may not be flashy but there are flashes of cleverness sparkling throughout.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It may not be flashy but there are flashes of cleverness sparkling throughout.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In terms of mood, directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage do a lot with a little, allowing the plot to coil round the characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In terms of mood, directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage do a lot with a little, allowing the plot to coil round the characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For a first movie, Tesis has an astounding confidence. The performances of Torrent and Martinez are focused and electric.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For a first movie, Tesis has an astounding confidence. The performances of Torrent and Martinez are focused and electric.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film deviates from more caricatured tales of domestic brutality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film deviates from more caricatured tales of domestic brutality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

The film is held together less by the tale than by tensions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is held together less by the tale than by tensions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film wears its story lightly. Even when Simón is dealing with heavier themes her focus is on Frida and her emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film wears its story lightly. Even when Simón is dealing with heavier themes her focus is on Frida and her emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the film digs into psychological stress, Athale crafts the sharp, unspoken parts of grief into shards that cut at his characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the film digs into psychological stress, Athale crafts the sharp, unspoken parts of grief into shards that cut at his characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The drawing is good as the story scatters.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The drawing is good as the story scatters.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The costumes in The Souvenir speak volumes about female and male desire and the search for identity that garments can encompass.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The costumes in The Souvenir speak volumes about female and male desire and the search for identity that garments can encompass.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a treat of a film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a treat of a film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Almodóvar's trademark narrative divergence is in full effect but he keeps a delicious sense of control over his fabulously grotesque concoction.

~ David Graham -

Almodóvar's trademark narrative divergence is in full effect but he keeps a delicious sense of control over his fabulously grotesque concoction.

~ David Graham -

There are some powerful moments in Skin, but however lasting some of its impacts the film isn't as deep as it hopes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are some powerful moments in Skin, but however lasting some of its impacts the film isn't as deep as it hopes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

McLean's faith in his own abilities appears to be little diminished down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

McLean's faith in his own abilities appears to be little diminished down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For all that there are premonitions, dreams, even a witch, in truth this is a film without magic

~ Andrew Robertson -

For all that there are premonitions, dreams, even a witch, in truth this is a film without magic

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film achieves a state of grace through the performances and chemistry of the actors.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film achieves a state of grace through the performances and chemistry of the actors.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Everything about Batra's film is constructed around longing.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Everything about Batra's film is constructed around longing.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It takes a special kind of documentarian to look behind the right curtain.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It takes a special kind of documentarian to look behind the right curtain.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What the film lacks in allegorical subtlety it makes up for in depth of emotion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What the film lacks in allegorical subtlety it makes up for in depth of emotion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The mix of a humorous story with a well-set pace can’t cover up that the scientifically inaccurate lead element makes the story feel far too contrived.

~ John-Anthony Disotto -

The mix of a humorous story with a well-set pace can’t cover up that the scientifically inaccurate lead element makes the story feel far too contrived.

~ John-Anthony Disotto -

The blurring of fictionalisation is just one of the layers that encourages contemplation almost deep enough to justify the film's expansive canvas.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The blurring of fictionalisation is just one of the layers that encourages contemplation almost deep enough to justify the film's expansive canvas.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Nefta Football Club scores thanks to the charisma of its two young stars.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nefta Football Club scores thanks to the charisma of its two young stars.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ishaq's exploration of what the situation means for women in general is a strength and much more fleshed out than in similar documentaries.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ishaq's exploration of what the situation means for women in general is a strength and much more fleshed out than in similar documentaries.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's not so much kitchen sink, as tenement trauma.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's not so much kitchen sink, as tenement trauma.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is very much an actors' film and the two leads are both on superb form.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is very much an actors' film and the two leads are both on superb form.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Open your eyes. Admire the death defying artistry.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Open your eyes. Admire the death defying artistry.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There are some good stories - various myths around the filming of Alien are punctured, but one of the film's central theses is a mythological one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are some good stories - various myths around the filming of Alien are punctured, but one of the film's central theses is a mythological one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A through-line in the work of writer-director Icíar Bollaín is her interest in representing a variety of female experience, in both private and professional spaces.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A through-line in the work of writer-director Icíar Bollaín is her interest in representing a variety of female experience, in both private and professional spaces.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The stakes are high and the fears tangible in this return, which invites discussion and doesn't protect parents from uncomfortable questions. This is the power of the film. Mary Poppins herself wouldn't want it any other way.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The stakes are high and the fears tangible in this return, which invites discussion and doesn't protect parents from uncomfortable questions. This is the power of the film. Mary Poppins herself wouldn't want it any other way.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There's a genuine beauty here - this is as much a love letter to love as it is the story of a complicated relationship and the branches (Broomfield included) that sprang from it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a genuine beauty here - this is as much a love letter to love as it is the story of a complicated relationship and the branches (Broomfield included) that sprang from it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is cameraman as documenter, magician and stuntman rolled into one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is cameraman as documenter, magician and stuntman rolled into one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film remains mysterious without being confusing - you don't need to grasp every detail to understand its metaphors and message and its enigmatic aura invites repeat viewings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film remains mysterious without being confusing - you don't need to grasp every detail to understand its metaphors and message and its enigmatic aura invites repeat viewings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

Heat and oppression hang in the air like an unspoken accusation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Heat and oppression hang in the air like an unspoken accusation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At once a light satire on the perils of modern dating.. and an enjoyably absurd nod to more old-fashioned humour, writer/director Collington gets away with a lot because of the sheer energy on display.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At once a light satire on the perils of modern dating.. and an enjoyably absurd nod to more old-fashioned humour, writer/director Collington gets away with a lot because of the sheer energy on display.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Neat little potted history that it is, it doesn't really require the viewer to know the sport in depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Neat little potted history that it is, it doesn't really require the viewer to know the sport in depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The animation is beautifully composed and, though it succeeds in making Shun's experience scary, doesn't resort to anything age-inappropriate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The animation is beautifully composed and, though it succeeds in making Shun's experience scary, doesn't resort to anything age-inappropriate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Last Circus is worth a watch for the unbridled imagination on display but ultimately it falls apart as much as its main protagonist.

~ David Graham -

The Last Circus is worth a watch for the unbridled imagination on display but ultimately it falls apart as much as its main protagonist.

~ David Graham -

One of the best pieces of animation you'll see this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the best pieces of animation you'll see this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gentle, entertaining, functional.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Gentle, entertaining, functional.

~ Andrew Robertson -

At times profoundly moving, In a Foreign Land burns with indignation at the circumstances foisted on a generation who did what they were supposed to do but who have had little choice but to abandon the careers and futures they thought lay ahead of them.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

At times profoundly moving, In a Foreign Land burns with indignation at the circumstances foisted on a generation who did what they were supposed to do but who have had little choice but to abandon the careers and futures they thought lay ahead of them.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film works on almost every level, particularly its central relationship.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film works on almost every level, particularly its central relationship.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Moreno's travels give us a sense of the enormity of what lies beneath, unhurried but curious in his progress, even homing in to look at the microscopic monsters we might not realise also make these caverns their home.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Moreno's travels give us a sense of the enormity of what lies beneath, unhurried but curious in his progress, even homing in to look at the microscopic monsters we might not realise also make these caverns their home.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite desolate circumstances and habitat, Domínguez Serén's film buzzes with humour and human warmth.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Despite desolate circumstances and habitat, Domínguez Serén's film buzzes with humour and human warmth.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The style is confused

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The style is confused

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is magic here.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is magic here.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A story brought dazzlingly to life by the talents of its veteran cast and crew

~ Andrew Robertson -

A story brought dazzlingly to life by the talents of its veteran cast and crew

~ Andrew Robertson -

Cage here continues the recent return to his legendary loony best.

~ David Graham -

Cage here continues the recent return to his legendary loony best.

~ David Graham -

There's not a great deal of strategy involved in Tony D'Aquino's film, which mostly concerns itself with bloody violence, screaming and running about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's not a great deal of strategy involved in Tony D'Aquino's film, which mostly concerns itself with bloody violence, screaming and running about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Given a magical quality by director Carolina Hellsgård's distinctive shooting style and Leah Striker's luminous cinematography, this is a world that seems full of new possibilities.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Given a magical quality by director Carolina Hellsgård's distinctive shooting style and Leah Striker's luminous cinematography, this is a world that seems full of new possibilities.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's heart is certainly in the right place, but its narrative is more of a scattergun affair.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film's heart is certainly in the right place, but its narrative is more of a scattergun affair.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

All praise to the acting here, as each star deliver characters with depth and meaning, without the encumbrance of lengthy self-exposition.

~ Jane Fae -

All praise to the acting here, as each star deliver characters with depth and meaning, without the encumbrance of lengthy self-exposition.

~ Jane Fae -

This is a community that, one suspects, director Alison Piper understands well.

~ Jane Fae -

This is a community that, one suspects, director Alison Piper understands well.

~ Jane Fae -

The film gleefully rips off everything from genre classics like The Terminator to recent upstarts such as Shoot 'Em Up, but manages to do it with a tongue so firmly in cheek that you should be too busy grinning to care.

~ David Graham -

The film gleefully rips off everything from genre classics like The Terminator to recent upstarts such as Shoot 'Em Up, but manages to do it with a tongue so firmly in cheek that you should be too busy grinning to care.

~ David Graham -

Jarmusch usually manages to invest his films with a quirky sense of humour, but here the lines fall decidedly flat.

~ Richard Mowe -

Jarmusch usually manages to invest his films with a quirky sense of humour, but here the lines fall decidedly flat.

~ Richard Mowe -

Lauryn Canny is stunning in the central role, easily adopting the same body language that Mcintosh has used continually to break away from conditioned patterns of movement and take up space.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lauryn Canny is stunning in the central role, easily adopting the same body language that Mcintosh has used continually to break away from conditioned patterns of movement and take up space.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Many filmmakers would be happy to have this as their crowning glory; considered as a debut it’s little short of astonishing.

~ Jeff Robson -

Many filmmakers would be happy to have this as their crowning glory; considered as a debut it’s little short of astonishing.

~ Jeff Robson -

This film doesn't just have one good idea, it has many, and it segues them together beautifully.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film doesn't just have one good idea, it has many, and it segues them together beautifully.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Harris drinks deep of the novella's sapphic themes to present a tale of obsession and fear of 'the other' but though the end result is well turned out in terms of look and performance, it could use a little less corseting and a lot more bite.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Harris drinks deep of the novella's sapphic themes to present a tale of obsession and fear of 'the other' but though the end result is well turned out in terms of look and performance, it could use a little less corseting and a lot more bite.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A nice study in group dynamic.

~ Jane Fae -

A nice study in group dynamic.

~ Jane Fae -

Pilcher strikes a good balance between interpersonal drama, nerve-racking action scenes and focus on the cat and mouse game that the women are caught up in.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pilcher strikes a good balance between interpersonal drama, nerve-racking action scenes and focus on the cat and mouse game that the women are caught up in.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Beautifully shot, aided by beautiful country, there's mist and rain, birds on a wire, and real humour too.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Beautifully shot, aided by beautiful country, there's mist and rain, birds on a wire, and real humour too.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Simó works hard to capture the same oddness of perspective and association that marks out Buñuel's own films, succeeding more often than not.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Simó works hard to capture the same oddness of perspective and association that marks out Buñuel's own films, succeeding more often than not.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The territory that it takes the film to makes the last third is rushed in comparison to what has gone before, where the simplicity of the storyline provided the perfect backdrop for complex emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The territory that it takes the film to makes the last third is rushed in comparison to what has gone before, where the simplicity of the storyline provided the perfect backdrop for complex emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

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 -

It's laugh out loud funny in places, and there's an endearing earnestness throughout.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's laugh out loud funny in places, and there's an endearing earnestness throughout.

~ Andrew Robertson -

That the skies are Glaswegian grey does not make the eyes below them any less starry, or watery, nor does that overcast overshadow the microcosm below.

~ Andrew Robertson -

That the skies are Glaswegian grey does not make the eyes below them any less starry, or watery, nor does that overcast overshadow the microcosm below.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bohemian Rhapsody is as baroque and evocative a beast as its namesake song, thanks almost entirely to Malek's phenomenal performance.

~ Max Crawford -

Bohemian Rhapsody is as baroque and evocative a beast as its namesake song, thanks almost entirely to Malek's phenomenal performance.

~ Max Crawford -

There's a lot of things going on here, but it's a talented cast and crew playing firmly within a set of genre tropes, not painting by numbers.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a lot of things going on here, but it's a talented cast and crew playing firmly within a set of genre tropes, not painting by numbers.

~ Andrew Robertson -

One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

~ Jennie Kermode -

In trying to walk a line between geek and jock it paints (and washes and drybrushes) itself into a corner.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In trying to walk a line between geek and jock it paints (and washes and drybrushes) itself into a corner.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Although much of the action is played for dark comedy, Berger undercuts his pastiche with unexpected poignancy at key moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although much of the action is played for dark comedy, Berger undercuts his pastiche with unexpected poignancy at key moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's almost a disservice to talk about Black Panther in the context of the MCU, because perhaps more than any other it stands alone.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's almost a disservice to talk about Black Panther in the context of the MCU, because perhaps more than any other it stands alone.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Realism is certainly the mode that Platt embraces here, crafting her film as though it were an intimate holiday video, and inviting viewers to be flies on the wall.

~ Anton Bitel -

Realism is certainly the mode that Platt embraces here, crafting her film as though it were an intimate holiday video, and inviting viewers to be flies on the wall.

~ Anton Bitel -

With imagery that shifts seamlessly from the kawaii to the diabolical, not least in a darkly psychedelic sequence near the end, this is a film that really makes its mark.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With imagery that shifts seamlessly from the kawaii to the diabolical, not least in a darkly psychedelic sequence near the end, this is a film that really makes its mark.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The real joy in the film lies in watching what started out as barren land gradually bloom over the years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The real joy in the film lies in watching what started out as barren land gradually bloom over the years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bait looks, sounds, feels amazing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bait looks, sounds, feels amazing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Astronaut is a charming fable given life by Dreyfuss' spirited performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Astronaut is a charming fable given life by Dreyfuss' spirited performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is good to see the women taking charge, though this happens sufficiently often in Asterix that it is close to becoming a trope in itself.

~ Jane Fae -

It is good to see the women taking charge, though this happens sufficiently often in Asterix that it is close to becoming a trope in itself.

~ Jane Fae -

For those who get into the rhythm of it, this is an instant classic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For those who get into the rhythm of it, this is an instant classic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Undoubtedly, a masterpiece, this three-and-a-half hour version puts body on the flesh of what was already a great movie.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Undoubtedly, a masterpiece, this three-and-a-half hour version puts body on the flesh of what was already a great movie.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Although little of this is new, it's delivered with poise and grace, aided by finely tuned performances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Although little of this is new, it's delivered with poise and grace, aided by finely tuned performances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The script is sharp, witty and not afraid to ask awkward questions.

~ Jane Fae -

The script is sharp, witty and not afraid to ask awkward questions.

~ Jane Fae -

Instead of curbing Welsh's excesses, he platforms them. The result, with the exception of The Granton Star Cause, is unwatchable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Instead of curbing Welsh's excesses, he platforms them. The result, with the exception of The Granton Star Cause, is unwatchable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a grand vision, grandly executed, and like the solutions it depicts it exists today.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a grand vision, grandly executed, and like the solutions it depicts it exists today.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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 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 -

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 -

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 -

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 -