Television schedules seem to be crammed with middle-aged men taking train journeys or motorcycle rides, so the first thing that’s notable about Women Behind The Wheel is that it brings with it the freshness of a much younger demographic in addition to its female perspective.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Television schedules seem to be crammed with middle-aged men taking train journeys or motorcycle rides, so the first thing that’s notable about Women Behind The Wheel is that it brings with it the freshness of a much younger demographic in addition to its female perspective.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Drew Barrymore's directorial debut blasts in some girls who just want to have fun - and you'll be happy to join them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Drew Barrymore's directorial debut blasts in some girls who just want to have fun - and you'll be happy to join them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whina is given very well-appointed and loving treatment in a story that’s so powerful it rises above the filmmakers’ more sentimental tendencies.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whina is given very well-appointed and loving treatment in a story that’s so powerful it rises above the filmmakers’ more sentimental tendencies.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A charming pastiche of the whole SF genre.

~ Anton Bitel -

A charming pastiche of the whole SF genre.

~ Anton Bitel -

This movie is ridiculous.

~ Jennifer McGillan -

This movie is ridiculous.

~ Jennifer McGillan -

The message is clear - the world needs to pay much closer attention to what is happening in Brazil, before it's too late.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The message is clear - the world needs to pay much closer attention to what is happening in Brazil, before it's too late.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Alongside the thrilling driving sequences, there are some great fight scenes of the variety which shun polish and show us characters who really look like they’re suffering.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alongside the thrilling driving sequences, there are some great fight scenes of the variety which shun polish and show us characters who really look like they’re suffering.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Barlow and Senes let the situation simmer, with plenty going on to keep viewers entertained.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Barlow and Senes let the situation simmer, with plenty going on to keep viewers entertained.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An instant classic and far too good for children.

~ Symon Parsons -

An instant classic and far too good for children.

~ Symon Parsons -

There are layers and layers of humour here, sometimes rooted in queer and theatrical traditions but mostly accessible regardless.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are layers and layers of humour here, sometimes rooted in queer and theatrical traditions but mostly accessible regardless.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film which might sound cloying sentimental, yet is anything but.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film which might sound cloying sentimental, yet is anything but.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Paddington is irresistible, funny and smartly constructed with a disarmingly big heart.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Paddington is irresistible, funny and smartly constructed with a disarmingly big heart.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Beyond the enjoyably unpredictable narrative, you can feel Giménez's love of the possibilities of cinema more widely.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beyond the enjoyably unpredictable narrative, you can feel Giménez's love of the possibilities of cinema more widely.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even if you've never given parkour a second thought, Day will help you to see it through fresh eyes but, more importantly, to see the boys behind the bravado and the stunts, trying to make their way in the world just like everybody else.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even if you've never given parkour a second thought, Day will help you to see it through fresh eyes but, more importantly, to see the boys behind the bravado and the stunts, trying to make their way in the world just like everybody else.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

These are easy targets although there’s a lot of enjoyment to be hand in seeing them hit so accurately.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

These are easy targets although there’s a lot of enjoyment to be hand in seeing them hit so accurately.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s almost a shame they’ve bothered with the subtitles at all, as much of the comedy speaks for itself, which makes the subtitles feel rather “pushed” to lewd extremes in a bid to extract further laughs in places.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s almost a shame they’ve bothered with the subtitles at all, as much of the comedy speaks for itself, which makes the subtitles feel rather “pushed” to lewd extremes in a bid to extract further laughs in places.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The movie's two main strengths are Max Schreck's compelling performance, as the eerily inhuman vampire, and Murnau's unparallelled ability to blend naturalistic and expressionistic elements.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The movie's two main strengths are Max Schreck's compelling performance, as the eerily inhuman vampire, and Murnau's unparallelled ability to blend naturalistic and expressionistic elements.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The love story is remarkable in its own right but the film also shows the way these sorts of histories could be hidden in plain sight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The love story is remarkable in its own right but the film also shows the way these sorts of histories could be hidden in plain sight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For a slow film, there is too much plot.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For a slow film, there is too much plot.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Arashi is a model with Middle Eastern roots, making her screen début, which is difficult to belief given the quality of her performance in this complex, multifaceted role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Arashi is a model with Middle Eastern roots, making her screen début, which is difficult to belief given the quality of her performance in this complex, multifaceted role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If there’s a single word to describe the latest film from Signe Baumane, it’s vibrancy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If there’s a single word to describe the latest film from Signe Baumane, it’s vibrancy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The entire tenor of the film is downbeat.

~ Jane Fae -

The entire tenor of the film is downbeat.

~ Jane Fae -

While it’s important to bring attention to the wider-spread government actions against the minority group, the film’s truly valuable observations are of how the prejudice impacts normal life.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

While it’s important to bring attention to the wider-spread government actions against the minority group, the film’s truly valuable observations are of how the prejudice impacts normal life.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It might be that my empathy was miscalibrated that day, but I came out of Mediterranean Fever feeling worse than when I went in.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It might be that my empathy was miscalibrated that day, but I came out of Mediterranean Fever feeling worse than when I went in.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Essentially an old fashioned tale in which the pursuit of dreams needs to be balanced by learning to appreciate what one has.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Essentially an old fashioned tale in which the pursuit of dreams needs to be balanced by learning to appreciate what one has.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By turns enchanting and heartbreaking, it speaks to the troubled history of the 20th Century yet feels bang up to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By turns enchanting and heartbreaking, it speaks to the troubled history of the 20th Century yet feels bang up to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Licht is a document of brutal honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Licht is a document of brutal honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Shows that escapist films can serve every bit as valid a purpose as anything else when it comes to uniting people.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shows that escapist films can serve every bit as valid a purpose as anything else when it comes to uniting people.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Illusionist has a sense of humour, a sense of wonder, and a sense of place, and in combination that's enough to make it magical.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Illusionist has a sense of humour, a sense of wonder, and a sense of place, and in combination that's enough to make it magical.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Jarvis' performance connects, or perhaps more accurately, carefully unhinges the dots of Hamish's unravelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jarvis' performance connects, or perhaps more accurately, carefully unhinges the dots of Hamish's unravelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wonderfully uncomfortable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wonderfully uncomfortable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The end result could do with less tangent and more of the gent himself.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The end result could do with less tangent and more of the gent himself.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Storywise, there’s not a great deal here which hasn’t been done before, but it will be new to the young audience it’s really aimed at, and it’s beautifully told.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Storywise, there’s not a great deal here which hasn’t been done before, but it will be new to the young audience it’s really aimed at, and it’s beautifully told.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a wonderful experiment, and often very funny, but it is also, perhaps intentionally, exhausting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a wonderful experiment, and often very funny, but it is also, perhaps intentionally, exhausting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gravel cleverly works the tempo, so we feel the occasional moments when Julie almost gets to relax, but that keep being snatched from her, more acutely.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Gravel cleverly works the tempo, so we feel the occasional moments when Julie almost gets to relax, but that keep being snatched from her, more acutely.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's entertaining, no doubt.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's entertaining, no doubt.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For such a studiously artificial work...it is profoundly moving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For such a studiously artificial work...it is profoundly moving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lorne Balfe’s magnificent, melodic score shapes our sense of time passing, just as shots of the open desert, of the emptiness around the palace, add to our sense that all that history is present and immediate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lorne Balfe’s magnificent, melodic score shapes our sense of time passing, just as shots of the open desert, of the emptiness around the palace, add to our sense that all that history is present and immediate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Feels more like an amuse bouche than a full meal, while at the same time all proving a bit too much.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Feels more like an amuse bouche than a full meal, while at the same time all proving a bit too much.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A charming bit of stop-motion and well worth seeking out.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A charming bit of stop-motion and well worth seeking out.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Amy and Chloe’s odyssey, filmed by Daniel Götz, is an adventure tale, which includes a visit to the cutest llamas in Peru.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Amy and Chloe’s odyssey, filmed by Daniel Götz, is an adventure tale, which includes a visit to the cutest llamas in Peru.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Wang proves adept at slowly and gently building up the onion layers of this family as more and more of them come into each other’s orbit.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Wang proves adept at slowly and gently building up the onion layers of this family as more and more of them come into each other’s orbit.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A fantastic adaptation that manages to surpass its source material while staying entirely true to its spirit.

