Thorough and insightful, Penta’s film benefits from fantastic editing (his own) and from a self-consciousness about the viewer’s gaze which aptly reflects the genre it’s exploring.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Thorough and insightful, Penta’s film benefits from fantastic editing (his own) and from a self-consciousness about the viewer’s gaze which aptly reflects the genre it’s exploring.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Tingler is a film that doesn't have much story and that takes so many narrative short cuts it is impossible to treat it with any seriousness, but it retains the potential to be serious fun.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Tingler is a film that doesn't have much story and that takes so many narrative short cuts it is impossible to treat it with any seriousness, but it retains the potential to be serious fun.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a complete disregard for any kind of consequence or continuity in this film, and you know that the rug could be pulled from under you at any second.

~ Nikola Jovic -

There is a complete disregard for any kind of consequence or continuity in this film, and you know that the rug could be pulled from under you at any second.

~ Nikola Jovic -

Though Hoult is as oddly charming as his abilities allow, Nicholas goes as close to the Full Cage as I've seen in a while.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Though Hoult is as oddly charming as his abilities allow, Nicholas goes as close to the Full Cage as I've seen in a while.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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 -

Vesely’s camera directs our attention very effectively and makes use of every aspect of the small set.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Vesely’s camera directs our attention very effectively and makes use of every aspect of the small set.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you haven’t knowingly observed a narcissist before, this may well make for fascinating and, indeed, cautionary viewing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you haven’t knowingly observed a narcissist before, this may well make for fascinating and, indeed, cautionary viewing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s Dastmalchian’s light touch which really makes it work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s Dastmalchian’s light touch which really makes it work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A superior quality horror film which amply justifies the hype it has attracted on the festival circuit, It Lives Inside is not to be missed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A superior quality horror film which amply justifies the hype it has attracted on the festival circuit, It Lives Inside is not to be missed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alongside the extreme and dramatic aspects of this story are all sorts of insidious little details which show the harm done by this kind of thinking in day to day life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alongside the extreme and dramatic aspects of this story are all sorts of insidious little details which show the harm done by this kind of thinking in day to day life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Give Me An A is a vital piece of filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Give Me An A is a vital piece of filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

While it's a road well-travelled, here it's a road travelled well.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While it's a road well-travelled, here it's a road travelled well.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Evil Dead Rise doesn’t add much that’s new to the franchise, but it does deliver on entertainment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Evil Dead Rise doesn’t add much that’s new to the franchise, but it does deliver on entertainment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cerezo and Gómez remind us that we are living through some of the strangest days our world has known right now.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cerezo and Gómez remind us that we are living through some of the strangest days our world has known right now.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Viewers can expect to find their sympathies shifting over time, and to disagree as to who deserves sympathy in any given moment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Viewers can expect to find their sympathies shifting over time, and to disagree as to who deserves sympathy in any given moment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Young Lister is a marvel, showing a remarkably sophisticated understanding of what her role requires as Lila, having suffered significant brain damage, gradually begins to require verbal and motor skills.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Young Lister is a marvel, showing a remarkably sophisticated understanding of what her role requires as Lila, having suffered significant brain damage, gradually begins to require verbal and motor skills.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Smarter than most films of its ilk and refreshingly free of misplaced sentiment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Smarter than most films of its ilk and refreshingly free of misplaced sentiment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the end it’s the boldness of its choices which really makes the difference.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the end it’s the boldness of its choices which really makes the difference.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Philip Barantini was responsible for 2020’s kitchen-set drama Boiling Point, and here he demonstrates the same mastery of tension.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Philip Barantini was responsible for 2020’s kitchen-set drama Boiling Point, and here he demonstrates the same mastery of tension.

~ 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 -