There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.

~ Nikola Jovic -

There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.

~ Nikola Jovic -

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 -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

The two siblings bond and the disparate threads of their relationship prove immensely touching as they ruminate on the lost years and chances.

~ Richard Mowe -

The two siblings bond and the disparate threads of their relationship prove immensely touching as they ruminate on the lost years and chances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Last Tango In Paris is perhaps Brando's last truly great film, and bringing him together as it does with Bertolucci, it's something which no lover of film can afford to miss.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Last Tango In Paris is perhaps Brando's last truly great film, and bringing him together as it does with Bertolucci, it's something which no lover of film can afford to miss.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

Even if the result is not ultimately very surprising, it’s well handled, with a mature understanding and a depth of commitment to character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Even if the result is not ultimately very surprising, it’s well handled, with a mature understanding and a depth of commitment to character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The problem is that the new Emmanuelle is as completely unsexy, cold and sterile as the environment the titular protagonist inhabits.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

The problem is that the new Emmanuelle is as completely unsexy, cold and sterile as the environment the titular protagonist inhabits.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Audiard has assembled a remarkable team of actors

~ Richard Mowe -

Audiard has assembled a remarkable team of actors

~ Richard Mowe -

Dosch uses the true story to make wider observations about the often fraught relationships between humans and animals.

~ Richard Mowe -

Dosch uses the true story to make wider observations about the often fraught relationships between humans and animals.

~ Richard Mowe -

Sautet's film offers an interesting snapshot of shifting sands in the Seventies sexual revolution.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sautet's film offers an interesting snapshot of shifting sands in the Seventies sexual revolution.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kurosawa's masterful synthesis doesn't stop with the script. He weaves a late Edo period samurai film, in its painstaking historic detail, into modernity.

~ Donald Munro -

The film is at its most effective when we feel the urgency of their boredom – the athletic one pacing in circles like a trapped animal – juxtaposed with the languid charm of their environment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It doesn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a pleasant way to while away an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The difference here from more familiar selections allows us to appreciate different qualities in the art.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In what is probably Côté's most straightforwardly observational film to date, the fictions come baked in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Verseau talks about how crucial the surgery was to her mental health, the complexity of the emotions experienced afterwards is also made clear.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script is lean, the sword edges keen and the characters mean.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s the acting that carries it, and naturally Farahani, one of the finest talents of her generation, does not disappoint.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Subtle observations about the racism that underpins this superficially idyllic society pepper a film which repeatedly forces its hero to question his assumptions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

~ Donald Munro -

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 -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer/director Sandhya Suri - who has a documentary background - is keen to show that everyone plays their part in the prejudices and corruption of the legal system.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

The difference here from more familiar selections allows us to appreciate different qualities in the art.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lin and Sun studiously maintain the enigma around Shuo so that we are left guessing as to whether he’s just a disadvantaged teen trying to make his way in the world or a cuckoo in the nest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It doesn’t quite hit the mark, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a pleasant way to while away an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -