Likely to strike the strongest chord with couples who understand there's a double meaning to enduring love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Likely to strike the strongest chord with couples who understand there's a double meaning to enduring love.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Miyazaki's films linger for a long time, they can't be pinned down, their meaning won't dissolve on the horizon.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Miyazaki's films linger for a long time, they can't be pinned down, their meaning won't dissolve on the horizon.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Silver may succeed in pushing emotional buttons but its people's heads that need to be engaged in tackling this complex issue, not just their hearts.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Silver may succeed in pushing emotional buttons but its people's heads that need to be engaged in tackling this complex issue, not just their hearts.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Is Porumboiu simply seeing how much he can get away with? How far does this artistic experiment extend beyond the screen?

~ Jennie Kermode -

Is Porumboiu simply seeing how much he can get away with? How far does this artistic experiment extend beyond the screen?

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brings a sense of immediacy to events now far away in time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brings a sense of immediacy to events now far away in time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An object lesson in less is more, it makes an absolute virtue of its small cast and diminutive budget.

~ Paul Griffiths -

An object lesson in less is more, it makes an absolute virtue of its small cast and diminutive budget.

~ Paul Griffiths -

The investigation has a surreal aspect to it that stretches credulity while the final resolution seems unsatisfactorily far-fetched.

~ Richard Mowe -

The investigation has a surreal aspect to it that stretches credulity while the final resolution seems unsatisfactorily far-fetched.

~ Richard Mowe -

As a reflection of the mood and struggles of those seeking democratic change it is immersive and visceral even if its up close and personal approach means that the political sphere is rendered in broad brushstroke terms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a reflection of the mood and struggles of those seeking democratic change it is immersive and visceral even if its up close and personal approach means that the political sphere is rendered in broad brushstroke terms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

He takes the antihero into areas of sad you never knew you wanted to avoid.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

He takes the antihero into areas of sad you never knew you wanted to avoid.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What is so disarming about Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive is a scarce sense of appreciation - of the vampire couple for each other and the appreciation by both of them for what is great in the world.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What is so disarming about Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive is a scarce sense of appreciation - of the vampire couple for each other and the appreciation by both of them for what is great in the world.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This apparently meandering, unfocused story conceals an acutely observed portrait of a society in flux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This apparently meandering, unfocused story conceals an acutely observed portrait of a society in flux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Behind the surface simplicity of a father and son road trip lurks a sharp and bitter-sweet odyssey with a strong sense of satire.

~ Richard Mowe -

Behind the surface simplicity of a father and son road trip lurks a sharp and bitter-sweet odyssey with a strong sense of satire.

~ Richard Mowe -

Conversations are awkwardly stilted and lacking in the rhythms of natural speech.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Conversations are awkwardly stilted and lacking in the rhythms of natural speech.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film, like the cable car, is suspended and moving constantly between two points - not the embarkment station, which gives way to the lives of the present or the exit gateway to the temple of the past - but a continuum of fact and construction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film, like the cable car, is suspended and moving constantly between two points - not the embarkment station, which gives way to the lives of the present or the exit gateway to the temple of the past - but a continuum of fact and construction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shuttling back and forth between the families, Like Father, Like Son scrutinises words, deeds, allegiances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Shuttling back and forth between the families, Like Father, Like Son scrutinises words, deeds, allegiances.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film with all its large time leaps gives the impression not of something alien, long dead, but very pertinent to the now.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film with all its large time leaps gives the impression not of something alien, long dead, but very pertinent to the now.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Del Toro and Amalric with contrasting acting styles make a magnetic duo yet the ponderous detail of the therapy occasionally bogs down the film, so much so that even the two actors cannot surmount it completely.

~ Richard Mowe -

Del Toro and Amalric with contrasting acting styles make a magnetic duo yet the ponderous detail of the therapy occasionally bogs down the film, so much so that even the two actors cannot surmount it completely.

~ Richard Mowe -

Jealousy is a carefully constructed film with plenty of family ties for the director.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Jealousy is a carefully constructed film with plenty of family ties for the director.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film suffers from a profusion of good taste

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film suffers from a profusion of good taste

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

~ Richard Mowe -

The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is in these details, the small objects Jonze provides us with in his film of disembodied desires, that essences become distilled.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is in these details, the small objects Jonze provides us with in his film of disembodied desires, that essences become distilled.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Gloria has the instincts of an eagle and the courage to fly.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Gloria has the instincts of an eagle and the courage to fly.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The scripting is loose and Albertine - best known as the former guitarist with punk group The Slits - and real-life conceptual artist Gillick have the rawness that comes with first-time acting.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The scripting is loose and Albertine - best known as the former guitarist with punk group The Slits - and real-life conceptual artist Gillick have the rawness that comes with first-time acting.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Poignant and robustly entertaining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Poignant and robustly entertaining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As Hector, Lucio Gimenez Cacho embodies the three primary desires of any teenage boy: getting one's way, getting one's end away, and potato chips.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As Hector, Lucio Gimenez Cacho embodies the three primary desires of any teenage boy: getting one's way, getting one's end away, and potato chips.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The premise questions our storytelling conventions.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The premise questions our storytelling conventions.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A commanding painting of passions, relationships and enlightenment.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A commanding painting of passions, relationships and enlightenment.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The precision of Claire Denis' perplexities, the ardent blows that fire at the heart and the head, are unequaled in her film Bastards (Les Salauds).

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The precision of Claire Denis' perplexities, the ardent blows that fire at the heart and the head, are unequaled in her film Bastards (Les Salauds).

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Hogg has been praised for her bravery in making films about the contemporary middle class and she has certainly succeeded again here, sedately unfolding a web of universal issues with a deceptive simplicity.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Hogg has been praised for her bravery in making films about the contemporary middle class and she has certainly succeeded again here, sedately unfolding a web of universal issues with a deceptive simplicity.

~ Paul Griffiths -

It's a courageous performance in more ways than one.

~ Richard Mowe -

It's a courageous performance in more ways than one.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film trundles along quite merrily without much plot, easily driven by the tension of the original premise.

~ Max Crawford -

The film trundles along quite merrily without much plot, easily driven by the tension of the original premise.

~ Max Crawford -

Breillat shows from her own experience with having suffered a stroke and the camera tells of the hospital and the patient's progress in a tone that is unsentimental, poignant, free.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Breillat shows from her own experience with having suffered a stroke and the camera tells of the hospital and the patient's progress in a tone that is unsentimental, poignant, free.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

~ Scott Macdonald -

This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

~ Scott Macdonald -

One of this year's must-see films, this is not simply a worthy tribute of a subject too often ignored by Hollywood; it's also a remarkable piece of cinema in its own right.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of this year's must-see films, this is not simply a worthy tribute of a subject too often ignored by Hollywood; it's also a remarkable piece of cinema in its own right.

~ 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 -