~ Anton Bitel -

A fantastic adaptation that manages to surpass its source material while staying entirely true to its spirit.

~ Anton Bitel -

Lidén isn’t interested in rehashing controversies which it’s easy to explore elsewhere. Her interest is in William’s lived experience of what is happening to him.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lidén isn’t interested in rehashing controversies which it’s easy to explore elsewhere. Her interest is in William’s lived experience of what is happening to him.

~ Jennie Kermode -

While the framing of cinematographer Gerardo Guerra has a steady calm, González uses every inch of it from side to side and top to bottom to such a consummate degree that even the subtitles have to make way at one point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the framing of cinematographer Gerardo Guerra has a steady calm, González uses every inch of it from side to side and top to bottom to such a consummate degree that even the subtitles have to make way at one point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We spend most of our time inside the house in spaces which could as easily be rendered on a stage, but presenting it as film allows the actors to go deeper inside their characters, improvising the dialogue, with Sanders knitting together the best stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We spend most of our time inside the house in spaces which could as easily be rendered on a stage, but presenting it as film allows the actors to go deeper inside their characters, improvising the dialogue, with Sanders knitting together the best stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's so much here that, as with cleaning, it goes through the fabric, past the underling, to the structure, the joists, the soil.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's so much here that, as with cleaning, it goes through the fabric, past the underling, to the structure, the joists, the soil.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I have been discomfited watching films before but the anguish here is so genuinely and affectingly captured that it is almost unbearable.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I have been discomfited watching films before but the anguish here is so genuinely and affectingly captured that it is almost unbearable.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Without the soft focus common in representations of female subjects, we get to see their faces in all their lived-in three dimensionality.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Without the soft focus common in representations of female subjects, we get to see their faces in all their lived-in three dimensionality.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

The film has immense charm and skates skillfully across the surface of sentiment.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has immense charm and skates skillfully across the surface of sentiment.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Moody and embittered and near unique.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Moody and embittered and near unique.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The way doubt starts to enter into everything we hear from any of the characters is subtly orchestrated.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The way doubt starts to enter into everything we hear from any of the characters is subtly orchestrated.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

An emotionally honest if slight documentary that is most likely to appeal to existing fans of Barnett's work.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An emotionally honest if slight documentary that is most likely to appeal to existing fans of Barnett's work.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kogonada is the directorial equivalent of a careful tea maker himself, he knows how to infuse his films with complex ideas without getting preachy or overtechnical about it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kogonada is the directorial equivalent of a careful tea maker himself, he knows how to infuse his films with complex ideas without getting preachy or overtechnical about it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wells shows how interactions that were solid within their own moment become more ambiguous as time has gone by and the adult understanding of Sophie has grown.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wells shows how interactions that were solid within their own moment become more ambiguous as time has gone by and the adult understanding of Sophie has grown.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you listen closely to what this film has to say, you won’t listen to the world the same way afterwards.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you listen closely to what this film has to say, you won’t listen to the world the same way afterwards.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The long wordless opening of 2001 remains one of the most beautiful sequences on film.

~ Nicola Osborne -

The long wordless opening of 2001 remains one of the most beautiful sequences on film.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Despite all of its shortcomings, 107 Mothers nonetheless, makes for quite a completing piece of filmmaking.

~ Nikola Jovic -

Despite all of its shortcomings, 107 Mothers nonetheless, makes for quite a completing piece of filmmaking.

~ Nikola Jovic -

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 -