A deceptively smart, layered piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A deceptively smart, layered piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

De Filippis understands the value of the small stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

De Filippis understands the value of the small stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Perpetrator heralds the joyous rising up of a regiment of monstrous women.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Perpetrator heralds the joyous rising up of a regiment of monstrous women.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a lot of interesting work here and it’s startling to realise that it’s director Byun Sung-bin’s first venture into features.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a lot of interesting work here and it’s startling to realise that it’s director Byun Sung-bin’s first venture into features.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the most subtle films of the ongoing year.

~ Levan Tskhovrebadze -

One of the most subtle films of the ongoing year.

~ Levan Tskhovrebadze -

It’s a tremendously challenging role, in which Maadi excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a tremendously challenging role, in which Maadi excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Confident enough in its characters to tell its story without sensationalism or stylistic overcompensation.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Confident enough in its characters to tell its story without sensationalism or stylistic overcompensation.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

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 -

It’s thrilling to watch a filmmaker like Smith throw a wrench in the gears and deliver an unapologetic ode to outcasts that’s every bit as punk rock as its subjects.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s thrilling to watch a filmmaker like Smith throw a wrench in the gears and deliver an unapologetic ode to outcasts that’s every bit as punk rock as its subjects.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

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 -

The bond they have feels real and lived-in, their conversations full of the shorthand which develops over time between people who share almost everything.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The bond they have feels real and lived-in, their conversations full of the shorthand which develops over time between people who share almost everything.

~ 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 -

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 -

Jeffrey Schwarz, one of the most prolific documentarians working today and a man who has dedicated his life to redressing the balance in regard to LGBTQ+ narratives, is careful not to deliver only those stories which we have all heard before.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jeffrey Schwarz, one of the most prolific documentarians working today and a man who has dedicated his life to redressing the balance in regard to LGBTQ+ narratives, is careful not to deliver only those stories which we have all heard before.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A multi-layered journey into the filmmaking process.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A multi-layered journey into the filmmaking process.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There may be other movies this year that'll give you the wisdom of "gay Yoda" or that reflect the slippery "hobbies to terrorism" pipeline. There won't be many with public address announcements that blur the lines between unreliable narration and inner ear disorders

~ Andrew Robertson -

There may be other movies this year that'll give you the wisdom of "gay Yoda" or that reflect the slippery "hobbies to terrorism" pipeline. There won't be many with public address announcements that blur the lines between unreliable narration and inner ear disorders

~ Andrew Robertson -

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 -

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 -

This isn’t a plea for people to swap one source of authority for another. The focus is on encouraging us to think for ourselves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This isn’t a plea for people to swap one source of authority for another. The focus is on encouraging us to think for ourselves.

~ 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 -

With so much going on the only shame is that at this length the pirouettes in various directions are so brief, giving us a taste for ideas that are begging to be dug into further.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the film is generally a delight, the increasingly surreal third act can be hard to track.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

A patient, affecting study of human connection in unusual circumstances

~ Antoni Konieczny -

The irreverent score, the gothic art direction, and Mario Tosi’s kaleidoscopic, slithering cinematography coalesce into something mesmeric.

~ Antoni Konieczny -

Like its subject, the film is a fusion of styles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An overflowing life is presented to us through archival interviews and film clips, and most revealingly through on-camera insights from O’Brien herself.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Fiennes is lean in look and in performance, bringing an intensity that proves compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -