De Filippis understands the value of the small stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

De Filippis understands the value of the small stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s difficult to imagine the famously shrewd yet antagonistic Rustin being better cast.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s difficult to imagine the famously shrewd yet antagonistic Rustin being better cast.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Capturing the experience of living in a world where one’s gender doesn’t fit better than almost any other film to date, Preciado’s work is all about claiming space and present day narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Capturing the experience of living in a world where one’s gender doesn’t fit better than almost any other film to date, Preciado’s work is all about claiming space and present day narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film undercuts the pop psychology associated with sporting success, clearing the space in which to attempt a more honest account.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film undercuts the pop psychology associated with sporting success, clearing the space in which to attempt a more honest account.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is very much an insider’s perspective and brings to the fore the sort of everyday issues that anyone, anywhere might relate to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is very much an insider’s perspective and brings to the fore the sort of everyday issues that anyone, anywhere might relate to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautifully constructed piece of work in which every detail serves the whole, putting the tools of the epic at the disposal of a story which is intimate and delicately realised.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautifully constructed piece of work in which every detail serves the whole, putting the tools of the epic at the disposal of a story which is intimate and delicately realised.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The balance held between creepiness and fascination, sheer fun and lingering disturbance is held throughout.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The balance held between creepiness and fascination, sheer fun and lingering disturbance is held throughout.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is one of those very Californian tales in which the problems that most people in the world have to deal with simply don’t exist.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is one of those very Californian tales in which the problems that most people in the world have to deal with simply don’t exist.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the powerful allure of the romance in the film there is a lot more going on. An equal amount of attention is paid to the importance of identity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the powerful allure of the romance in the film there is a lot more going on. An equal amount of attention is paid to the importance of identity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For all the apparent chaos, this is a tightly controlled piece of work which fully delivers on the promise of Stolevski’s earlier films.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For all the apparent chaos, this is a tightly controlled piece of work which fully delivers on the promise of Stolevski’s earlier films.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much messier and more like real life than the average coming-of-age film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Much messier and more like real life than the average coming-of-age film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An emotionally engaging portrait of the struggles of life on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma

~ Jeremy Mathews -

An emotionally engaging portrait of the struggles of life on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma

~ Jeremy Mathews -

There are so many shots through things, boundaries, borders, thresholds, that we are primed for other barriers crossed. Those transgressions are not light ones, but in them is an abject honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are so many shots through things, boundaries, borders, thresholds, that we are primed for other barriers crossed. Those transgressions are not light ones, but in them is an abject honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

On the surface, this is a comedy of manners taken to extremes. Underneath is a layer of questions about intimacy and why some people feel the need to seek out strangers so that they can be themselves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

On the surface, this is a comedy of manners taken to extremes. Underneath is a layer of questions about intimacy and why some people feel the need to seek out strangers so that they can be themselves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Spiky, insightful and joyously unapologetic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Spiky, insightful and joyously unapologetic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Janis Pugh’s ability to blend crowdpleasing comedy and emotional poignancy should not be underestimated.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Janis Pugh’s ability to blend crowdpleasing comedy and emotional poignancy should not be underestimated.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film immerses us in the life of the city.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film immerses us in the life of the city.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A semi-autobiographical film with a potent sense of place, Almamula alternates between realism and fantasy, its camerawork reflecting the conflicting ways of thinking at its core.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A semi-autobiographical film with a potent sense of place, Almamula alternates between realism and fantasy, its camerawork reflecting the conflicting ways of thinking at its core.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All The Fires is a film built out of contradictions from which meaning gradually emerges.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All The Fires is a film built out of contradictions from which meaning gradually emerges.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Protagonist Adam (Andrew Scott) lives in a neatly furnished home, no longer feels the need to hide his sexuality, and tells himself he’s fine, but the music says otherwise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Protagonist Adam (Andrew Scott) lives in a neatly furnished home, no longer feels the need to hide his sexuality, and tells himself he’s fine, but the music says otherwise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a knowing humour to it which will resonate with disabled viewers … but other people should see the funny side too, and will, one hopes, not be too nervous to laugh along.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a knowing humour to it which will resonate with disabled viewers … but other people should see the funny side too, and will, one hopes, not be too nervous to laugh along.

~ 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 -

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 -

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 -

[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 -

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 -

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 -