The imagery is almost dream-like, feverish and intense without straying away from reality.

~ Andy Stoeva -

The imagery is almost dream-like, feverish and intense without straying away from reality.

~ Andy Stoeva -

As Zürcher explores his protagonist's psyche, straining the limits of a pervasive sense of turbulence, he steers the narrative into a dream-like realm of refreshing sincerity.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

As Zürcher explores his protagonist's psyche, straining the limits of a pervasive sense of turbulence, he steers the narrative into a dream-like realm of refreshing sincerity.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

A confident and well-constructed tale that is built on the firm foundations of a great ensemble cast.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A confident and well-constructed tale that is built on the firm foundations of a great ensemble cast.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hunter delivers a riveting central performance, her silence speaking for a myriad women whose stories have been overlooked by history.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hunter delivers a riveting central performance, her silence speaking for a myriad women whose stories have been overlooked by history.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The script has a heartfelt carefulness but it is never preachy, with 'naughty' conversations about the home's teacher's willy exploding likely to have pre-adolescents (and adults who well remember these sorts of conversations) hooting with laughter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script has a heartfelt carefulness but it is never preachy, with 'naughty' conversations about the home's teacher's willy exploding likely to have pre-adolescents (and adults who well remember these sorts of conversations) hooting with laughter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Diaz has drawn partially on his relationship with his own mother and the specificity of place and time also help the tensions to feel authentic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Diaz has drawn partially on his relationship with his own mother and the specificity of place and time also help the tensions to feel authentic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A proper little indie with a lot of heart and inspiration

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

A proper little indie with a lot of heart and inspiration

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Ford is charismatic as ever as the whip-wielding hero, looking eternally hard-done-by but always up for more.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ford is charismatic as ever as the whip-wielding hero, looking eternally hard-done-by but always up for more.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Small children reciting old rhymes is surely one of the oldest tricks in the book for generating atmosphere but Ataka51 employ it with the smoothness of a tried and tested magician.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Small children reciting old rhymes is surely one of the oldest tricks in the book for generating atmosphere but Ataka51 employ it with the smoothness of a tried and tested magician.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite its tendency to lose sight of a unifying thread, Holy Electricity picks up a musical cadence, guiding the viewer through a series of moments that shine with a disarming honesty.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

Despite its tendency to lose sight of a unifying thread, Holy Electricity picks up a musical cadence, guiding the viewer through a series of moments that shine with a disarming honesty.

~ Sergiu Inizian -

Clarke’s utilisation of eerie Irish lore and the supernatural to explore very real horror, and the lifelong lingering aftermath of a single, damning moment, is a potent and unsettling brew.

~ James Gracey -

Clarke’s utilisation of eerie Irish lore and the supernatural to explore very real horror, and the lifelong lingering aftermath of a single, damning moment, is a potent and unsettling brew.

~ James Gracey -

To see it on any screen other than the biggest you can is to do yourself a disservice, and to miss it is to miss a masterpiece.

~ Andrew Robertson -

To see it on any screen other than the biggest you can is to do yourself a disservice, and to miss it is to miss a masterpiece.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It showcases Spielberg's gifts for light comedy, spectacle, and fairy tale celuloid sorcery.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It showcases Spielberg's gifts for light comedy, spectacle, and fairy tale celuloid sorcery.

~ Scott Macdonald -

By withholding information from us, Bareisa puts us in a similar headspace to the main characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By withholding information from us, Bareisa puts us in a similar headspace to the main characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We get to witness the birth of a new genre and are confronted with a violent American history that Hollywood fictions have previously not dared to tackle.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

We get to witness the birth of a new genre and are confronted with a violent American history that Hollywood fictions have previously not dared to tackle.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -

If it wasn’t for the excellent, immersive sound design from Chu-Li Shewring, you could easily believe you were watching a piece of silent movie found footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If it wasn’t for the excellent, immersive sound design from Chu-Li Shewring, you could easily believe you were watching a piece of silent movie found footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's ambition here that suggests this is the fragment of a feature that Nakhane has in mind.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's ambition here that suggests this is the fragment of a feature that Nakhane has in mind.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The unadorned observation of the physical aspects of the relationship in which middle-aged bodies are shown without artifice is one of the most hypnotic aspect of Naveriani’s vision.

~ Richard Mowe -

The unadorned observation of the physical aspects of the relationship in which middle-aged bodies are shown without artifice is one of the most hypnotic aspect of Naveriani’s vision.

~ Richard Mowe -

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 -