Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Bruce Lee is back, and he's Indonesian.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bruce Lee is back, and he's Indonesian.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A small, quiet, very personal piece that delivers a deeply layered and well acted tale.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A small, quiet, very personal piece that delivers a deeply layered and well acted tale.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Grim and unremitting, it's hard to go the distance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grim and unremitting, it's hard to go the distance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is not just a piece of history, it's a how-to guide with lasting relevance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is not just a piece of history, it's a how-to guide with lasting relevance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Vibrant, funny and ultimately touching, Leon's loose limbed narrative is an ode to both the tribulations of adolescence and the city in which it's set.

~ Neil Mitchell -

Vibrant, funny and ultimately touching, Leon's loose limbed narrative is an ode to both the tribulations of adolescence and the city in which it's set.

~ Neil Mitchell -

Unfortunately, the strong performances and engaging visuals come together to form a film that ultimately seems to lack direction.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Unfortunately, the strong performances and engaging visuals come together to form a film that ultimately seems to lack direction.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Subversive and incendiary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Subversive and incendiary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Las Acacias is a slow subtle film which focuses on the interaction of the three main characters within the bubble of the truck's cab.

~ Donald Munro -

Las Acacias is a slow subtle film which focuses on the interaction of the three main characters within the bubble of the truck's cab.

~ Donald Munro -

This is a deeply personal account of life in Palestine, and also one which sends out a strong political message.

~ Val Kermode -

This is a deeply personal account of life in Palestine, and also one which sends out a strong political message.

~ Val Kermode -

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 -

History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The choice of hand-drawn animation and its ability to demonstrate a magical realism allows the film to find the right distance from what is being depicted.

~ Richard Mowe -

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 -

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 -