De Paoli uses a bagful of cinematic tricks to make viewers identify with Piet at his worst.

~ Jennie Kermode -

De Paoli uses a bagful of cinematic tricks to make viewers identify with Piet at his worst.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Just as you begin to worry that the conceit might not last the running time, things move in a different and unexpected direction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Just as you begin to worry that the conceit might not last the running time, things move in a different and unexpected direction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's an alertness here to the dynamics of domestic abuse that gives the film depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an alertness here to the dynamics of domestic abuse that gives the film depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A consciously downbeat film in which there can never be any guarantee of salvation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A consciously downbeat film in which there can never be any guarantee of salvation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

I went with the expectation that I'd see some good old-fashioned cyberpunk-inflected kicky-punch and was not disappointed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I went with the expectation that I'd see some good old-fashioned cyberpunk-inflected kicky-punch and was not disappointed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The performances that director Issa López gets out of the children, most of whom are new to acting, are extraordinary.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The performances that director Issa López gets out of the children, most of whom are new to acting, are extraordinary.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A natural crowd movie.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A natural crowd movie.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Horror has taken us to cabins in the woods many times before, but it has rarely done so with such spirit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Horror has taken us to cabins in the woods many times before, but it has rarely done so with such spirit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Without a doubt, Pesce is one of the most exciting young directors to emerge in recent years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Without a doubt, Pesce is one of the most exciting young directors to emerge in recent years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Anthony Scott Burns delivers some real chills but it's the positive aspect of the film, the sense that there's still room for joy in these difficult lives, that makes them so potent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Anthony Scott Burns delivers some real chills but it's the positive aspect of the film, the sense that there's still room for joy in these difficult lives, that makes them so potent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much of what follows is routine horror movie stuff but it's given additional weight by writer/director Padraig Reynolds' understanding of the after-effects of trauma.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much of what follows is routine horror movie stuff but it's given additional weight by writer/director Padraig Reynolds' understanding of the after-effects of trauma.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that understands its audience exceptionally well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that understands its audience exceptionally well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Good chemistry between Dufour and Champion means that their bond feels real and keeps us caring for them even during the silliest parts of the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Good chemistry between Dufour and Champion means that their bond feels real and keeps us caring for them even during the silliest parts of the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Expanding on the notion of loneliness and the importance of familiar places in our lives, Rocher brings in themes about emotional dependency, possessiveness and the ways we define our identities in relation to others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Expanding on the notion of loneliness and the importance of familiar places in our lives, Rocher brings in themes about emotional dependency, possessiveness and the ways we define our identities in relation to others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's some excellent effects work to recreate stage-blood and mummery, some real moments of tension and fright, but with four credited writers I wonder if it's trying in too many directions.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's some excellent effects work to recreate stage-blood and mummery, some real moments of tension and fright, but with four credited writers I wonder if it's trying in too many directions.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Van Dammen has bitten off much more than he can chew and lacks the experience to spit some of it out, but it's largely his ambition that makes things interesting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Van Dammen has bitten off much more than he can chew and lacks the experience to spit some of it out, but it's largely his ambition that makes things interesting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are the makings of a great film here but too much time is spent telling the story and not enough showing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are the makings of a great film here but too much time is spent telling the story and not enough showing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gonzalo Calzada's vividly atmospheric film is itself a space in which reality and dreams overlap, in which formal narrative structures break down as our heroine strives to gain control of her identity and destiny.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gonzalo Calzada's vividly atmospheric film is itself a space in which reality and dreams overlap, in which formal narrative structures break down as our heroine strives to gain control of her identity and destiny.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The presence of completists and super-fans is helpful, because you do not need to be either to enjoy Life After Flash.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The presence of completists and super-fans is helpful, because you do not need to be either to enjoy Life After Flash.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The whole thing is beautifully shot in far higher resolution than most viewers are likely to get the benefit of.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The whole thing is beautifully shot in far higher resolution than most viewers are likely to get the benefit of.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Evan Cecil delivers all the grisly scenes you would expect from this scenario, but they play out in ways that might surprise you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Evan Cecil delivers all the grisly scenes you would expect from this scenario, but they play out in ways that might surprise you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Played out as a grand, Fifties style Italian melodrama, the film is anything but dry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Played out as a grand, Fifties style Italian melodrama, the film is anything but dry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What Laugier lacks as a writer he makes up for as a director, aided by some high quality costuming and set design.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What Laugier lacks as a writer he makes up for as a director, aided by some high quality costuming and set design.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's too brainless and uncomplicated to make us think twice about the plot.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's too brainless and uncomplicated to make us think twice about the plot.

~ Gator MacReady -

The story itself is simple but the presentation makes this an unusual and intriguing piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The story itself is simple but the presentation makes this an unusual and intriguing piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When it's not busy trying to impress, the film conjures up a lot of atmosphere and succeeds in disturbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When it's not busy trying to impress, the film conjures up a lot of atmosphere and succeeds in disturbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though there's a soap opera character to the overarching drama, it's in subtle moments that the film excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though there's a soap opera character to the overarching drama, it's in subtle moments that the film excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Collier has created a portrait of the festival that will delight its longstanding fans yet which is thorough and insightful enough to be of interest to outsiders too.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Collier has created a portrait of the festival that will delight its longstanding fans yet which is thorough and insightful enough to be of interest to outsiders too.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's worth suspending disbelief for a tale that grips where it matters and, through its superb performances, serves as a potent reminder that there were real human beings at the heart of all the real life horrors.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's worth suspending disbelief for a tale that grips where it matters and, through its superb performances, serves as a potent reminder that there were real human beings at the heart of all the real life horrors.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ellery Bute and Todd Jeffrey's art direction presents us with picture postcard settings which conceal much darker things.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ellery Bute and Todd Jeffrey's art direction presents us with picture postcard settings which conceal much darker things.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a lot packed into Justin P Lange's downbeat horror fable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a lot packed into Justin P Lange's downbeat horror fable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're a fan of gleefully executed giallo-style carnage, you'll struggle to find a film that features quite as many murders as this one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're a fan of gleefully executed giallo-style carnage, you'll struggle to find a film that features quite as many murders as this one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What begins with shrewd character observation and a good deal of bitter humour gradually sheds its skins and becomes something more blatantly horrific.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What begins with shrewd character observation and a good deal of bitter humour gradually sheds its skins and becomes something more blatantly horrific.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The iconography of the feminine is twisted into something deadly.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The iconography of the feminine is twisted into something deadly.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Craine puts a lot of passion into her performance, making for a gutsy lead we can keep rooting for even when other aspects of the film are weak.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Craine puts a lot of passion into her performance, making for a gutsy lead we can keep rooting for even when other aspects of the film are weak.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not that it's bad - it's certainly entertaining in places - but genre-aware meta-commentary can all too easily feel like the kind of parody where the 'joke' is in the relief of recognition.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's not that it's bad - it's certainly entertaining in places - but genre-aware meta-commentary can all too easily feel like the kind of parody where the 'joke' is in the relief of recognition.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Dean Devlin's thriller is well structured and features cleverly thought out action sequences that maximise the potential in simple shifts of power.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Dean Devlin's thriller is well structured and features cleverly thought out action sequences that maximise the potential in simple shifts of power.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Await Further Instructions succeeds on all counts.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Await Further Instructions succeeds on all counts.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Any film that has both a fight director and a dance choreographer is probably doing something right.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Any film that has both a fight director and a dance choreographer is probably doing something right.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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

~ Jennie Kermode -

Manizha Bakhtari may not be a household name but after watching Natalie Halla’s documentary you’re likely to think she ought to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sung’s own camera plays tricks, placing objects too close in the foreground so that parts of an image are out of focus, like an incomplete memory.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The concept, narrative, dialogue, cinematography and action sequences are elements of Scanners that can't be faulted.

~ Donald Munro -

The film hangs on Pemberton’s performance, and he imbues Doug with a sweetness that makes us feel for him despite his deeply misguided actions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

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 -