Ferrer is wonderfully sleazy as Korvo and makes the perfect foil for Tierney.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ferrer is wonderfully sleazy as Korvo and makes the perfect foil for Tierney.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Gomes pays homage to the fantasy of colonial history while subverting it at the same time.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Director Gomes pays homage to the fantasy of colonial history while subverting it at the same time.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Snow White, the first full-length animated feature, shows a class that Disney has since run out of.

~ Gator MacReady -

Snow White, the first full-length animated feature, shows a class that Disney has since run out of.

~ Gator MacReady -

Most real, and at once divine, are the scenes in nature.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Most real, and at once divine, are the scenes in nature.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Some fans have become, as one admits, literally lost in the maze of the Overlook Hotel.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Some fans have become, as one admits, literally lost in the maze of the Overlook Hotel.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The story is not over, yet.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The story is not over, yet.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

~ Max Crawford -

The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

~ Max Crawford -

The references are messy, the gestures grand.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The references are messy, the gestures grand.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Lacks all charm.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Lacks all charm.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pablo Larraín's No is a resounding yes!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pablo Larraín's No is a resounding yes!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film has style, created as much by Max Greene’s atmospheric camerawork as Widmark’s bravura acting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has style, created as much by Max Greene’s atmospheric camerawork as Widmark’s bravura acting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is a weight of ideas here and they are sometimes too much for the script to bear.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a weight of ideas here and they are sometimes too much for the script to bear.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot in vivid colour and interspersed with some terrific songs, this is a formulaic story but a hell of a ride.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot in vivid colour and interspersed with some terrific songs, this is a formulaic story but a hell of a ride.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The introductory credits are among the most marvellous images seen on screen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The introductory credits are among the most marvellous images seen on screen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Akolkar’s documentary lets us glimpse the private couple who became lifelong friends.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Akolkar’s documentary lets us glimpse the private couple who became lifelong friends.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A sublime lesson in emotional manipulation through cinematic traditions.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A sublime lesson in emotional manipulation through cinematic traditions.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

An awe-inspiring experience.

~ Robert Munro -

An awe-inspiring experience.

~ Robert Munro -

João Rui Guerra da Mata and João Pedro Rodriguez’s film is a seamless and absorbing blend of essay film and hardboiled thriller.

~ Michael Pattison -

João Rui Guerra da Mata and João Pedro Rodriguez’s film is a seamless and absorbing blend of essay film and hardboiled thriller.

~ Michael Pattison -

She gives you that little bit too much that you don't want to see and hear. From Ave Maria to Polaroid Cocaine to a Shanghai encore, Ingrid Caven tells us stories as if we were little.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

She gives you that little bit too much that you don't want to see and hear. From Ave Maria to Polaroid Cocaine to a Shanghai encore, Ingrid Caven tells us stories as if we were little.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Are Bill Murray's fabulous presidential brogues what is worth remembering most, or are some of the statements about gender still valid commentary?

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Are Bill Murray's fabulous presidential brogues what is worth remembering most, or are some of the statements about gender still valid commentary?

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Mendes more veiled than unveiled and, at times, resembling the Virgin Mary, is wonderful, confused and tender.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Mendes more veiled than unveiled and, at times, resembling the Virgin Mary, is wonderful, confused and tender.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The sort of film that practically defines the festival experience, but that one could not ever imagine watching in any other context.

~ Anton Bitel -

The sort of film that practically defines the festival experience, but that one could not ever imagine watching in any other context.

~ Anton Bitel -

Fanning's sincere face in happiness and disbelief is the essence of the film.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Fanning's sincere face in happiness and disbelief is the essence of the film.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

And as Moreh probes the men, we, whether we agree with them or not, find ourselves drawn into their moral maze in all of its complexity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

And as Moreh probes the men, we, whether we agree with them or not, find ourselves drawn into their moral maze in all of its complexity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There is talk of his reaching a "transcendent place of nothingness", but this is not tranquil, this fading - it is distressing, discomfiting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is talk of his reaching a "transcendent place of nothingness", but this is not tranquil, this fading - it is distressing, discomfiting.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Self-hatred and lies, stuck on the merry-go-round of never-ending temptations... give Flight its tension.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Self-hatred and lies, stuck on the merry-go-round of never-ending temptations... give Flight its tension.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Rebollo, reinvents the Road Movie, just as Leos Carax does in Holy Motors.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Rebollo, reinvents the Road Movie, just as Leos Carax does in Holy Motors.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A film about film history may sound dry, but the stories captured here crackle with life and enthusiasm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film about film history may sound dry, but the stories captured here crackle with life and enthusiasm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Self indulgent, nonsensical and soulless scenes are woven together into a sentimental fog that hovers above the surface of a faux world, past and present.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Self indulgent, nonsensical and soulless scenes are woven together into a sentimental fog that hovers above the surface of a faux world, past and present.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

If the way Alina cries and hugs her friend hello, in between train tracks, does not trigger your empathy, you are possibly already dead.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

If the way Alina cries and hugs her friend hello, in between train tracks, does not trigger your empathy, you are possibly already dead.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

If you're a fan of gialli and horror all'italiana you'll enjoy playing spot the homage. If you're not a lot of the imagery and dialogue will simply go past you.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

If you're a fan of gialli and horror all'italiana you'll enjoy playing spot the homage. If you're not a lot of the imagery and dialogue will simply go past you.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There's some fun to be had among the commotion of the outbreak, but it all seems too stretched to really bite deep as either satire or schlock.

~ David Graham -

There's some fun to be had among the commotion of the outbreak, but it all seems too stretched to really bite deep as either satire or schlock.

~ David Graham -

A quietly enjoyable film with a sense of the old-fashioned about it and a few bursts of humour to cut through the air of melancholy and suspicion.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A quietly enjoyable film with a sense of the old-fashioned about it and a few bursts of humour to cut through the air of melancholy and suspicion.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Haneke goes far beyond pushing emotional buttons into territory where our most visceral fears lurk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Haneke goes far beyond pushing emotional buttons into territory where our most visceral fears lurk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -