Being disorientated is part of the game of art - from William Shakespeare to the present.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Being disorientated is part of the game of art - from William Shakespeare to the present.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The subject of understanding and mystery prove a sticking point, with the film remaining so wilfully opaque that it is more frustrating than rewarding by the end credits.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The subject of understanding and mystery prove a sticking point, with the film remaining so wilfully opaque that it is more frustrating than rewarding by the end credits.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Through disguises, Plumb deconstructs societal expectations and performs a few answers to Sigmund Freud's famous question 'What does a woman want?'

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Through disguises, Plumb deconstructs societal expectations and performs a few answers to Sigmund Freud's famous question 'What does a woman want?'

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

If you're looking for something personal, something that dares to explore what is often avoided, this is well worth seeking out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're looking for something personal, something that dares to explore what is often avoided, this is well worth seeking out.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Riding along on the strength of its central mystery, They Will Return just about gets away with its unevenly paced story and variable acting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Riding along on the strength of its central mystery, They Will Return just about gets away with its unevenly paced story and variable acting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What is not in doubt is the raw emotion in this work - from Polley quivering with nervous energy as she watches her father read some of the more revelatory pieces of script - to the visible impact airing the family's dirty linen in public has on her sibli

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What is not in doubt is the raw emotion in this work - from Polley quivering with nervous energy as she watches her father read some of the more revelatory pieces of script - to the visible impact airing the family's dirty linen in public has on her sibli

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Don't expect anyone to smile in this humorous and provoking film.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Don't expect anyone to smile in this humorous and provoking film.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Sniadecki and Cohn draw us into this space at the same time as frustrating all notions of narrative, momentum or rhythm.

~ Michael Pattison -

Sniadecki and Cohn draw us into this space at the same time as frustrating all notions of narrative, momentum or rhythm.

~ Michael Pattison -

A fascinating watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A fascinating watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jazmin López’s debut feature is in narrative terms a bit too foggy to sustain one’s emotional engagement.

~ Michael Pattison -

Jazmin López’s debut feature is in narrative terms a bit too foggy to sustain one’s emotional engagement.

~ Michael Pattison -

Stark, beautifully observed, genuinely captivating, A Hijacking grabs its audience and does not let go.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Stark, beautifully observed, genuinely captivating, A Hijacking grabs its audience and does not let go.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Feels like an attempt to stretch out what should really exist as a short film.

~ Robert Munro -

Feels like an attempt to stretch out what should really exist as a short film.

~ Robert Munro -

Will best reward those who are prepared to pay attention and stick with its twirls and pirouettes until the complex pay-off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Will best reward those who are prepared to pay attention and stick with its twirls and pirouettes until the complex pay-off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

When it comes to what ultimately drove these two men to kill, Porto and Moors are more interested in difficult questions than easy answers and their film hits its target hard.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

When it comes to what ultimately drove these two men to kill, Porto and Moors are more interested in difficult questions than easy answers and their film hits its target hard.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Unquestionably and understandably harrowing, in places unbearably so, this reflection upon acts of murder, genocide and torture, told by the perpetrators themselves, is a masterpiece.

~ Merlin Harries -

Unquestionably and understandably harrowing, in places unbearably so, this reflection upon acts of murder, genocide and torture, told by the perpetrators themselves, is a masterpiece.

~ Merlin Harries -

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 -

Successfully finds insight and social commentary

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The pace of the action helps Handal to pack a lot in and his framing is inventive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A Teacher is not the most finely crafted film, but it is a cri de cœur.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

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 -

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 -