This film is a shot of dayglo-coloured adrenaline to the vein, a vat of sugar poured into the eyes.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This film is a shot of dayglo-coloured adrenaline to the vein, a vat of sugar poured into the eyes.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Nambot's previous feature experience shows in the greater confidence of his delivery, but natural chemistry between him and Couët is at the core of film's success.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nambot's previous feature experience shows in the greater confidence of his delivery, but natural chemistry between him and Couët is at the core of film's success.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bispuri is interested in how escape from one form of repression seamlessly flows into another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bispuri is interested in how escape from one form of repression seamlessly flows into another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though the events unfold forward, the feel of Summertime is that of a pleasantly painful memory recalled backwards, clutching you emotionally as if you were looking at a faded photo album.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Though the events unfold forward, the feel of Summertime is that of a pleasantly painful memory recalled backwards, clutching you emotionally as if you were looking at a faded photo album.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is very well acted, with an explosively complex lead performance from Russell Tovey and an equally expressive supporting turn from Arinzé Kene.

~ Owen Van Spall -

It is very well acted, with an explosively complex lead performance from Russell Tovey and an equally expressive supporting turn from Arinzé Kene.

~ Owen Van Spall -

There is nothing to temper all the teenage angst bullshit.

~ Donald Munro -

There is nothing to temper all the teenage angst bullshit.

~ Donald Munro -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Buska seems completely at ease with this complicated woman who is by turns childish and playful, ferocious and tyrannical, and keenly intellectual.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Buska seems completely at ease with this complicated woman who is by turns childish and playful, ferocious and tyrannical, and keenly intellectual.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So many questions... challenging us, in one filmic episode, to think long and hard about our definitions and expectations of trans, lesbian and gay.

~ Jane Fae -

So many questions... challenging us, in one filmic episode, to think long and hard about our definitions and expectations of trans, lesbian and gay.

~ Jane Fae -

Well-paced, genuinely funny most of the time and emotionally resonant.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Well-paced, genuinely funny most of the time and emotionally resonant.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A beautifully crafted piece.

~ Richard Mowe -

A beautifully crafted piece.

~ Richard Mowe -

Neither the mystery of Mabel's past nor the mystery she faces in her present fully satisfy - the former is too opaque and the latter telegraphed early.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Neither the mystery of Mabel's past nor the mystery she faces in her present fully satisfy - the former is too opaque and the latter telegraphed early.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -