Inspires a feeling of awe.

~ Josh Morrall -

Inspires a feeling of awe.

~ Josh Morrall -

Mostly shot at close quarters, inside the Woodsman’s cabin or car or amid the trees, the film is heavy with shadows and mist and chill air.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mostly shot at close quarters, inside the Woodsman’s cabin or car or amid the trees, the film is heavy with shadows and mist and chill air.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lowe’s approach is an exhiliarating, if sometimes a bit scrappy, mix of high and low brow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lowe’s approach is an exhiliarating, if sometimes a bit scrappy, mix of high and low brow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Those who doubt the artistic potential of the horror genre should be nailed down and made to watch this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Those who doubt the artistic potential of the horror genre should be nailed down and made to watch this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

Brutal, bloody and enriched with a specific dark humour.

~ Marija Lukarevska -

Brutal, bloody and enriched with a specific dark humour.

~ Marija Lukarevska -

Starchenko is extraordinary in her ability to develop an emotionally complex character despite the state of shock that covers everything.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Starchenko is extraordinary in her ability to develop an emotionally complex character despite the state of shock that covers everything.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Using a mix of both professional and amateur actors the film reveals the intimate details and attitudes of these incarcerated individuals

~ Richard Mowe -

Using a mix of both professional and amateur actors the film reveals the intimate details and attitudes of these incarcerated individuals

~ Richard Mowe -

What comes across, despite the hurdles, is the immense camaraderie and collectivism that has strengthened down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What comes across, despite the hurdles, is the immense camaraderie and collectivism that has strengthened down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Again and again there are elements that will be echoed in later works, mirrors and masks and little friends, split screens and thrills and untimely ends.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Again and again there are elements that will be echoed in later works, mirrors and masks and little friends, split screens and thrills and untimely ends.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Distances of time and space are collapsible in Fingscheidt’s hands.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Distances of time and space are collapsible in Fingscheidt’s hands.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is a rare thing to come across a tale as carefully constructed as this one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is a rare thing to come across a tale as carefully constructed as this one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A heartfelt film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A heartfelt film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While many other films feel as though they are really staking out a deliberate political stance against the Iranian regime or coming at it from deep within metaphor, My Favourite Cake is casually, but almost constantly, rebellious in small ways.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While many other films feel as though they are really staking out a deliberate political stance against the Iranian regime or coming at it from deep within metaphor, My Favourite Cake is casually, but almost constantly, rebellious in small ways.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the emotions in this story are raw, she approaches them with sensitivity and a strong respect for people who are trying hard even if they don’t always succeed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the emotions in this story are raw, she approaches them with sensitivity and a strong respect for people who are trying hard even if they don’t always succeed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If it wasn’t for the excellent, immersive sound design from Chu-Li Shewring, you could easily believe you were watching a piece of silent movie found footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If it wasn’t for the excellent, immersive sound design from Chu-Li Shewring, you could easily believe you were watching a piece of silent movie found footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Visually, Guan never puts a frame wrong, whether he’s setting up a physical comedy set-piece, idly incorporating a solar eclipse or letting the dogs steal a scene.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Visually, Guan never puts a frame wrong, whether he’s setting up a physical comedy set-piece, idly incorporating a solar eclipse or letting the dogs steal a scene.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Filled with awkwardness and tension, the film acts as a spotlight for all the actors.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Filled with awkwardness and tension, the film acts as a spotlight for all the actors.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Less concerned with scrutinising the playground than the dangerous games adults can play with one another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Less concerned with scrutinising the playground than the dangerous games adults can play with one another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the opening sequence we're shown a relief carving of a xenomorph. Such a thing could be used as a mould, but the film is so intent on replication that it doesn't break it, or free.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In the opening sequence we're shown a relief carving of a xenomorph. Such a thing could be used as a mould, but the film is so intent on replication that it doesn't break it, or free.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Ahmed doesn’t need to include war footage for us to feel its weight and understand its shadow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The colour elements prove all the more striking when in contrast to black and white.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The beautiful cinematography, the bluesy jazz score and the gentle pace of the film are beguiling, but Masciari makes sure that we don’t lose sight of the ridiculous.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot over 17 years, it mingles intimate personal moments with visceral concert footage, its musical sequences knitted together with some of the best editing you’re likely to see this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The choice of hand-drawn animation and its ability to demonstrate a magical realism allows the film to find the right distance from what is being depicted.

~ Richard Mowe -

Successfully finds insight and social commentary

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The pace of the action helps Handal to pack a lot in and his framing is inventive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A Teacher is not the most finely crafted film, but it is a cri de cœur.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The filmmaker and her crew deserve a lot of credit for even managing to capture this lifestyle – not to mention following it for five years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Breslin, as so often, is the standout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The observational approach works against the director, slowing down proceedings and making it hard to see the wood for the trees

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lotus may love pretty things, but he doesn’t hold back on the gore.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With so much going on the only shame is that at this length the pirouettes in various directions are so brief, giving us a taste for ideas that are begging to be dug into further.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the film is generally a delight, the increasingly surreal third act can be hard to track.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

A patient, affecting study of human connection in unusual circumstances

~ Antoni Konieczny -

The irreverent score, the gothic art direction, and Mario Tosi’s kaleidoscopic, slithering cinematography coalesce into something mesmeric.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Like its subject, the film is a fusion of styles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An overflowing life is presented to us through archival interviews and film clips, and most revealingly through on-camera insights from O’Brien herself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

I Am Love is social melodrama in the best traditions of Italian cinema.

~ Chris -

Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

~ Anton Bitel -

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

~ Amber Wilkinson -