This modern fairytale has its dark side, but it’s not as grim as something the Brothers Grimm would have concocted.

~ Luke Shaw -

This modern fairytale has its dark side, but it’s not as grim as something the Brothers Grimm would have concocted.

~ Luke Shaw -

This is a lovely, joyful film from writer/director Makoto Shinkai that will, alternately, make you smile and have you perched anxiously on the edge of your seat.

~ Jane Fae -

This is a lovely, joyful film from writer/director Makoto Shinkai that will, alternately, make you smile and have you perched anxiously on the edge of your seat.

~ Jane Fae -

McKellar delivers the huge chunks adeptly but there is simply monologue overload with little in the way of visual invention to lift it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

McKellar delivers the huge chunks adeptly but there is simply monologue overload with little in the way of visual invention to lift it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The phrase 'brave performance' is vastly overused but there's no doubt Stangenberg puts herself at some risk here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The phrase 'brave performance' is vastly overused but there's no doubt Stangenberg puts herself at some risk here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is less concern here with logic than with mood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is less concern here with logic than with mood.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everything is exquisitely shot and wonderful in its alienness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everything is exquisitely shot and wonderful in its alienness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gillespie and Kostanski's real talents become visible when it comes to the special effects work, and here the film excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gillespie and Kostanski's real talents become visible when it comes to the special effects work, and here the film excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The tensions are taut and the feelings genuine

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The tensions are taut and the feelings genuine

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film really shouldn’t work, but it does.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film really shouldn’t work, but it does.

~ Richard Mowe -

A charming and entertaining take on the film within the film scenario, with solid performances from all of its cast.

~ Evelin Toth -

A charming and entertaining take on the film within the film scenario, with solid performances from all of its cast.

~ Evelin Toth -

With their Day-Glo colours, singing and attitude to hugging, this is probably one of the few animations that will simultaneously appeal to the very young, any parents nostalgic for rave culture and grandparents who tuned in and dropped out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With their Day-Glo colours, singing and attitude to hugging, this is probably one of the few animations that will simultaneously appeal to the very young, any parents nostalgic for rave culture and grandparents who tuned in and dropped out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Maitland keeps his balance superbly and ensures that this telling has the force it needs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Maitland keeps his balance superbly and ensures that this telling has the force it needs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The humour itself is as light as a feather – a symbol used by Andeel in his animation to good effect – but the reaction from the regime(s) is about as subtle as a brick

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The humour itself is as light as a feather – a symbol used by Andeel in his animation to good effect – but the reaction from the regime(s) is about as subtle as a brick

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kirill Serebrennikov takes a fearless approach to filmmaking, unafraid of blending intellectual ideas with realistic settings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kirill Serebrennikov takes a fearless approach to filmmaking, unafraid of blending intellectual ideas with realistic settings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

He may provide too much shock detail for some audiences but the director proves himself a master story-teller.

~ Richard Mowe -

He may provide too much shock detail for some audiences but the director proves himself a master story-teller.

~ Richard Mowe -

Oliver Stone takes the story and gives it slick mainstream polish, bringing the issue home in a way that is understandable and urgent, even if his hero ends up seeming almost too good to be true.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Oliver Stone takes the story and gives it slick mainstream polish, bringing the issue home in a way that is understandable and urgent, even if his hero ends up seeming almost too good to be true.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Too much smoke and not enough mirrors.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Too much smoke and not enough mirrors.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Newley's acutely balanced performance lets us see the fear emerge in flashes as if he were coming up for air.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Newley's acutely balanced performance lets us see the fear emerge in flashes as if he were coming up for air.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's slow burn is gripping but, as it builds to a climax, the plot becomes overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film's slow burn is gripping but, as it builds to a climax, the plot becomes overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

Davies looks at questions of the soul, family, war, creativity and how to be true to yourself - all in stunningly beautiful images.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Davies looks at questions of the soul, family, war, creativity and how to be true to yourself - all in stunningly beautiful images.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Writer-director Alice Lowe takes a blowtorch to the picture postcard image of pregnancy.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Writer-director Alice Lowe takes a blowtorch to the picture postcard image of pregnancy.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Poignant and funny.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Poignant and funny.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You can turn it upside down, inside out and back-to-front and you might be able to work most of it out, but there will always be one thing that doesn't fit.

~ Gator MacReady -

You can turn it upside down, inside out and back-to-front and you might be able to work most of it out, but there will always be one thing that doesn't fit.

~ Gator MacReady -

Stewart valiantly tries to soldier through but cannot make her character spring to life.

~ Richard Mowe -

Stewart valiantly tries to soldier through but cannot make her character spring to life.

~ Richard Mowe -

After the initial disbelief that Jarmusch has written and directed a movie as simple and quiet as this, you settle into the rhythm of the piece and begin to appreciate the secret

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

After the initial disbelief that Jarmusch has written and directed a movie as simple and quiet as this, you settle into the rhythm of the piece and begin to appreciate the secret

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is very well acted, with an explosively complex lead performance from Russell Tovey and an equally expressive supporting turn from Arinzé Kene.

~ Owen Van Spall -

It is very well acted, with an explosively complex lead performance from Russell Tovey and an equally expressive supporting turn from Arinzé Kene.

~ Owen Van Spall -

In keeping with the hagiographic tradition, Hamy keeps his performance rather flat, but this is problematic for The Ornothologist as a film; its success as a piece of art is somewhat at odds with audience appeal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In keeping with the hagiographic tradition, Hamy keeps his performance rather flat, but this is problematic for The Ornothologist as a film; its success as a piece of art is somewhat at odds with audience appeal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alexander Surkala’s sumptuous cinematography makes the place look endlessly beguiling and, intermittently, delivers us into the kind of darkness that can only exist in contrast with such light.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alexander Surkala’s sumptuous cinematography makes the place look endlessly beguiling and, intermittently, delivers us into the kind of darkness that can only exist in contrast with such light.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a study of bitter, sorry people hurting each other using ancient memories, propelled like bullets via the power of fiction.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is a study of bitter, sorry people hurting each other using ancient memories, propelled like bullets via the power of fiction.

~ Owen Van Spall -

It is in the second half of Nocturama - which takes place in a department store by night - that Bertrand Bonello's prowess at showing us worlds closing in on themselves comes to full force.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is in the second half of Nocturama - which takes place in a department store by night - that Bertrand Bonello's prowess at showing us worlds closing in on themselves comes to full force.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A triumphant piece of filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A triumphant piece of filmmaking.

~ 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 -

Bayona knows how to turn the screw of sentiment, not so much jerking tears as gradually filling a well of sadness until it can't help but spill out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bayona knows how to turn the screw of sentiment, not so much jerking tears as gradually filling a well of sadness until it can't help but spill out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jenkins doesn't just show us the experience of his young protagonist, he bathes us in it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jenkins doesn't just show us the experience of his young protagonist, he bathes us in it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Allen's finest screenplay to date, filled with expostulating characters with relationship difficulties and hilarious interludes about the human condition.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Allen's finest screenplay to date, filled with expostulating characters with relationship difficulties and hilarious interludes about the human condition.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Manchester By The Sea is a masterful study of clumsiness.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Manchester By The Sea is a masterful study of clumsiness.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There are strong, even hilarious, performances throughout.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are strong, even hilarious, performances throughout.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Mauro Herce's cinematography is stunning and merges perfectly with the soundscape created by Emilio García Rivas.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mauro Herce's cinematography is stunning and merges perfectly with the soundscape created by Emilio García Rivas.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ree embraces the music as a collaborator, a voice that can channel the feelings of both the character and the story.

~ Paul Risker -

Ree embraces the music as a collaborator, a voice that can channel the feelings of both the character and the story.

