It's as though the director is so in love with the striking visual aesthetic that he forgets the need to narratively connect the dots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's as though the director is so in love with the striking visual aesthetic that he forgets the need to narratively connect the dots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A White, White Day mingles some very dark dramatic moments with the comedy of the absurd.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A White, White Day mingles some very dark dramatic moments with the comedy of the absurd.

~ Jennie Kermode -

White Riot is as brisk, to the point and direct as any punk song of the period.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

White Riot is as brisk, to the point and direct as any punk song of the period.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

The whistling language is fun - and, if anything, disappointingly underused - but it's the language of cinema that Porumboiu is really interested in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The whistling language is fun - and, if anything, disappointingly underused - but it's the language of cinema that Porumboiu is really interested in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The deeper into the film we get, and the closer the realities of the war become to Unamuno, the more Amenábar and his co-writer Alejandro Hernández lean into the melodrama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The deeper into the film we get, and the closer the realities of the war become to Unamuno, the more Amenábar and his co-writer Alejandro Hernández lean into the melodrama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Westworld goes to some very dark places even before the androids become dangerous, but it does so in a way that's easily overlooked by viewers who identify with the amicable heroes and enjoy the ride.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Westworld goes to some very dark places even before the androids become dangerous, but it does so in a way that's easily overlooked by viewers who identify with the amicable heroes and enjoy the ride.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A charming pastiche of the whole SF genre.

~ Anton Bitel -

A charming pastiche of the whole SF genre.

~ Anton Bitel -

Lorcan Finnegan never allows us to lose sight of the absurdity of the situation, nor of the real life absurdities that it points up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lorcan Finnegan never allows us to lose sight of the absurdity of the situation, nor of the real life absurdities that it points up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is much to admire about this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is much to admire about this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Full of gruesome violence but with a lot of heart, VFW is best watched as part of an audience, or at least with a group of friends and a good quantity of drink.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Full of gruesome violence but with a lot of heart, VFW is best watched as part of an audience, or at least with a group of friends and a good quantity of drink.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though the scenery is vast and beguiling, Gille keeps his camera close, keeps the story small and personal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though the scenery is vast and beguiling, Gille keeps his camera close, keeps the story small and personal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Two of Us jolts the senses - you can smell when the hot pan stays on the stove too long and want to interfere.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Two of Us jolts the senses - you can smell when the hot pan stays on the stove too long and want to interfere.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Every cherished symbol of Canadianness is here, from maple walnut ice cream to a fleetingly glimpsed but narratively influential narwhal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Every cherished symbol of Canadianness is here, from maple walnut ice cream to a fleetingly glimpsed but narratively influential narwhal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In less sensitive hands than Kore-eda's, it could have come across as cloyingly introverted but instead there is wit and warmth in the observed relationship between the two women.

~ Richard Mowe -

In less sensitive hands than Kore-eda's, it could have come across as cloyingly introverted but instead there is wit and warmth in the observed relationship between the two women.

~ Richard Mowe -

It may be one of the finest performances you see this year, and see it you should.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It may be one of the finest performances you see this year, and see it you should.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This starts as a chamber mystery about blackmail where everyone involved is massively aware of genre conventions, and from there furls and folds into something else.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This starts as a chamber mystery about blackmail where everyone involved is massively aware of genre conventions, and from there furls and folds into something else.

~ Andrew Robertson -

At first glance it seems like a rollercoaster action movie but underneath it's full of ambiguities, hidden clues and red herrings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At first glance it seems like a rollercoaster action movie but underneath it's full of ambiguities, hidden clues and red herrings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Longstanding fans will enjoy her extensive contributions, as considered and witty as ever.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Longstanding fans will enjoy her extensive contributions, as considered and witty as ever.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Madá’s entrepreneurial spirit and take-no-prisoners attitude make her an entertaining central character but Kogut doesn’t lose sight of the ugliness underlying the situation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Madá’s entrepreneurial spirit and take-no-prisoners attitude make her an entertaining central character but Kogut doesn’t lose sight of the ugliness underlying the situation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rinland’s film encourages viewers to meditate on this subject whilst observing the artistic process.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rinland’s film encourages viewers to meditate on this subject whilst observing the artistic process.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This all-singing, all-dancing, big gun blazing, kangaroo-fucking anarchist had a style that was all her own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This all-singing, all-dancing, big gun blazing, kangaroo-fucking anarchist had a style that was all her own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tightly paced and styled after the manner of a 1940s creature feature, this is a film peppered with bad jokes and innuendo yet played absolutely straight between its two leads.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tightly paced and styled after the manner of a 1940s creature feature, this is a film peppered with bad jokes and innuendo yet played absolutely straight between its two leads.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As befits a film set on a rapid commuter train, the pace rarely lets up.

~ Owen Van Spall -

As befits a film set on a rapid commuter train, the pace rarely lets up.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A film which makes you rethink your perceptions and encourages you to ponder deeper questions of humanity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film which makes you rethink your perceptions and encourages you to ponder deeper questions of humanity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Synchronic is science fiction thinking about itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Synchronic is science fiction thinking about itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everything plays out within 80 minutes but you'll feel the impact of the crash for much longer.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everything plays out within 80 minutes but you'll feel the impact of the crash for much longer.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bigelow delivers a neo noir that hides its hope and redemption under a throbbing veil of paranoia, tension and adrenalin.

~ Stephen Carty -

Bigelow delivers a neo noir that hides its hope and redemption under a throbbing veil of paranoia, tension and adrenalin.

~ Stephen Carty -

Jan Vysocy’s soundscape is huge, overwhelming. It reminds us of the smallness of the human characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jan Vysocy’s soundscape is huge, overwhelming. It reminds us of the smallness of the human characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What the cumulative effect of masterfully restored newsreel may lack in action, it more than makes up for with the numbing, slow-burn sensation of being drawn under the spell of state-orchestrated mass mourning.

~ Matthew Anderson -

What the cumulative effect of masterfully restored newsreel may lack in action, it more than makes up for with the numbing, slow-burn sensation of being drawn under the spell of state-orchestrated mass mourning.

~ Matthew Anderson -

See Billy Crystal's name in a line-up like this and you probably expect wise-cracking comedy, but in fact this is a rare straight role for the actor and it illustrates what he's capable of when he really gets to flex his acting muscles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

See Billy Crystal's name in a line-up like this and you probably expect wise-cracking comedy, but in fact this is a rare straight role for the actor and it illustrates what he's capable of when he really gets to flex his acting muscles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some films only ever really work with an audience – in this case, preferably a drunken one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some films only ever really work with an audience – in this case, preferably a drunken one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With such a powerful story and a charismatic lead like Heston, it's hard to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With such a powerful story and a charismatic lead like Heston, it's hard to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nasiri is remarkable as the boy at the centre of it all, a child who is withdrawing into himself in the absence of reliable, consistent adult protection.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nasiri is remarkable as the boy at the centre of it all, a child who is withdrawing into himself in the absence of reliable, consistent adult protection.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This small, heartbreaking story illuminates much bigger issues.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This small, heartbreaking story illuminates much bigger issues.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nothing here is as peaceful as the various characters are trying to make it seem.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nothing here is as peaceful as the various characters are trying to make it seem.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Filmed in and around Iceland, the documentary encounters its participants in the course of their day to day lives – at home, at work or out and about – immediately dispelling many of the myths about their difference.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Filmed in and around Iceland, the documentary encounters its participants in the course of their day to day lives – at home, at work or out and about – immediately dispelling many of the myths about their difference.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When someone dies, there’s grief that feels real, as disorientating as any fever.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When someone dies, there’s grief that feels real, as disorientating as any fever.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Elegiacally epic camerawork sweeps over the snow-kissed landscape as lovingly as the man in a funny woolly hat plays Viking songs about Odin on his xylophone.

~ Kotleta -

Elegiacally epic camerawork sweeps over the snow-kissed landscape as lovingly as the man in a funny woolly hat plays Viking songs about Odin on his xylophone.

~ Kotleta -

Abdykalykov’s story is slight but its roots go deep.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Abdykalykov’s story is slight but its roots go deep.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Moody, poignant and rich in humour, the documentary unfolds with something of the character of a shaggy dog story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Moody, poignant and rich in humour, the documentary unfolds with something of the character of a shaggy dog story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The camera is, literally, down with the kids, at their eye level, drinking in their mayhem, their laughter and their viewpoint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The camera is, literally, down with the kids, at their eye level, drinking in their mayhem, their laughter and their viewpoint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Daniel Borgman elicits careful performances from his capable cast, working hard to get past the assumptions commonly made about people in these circumstances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Daniel Borgman elicits careful performances from his capable cast, working hard to get past the assumptions commonly made about people in these circumstances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A further challenge is the credibility of the chemistry - it's in two senses that a flame flickers between the Curies, and in both it convinces.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A further challenge is the credibility of the chemistry - it's in two senses that a flame flickers between the Curies, and in both it convinces.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The narrative manages to balance the personal with the wider world of space exploration while dealing with the issues of domesticity and family demands and the conflicts of pursuing a demanding work arc.

~ Richard Mowe -

The narrative manages to balance the personal with the wider world of space exploration while dealing with the issues of domesticity and family demands and the conflicts of pursuing a demanding work arc.

~ Richard Mowe -

Fennell explores the lasting effects of traumatic events with care, never making light of the situation even amid moments of comedy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fennell explores the lasting effects of traumatic events with care, never making light of the situation even amid moments of comedy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Racial discrimination, the fragile relationship between faith and science, post-Cold War anti-nuclear damnation… the script misses no opportunity to use an ape society for clever analogy.

~ Stephen Carty -

Racial discrimination, the fragile relationship between faith and science, post-Cold War anti-nuclear damnation… the script misses no opportunity to use an ape society for clever analogy.

~ Stephen Carty -

Deftly mixes observational comedy with an awareness of the brothers’ very real sorrows.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Deftly mixes observational comedy with an awareness of the brothers’ very real sorrows.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film generates a feel-good vibe even if beneath the pleasant froth lies a rather predictable polemic against the patriarchy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film generates a feel-good vibe even if beneath the pleasant froth lies a rather predictable polemic against the patriarchy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Details sparkle in the script too, pared back to only what is needed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Details sparkle in the script too, pared back to only what is needed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tim Mielants's quirky comedy is shot through with melancholy and holds a deep affection for its earnest hero even when he seems to be the butt of everybody's jokes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tim Mielants's quirky comedy is shot through with melancholy and holds a deep affection for its earnest hero even when he seems to be the butt of everybody's jokes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With its quirky characterisation and abrupt shifts of tone, this is an odd little film which will delight some viewers and befuddle others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With its quirky characterisation and abrupt shifts of tone, this is an odd little film which will delight some viewers and befuddle others.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Engages with an energetic and angry vitality as well as authenticity.

~ Richard Mowe -

Engages with an energetic and angry vitality as well as authenticity.

~ Richard Mowe -

Smutný gives us faces that will stories even when they're still, the weight of long experience etched into every line.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Smutný gives us faces that will stories even when they're still, the weight of long experience etched into every line.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Li is an incredible find.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Li is an incredible find.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With Petterson’s novel heavily focused on Trond’s inner life, it’s no easy task to bring it to the screen.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With Petterson’s novel heavily focused on Trond’s inner life, it’s no easy task to bring it to the screen.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It feels a bit like a box-ticking exercise at a funding body.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It feels a bit like a box-ticking exercise at a funding body.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The way ahead may be a little pre-destined but the director let's the tension drip through every beautifully shot moment by cinematographer Michal Englert - with the sort of imagery that could see her film achieve its own cult appeal.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The way ahead may be a little pre-destined but the director let's the tension drip through every beautifully shot moment by cinematographer Michal Englert - with the sort of imagery that could see her film achieve its own cult appeal.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Writer Jeff Murphy and director Adrian Shergold use the comedic pretext to explore themes around mental illness and the damage done to people in poverty by a system obsessed with meting out punishment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer Jeff Murphy and director Adrian Shergold use the comedic pretext to explore themes around mental illness and the damage done to people in poverty by a system obsessed with meting out punishment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is an extraordinarily intimate film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is an extraordinarily intimate film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Olympic Dreams brings warmth to these snowy vistas and finds a special kind of joy that might be impossible without the loneliness surrounding it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Olympic Dreams brings warmth to these snowy vistas and finds a special kind of joy that might be impossible without the loneliness surrounding it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This documentary is a treasure trove full of interesting bits and pieces many of which could easily provide enough material for a film in their own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This documentary is a treasure trove full of interesting bits and pieces many of which could easily provide enough material for a film in their own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Korean comedies are known for their quirkiness and The Odd Family combines this with a set of principal characters so wilfully obnoxious that it would be difficult not to like them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Korean comedies are known for their quirkiness and The Odd Family combines this with a set of principal characters so wilfully obnoxious that it would be difficult not to like them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Markovics intentionally pushes viewers out of their comfort zone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Markovics intentionally pushes viewers out of their comfort zone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brown gives the film the kind of iconic weight of past masters like Christopher Lee and Vincent Price.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brown gives the film the kind of iconic weight of past masters like Christopher Lee and Vincent Price.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brummer is the perfect choice to play Nick.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brummer is the perfect choice to play Nick.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ly wanted the people who have lived in these schemes to have the chance to tell their own stories, which gives Les Misérables an unerring sense of authenticity.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ly wanted the people who have lived in these schemes to have the chance to tell their own stories, which gives Les Misérables an unerring sense of authenticity.

~ Richard Mowe -

This is a romcom in which the comedy frequently comes at the expense of the romance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a romcom in which the comedy frequently comes at the expense of the romance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Do not see it with an empty stomach and a full wallet or they will soon be the other way round.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Do not see it with an empty stomach and a full wallet or they will soon be the other way round.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Luca Marinelli is excellent in the lead, balancing intensity with intelligence, convincing at every stage of Martin's journey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Luca Marinelli is excellent in the lead, balancing intensity with intelligence, convincing at every stage of Martin's journey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mother and son team Anca and Anghel Damian have created something special here by telling the story wholly from the dog's perspective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mother and son team Anca and Anghel Damian have created something special here by telling the story wholly from the dog's perspective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Oakley doesn't oversell the unnerving elements, instead letting them unsettle us as they settle on Ruth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Oakley doesn't oversell the unnerving elements, instead letting them unsettle us as they settle on Ruth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A work of such singular vision that it scarcely seems like the product of a team.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A work of such singular vision that it scarcely seems like the product of a team.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is full of daft but unforgettable moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is full of daft but unforgettable moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has an organic quality, seeming like another product of the land.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has an organic quality, seeming like another product of the land.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway reboots the genre by both using and subverting its conventions.

~ Jane Fae -

Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway reboots the genre by both using and subverting its conventions.

~ Jane Fae -

The comedic interplay between the two leads has that intimate quality like squabbling between family members.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The comedic interplay between the two leads has that intimate quality like squabbling between family members.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The music used is sufficiently varied that there will be something to please and something to annoy almost everyone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The music used is sufficiently varied that there will be something to please and something to annoy almost everyone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The potential for violence and creeping paranoia haunt the film, but though some elements of it may feel murkier than others, there's always a sense that Matulevicius and his cinematographer Narvydas Naujalis are in control.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The potential for violence and creeping paranoia haunt the film, but though some elements of it may feel murkier than others, there's always a sense that Matulevicius and his cinematographer Narvydas Naujalis are in control.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the quarry, just beneath the surface of the world as we normally see it, primitive impulses are never far away.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the quarry, just beneath the surface of the world as we normally see it, primitive impulses are never far away.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's much to enjoy here, from the gripping performances, particularly from Taujanskaité and Bagdziunas to the handsome cinematography from Denis Luschick, showing bags of potential in his first feature

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's much to enjoy here, from the gripping performances, particularly from Taujanskaité and Bagdziunas to the handsome cinematography from Denis Luschick, showing bags of potential in his first feature

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a gem of a role and Peretti allows himself to be fully absorbed by it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a gem of a role and Peretti allows himself to be fully absorbed by it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the narrative is hampered by a lack of self awareness, Feldman finds a way to turn it into something more poignant.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the narrative is hampered by a lack of self awareness, Feldman finds a way to turn it into something more poignant.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a melancholy undercurrent to the tale throughout, but that only makes its upbeat moments more delightful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a melancholy undercurrent to the tale throughout, but that only makes its upbeat moments more delightful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With beautifully drawn relationships and a fine central performance, The Garden Left Behind takes frequently politicised subject matter and reminds us of the human side of it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With beautifully drawn relationships and a fine central performance, The Garden Left Behind takes frequently politicised subject matter and reminds us of the human side of it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

James Wong's debut feature mixes a little psychic spookiness into the teenage body count.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

James Wong's debut feature mixes a little psychic spookiness into the teenage body count.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Keane himself is performing a tricky act here, juggling the real and the surreal while walking a tightrope of story.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Keane himself is performing a tricky act here, juggling the real and the surreal while walking a tightrope of story.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Coster-Waldau is a superb lead, distant in the way one would expect of a man going through such a difficult experience, yet compelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Coster-Waldau is a superb lead, distant in the way one would expect of a man going through such a difficult experience, yet compelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat but that also has something going on upstairs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat but that also has something going on upstairs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is immersive filmmaking, intense and absorbing all the way up to its unexpected ending.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is immersive filmmaking, intense and absorbing all the way up to its unexpected ending.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The disparate vignettes of Echo are held together by strange rhymes and resonances.

~ Anton Bitel -

The disparate vignettes of Echo are held together by strange rhymes and resonances.

~ Anton Bitel -

District 9 actually has some intelligence behind it and expects some in front of it, too.

~ Tony Sullivan -

District 9 actually has some intelligence behind it and expects some in front of it, too.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Beautifully acted all round, Driveways is a small film with a big heart.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Beautifully acted all round, Driveways is a small film with a big heart.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The sight of a four month old child standing upright on Snorri's hand, raised up above the water, will simultaneously awe and terrify many parents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The sight of a four month old child standing upright on Snorri's hand, raised up above the water, will simultaneously awe and terrify many parents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The jarring juxtaposition of sparkly, sexualised Seventies choreography and fire-and-brimstone Catholicism is absolutely key to a film that explores the mismatch between devout religious beliefs and modernity.

~ Anton Bitel -

The jarring juxtaposition of sparkly, sexualised Seventies choreography and fire-and-brimstone Catholicism is absolutely key to a film that explores the mismatch between devout religious beliefs and modernity.

~ Anton Bitel -

The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lines like “Funny how when the chopper falls everyone just accepts it” are disturbingly prescient.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lines like “Funny how when the chopper falls everyone just accepts it” are disturbingly prescient.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The trouble is that for all its visual elegance, Anderson Falls features some clichéd dialogue and leaden delivery.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The trouble is that for all its visual elegance, Anderson Falls features some clichéd dialogue and leaden delivery.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hákonarson's woman against corporate Mafia premise is solid enough but The County never manages to generate the emotional intensity that the feuding brothers brought to his previous film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hákonarson's woman against corporate Mafia premise is solid enough but The County never manages to generate the emotional intensity that the feuding brothers brought to his previous film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

LeVeck has more story ideas than are initially apparent and saves the best till last.

~ Jennie Kermode -

LeVeck has more story ideas than are initially apparent and saves the best till last.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film that takes no prisoners. It will live long in the memory.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a film that takes no prisoners. It will live long in the memory.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The beauty of Chicken Run is its refusal to accept modernity as having squatting rights in a Yorkshire state of mind. Park's heart is with the comics his dad read.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The beauty of Chicken Run is its refusal to accept modernity as having squatting rights in a Yorkshire state of mind. Park's heart is with the comics his dad read.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Daniel Vernon’s film is one of those meandering documentaries that starts out trying to do one thing and ends up going in directions that nobody involved seems to have anticipated.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Daniel Vernon’s film is one of those meandering documentaries that starts out trying to do one thing and ends up going in directions that nobody involved seems to have anticipated.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's usually Keoghan who gets the acting plaudits, but though he is good as a wannabe bad guy, it's Jarvis who provides the heft, in more ways than one here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's usually Keoghan who gets the acting plaudits, but though he is good as a wannabe bad guy, it's Jarvis who provides the heft, in more ways than one here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though they are archetypes with a predictable assortment of problems at home, the young people in this story all come across as real.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though they are archetypes with a predictable assortment of problems at home, the young people in this story all come across as real.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whatever else you think of it, it’s clearly a labour of love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whatever else you think of it, it’s clearly a labour of love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With dazzling visual effects and stunning sets, Brazil is a film that you should see on the biggest screen possible.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With dazzling visual effects and stunning sets, Brazil is a film that you should see on the biggest screen possible.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Narratively slight but stylistically lush.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Narratively slight but stylistically lush.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite all the ugliness in this story, it emerges as a celebration of the power of sisterhood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite all the ugliness in this story, it emerges as a celebration of the power of sisterhood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Creates a unique and eerily grounded suspense that transcends genre.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Creates a unique and eerily grounded suspense that transcends genre.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A film full of despair and tortured masculinity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film full of despair and tortured masculinity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is chiefly a character study of one man's humanity in the face of grief but it echoes the wider trauma of a nation that was decimated by hunger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is chiefly a character study of one man's humanity in the face of grief but it echoes the wider trauma of a nation that was decimated by hunger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every time we are away from the older generation, they're sorely missed and the action drags without their presence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every time we are away from the older generation, they're sorely missed and the action drags without their presence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A nicely observed drama with rounded, sympathetic characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A nicely observed drama with rounded, sympathetic characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is more melancholy in About Endlessness, however, than in his preceding 'Living Trilogy', as despite moments of humour and hopefulness, its dominant themes are regret and loss.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is more melancholy in About Endlessness, however, than in his preceding 'Living Trilogy', as despite moments of humour and hopefulness, its dominant themes are regret and loss.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A wonderful black comedy.

~ Nicola Osborne -

A wonderful black comedy.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through the lens of the men’s romance, Onir takes in a good deal more, exploring the complex realities behind assumptions of prejudice and the myriad factors that go into making each of us who we are.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout the film there is a sense of play, and even as the story evolves to take on darker material, something of that lightness, that happy-go-lucky quality remains.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

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 -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -