This is clearly a labour of love.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is clearly a labour of love.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Worlds Apart is an assured, confident little film which takes a nuanced approach to a complex subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Worlds Apart is an assured, confident little film which takes a nuanced approach to a complex subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Huston wanted to make a film about racism, and succeeded.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Huston wanted to make a film about racism, and succeeded.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The script is bland and unimaginative, giving the actors little room to give personality to their characters.

~ Donald Munro -

The script is bland and unimaginative, giving the actors little room to give personality to their characters.

~ Donald Munro -

Like the heavyweight prize-fighter in his prime, this is documentary stripped back to its leanest form.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the heavyweight prize-fighter in his prime, this is documentary stripped back to its leanest form.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dvortsevoy shows us the fragility of life, through the birth and death of lambs, while also touching on the innate stoicism of families who live in this toughest of environments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dvortsevoy shows us the fragility of life, through the birth and death of lambs, while also touching on the innate stoicism of families who live in this toughest of environments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Intended as an examination of deja vu, this is, sadly, something we've seen before.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Intended as an examination of deja vu, this is, sadly, something we've seen before.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's a crisp film, well executed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's a crisp film, well executed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The directors have an enviable lightness of touch and a serious eye for the cinematic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The directors have an enviable lightness of touch and a serious eye for the cinematic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mainstream audiences may hate and critics may debate, but Synecdoche is a work of unmitigated, undisciplined genius.

~ The Exile -

Mainstream audiences may hate and critics may debate, but Synecdoche is a work of unmitigated, undisciplined genius.

~ The Exile -

As usual, Majidi’s characters speak much more through the environments they inhabit than through dialogue, allowing his films to be easily understood worldwide.

~ Maryam Ghorbankarimi -

As usual, Majidi’s characters speak much more through the environments they inhabit than through dialogue, allowing his films to be easily understood worldwide.

~ Maryam Ghorbankarimi -

Races furiously along, capturing perfectly the sense of a life fast spinning out of control.

~ Anton Bitel -

Races furiously along, capturing perfectly the sense of a life fast spinning out of control.

~ Anton Bitel -

This is brilliant work.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is brilliant work.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a movie that is not as frivolous as it first appears.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

This is a movie that is not as frivolous as it first appears.

~ Susanna Krawczyk -

A scabrous, at times shocking assault on the more idiotic aspects of religion, and the dangers that they pose in a society capable for the first time of bringing about its own destructive Apocalypse.

~ Anton Bitel -

A scabrous, at times shocking assault on the more idiotic aspects of religion, and the dangers that they pose in a society capable for the first time of bringing about its own destructive Apocalypse.

~ Anton Bitel -

It has no start, save its beginning, no end, save when it stops.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It has no start, save its beginning, no end, save when it stops.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is unpleasant, deliberately so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is unpleasant, deliberately so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Despite the central performances, Prince Of Broadway never quite grabs.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Despite the central performances, Prince Of Broadway never quite grabs.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's a familiar fable but it's beautifully told and it can really lift your spirits.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a familiar fable but it's beautifully told and it can really lift your spirits.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's incoherent in the extreme, the acting is pretty bad and there are heavy helpings of cheese, but for all that, it has a certain charm.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's incoherent in the extreme, the acting is pretty bad and there are heavy helpings of cheese, but for all that, it has a certain charm.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Funny enough (at least in a drunken crowd) to make your eyes water.

~ Anton Bitel -

Funny enough (at least in a drunken crowd) to make your eyes water.

~ Anton Bitel -

O'Horten's gentle, absurdist humour is perfectly complemented by a charmingly understated performance from Owe.

~ Jennie Kermode -

O'Horten's gentle, absurdist humour is perfectly complemented by a charmingly understated performance from Owe.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're a fan of B-movies - of nudity, gore, monsters, car chases, kung fu action and ultra-low-budget fun - then Not Quite Hollywood is a treat you can't afford to miss.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're a fan of B-movies - of nudity, gore, monsters, car chases, kung fu action and ultra-low-budget fun - then Not Quite Hollywood is a treat you can't afford to miss.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The movie's two main strengths are Max Schreck's compelling performance, as the eerily inhuman vampire, and Murnau's unparallelled ability to blend naturalistic and expressionistic elements.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The movie's two main strengths are Max Schreck's compelling performance, as the eerily inhuman vampire, and Murnau's unparallelled ability to blend naturalistic and expressionistic elements.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Jobson uses the inherent thrill of the hunt to pursue his concerns about the vast gulf between the haves and the have-nots, and the arrogant disconnect of those who view life as mere data on a screen.

~ Anton Bitel -

Jobson uses the inherent thrill of the hunt to pursue his concerns about the vast gulf between the haves and the have-nots, and the arrogant disconnect of those who view life as mere data on a screen.

~ Anton Bitel -

While there is nothing wrong with a fly-on-the-wall attitude to documentary making, more facts and a little number-crunching would go a long way to bolstering Gaja’s argument.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While there is nothing wrong with a fly-on-the-wall attitude to documentary making, more facts and a little number-crunching would go a long way to bolstering Gaja’s argument.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The strength of this story is its simplicity, yet, at a full two hours, that's also its weakness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The strength of this story is its simplicity, yet, at a full two hours, that's also its weakness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An excellent documentary, putting you so close to the action you can almost feel the sweat and taste the chalk dust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An excellent documentary, putting you so close to the action you can almost feel the sweat and taste the chalk dust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Unusually unnerving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unusually unnerving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A moment perfectly captured.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A moment perfectly captured.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is frequently not what you see but what you hear which holds the horror.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is frequently not what you see but what you hear which holds the horror.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you're looking for something to while away a weekday evening or waste a carefree afternoon, you're in for a treat.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're looking for something to while away a weekday evening or waste a carefree afternoon, you're in for a treat.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is a heartfelt cry for someone to stop these children being exploited so cruelly, but offers no easy answers.

~ Jeff Robson -

The film is a heartfelt cry for someone to stop these children being exploited so cruelly, but offers no easy answers.

~ Jeff Robson -

There's something in the presentation of him that grates, that discomfits. It is on par with the exploitation of children, an unkindness.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's something in the presentation of him that grates, that discomfits. It is on par with the exploitation of children, an unkindness.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Monaghan and Fessenden are cast perfectly and have a great onscreen rapport, reminding me of a re-vamped Abbott and Costello.

~ Darren Amner -

Monaghan and Fessenden are cast perfectly and have a great onscreen rapport, reminding me of a re-vamped Abbott and Costello.

~ Darren Amner -

Giving an honest, open look at the realities of growing old and dying, Crowley manages to steer clear of unnecessary gravitas without losing the heart of the story.

~ Robyn Jankel -

Giving an honest, open look at the realities of growing old and dying, Crowley manages to steer clear of unnecessary gravitas without losing the heart of the story.

~ Robyn Jankel -

Though the film is slow in places and Andreotti's ambiguity can sometimes leave the viewer feeling too disconnected, there are moments of real brilliance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though the film is slow in places and Andreotti's ambiguity can sometimes leave the viewer feeling too disconnected, there are moments of real brilliance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Line after line proves infinitely quotable... suggesting cult status as well as critical acclaim beckons.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Line after line proves infinitely quotable... suggesting cult status as well as critical acclaim beckons.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Household Gods is unsettling. It attempts further tricks to that end... New walls are created

~ Andrew Robertson -

Household Gods is unsettling. It attempts further tricks to that end... New walls are created

~ Andrew Robertson -

A taut thriller, rooted more in atmosphere, character and nail-gnawing suspense than the sort of sadistic gory excess that has otherwise typified this decade's horror.

~ Anton Bitel -

A taut thriller, rooted more in atmosphere, character and nail-gnawing suspense than the sort of sadistic gory excess that has otherwise typified this decade's horror.

~ Anton Bitel -

Where the film centres on Aimee and her foster parents, it works well, with solid performances and real energy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the film centres on Aimee and her foster parents, it works well, with solid performances and real energy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The central drama has lots of interesting potential but never quite develops as effectively as it might.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The central drama has lots of interesting potential but never quite develops as effectively as it might.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Grace marks the arrival of a thoughtful and reverent new talent to the genre.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Grace marks the arrival of a thoughtful and reverent new talent to the genre.

~ Tony Sullivan -

We feel rather as if we're watching Springtime For Hitler but with real gas chambers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We feel rather as if we're watching Springtime For Hitler but with real gas chambers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

They do, it seems, still sometimes make them like they used to.

~ Andrew Robertson -

They do, it seems, still sometimes make them like they used to.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Donen shows us how magic is made.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Donen shows us how magic is made.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Gerald McMorrow has conjured up a film that spans many genres, coupling inventive storytelling with a strong visual aesthetic.

~ Darren Amner -

Gerald McMorrow has conjured up a film that spans many genres, coupling inventive storytelling with a strong visual aesthetic.

~ Darren Amner -

Shyness has rarely had such a threatening undercurrent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shyness has rarely had such a threatening undercurrent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

See it for Kinnear’s career-best performance and a few effective scenes and pithy lines.

~ Jeff Robson -

See it for Kinnear’s career-best performance and a few effective scenes and pithy lines.

~ Jeff Robson -

It is refreshing to see a film which refuses to romanticise this subject matter.

~ Val Kermode -

It is refreshing to see a film which refuses to romanticise this subject matter.

~ Val Kermode -

Earnest, fun, but not quite right; a Tokyo cream tea.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Earnest, fun, but not quite right; a Tokyo cream tea.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A delightful film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A delightful film.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Once the walls start to move, there's barely a moment to catch your breath as sharp editing, clever camera angles and good use of sound, squeeze the tension of every moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Once the walls start to move, there's barely a moment to catch your breath as sharp editing, clever camera angles and good use of sound, squeeze the tension of every moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It could be worse. It may yet be.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It could be worse. It may yet be.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Everlasting Moments is one of those moments in cinema that comes along once in a blue moon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everlasting Moments is one of those moments in cinema that comes along once in a blue moon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lanners' script is witty and moves at a steady pace.

~ Darren Amner -

Lanners' script is witty and moves at a steady pace.

~ Darren Amner -

What he’s talking about and looking for is oddity masquerading as normality.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What he’s talking about and looking for is oddity masquerading as normality.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There's such a spirit of good humour and bravura low-budget creativity about the whole thing that it's enormously likeable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's such a spirit of good humour and bravura low-budget creativity about the whole thing that it's enormously likeable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Detached rather than indifferent.

~ James Benefield -

Detached rather than indifferent.

~ James Benefield -

A sombre film that never shows more than it needs to, and never allows its more outrageous or shocking moments to descend into sadistic spectacle or farce.

~ Anton Bitel -

A sombre film that never shows more than it needs to, and never allows its more outrageous or shocking moments to descend into sadistic spectacle or farce.

~ Anton Bitel -

An amusing confection, though it doesn't quite catch.

~ Andrew Robertson -

An amusing confection, though it doesn't quite catch.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This could have been a hatchet job... but McCormack’s film digs a lot deeper than that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This could have been a hatchet job... but McCormack’s film digs a lot deeper than that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rather than being just another culture clash story, this is a story about how the meeting of different ways of life can enrich both.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rather than being just another culture clash story, this is a story about how the meeting of different ways of life can enrich both.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Teachers everywhere will give a smile of recognition as an experienced teacher takes a new colleague through his class list – “nice, nice, not nice, not nice at all…”

~ Val Kermode -

Teachers everywhere will give a smile of recognition as an experienced teacher takes a new colleague through his class list – “nice, nice, not nice, not nice at all…”

~ Val Kermode -

Though it looks dated in some ways now, The Children's Hour has strong characters whom modern audiences will have no difficulty relating to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though it looks dated in some ways now, The Children's Hour has strong characters whom modern audiences will have no difficulty relating to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The will they/won't they nature of the romance - as different in essence to your average Hollywood hug-in as chalk from chihuahuas - is beguiling for those who can cope without the usual romcom signposts.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The will they/won't they nature of the romance - as different in essence to your average Hollywood hug-in as chalk from chihuahuas - is beguiling for those who can cope without the usual romcom signposts.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tom Hardy makes other movie hardmen look like they belong on the Muppet Show.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Tom Hardy makes other movie hardmen look like they belong on the Muppet Show.

~ Tony Sullivan -

A film that is in step with its contemporary Hollywood background, for better and for worse.

~ James Benefield -

A film that is in step with its contemporary Hollywood background, for better and for worse.

~ James Benefield -

Easily the best comedy I saw in 2008 and the first I can remember in years that I’ve wanted to immediately watch again.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Easily the best comedy I saw in 2008 and the first I can remember in years that I’ve wanted to immediately watch again.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ballast is absorbing because it bravely avoids dramatic cliches to deliver a more positive experience than might be expected.

~ David Graham -

Ballast is absorbing because it bravely avoids dramatic cliches to deliver a more positive experience than might be expected.

~ David Graham -

Like a succubus, Burstein simply attaches herself to the teens’ volatile emotions; it never seems to occur to her to pull back and examine a larger, more nuanced canvas.

~ The Exile -

Like a succubus, Burstein simply attaches herself to the teens’ volatile emotions; it never seems to occur to her to pull back and examine a larger, more nuanced canvas.

~ The Exile -

The differing perspectives of the participants show that our relationship with oil is complex.

~ Donald Munro -

The differing perspectives of the participants show that our relationship with oil is complex.

~ Donald Munro -

While it's enjoyable, even affecting in places, it's heavy handed and clumsy in others.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While it's enjoyable, even affecting in places, it's heavy handed and clumsy in others.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is impossible not to be charmed.

~ Anton Bitel -

It is impossible not to be charmed.

~ Anton Bitel -

The film is completely unabashed and utterly committed to delivering on its promise of adventure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is completely unabashed and utterly committed to delivering on its promise of adventure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

To make a film that is touchingly beautiful at the same time as dealing with very bad things is a remarkable achievement.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

To make a film that is touchingly beautiful at the same time as dealing with very bad things is a remarkable achievement.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This blending of the truth and invention is a key plank of Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke's work, which skates so close to documentary it is hard to spot the join.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This blending of the truth and invention is a key plank of Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke's work, which skates so close to documentary it is hard to spot the join.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

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 -