It quite subtly toys with the iconography of the genre - poking at the outlying parts of it, the parts dealing with "foreigness" and "home" rather than the more dependable elements of right and wrong.

~ Rory Ford -

It quite subtly toys with the iconography of the genre - poking at the outlying parts of it, the parts dealing with "foreigness" and "home" rather than the more dependable elements of right and wrong.

~ Rory Ford -

Judi Dench has become the living embodiment of fine acting, so much so that it is easy to take her for granted. Don't even think it!

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Judi Dench has become the living embodiment of fine acting, so much so that it is easy to take her for granted. Don't even think it!

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

While satirically entertaining in places it has too many threads competing for attention and ultimately runs out of steam.

~ Richard Mowe -

While satirically entertaining in places it has too many threads competing for attention and ultimately runs out of steam.

~ Richard Mowe -

No defense against a life less lived

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

No defense against a life less lived

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Possibly the best musical ever written.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Possibly the best musical ever written.

~ Gabriella Trybalska -

Cedar aims for emotional truth through visceral recognition and he succeeds in feeding our desire to understand what makes humans do the things we do.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cedar aims for emotional truth through visceral recognition and he succeeds in feeding our desire to understand what makes humans do the things we do.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

In the realm of the insane reason has no place. Anything is possible. Even the impossible

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In the realm of the insane reason has no place. Anything is possible. Even the impossible

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Noelle's transformation from mouse to maniac is also hard to swallow, even with Eastwood's hard sell.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Noelle's transformation from mouse to maniac is also hard to swallow, even with Eastwood's hard sell.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The splendour of the artwork is not matched by the tale being told, which is of the paint-by-numbers variety.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The splendour of the artwork is not matched by the tale being told, which is of the paint-by-numbers variety.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Quietly builds a testimony to the stoicism all of the 250,000 civilians who, at that time, remained trapped in the city.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Quietly builds a testimony to the stoicism all of the 250,000 civilians who, at that time, remained trapped in the city.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

Eternal greatness encounters sacrifice and the film dares to musically tackle questions of complicity in evil. Péguy's socialism, patriotism, and Catholicism mix well with the eager young actors. This is unlike any film you have ever seen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Eternal greatness encounters sacrifice and the film dares to musically tackle questions of complicity in evil. Péguy's socialism, patriotism, and Catholicism mix well with the eager young actors. This is unlike any film you have ever seen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film’s risks pay dividends dramatically.

~ James Benefield -

The film’s risks pay dividends dramatically.

~ James Benefield -

The Safdies invest their own knowledge of their home turf to give it all a frenetic and authentic sense of urgency.

~ Richard Mowe -

The Safdies invest their own knowledge of their home turf to give it all a frenetic and authentic sense of urgency.

~ Richard Mowe -

Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Debut feature director Francis Lee grew up on a Yorkshire farm and it shows in every inch of this film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's pretty torturous stuff.

~ James Benefield -

It's pretty torturous stuff.

~ James Benefield -

You'll laugh, and wince, and laugh again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

You'll laugh, and wince, and laugh again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The sense of poise created, as people move through spaces or talk back and forth, objects often leaving the frame in one direction as another enters from the opposite side, achieves a soothing rhythm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sense of poise created, as people move through spaces or talk back and forth, objects often leaving the frame in one direction as another enters from the opposite side, achieves a soothing rhythm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Carpignano is interested in the margins - and the fringes of those margins.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Carpignano is interested in the margins - and the fringes of those margins.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is fundamentally a film about the workings of infatuation with a charmed fever that contaminates its characters.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is fundamentally a film about the workings of infatuation with a charmed fever that contaminates its characters.

~ 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 -

Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Howard’s documentary is candid and enlightening.

~ Luke Shaw -

Howard’s documentary is candid and enlightening.

~ Luke Shaw -

Khlebnikov and Meschchaninova capture the essence of long-term relationships at the point when the firework bursts of highs and lows have been replaced by the dripping tap of minor annoyances that are becoming harder to ignore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Khlebnikov and Meschchaninova capture the essence of long-term relationships at the point when the firework bursts of highs and lows have been replaced by the dripping tap of minor annoyances that are becoming harder to ignore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -