Marcondes' artistic mix of puppetry, traditional and computer-generated animation is a feast for the eyes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Marcondes' artistic mix of puppetry, traditional and computer-generated animation is a feast for the eyes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By paring the script down, there is plenty of room for sight gags and they are neatly realised and slick.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By paring the script down, there is plenty of room for sight gags and they are neatly realised and slick.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like a beautiful piece of filigree it is the detail that makes this short so beautiful, both in terms of its look and its narrative.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like a beautiful piece of filigree it is the detail that makes this short so beautiful, both in terms of its look and its narrative.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you only see one short film this year - make it this one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you only see one short film this year - make it this one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A deceptively polished work.

~ Chris -

A deceptively polished work.

~ Chris -

The technique is interesting and it's fantastical, Alice In Wonderland style imagery is a match for the track.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The technique is interesting and it's fantastical, Alice In Wonderland style imagery is a match for the track.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Big on atmosphere but low on specifics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Big on atmosphere but low on specifics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It has plenty of imagination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It has plenty of imagination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you like the Pixies even a little bit, this is a rare opportunity to experience them at their best.

~ Chris -

If you like the Pixies even a little bit, this is a rare opportunity to experience them at their best.

~ Chris -

Shakespeare said brevity is the soul of wit and in the case of Humans! he'd be spot on.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shakespeare said brevity is the soul of wit and in the case of Humans! he'd be spot on.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Funny, scary and races along at a fierce pace.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Funny, scary and races along at a fierce pace.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is clever, if distinctly odd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is clever, if distinctly odd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A little too reductive and juvenile.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A little too reductive and juvenile.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Careful facts started seeping down my neck until I was almost in a state of shock.

~ Chris -

Careful facts started seeping down my neck until I was almost in a state of shock.

~ Chris -

The more I thought about the cuddly critter after I'd watched this funny and heart warming short, the more I liked him.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The more I thought about the cuddly critter after I'd watched this funny and heart warming short, the more I liked him.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kramer truly gets to the heart of his protaganist’s handicap and helps you to see it more clearly.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kramer truly gets to the heart of his protaganist’s handicap and helps you to see it more clearly.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through the lens of the men’s romance, Onir takes in a good deal more, exploring the complex realities behind assumptions of prejudice and the myriad factors that go into making each of us who we are.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout the film there is a sense of play, and even as the story evolves to take on darker material, something of that lightness, that happy-go-lucky quality remains.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

~ 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 -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ 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 -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -