The film is well-served by its genre action sequences but it's the traces of grief that linger longest, like footsteps in the snow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is well-served by its genre action sequences but it's the traces of grief that linger longest, like footsteps in the snow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The plot pigs out on possibilities but the characters are great and if you can keep up with the speed of events you won't be disappointed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The plot pigs out on possibilities but the characters are great and if you can keep up with the speed of events you won't be disappointed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a powerful film that not only resonates with the recent cycle of films concerning rebellious girls, but with films made by indigerous peoples.

~ Sarah Artt -

This is a powerful film that not only resonates with the recent cycle of films concerning rebellious girls, but with films made by indigerous peoples.

~ Sarah Artt -

Some of the art is truly breathtaking, especially the star-filled skies, and the movement of the various animals we meet is beautifully observed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some of the art is truly breathtaking, especially the star-filled skies, and the movement of the various animals we meet is beautifully observed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though it finds humour, and may even be poking fun on occasion, it never feels disrespectful.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Though it finds humour, and may even be poking fun on occasion, it never feels disrespectful.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What the film lacks in allegorical subtlety it makes up for in depth of emotion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What the film lacks in allegorical subtlety it makes up for in depth of emotion.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The truth is, as much as Disney wants to inspire its young viewers, it also knows what sells.

~ Anton Bitel -

The truth is, as much as Disney wants to inspire its young viewers, it also knows what sells.

~ Anton Bitel -

Torun, who spent much of her childhood in the city, lets us get supremely close to seven exquisitely different felines.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Torun, who spent much of her childhood in the city, lets us get supremely close to seven exquisitely different felines.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A sensitive and well-produced account of a complex situation.

~ Seph Shewell-Brockway -

A sensitive and well-produced account of a complex situation.

~ Seph Shewell-Brockway -

This film is worth seeing simply for its National Geographic style snapshot of rural Mongolia.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film is worth seeing simply for its National Geographic style snapshot of rural Mongolia.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This simple story of the relationship between a boy and an eagle speaks to cinema at its most magical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This simple story of the relationship between a boy and an eagle speaks to cinema at its most magical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This documentary feels confined by constraints that should have been stripped away in the filming process.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This documentary feels confined by constraints that should have been stripped away in the filming process.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, presenting as well as producing, paints a bleak portrait of the impact of pressures on the seal trade.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, presenting as well as producing, paints a bleak portrait of the impact of pressures on the seal trade.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -