A well-handled slice of classic horror.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A well-handled slice of classic horror.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Voice From The Stone is an accomplished piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Voice From The Stone is an accomplished piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A must-see film for action fans.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A must-see film for action fans.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Celebrity docu-portraits like this are ten a penny; what makes this one different is the extraordinary story and the intensity with which it's delivered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Celebrity docu-portraits like this are ten a penny; what makes this one different is the extraordinary story and the intensity with which it's delivered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Loud, colourful, facetious and painstakingly shallow, Tragedy Girls perfectly captures the high school movie vibe.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Loud, colourful, facetious and painstakingly shallow, Tragedy Girls perfectly captures the high school movie vibe.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Burke's performance would be riveting even on an empty sound stage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Burke's performance would be riveting even on an empty sound stage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The incursion of something otherworldly into our hero's life takes place slowly, making it all the more unsettling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The incursion of something otherworldly into our hero's life takes place slowly, making it all the more unsettling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Moments of reflection are balanced by playful scenes structured around the clichés of horror filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Moments of reflection are balanced by playful scenes structured around the clichés of horror filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tim Peter Kuhn's cinematography and Franco Tortora and Tom Batoy’s dramatic score combine to create a sense of disorientation, of psychological disintegration.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tim Peter Kuhn's cinematography and Franco Tortora and Tom Batoy’s dramatic score combine to create a sense of disorientation, of psychological disintegration.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer Caroline Labrèche and co-director Steeve Léonard use science fiction framing to invite viewers along on a journey that will take them somewhere very different.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer Caroline Labrèche and co-director Steeve Léonard use science fiction framing to invite viewers along on a journey that will take them somewhere very different.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters almost seem aware that they're performing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters almost seem aware that they're performing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bleakly realistic and shorn of romance of all kinds, Mountain Fever may be set in desperate times but many of the dangers it depicts are mundane realities in harsh environments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bleakly realistic and shorn of romance of all kinds, Mountain Fever may be set in desperate times but many of the dangers it depicts are mundane realities in harsh environments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The scenes of conflict are well handled; it's actually hard to depict completely untrained, inexperienced people attacking each other in a realistic way, and director Joe Lynch achieves this without ever compromising on the fun of it all.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The scenes of conflict are well handled; it's actually hard to depict completely untrained, inexperienced people attacking each other in a realistic way, and director Joe Lynch achieves this without ever compromising on the fun of it all.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the film gets interesting is in its exploration of the act, of the way Mansfield turned her life into a performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the film gets interesting is in its exploration of the act, of the way Mansfield turned her life into a performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is never much sense of hope in the film, only a brash defiance that sometimes, for all its ugliness, verges on the heroic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is never much sense of hope in the film, only a brash defiance that sometimes, for all its ugliness, verges on the heroic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What Power does differently is to deny us the usual sources of comfort.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What Power does differently is to deny us the usual sources of comfort.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Carter is superb in the dual role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Carter is superb in the dual role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's strong work here in places but as was to be expected, the film struggles when it comes to providing a wider framework for events.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's strong work here in places but as was to be expected, the film struggles when it comes to providing a wider framework for events.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As with most of the best games, the concept is simple; the genius is in the execution.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As with most of the best games, the concept is simple; the genius is in the execution.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Dominic Bridges and co-writer Rae Brunton strike a delicate balance between the comedic and the sinister.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Dominic Bridges and co-writer Rae Brunton strike a delicate balance between the comedic and the sinister.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Schäfer is excellent in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Schäfer is excellent in the central role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

These are lashings of gore, some deliberately feeble jokes, some good character-based comedy and predictable but nonetheless entertaining twists towards the end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

These are lashings of gore, some deliberately feeble jokes, some good character-based comedy and predictable but nonetheless entertaining twists towards the end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fuller is absorbing in the central role, really giving it her all.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fuller is absorbing in the central role, really giving it her all.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An ambitious film that suffers from a visibly stretched budget, Eat Locals fails to live up to the promise of its wonderful title but does have some great moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An ambitious film that suffers from a visibly stretched budget, Eat Locals fails to live up to the promise of its wonderful title but does have some great moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You'll laugh, and wince, and laugh again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

You'll laugh, and wince, and laugh again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

If some suspension of disbelief is required to accept the premise of Michael Mongillo's film, it's earned by Smith, whose troubled character is more sympathetic because he makes no effort to be liked.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If some suspension of disbelief is required to accept the premise of Michael Mongillo's film, it's earned by Smith, whose troubled character is more sympathetic because he makes no effort to be liked.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For the first hour or so of its runtime, Devil's Gate smoulders with tension, piling on one horror after another as its spins out its central mystery.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For the first hour or so of its runtime, Devil's Gate smoulders with tension, piling on one horror after another as its spins out its central mystery.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the best tradition of the Gothic, the plot is overwhelmed by the themes and the finer points of the acting frequently lost beneath exuberant displays of emotion.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the best tradition of the Gothic, the plot is overwhelmed by the themes and the finer points of the acting frequently lost beneath exuberant displays of emotion.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's hard to demand too much finesse from a film centred on characters who lack all traces of it, and who are great fun to be with anyway.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's hard to demand too much finesse from a film centred on characters who lack all traces of it, and who are great fun to be with anyway.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Leon's formidable presence is a match for any of Hammer's celebrated male leads.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Leon's formidable presence is a match for any of Hammer's celebrated male leads.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the tension between them escalates, it becomes apparent that somebody has seriously overstepped the mark, and that an initially awkward situation is headed for tragedy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the tension between them escalates, it becomes apparent that somebody has seriously overstepped the mark, and that an initially awkward situation is headed for tragedy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a joyousness about this kind of filmmaking, unrestricted as it is by any concern for convention.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a joyousness about this kind of filmmaking, unrestricted as it is by any concern for convention.

~ Jennie Kermode -

On the one level, 68 Kill is pure pulp trash, harking back to director Trent Haaga's Troma roots. On the other, it's brilliantly done.

~ Jennie Kermode -

On the one level, 68 Kill is pure pulp trash, harking back to director Trent Haaga's Troma roots. On the other, it's brilliantly done.

~ 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 -