The act of revenge here is presented not as an outlet for anger but as one of desperation, an emotion that runs through the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The act of revenge here is presented not as an outlet for anger but as one of desperation, an emotion that runs through the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zürcher's film may not follow traditional storytelling lines but it is bold in form and, for all its lack of story, memorable in content.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zürcher's film may not follow traditional storytelling lines but it is bold in form and, for all its lack of story, memorable in content.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For all that its often said "they don't make them like they used to" this is very, very close.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For all that its often said "they don't make them like they used to" this is very, very close.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Saleh Bakri is superb in the central role, at first chilling, then lurching between brutality and incongruous tenderness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Saleh Bakri is superb in the central role, at first chilling, then lurching between brutality and incongruous tenderness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has been impressively edited by Anne Fabini, so that despite the inevitable rough and ready nature of some of the footage captured under fire, the end result feels taut and cohesive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film has been impressively edited by Anne Fabini, so that despite the inevitable rough and ready nature of some of the footage captured under fire, the end result feels taut and cohesive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cinematographer Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson captures Iceland at its wildest and yet this is also a tale of intimacy without romanticism.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cinematographer Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson captures Iceland at its wildest and yet this is also a tale of intimacy without romanticism.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is really a film that rests on Slate’s charm, which fortunately she delivers in spades.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is really a film that rests on Slate’s charm, which fortunately she delivers in spades.

~ Owen Van Spall -

An astonishing début that marks out Ana Lily Amirpour as an extraordinary directorial talent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An astonishing début that marks out Ana Lily Amirpour as an extraordinary directorial talent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Awe inspiring.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Awe inspiring.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I wished for Billy Wilder's spirit from The Apartment to take over the tone just a little bit.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

I wished for Billy Wilder's spirit from The Apartment to take over the tone just a little bit.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Jennifer Kent's film creates something original, even frightening

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jennifer Kent's film creates something original, even frightening

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -