Their provision of few motivational details makes for an unsatisfactory narrative.

~ Richard Mowe -

Their provision of few motivational details makes for an unsatisfactory narrative.

~ Richard Mowe -

There are times when Godeau seems to lose the way and the pace at such moments lacks drive, but then he’s back on track before long.

~ Richard Mowe -

There are times when Godeau seems to lose the way and the pace at such moments lacks drive, but then he’s back on track before long.

~ Richard Mowe -

Visually arresting and emotionally engaging.

~ Richard Mowe -

Visually arresting and emotionally engaging.

~ Richard Mowe -

What could have been a traditionally lavish costume drama has been pared down to highlight the erotic tension and sensuality

~ Richard Mowe -

What could have been a traditionally lavish costume drama has been pared down to highlight the erotic tension and sensuality

~ Richard Mowe -

Deray makes his characters sweat metaphorically as well as physically as his film morphs from erotic romance into psychological thriller.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Deray makes his characters sweat metaphorically as well as physically as his film morphs from erotic romance into psychological thriller.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Deliciously and deliberately theatrical

~ Richard Mowe -

Deliciously and deliberately theatrical

~ Richard Mowe -

Based on Mosco Boucault’s documentary Roubaix, Commissariat Central, and using the actual interrogation transcripts, Desplechin shoots for a different tone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Based on Mosco Boucault’s documentary Roubaix, Commissariat Central, and using the actual interrogation transcripts, Desplechin shoots for a different tone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The whole film adheres to the director’s credo that simple story-telling does not mean a lack of depth or subtlety, or roughness around the edges.

~ Richard Mowe -

The whole film adheres to the director’s credo that simple story-telling does not mean a lack of depth or subtlety, or roughness around the edges.

~ Richard Mowe -

Eternal greatness encounters sacrifice and the film dares to musically tackle questions of complicity in evil. Péguy's socialism, patriotism, and Catholicism mix well with the eager young actors. This is unlike any film you have ever seen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Eternal greatness encounters sacrifice and the film dares to musically tackle questions of complicity in evil. Péguy's socialism, patriotism, and Catholicism mix well with the eager young actors. This is unlike any film you have ever seen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The fingerprints left behind by us an upon us as we go through life are considered by Jérémy Clapin's animated feature debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The fingerprints left behind by us an upon us as we go through life are considered by Jérémy Clapin's animated feature debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Garrel knows his film is a confection rather than a banquet, so keeps things moving along at a serious clip

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Garrel knows his film is a confection rather than a banquet, so keeps things moving along at a serious clip

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Michel Ocelot's combination of live film, photo-realistic images and animation brings out the magic of Paris as if were being seen for the first time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Michel Ocelot's combination of live film, photo-realistic images and animation brings out the magic of Paris as if were being seen for the first time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ozon does not smooth over the rough edges and the icy roads stay icy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Ozon does not smooth over the rough edges and the icy roads stay icy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

We cry with Amanda and David and when the sun comes through again, their smiles are like a gift.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

We cry with Amanda and David and when the sun comes through again, their smiles are like a gift.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -

The anxious impact of the airport is also brought home to us by the crowded nature of the animation, its expressionist rendering emphasising the strangeness of this environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For better or worse, Antonioni’s got his master stylist hat on here, even if it sometimes obscures his vision.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Feels like a bite-sized companion piece to The Invasion

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a good deal of depth and nuance to these relationships as Blichfeldt uses them to illustrate how a society which makes women dependent on men magnifies ever petty disagreement and sets them at odds with one another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The cinematography is deliberately downbeat. The narrative meanders as its hero does.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anno, while acknowledging the history through the use of archive and via her interviewees, firmly accentuates the positives and the strides that have been made.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s no room here for the simple morality of the average horror film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though parts of the film are repetitive and others don’t quite knit together, there are some real gems hidden in there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The plot is not the film’s strongest point, but it functions well enough as a device through which to explore a troubled relationship.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pure joy from start to finish.

~ Anton Bitel -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Coogan is well cast in this tricky role, moving easily from humour to heartbreak..

~ 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 -

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 -