A storyline that sometimes feels rushed or contrived is balanced here by a solid performance from Hartley and a tender one from Barlow.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A storyline that sometimes feels rushed or contrived is balanced here by a solid performance from Hartley and a tender one from Barlow.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The joy that Liu finds in the learning process is infectious and will itself give many viewers a new respective on the subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The joy that Liu finds in the learning process is infectious and will itself give many viewers a new respective on the subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a beautifully written script and the performances are top notch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a beautifully written script and the performances are top notch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quirky and a little uneven but appealingly sweet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quirky and a little uneven but appealingly sweet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Merricoffer's performance will keep you rivetted.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Merricoffer's performance will keep you rivetted.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brummer is the perfect choice to play Nick.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brummer is the perfect choice to play Nick.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This complex story is driven by its characters and blessed with a trio of impressive but unshowy performances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This complex story is driven by its characters and blessed with a trio of impressive but unshowy performances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Caudeli has a talent that goes beyond the mere provision of puzzles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Caudeli has a talent that goes beyond the mere provision of puzzles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Molocco’s performance is excellent and will make viewers feel for Molly even if they have no experience with this type of situation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Molocco’s performance is excellent and will make viewers feel for Molly even if they have no experience with this type of situation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Made on a very low budget, the film looks rough, but the performances are solid enough and the leads have real chemistry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Made on a very low budget, the film looks rough, but the performances are solid enough and the leads have real chemistry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The rather conventional structure of Yana Ugrekhelidze's film, which follows the couple over several years, serves to highlight the ordinariness of its subjects and the Kafkaesque nature of the invisible prison woven around them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The rather conventional structure of Yana Ugrekhelidze's film, which follows the couple over several years, serves to highlight the ordinariness of its subjects and the Kafkaesque nature of the invisible prison woven around them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Although it's shot on a low budget and lacks the polish of most of today's successful queer films, How To Fix Radios has an important contribution to make.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Although it's shot on a low budget and lacks the polish of most of today's successful queer films, How To Fix Radios has an important contribution to make.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A remarkably accomplished piece of storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A remarkably accomplished piece of storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's an obvious metaphor for aspects of life in the 21st Century, complemented by the textured look of Wexler's photography and the archive images which support the central narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's an obvious metaphor for aspects of life in the 21st Century, complemented by the textured look of Wexler's photography and the archive images which support the central narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Frequent close-ups build on the chemistry between the actors to capture that feeling when one individual suddenly seems bigger and brighter and louder than everything else in the world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Frequent close-ups build on the chemistry between the actors to capture that feeling when one individual suddenly seems bigger and brighter and louder than everything else in the world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an all too familiar kind of horror here which makes the first half of the film an uneasy watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an all too familiar kind of horror here which makes the first half of the film an uneasy watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through her focus on what might seem like a narrow issue, Lamorre mines a rich vein of history.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through her focus on what might seem like a narrow issue, Lamorre mines a rich vein of history.

~ 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 -

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 -