Though seasoned viewers will see these twists coming, Kim deftly shifts the tone if her performance along with them to keep us guessing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though seasoned viewers will see these twists coming, Kim deftly shifts the tone if her performance along with them to keep us guessing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Who's Who In Mycology is one of those short films that's so richly imagined that it feels like a fragment of a much bigger work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Who's Who In Mycology is one of those short films that's so richly imagined that it feels like a fragment of a much bigger work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an alertness here to the dynamics of domestic abuse that gives the film depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an alertness here to the dynamics of domestic abuse that gives the film depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kjersti Helen Rasmussen's short film is grown up science fiction, quietly logical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kjersti Helen Rasmussen's short film is grown up science fiction, quietly logical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Styled like the Ladybird Book of Cronenberg.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Styled like the Ladybird Book of Cronenberg.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The charismatic Kim Sang-Kyung tends to dominate scenes even when playing a downbeat character, but Kim Kang-woo is impressive in the quieter role of the troubled Park.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The charismatic Kim Sang-Kyung tends to dominate scenes even when playing a downbeat character, but Kim Kang-woo is impressive in the quieter role of the troubled Park.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are just too many movie references and homage to the likes of David Lynch in this noirish thriller to make it anything other than an over-derivative exercise in style over substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

There are just too many movie references and homage to the likes of David Lynch in this noirish thriller to make it anything other than an over-derivative exercise in style over substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

This film makes it clear that lemur versus nature is the future.

~ Emilia Rolewicz -

This film makes it clear that lemur versus nature is the future.

~ Emilia Rolewicz -

Matsuoka’s emotionally complicated performance anchors the film and keeps Yoshika interesting even at her most self-centred or self-abasing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Matsuoka’s emotionally complicated performance anchors the film and keeps Yoshika interesting even at her most self-centred or self-abasing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

They're not just undead, they're gloriously larger than life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

They're not just undead, they're gloriously larger than life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The performances that director Issa López gets out of the children, most of whom are new to acting, are extraordinary.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The performances that director Issa López gets out of the children, most of whom are new to acting, are extraordinary.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film - co-written by Sev Ohanian - is not just clever in the way that it uses familiar programs and the Windows and Apple Mac environments but also in the way it triggers familiar emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film - co-written by Sev Ohanian - is not just clever in the way that it uses familiar programs and the Windows and Apple Mac environments but also in the way it triggers familiar emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Where Mosafir is strongest is in his use of wide open spaces, where excellent sound design contributes to a sense of exposure and uncertainty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where Mosafir is strongest is in his use of wide open spaces, where excellent sound design contributes to a sense of exposure and uncertainty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hearing the horror before we see it creates a stretch of suspense that is always building to a terrifying reveal, and it pays off well.

~ Emilia Rolewicz -

Hearing the horror before we see it creates a stretch of suspense that is always building to a terrifying reveal, and it pays off well.

~ Emilia Rolewicz -

The plot here is simple, with room for just a few snappy twists, but what makes the film work is the combination of its very deliberate style and the supreme confidence of its delivery.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The plot here is simple, with room for just a few snappy twists, but what makes the film work is the combination of its very deliberate style and the supreme confidence of its delivery.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For most of its length, RokuRoku feels like an anthology film, a series of bizarre incidents in which puny humans come up against supernatural foes, but if you pay attention you'll begin to notice that all these tales are linked.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For most of its length, RokuRoku feels like an anthology film, a series of bizarre incidents in which puny humans come up against supernatural foes, but if you pay attention you'll begin to notice that all these tales are linked.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For all its playful trappings, this is at heart a survival film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For all its playful trappings, this is at heart a survival film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Horror has taken us to cabins in the woods many times before, but it has rarely done so with such spirit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Horror has taken us to cabins in the woods many times before, but it has rarely done so with such spirit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is expertly performed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is expertly performed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The standout is Byrd, who delivers compelling work throughout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The standout is Byrd, who delivers compelling work throughout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Without a doubt, Pesce is one of the most exciting young directors to emerge in recent years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Without a doubt, Pesce is one of the most exciting young directors to emerge in recent years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film is likely to be adored by many cancer patients themselves, capturing exactly the kind of black humour one encounters on cancer wards.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film is likely to be adored by many cancer patients themselves, capturing exactly the kind of black humour one encounters on cancer wards.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The screen may be smaller, but the rules are much the same as they always were.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The screen may be smaller, but the rules are much the same as they always were.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Highly imaginative and definitely original, Penguin Highway will fill viewers of all ages with wonder.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Highly imaginative and definitely original, Penguin Highway will fill viewers of all ages with wonder.

~ Jennie Kermode -

I found myself quickly gripped by Parallel.

~ Jane Fae -

I found myself quickly gripped by Parallel.

~ Jane Fae -

This Korean action thriller is cut from the same sort of cloth as that favoured by Johnnie To and, if it's not quite up there with the Hong Kong great's best, it's still got plenty of style.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This Korean action thriller is cut from the same sort of cloth as that favoured by Johnnie To and, if it's not quite up there with the Hong Kong great's best, it's still got plenty of style.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Anthony Scott Burns delivers some real chills but it's the positive aspect of the film, the sense that there's still room for joy in these difficult lives, that makes them so potent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Anthony Scott Burns delivers some real chills but it's the positive aspect of the film, the sense that there's still room for joy in these difficult lives, that makes them so potent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sara Kestelman takes a simply drawn character and gives her depth and complexity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sara Kestelman takes a simply drawn character and gives her depth and complexity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Dumisa proves very capable when it comes to building suspense, yet, thanks to sterling work by Ismael Essop, is able to step back from time to time to remind us that we're watching not mere cyphers but human beings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Dumisa proves very capable when it comes to building suspense, yet, thanks to sterling work by Ismael Essop, is able to step back from time to time to remind us that we're watching not mere cyphers but human beings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nose Nose Nose Eyes! is likely to make most viewers look away and some leave the room.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nose Nose Nose Eyes! is likely to make most viewers look away and some leave the room.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Expanding on the notion of loneliness and the importance of familiar places in our lives, Rocher brings in themes about emotional dependency, possessiveness and the ways we define our identities in relation to others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Expanding on the notion of loneliness and the importance of familiar places in our lives, Rocher brings in themes about emotional dependency, possessiveness and the ways we define our identities in relation to others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fabiula Nascimento is superb as the frustrated Odete.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fabiula Nascimento is superb as the frustrated Odete.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Several films have already touched on this subject but few have done so with the pace and fury of Red's work, which never lets its bleak social realism overwhelm the punchy thriller at its core.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Several films have already touched on this subject but few have done so with the pace and fury of Red's work, which never lets its bleak social realism overwhelm the punchy thriller at its core.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Jeon Go-Woon keeps the camera close to emphasise cramped conditions and the emotional pressures they generate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Jeon Go-Woon keeps the camera close to emphasise cramped conditions and the emotional pressures they generate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Van Dammen has bitten off much more than he can chew and lacks the experience to spit some of it out, but it's largely his ambition that makes things interesting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Van Dammen has bitten off much more than he can chew and lacks the experience to spit some of it out, but it's largely his ambition that makes things interesting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An impressive score and imaginative visuals.

~ Jane Fae -

An impressive score and imaginative visuals.

~ Jane Fae -

There are the makings of a great film here but too much time is spent telling the story and not enough showing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are the makings of a great film here but too much time is spent telling the story and not enough showing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film only lives up to about 80% of the promise whereas I wanted 150%.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The film only lives up to about 80% of the promise whereas I wanted 150%.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is a woozily shot, dislocating experience that in its best moments generates the sort of tense mental anxiety that Lynne Ramsay has made her calling card.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a woozily shot, dislocating experience that in its best moments generates the sort of tense mental anxiety that Lynne Ramsay has made her calling card.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though set in the US, Lupkin's film makes allusions to Northern European folklore.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though set in the US, Lupkin's film makes allusions to Northern European folklore.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's essentially a simple premise but the delivery is a thing of beauty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's essentially a simple premise but the delivery is a thing of beauty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you’ve never seen a proper kung fu film, this is great place to start, and if you’re already a fan you have no excuse not to seek this one out.

~ Jonathan Melton -

If you’ve never seen a proper kung fu film, this is great place to start, and if you’re already a fan you have no excuse not to seek this one out.

~ Jonathan Melton -

Elsalihie is good in the central role, conveying not just terror but the sense of despair that comes from knowing there's nowhere to run.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Elsalihie is good in the central role, conveying not just terror but the sense of despair that comes from knowing there's nowhere to run.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Essential viewing for anyone with a serious interest in the history of the genre.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Essential viewing for anyone with a serious interest in the history of the genre.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Occasional lapses into sentiment are balanced by the absurdity of the situations in which the band find themselves, the script's dry wit and the energy of the music.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Occasional lapses into sentiment are balanced by the absurdity of the situations in which the band find themselves, the script's dry wit and the energy of the music.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gremlins was a success because it understood completely what child audiences really want - cheerful mischief, irreverent violence and things that make you go 'ewwww!'

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gremlins was a success because it understood completely what child audiences really want - cheerful mischief, irreverent violence and things that make you go 'ewwww!'

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Ida Jogler uses fantastic elements to put across the violence inherent in her protagonist's gaze.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Ida Jogler uses fantastic elements to put across the violence inherent in her protagonist's gaze.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Takashi Yamazaki’s brilliantly realised fantasy universe, based on the manga by Ryôhei Saigan, will thrill fans of fantasy animé and Japanese mythology.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Takashi Yamazaki’s brilliantly realised fantasy universe, based on the manga by Ryôhei Saigan, will thrill fans of fantasy animé and Japanese mythology.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A simple idea brilliantly rendered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A simple idea brilliantly rendered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's never entirely clear how much of what is happening might be visible to others and how much exists in the shared imaginary between mother and child.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's never entirely clear how much of what is happening might be visible to others and how much exists in the shared imaginary between mother and child.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a lot packed into Justin P Lange's downbeat horror fable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a lot packed into Justin P Lange's downbeat horror fable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The most ambitious, assured and accomplished work to date from Xavier Gens, Cold Skin is terrifying in places and heartbreaking in others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The most ambitious, assured and accomplished work to date from Xavier Gens, Cold Skin is terrifying in places and heartbreaking in others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some of the animation here is beautiful, especially when we're in watery spaces with things floating around.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some of the animation here is beautiful, especially when we're in watery spaces with things floating around.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Chained For Life finds a rich vein of comedy in the awfulness of many people's reactions to disability.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Chained For Life finds a rich vein of comedy in the awfulness of many people's reactions to disability.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Catcalls is billed as horror but will be, for many viewers, more of an antidote to a horror that's part of day to day life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Catcalls is billed as horror but will be, for many viewers, more of an antidote to a horror that's part of day to day life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Screenwriter Isa Mazzei is a former camgirl herself and it shows in the film’s focus on the business side of proceedings, but director Daniel Goldhaber extends her work in a much stranger direction.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Screenwriter Isa Mazzei is a former camgirl herself and it shows in the film’s focus on the business side of proceedings, but director Daniel Goldhaber extends her work in a much stranger direction.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Affecting interview content builds into a sweet picture of two young people who briefly seemed to have the world at their feet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Affecting interview content builds into a sweet picture of two young people who briefly seemed to have the world at their feet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the most startlingly erotic mass market films of its era.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the most startlingly erotic mass market films of its era.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The narrative is fairly predictable and makes extensive use of well established western tropes but there's still an enjoyable adventure at its core.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The narrative is fairly predictable and makes extensive use of well established western tropes but there's still an enjoyable adventure at its core.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Biafra brings real energy and passion to the job, helping to make this a film that’s consistently gripping and never gets dry even when dealing with legal details.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Biafra brings real energy and passion to the job, helping to make this a film that’s consistently gripping and never gets dry even when dealing with legal details.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A hilarious tribute to the best-loved cliches of the genre.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A hilarious tribute to the best-loved cliches of the genre.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An astonishing debut.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An astonishing debut.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Erick Zonca is less interested in solving the mystery than in exploring the damaged psyches of Visconti and Bellaile.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Erick Zonca is less interested in solving the mystery than in exploring the damaged psyches of Visconti and Bellaile.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The technical work is very good but more than matched only by the quality of the acting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The technical work is very good but more than matched only by the quality of the acting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Any film that has both a fight director and a dance choreographer is probably doing something right.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Any film that has both a fight director and a dance choreographer is probably doing something right.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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 -

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 -

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 -

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 -