Unashamedly arty yet still packs an emotional punch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unashamedly arty yet still packs an emotional punch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The wolf cam POV shots are a charming if somewhat over-familiar device, accompanied by growling, and this helps to alleviate what is always the biggest difficulty for werewolf films: showing too much of the monster.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The wolf cam POV shots are a charming if somewhat over-familiar device, accompanied by growling, and this helps to alleviate what is always the biggest difficulty for werewolf films: showing too much of the monster.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A solid little thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A solid little thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sagal throws herself into the role with such force that’s a wonder the screen doesn’t break.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sagal throws herself into the role with such force that’s a wonder the screen doesn’t break.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This kind of quality is incredibly difficult to achieve with such limited resources.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This kind of quality is incredibly difficult to achieve with such limited resources.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pleasingly disconcerting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pleasingly disconcerting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The subtext here is much darker than the story itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The subtext here is much darker than the story itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may not be a highly polished film but it has a natural exuberance which is both entertaining and endearing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may not be a highly polished film but it has a natural exuberance which is both entertaining and endearing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What matters here is not so much the phenomenon itself, but the way that the characters become obsessed with it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What matters here is not so much the phenomenon itself, but the way that the characters become obsessed with it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Barlow and Senes let the situation simmer, with plenty going on to keep viewers entertained.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Barlow and Senes let the situation simmer, with plenty going on to keep viewers entertained.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The killings are varied and suitably unpleasant, albeit not quite as unpleasant as some of the characters, who, of course, receive their due.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The killings are varied and suitably unpleasant, albeit not quite as unpleasant as some of the characters, who, of course, receive their due.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s hard to imagine that [Poe] would have been anything other that appalled by this shoddy exercise in pilfering the most superficial aspects of his work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s hard to imagine that [Poe] would have been anything other that appalled by this shoddy exercise in pilfering the most superficial aspects of his work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Galán is extraordinary as the traumatised girl in a performance which requires a considerable amount of courage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Galán is extraordinary as the traumatised girl in a performance which requires a considerable amount of courage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though there is a melancholy aspect to it, Orchestrator Of Storms explores who Rollin was as a person with warmth and wit, and shares his enthusiasm for, as it is phrased here, ‘beauty in the grotesque and the morose and the opulent.’

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though there is a melancholy aspect to it, Orchestrator Of Storms explores who Rollin was as a person with warmth and wit, and shares his enthusiasm for, as it is phrased here, ‘beauty in the grotesque and the morose and the opulent.’

~ Jennie Kermode -

With a huge, raggedy string score by Daniel Reguera, the film is big on atmosphere and never gives one the sense that its protagonists wield much control over their destinies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With a huge, raggedy string score by Daniel Reguera, the film is big on atmosphere and never gives one the sense that its protagonists wield much control over their destinies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gets some of its pastiche spot on, but runs short of ideas well before the end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gets some of its pastiche spot on, but runs short of ideas well before the end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Corduner is on exceptional form and imbues the early part of the film with warmth and hope.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Corduner is on exceptional form and imbues the early part of the film with warmth and hope.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Next Exit shines because of its finely crafted script and the performances of its two leads, who work wonderfully together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Next Exit shines because of its finely crafted script and the performances of its two leads, who work wonderfully together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What begins as a collection of seemingly disconnected events gradually coheres with something of the chilling quality of an early Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What begins as a collection of seemingly disconnected events gradually coheres with something of the chilling quality of an early Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s not a great deal of depth to the adjacent narrative, but the film holds together pretty well, the pacing is good, and Cotton keeps us caring.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s not a great deal of depth to the adjacent narrative, but the film holds together pretty well, the pacing is good, and Cotton keeps us caring.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Accuracy is not the primary consideration here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Accuracy is not the primary consideration here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By turns enchanting and heartbreaking, it speaks to the troubled history of the 20th Century yet feels bang up to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By turns enchanting and heartbreaking, it speaks to the troubled history of the 20th Century yet feels bang up to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film full of great stories and packed with details which will fascinate fans.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film full of great stories and packed with details which will fascinate fans.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pennycoff works hard to keep audience sympathies shifting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pennycoff works hard to keep audience sympathies shifting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much more fun than, by any reasonable standard, it ought to be.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much more fun than, by any reasonable standard, it ought to be.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What makes all this work is the very straightforward and matter-of-fact way in which Dupieux approaches the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What makes all this work is the very straightforward and matter-of-fact way in which Dupieux approaches the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The struggle which follows is, in places, difficult to watch, especially for viewers who have been affected by such issues in their own lives, so Heimann sensibly leavens it with humour.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The struggle which follows is, in places, difficult to watch, especially for viewers who have been affected by such issues in their own lives, so Heimann sensibly leavens it with humour.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wonderfully uncomfortable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wonderfully uncomfortable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whilst Hounded doesn’t have a great deal to add to the premise, it does have well-drawn characters and a capable young cast who are well worth watching.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whilst Hounded doesn’t have a great deal to add to the premise, it does have well-drawn characters and a capable young cast who are well worth watching.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Skilfully crafted, The Harbinger is a rightly distressing, melancholy take on the events of the recent past and the troubles we still live with today.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Skilfully crafted, The Harbinger is a rightly distressing, melancholy take on the events of the recent past and the troubles we still live with today.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is pulled in multiple directions at once, and pulled apart.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is pulled in multiple directions at once, and pulled apart.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Made on a very small budget but getting away with it remarkably well, the film succeeds in challenging some popular assumptions about women who seek to become internet celebrities.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Made on a very small budget but getting away with it remarkably well, the film succeeds in challenging some popular assumptions about women who seek to become internet celebrities.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An homage to truly bad film-making - but it sails perilously close to self-parody

