The movie works by getting under your skin in ways that you only realise when the situation turns sour.

~ James Benefield -

The movie works by getting under your skin in ways that you only realise when the situation turns sour.

~ James Benefield -

Rob &Valentyna In Scotland feels genuine, even heartfelt.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Rob &Valentyna In Scotland feels genuine, even heartfelt.

~ Andrew Robertson -

History replicated in the editing suite, composition compelling, illuminating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

History replicated in the editing suite, composition compelling, illuminating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A low-key, but fascinating, documentary.

~ James Benefield -

A low-key, but fascinating, documentary.

~ James Benefield -

A quietly humorous, gently endearing examination of one man's attempts to get his hands on the American dream.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A quietly humorous, gently endearing examination of one man's attempts to get his hands on the American dream.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Another documentary gem from the incredibly strong factual line-up at Sundance 2010.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Another documentary gem from the incredibly strong factual line-up at Sundance 2010.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

From the two-tone credit sequence to the jaunty camera angles, this is visually striking stuff.

~ James Benefield -

From the two-tone credit sequence to the jaunty camera angles, this is visually striking stuff.

~ James Benefield -

On the one hand this is a very personal tale of one family's struggle to make the best of trying circumstances, but on the other it is a stinging indictment on a political and economic structure that is stretching families to breaking point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

On the one hand this is a very personal tale of one family's struggle to make the best of trying circumstances, but on the other it is a stinging indictment on a political and economic structure that is stretching families to breaking point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is nothing to temper all the teenage angst bullshit.

~ Donald Munro -

There is nothing to temper all the teenage angst bullshit.

~ Donald Munro -

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

~ Chris -

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

~ Chris -

A work of chilling beauty, whose sparse, unforgiving landscapes can accommodate all manner of allegorical readings.

~ Anton Bitel -

A work of chilling beauty, whose sparse, unforgiving landscapes can accommodate all manner of allegorical readings.

~ Anton Bitel -

Not outright farce, too naturalistic to mug, but observational, behavioural comedy requires that we be looking from the same perspective.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Not outright farce, too naturalistic to mug, but observational, behavioural comedy requires that we be looking from the same perspective.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hansen-Love prefers to make her points through gesture and nuance and the film is all the better for it.

~ Jeff Robson -

Hansen-Love prefers to make her points through gesture and nuance and the film is all the better for it.

~ Jeff Robson -

By mixing the situations of a crime drama with dysfunctional family dynamics, the everyday becomes accentuated, meaning that outbreaks of violence are absurdly comic but still retain a nasty edge.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By mixing the situations of a crime drama with dysfunctional family dynamics, the everyday becomes accentuated, meaning that outbreaks of violence are absurdly comic but still retain a nasty edge.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Don't read this review... simply go and see it, for if ever there was a film that is best experienced without knowing a single detail, this unforgettable oddity from Greece is the one.

~ Andrew Grant -

Don't read this review... simply go and see it, for if ever there was a film that is best experienced without knowing a single detail, this unforgettable oddity from Greece is the one.

~ Andrew Grant -

What makes this documentary so powerful and so enjoyable is its intimacy with its subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What makes this documentary so powerful and so enjoyable is its intimacy with its subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A totally idiosyncratic creation, something that deserves to be relished for its bravado refusal to play by the rules.

~ David Graham -

A totally idiosyncratic creation, something that deserves to be relished for its bravado refusal to play by the rules.

~ David Graham -

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 -

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

~ 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 -