These are not so much the high-kicking tough guy lowlifes of Gareth Evans' hit as the offspring of some ITV reality show supplied with guns and lingerie and crack.

~ Jennie Kermode -

These are not so much the high-kicking tough guy lowlifes of Gareth Evans' hit as the offspring of some ITV reality show supplied with guns and lingerie and crack.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Undulating bodies and splattering blood stand in for more explicit imagery and give the impression of spectacular excess.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Undulating bodies and splattering blood stand in for more explicit imagery and give the impression of spectacular excess.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With alternatively beautifully and wisely low key cinematography, Friedenberg turns a landscape many will associate with holidays into something primal and filled with unknown threats.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With alternatively beautifully and wisely low key cinematography, Friedenberg turns a landscape many will associate with holidays into something primal and filled with unknown threats.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ted Geoghegan's darkly witty, stunningly beautiful film is the kind of horror we don't see much these days.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ted Geoghegan's darkly witty, stunningly beautiful film is the kind of horror we don't see much these days.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The premise, rich in possibility, is enhanced by haunting cinematography, eerie music and a colour palette which sees initially subdued tones fade almost into black and white.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The premise, rich in possibility, is enhanced by haunting cinematography, eerie music and a colour palette which sees initially subdued tones fade almost into black and white.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A preposterously gory exercise in nostalgia.

~ Luke Shaw -

A preposterously gory exercise in nostalgia.

~ Luke Shaw -

A remarkable first film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A remarkable first film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A compelling, interesting and well-acted redemption tale.

~ Jane Fae -

A compelling, interesting and well-acted redemption tale.

~ Jane Fae -

A great film to watch with horror-loving friends, to see who you can spot.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A great film to watch with horror-loving friends, to see who you can spot.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We are thrown headlong into a remake of Aliens, only with a mansion instead of a space colony and caterers instead of marines. The surprise is that it works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We are thrown headlong into a remake of Aliens, only with a mansion instead of a space colony and caterers instead of marines. The surprise is that it works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The character of Moira is woefully underwritten, wasting a lot of interesting potential, but McCormick gives her humanity, showing us the pain we need to see to understand her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The character of Moira is woefully underwritten, wasting a lot of interesting potential, but McCormick gives her humanity, showing us the pain we need to see to understand her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It has a monster and it's going to use it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It has a monster and it's going to use it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though its tendency to whimsy means it’s not quite as tightly plotted as it needs to be, this charismatic little thriller still manages to punch above its weight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though its tendency to whimsy means it’s not quite as tightly plotted as it needs to be, this charismatic little thriller still manages to punch above its weight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The discussions of the material realities of film-making in Turkey even into the 1970s are fascinating.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The discussions of the material realities of film-making in Turkey even into the 1970s are fascinating.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A challenging take on human sexuality and the shared language of sometimes erroneous assumptions that enables us to navigate relationships.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A challenging take on human sexuality and the shared language of sometimes erroneous assumptions that enables us to navigate relationships.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Thayer's unrelenting impression of nails scraping down a blackboard meas that by the end of an hour and a half you'll be ready to kill Deb yourself if the zombies haven't.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Thayer's unrelenting impression of nails scraping down a blackboard meas that by the end of an hour and a half you'll be ready to kill Deb yourself if the zombies haven't.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Documentary this may be, but it's very much in horror movie territory, and filmed as such.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Documentary this may be, but it's very much in horror movie territory, and filmed as such.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Dixon has certainly got what it takes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Dixon has certainly got what it takes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a disappointing effort which uses the crudest of tools to try and manipulate audience emotions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a disappointing effort which uses the crudest of tools to try and manipulate audience emotions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Akasha Villalobos' utterly committed performance makes for one of the most compelling horror heroines we've seen in years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Akasha Villalobos' utterly committed performance makes for one of the most compelling horror heroines we've seen in years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The spectre of the war looms large in a film that explores the origins of violence, feuding, and the enactment of men's aggression toward one another on the bodies of women.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The spectre of the war looms large in a film that explores the origins of violence, feuding, and the enactment of men's aggression toward one another on the bodies of women.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A gorgeous palimpsest of a film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A gorgeous palimpsest of a film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though it's no longer likely to shock horror audiences, Hellraiser remains highly watchable, and there is no doubting its importance in the history of cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though it's no longer likely to shock horror audiences, Hellraiser remains highly watchable, and there is no doubting its importance in the history of cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It stands out for its failings in a genre where there's some seriously tough competition.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It stands out for its failings in a genre where there's some seriously tough competition.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There isn’t anything particularly wrong with the direction, which is solid horror fare, but it’s trying to animate a cadaver of a script.

~ Luke Shaw -

There isn’t anything particularly wrong with the direction, which is solid horror fare, but it’s trying to animate a cadaver of a script.

~ Luke Shaw -

There’s plenty of the pre-requisite tension, and the monsters are designed well and deployed with restraint.

~ Luke Shaw -

There’s plenty of the pre-requisite tension, and the monsters are designed well and deployed with restraint.

~ Luke Shaw -

This is not the most revealing documentary ever, and it deals with a subject that is ultimately pure pop-culture, but it is impossible to feel anything other than inspired by the pluckiness of the this British underdog.

~ Luke Shaw -

This is not the most revealing documentary ever, and it deals with a subject that is ultimately pure pop-culture, but it is impossible to feel anything other than inspired by the pluckiness of the this British underdog.

~ Luke Shaw -

Tyler Shelds' surreal fairytale is part morality play, part action thriller, all of it stylishly shot.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tyler Shelds' surreal fairytale is part morality play, part action thriller, all of it stylishly shot.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Manson is strong in the lead, showing us January's vulnerability - induced as much through terror as anything else - without relying on pity to hold our attention.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Manson is strong in the lead, showing us January's vulnerability - induced as much through terror as anything else - without relying on pity to hold our attention.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's likely to be most appealing to people just too young to be officially allowed to see it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's likely to be most appealing to people just too young to be officially allowed to see it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bello makes a strong impression, making a lot of a role that could easily have been played by numbers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bello makes a strong impression, making a lot of a role that could easily have been played by numbers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the freshest entries in the horror genre for years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the freshest entries in the horror genre for years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's properly scary in places and it's also lots of fun.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's properly scary in places and it's also lots of fun.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Overall this is an entertaining and intriguing film which deserves more attention than it has historically enjoyed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Overall this is an entertaining and intriguing film which deserves more attention than it has historically enjoyed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The best combination of loser comedy and gore since Shaun Of The Dead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The best combination of loser comedy and gore since Shaun Of The Dead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Afterdeath deserves credit for trying to do something different.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Afterdeath deserves credit for trying to do something different.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Aaaaaaaah! is a beautifully crafted piece of work masquerading as an ethnological study made by chimpanzees.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Aaaaaaaah! is a beautifully crafted piece of work masquerading as an ethnological study made by chimpanzees.

~ 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 -

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 -