~ Richard Mowe -

An homage to truly bad film-making - but it sails perilously close to self-parody

~ Richard Mowe -

This kind of scenario is a treat for a good writer and death for a bad one. Jonathan Frank, working together with Mann, has done a decent job, and the actors have sufficient skill to make it work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This kind of scenario is a treat for a good writer and death for a bad one. Jonathan Frank, working together with Mann, has done a decent job, and the actors have sufficient skill to make it work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The dreamlike narrative gives Bruchon free rein to experiment with the constituent parts of the room, not just moving his camera around but creating a corridor from sheets and entangling his actors within them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The dreamlike narrative gives Bruchon free rein to experiment with the constituent parts of the room, not just moving his camera around but creating a corridor from sheets and entangling his actors within them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A treat for the eyes, if not the ears.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A treat for the eyes, if not the ears.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sadly a misfire from the Troma canon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sadly a misfire from the Troma canon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Very easy to like.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Very easy to like.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Comedy and horror are well balanced in a film which demonstrates a sharp understanding of social media but is also ready to deliver on the more explicitly gruesome side of the bargain

~ Jennie Kermode -

Comedy and horror are well balanced in a film which demonstrates a sharp understanding of social media but is also ready to deliver on the more explicitly gruesome side of the bargain

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cleverly shot throughout in a style which contributes to the claustrophobia of the family’s environment and speaks to where power is positioned.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cleverly shot throughout in a style which contributes to the claustrophobia of the family’s environment and speaks to where power is positioned.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The colour saturation in these images is simply delicious. Gorgeous costume work by Guido Bongiorno makes the most of it, and Rome itself seems to have set out to please.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The colour saturation in these images is simply delicious. Gorgeous costume work by Guido Bongiorno makes the most of it, and Rome itself seems to have set out to please.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rob Preciado’s film is beautifully crafted, a real labour of love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rob Preciado’s film is beautifully crafted, a real labour of love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everybody is glamorously dressed and there’s a lot of screaming and running about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everybody is glamorously dressed and there’s a lot of screaming and running about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are some smart ideas here which help to keep the film interesting even if they never quite achieve their potential.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are some smart ideas here which help to keep the film interesting even if they never quite achieve their potential.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though it shifts its focus into something much darker towards the end, the meat of it is in the father-son relationship, in their interactions and the ways that they observe each other.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though it shifts its focus into something much darker towards the end, the meat of it is in the father-son relationship, in their interactions and the ways that they observe each other.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters are wonderfully drawn, each with their own complexities which go beyond their reasons for doing this job, and the acting is strong all round.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters are wonderfully drawn, each with their own complexities which go beyond their reasons for doing this job, and the acting is strong all round.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The depth of character in the film lends it gravity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The depth of character in the film lends it gravity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What really holds it all together is Hawco’s down to earth performance as a detective striving to retain his focus on the practical side of the job.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What really holds it all together is Hawco’s down to earth performance as a detective striving to retain his focus on the practical side of the job.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Denovan is a capable lead but it’s Nsue who really stands out and, despite having less screen time overall, gets the most interesting character moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Denovan is a capable lead but it’s Nsue who really stands out and, despite having less screen time overall, gets the most interesting character moments.

~ 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 -