A beautifully modulated and measured odyssey.

~ Richard Mowe -

A beautifully modulated and measured odyssey.

~ Richard Mowe -

Perfectly watchable and occasionally touching despite itself.

~ Richard Mowe -

Perfectly watchable and occasionally touching despite itself.

~ Richard Mowe -

Though the events unfold forward, the feel of Summertime is that of a pleasantly painful memory recalled backwards, clutching you emotionally as if you were looking at a faded photo album.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Though the events unfold forward, the feel of Summertime is that of a pleasantly painful memory recalled backwards, clutching you emotionally as if you were looking at a faded photo album.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Ever since Donnie Darko it's been clear that Gyllenhaal is something special, and here he really gets the chance to shine.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ever since Donnie Darko it's been clear that Gyllenhaal is something special, and here he really gets the chance to shine.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some just won't manage to connect but others will relish its intelligence and find it deeply moving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some just won't manage to connect but others will relish its intelligence and find it deeply moving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s lot of music along the way, thrown in to the mix in a none too subtle manner, although Streep manages to carry off most of it with verve and true grit.

~ Richard Mowe -

There’s lot of music along the way, thrown in to the mix in a none too subtle manner, although Streep manages to carry off most of it with verve and true grit.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film persuades viewers to zero in on the details by using its second scenario to invite constant subconscious questioning of what has changed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film persuades viewers to zero in on the details by using its second scenario to invite constant subconscious questioning of what has changed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are elements of courthouse film and elements of police procedural here, but the overall mood is closer to that of a Cold War spy thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are elements of courthouse film and elements of police procedural here, but the overall mood is closer to that of a Cold War spy thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Makes adroit use of the Beautiful Game's resonance in people's lives as a route in to a personal story.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Makes adroit use of the Beautiful Game's resonance in people's lives as a route in to a personal story.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

As cool as a multi-coloured popsicle.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As cool as a multi-coloured popsicle.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lost And Beautiful is filmed on expired 16mm film stock, in keeping with its themes, and the result is a delicate, watery palette which gives it a unique beauty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lost And Beautiful is filmed on expired 16mm film stock, in keeping with its themes, and the result is a delicate, watery palette which gives it a unique beauty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film feels fresh and real even to those of us who have been there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film feels fresh and real even to those of us who have been there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quiet and unassuming yet making some devastating points, Hamaguchi's film is shot with deceptive simplicity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quiet and unassuming yet making some devastating points, Hamaguchi's film is shot with deceptive simplicity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is by turns sad and disturbing - with occasional bouts of highly dubious dark humour.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is by turns sad and disturbing - with occasional bouts of highly dubious dark humour.

~ Richard Mowe -

Takes a bawdy idea and turns it into something far more complex.

~ Luke Shaw -

Takes a bawdy idea and turns it into something far more complex.

~ Luke Shaw -

If this weren’t a documentary, these five people would surely find themselves nestled in the pages of some postmodern epic.

~ Luke Shaw -

If this weren’t a documentary, these five people would surely find themselves nestled in the pages of some postmodern epic.

~ Luke Shaw -

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 -