~ Paul Risker -

Reyes establishes a sense of the well-worn ritual that Lupe has acclimatised to, as well as showcasing the restraints on his existence due to poverty and his outsider status.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Reyes establishes a sense of the well-worn ritual that Lupe has acclimatised to, as well as showcasing the restraints on his existence due to poverty and his outsider status.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is a poetic documentary, a reverie, in which partitioned themes offer differing perspectives on the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a poetic documentary, a reverie, in which partitioned themes offer differing perspectives on the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Just when you think you know this story, Oldroyd and Birch begin to show you that you don't.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Just when you think you know this story, Oldroyd and Birch begin to show you that you don't.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

To its great merit, the film does not go for romanticizing or exploiting this child's life-threatening dilemma and the impossibly difficult decision-making process can be felt throughout.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

To its great merit, the film does not go for romanticizing or exploiting this child's life-threatening dilemma and the impossibly difficult decision-making process can be felt throughout.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Dickson Leach makes good use of the countryside setting, to suggest the additional pressures that exist for farming families while allowing the environment to provide poetic interludes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dickson Leach makes good use of the countryside setting, to suggest the additional pressures that exist for farming families while allowing the environment to provide poetic interludes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the voice of Gertrude, Tilda Swinton seductively pulls us in, reading her letters sent from afar.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

As the voice of Gertrude, Tilda Swinton seductively pulls us in, reading her letters sent from afar.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Morris is good but has to work very hard to keep us interested.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Morris is good but has to work very hard to keep us interested.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film might wear its heart on its sleeve, but it is technically slick, well-acted, and laced with ear-friendly tunes. It is, in short, a proper musical.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This film might wear its heart on its sleeve, but it is technically slick, well-acted, and laced with ear-friendly tunes. It is, in short, a proper musical.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Kills On Wheels is a brutal and brutally funny thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kills On Wheels is a brutal and brutally funny thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Robert Greene's intriguing semi-documentary explores the event through a process not dissimilar to Chubbuck's own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Robert Greene's intriguing semi-documentary explores the event through a process not dissimilar to Chubbuck's own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film is not an encyclopedia entry but a living, breathing adventure ride into French cinema through the eyes and ears of the filmmaker.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This film is not an encyclopedia entry but a living, breathing adventure ride into French cinema through the eyes and ears of the filmmaker.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

I Am Not A Serial Killer strikes rhythmic beats with precision as the story progresses.

~ Paul Risker -

I Am Not A Serial Killer strikes rhythmic beats with precision as the story progresses.

~ Paul Risker -

The Innocents may well be a historical film but it still has plenty of relevance today.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Innocents may well be a historical film but it still has plenty of relevance today.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Indivisible is the best film to come out of Italy this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Indivisible is the best film to come out of Italy this year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Even when we are ready to dismiss something presented to us as 'scientific' evidence, we are still ready to swallow a lie if it comes with an emotionally satsifying coating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even when we are ready to dismiss something presented to us as 'scientific' evidence, we are still ready to swallow a lie if it comes with an emotionally satsifying coating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hell Drivers is a gem.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hell Drivers is a gem.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Anna Dorval as the transplant's recipient, Dominique Blanc's surgeon, and Emmanuelle Seigner's turn as the mother of the donor are all note-perfect.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Anna Dorval as the transplant's recipient, Dominique Blanc's surgeon, and Emmanuelle Seigner's turn as the mother of the donor are all note-perfect.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Kuosmanen constantly shifts perspective, asking us to view the situation from a different angle - and another place of emotional truth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kuosmanen constantly shifts perspective, asking us to view the situation from a different angle - and another place of emotional truth.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One of the film’s leading forces is its stunning visual composition.

~ Evelin Toth -

One of the film’s leading forces is its stunning visual composition.

~ Evelin Toth -

The film shimmers and provokes where it is least expected.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film shimmers and provokes where it is least expected.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cristian Mungiu is such a master of vivisecting human interrelations that we might almost overlook how he sets the tone with animals, vegetables and minerals.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cristian Mungiu is such a master of vivisecting human interrelations that we might almost overlook how he sets the tone with animals, vegetables and minerals.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is psychogeography, a place outback and beyond, where licit and illicit and moral and immoral are buried in shades of grey.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is psychogeography, a place outback and beyond, where licit and illicit and moral and immoral are buried in shades of grey.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film moves deftly between humour and poignancy, generating a strong emotional response in its quieter moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film moves deftly between humour and poignancy, generating a strong emotional response in its quieter moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director resembles a sniper who remains unseen, but whose presence can nonetheless be felt.

~ Paul Risker -

The director resembles a sniper who remains unseen, but whose presence can nonetheless be felt.

~ Paul Risker -

Frequently and not at all randomly, the film switches to colour, posing a charming riddle that reflects states of happiness or other kinds of intensity.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Frequently and not at all randomly, the film switches to colour, posing a charming riddle that reflects states of happiness or other kinds of intensity.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Magalhaes is superb throughout and perfectly in sync with the childlike perspective on events that Pesce brings us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Magalhaes is superb throughout and perfectly in sync with the childlike perspective on events that Pesce brings us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There is a minimalism to this that compels.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is a minimalism to this that compels.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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 -

In places it's very well scripted, astute and incisive, but for most UK viewers it simply won't translate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In places it's very well scripted, astute and incisive, but for most UK viewers it simply won't translate.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Frank's energy, together with Israel's rapid fire editing, keep the film appealing, though they may leave some viewers feeling worn out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Frank's energy, together with Israel's rapid fire editing, keep the film appealing, though they may leave some viewers feeling worn out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If this gang of ideas doesn’t quite hang together as it should, Benyamina still makes her mark with some brilliant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If this gang of ideas doesn’t quite hang together as it should, Benyamina still makes her mark with some brilliant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dash gracefully binds together her connections and contradictions - the point where the past meets the present, where the decision to stay or go is made, where both belief systems can combine.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Dash gracefully binds together her connections and contradictions - the point where the past meets the present, where the decision to stay or go is made, where both belief systems can combine.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Walker's performance as a woman mentally imprisoned by the strength of her own feelings is painful to watch, in a good way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Walker's performance as a woman mentally imprisoned by the strength of her own feelings is painful to watch, in a good way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We get to watch Lynch work on a sculpture, sit and smoke, or interact with his toddler daughter Lula in the present. Family photos and home movies light up the past.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

We get to watch Lynch work on a sculpture, sit and smoke, or interact with his toddler daughter Lula in the present. Family photos and home movies light up the past.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

To assume it's just another routine serial killer yarn is to miss the emotional subtlety and sharp analysis of contemporary Japanese mores that underlie the greater horror.

~ Jennie Kermode -

To assume it's just another routine serial killer yarn is to miss the emotional subtlety and sharp analysis of contemporary Japanese mores that underlie the greater horror.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Not a satire on the aspirations, colonial hangovers and intuitive racism of the Asian community in England's fraught and fractured land, but a detective story cluttered with high school nostalgia.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Not a satire on the aspirations, colonial hangovers and intuitive racism of the Asian community in England's fraught and fractured land, but a detective story cluttered with high school nostalgia.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Craig Shilowich's careful scripting avoids all the usual mental illness cliches and hystrionics to help us sympathise with her even in her most unpleasant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Craig Shilowich's careful scripting avoids all the usual mental illness cliches and hystrionics to help us sympathise with her even in her most unpleasant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though not entirely successful, Lee's adaptation certainly has balls.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though not entirely successful, Lee's adaptation certainly has balls.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Koolhoven wants all voyeurism of an exploitation flick while still expecting us to take his artistry seriously, and it's an unholy mix.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Koolhoven wants all voyeurism of an exploitation flick while still expecting us to take his artistry seriously, and it's an unholy mix.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You could make a film based on the achievement of almost anyone at the Invictus Games and you would be making Vinny's story

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You could make a film based on the achievement of almost anyone at the Invictus Games and you would be making Vinny's story

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Parker's reductive approach, more concerned with creating a hero than depicting a man, means it never achieves the impact that it ought to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Parker's reductive approach, more concerned with creating a hero than depicting a man, means it never achieves the impact that it ought to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With imagery that shifts seamlessly from the kawaii to the diabolical, not least in a darkly psychedelic sequence near the end, this is a film that really makes its mark.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With imagery that shifts seamlessly from the kawaii to the diabolical, not least in a darkly psychedelic sequence near the end, this is a film that really makes its mark.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Øvredal takes a handful of old tricks - a cheery song playing unexpectedly, lights blinking out in a corridor one by one, the tinkling of a bell - and uses them to chilling effect. The result is a film you really won't want to watch alone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Øvredal takes a handful of old tricks - a cheery song playing unexpectedly, lights blinking out in a corridor one by one, the tinkling of a bell - and uses them to chilling effect. The result is a film you really won't want to watch alone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Full of passing vistas, moments of lyricism, raw sex and emotions – all building to a portrait of youths trying to bond together to survive.

~ Richard Mowe -

Full of passing vistas, moments of lyricism, raw sex and emotions – all building to a portrait of youths trying to bond together to survive.

~ Richard Mowe -

For many viewers, the film will require taking a step back, ditching assumptions and making a conscious effort to listen. It's worth it. These girls have a lot to say.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For many viewers, the film will require taking a step back, ditching assumptions and making a conscious effort to listen. It's worth it. These girls have a lot to say.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The script takes an adult approach to emotions, even as it shows how childish a situation can become.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script takes an adult approach to emotions, even as it shows how childish a situation can become.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Denis Villeneuve's latest film may be about aliens visiting Earth but it's the people who hold his interest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Denis Villeneuve's latest film may be about aliens visiting Earth but it's the people who hold his interest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The closer the glance at the specifics, the more universal the plight becomes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The closer the glance at the specifics, the more universal the plight becomes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Effectively assembles footage and facts in a relentless barrage that just overwhelms you, while confidently establishing connecting threads that have terrifying implications.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Effectively assembles footage and facts in a relentless barrage that just overwhelms you, while confidently establishing connecting threads that have terrifying implications.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The filmmaker and her crew deserve a lot of credit for even managing to capture this lifestyle – not to mention following it for five years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Breslin, as so often, is the standout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The observational approach works against the director, slowing down proceedings and making it hard to see the wood for the trees

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lotus may love pretty things, but he doesn’t hold back on the gore.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With so much going on the only shame is that at this length the pirouettes in various directions are so brief, giving us a taste for ideas that are begging to be dug into further.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the film is generally a delight, the increasingly surreal third act can be hard to track.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

A patient, affecting study of human connection in unusual circumstances

~ Antoni Konieczny -

The irreverent score, the gothic art direction, and Mario Tosi’s kaleidoscopic, slithering cinematography coalesce into something mesmeric.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Like its subject, the film is a fusion of styles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An overflowing life is presented to us through archival interviews and film clips, and most revealingly through on-camera insights from O’Brien herself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The anxious impact of the airport is also brought home to us by the crowded nature of the animation, its expressionist rendering emphasising the strangeness of this environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For better or worse, Antonioni’s got his master stylist hat on here, even if it sometimes obscures his vision.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Feels like a bite-sized companion piece to The Invasion

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a good deal of depth and nuance to these relationships as Blichfeldt uses them to illustrate how a society which makes women dependent on men magnifies ever petty disagreement and sets them at odds with one another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The cinematography is deliberately downbeat. The narrative meanders as its hero does.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Anno, while acknowledging the history through the use of archive and via her interviewees, firmly accentuates the positives and the strides that have been made.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s no room here for the simple morality of the average horror film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though parts of the film are repetitive and others don’t quite knit together, there are some real gems hidden in there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The plot is not the film’s strongest point, but it functions well enough as a device through which to explore a troubled relationship.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pure joy from start to finish.

~ Anton Bitel -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Coogan is well cast in this tricky role, moving easily from humour to heartbreak..

~ Jennie Kermode -

I Am Love is social melodrama in the best traditions of Italian cinema.

~ Chris -

Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

~ Anton Bitel -

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An overflowing life is presented to us through archival interviews and film clips, and most revealingly through on-camera insights from O’Brien herself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -