This film doesn't just have one good idea, it has many, and it segues them together beautifully.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film doesn't just have one good idea, it has many, and it segues them together beautifully.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Patricio Guzmán has wisely chosen to step back and let the story unfold largely by itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Patricio Guzmán has wisely chosen to step back and let the story unfold largely by itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot almost entirely from the children's perspective, Arbeláez tackles universal themes of conflict and its impact on ordinary people without getting mired in specific politics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shot almost entirely from the children's perspective, Arbeláez tackles universal themes of conflict and its impact on ordinary people without getting mired in specific politics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is adapted from the book Elisa Kiseljak by Lolita Bosch and its origins hang like a millstone round its neck courtesy of ponderous and never-ending narration.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is adapted from the book Elisa Kiseljak by Lolita Bosch and its origins hang like a millstone round its neck courtesy of ponderous and never-ending narration.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A gripping and emotionally affecting consideration of the casual evils that men do.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A gripping and emotionally affecting consideration of the casual evils that men do.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lucy Walker's chilling documentary serves as a reminder that the threat of a nuclear bomb going off somewhere in the world to devastating effect has not diminished just because it has slipped from the public consciousness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lucy Walker's chilling documentary serves as a reminder that the threat of a nuclear bomb going off somewhere in the world to devastating effect has not diminished just because it has slipped from the public consciousness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a quiet and intimate film, filled with gorgeous natural images and soundscapes that speak volumes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a quiet and intimate film, filled with gorgeous natural images and soundscapes that speak volumes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The drama of Julia's modern life quite simply can't compete with the history lesson that has gone before.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The drama of Julia's modern life quite simply can't compete with the history lesson that has gone before.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Veteran actress Yun Jeong-hie, who came out of a 15-year retirement to take on the role of Mija brings a fragile beauty and strength to the part, lending her character an air of inscrutability that is intriguing rather than frustrating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Veteran actress Yun Jeong-hie, who came out of a 15-year retirement to take on the role of Mija brings a fragile beauty and strength to the part, lending her character an air of inscrutability that is intriguing rather than frustrating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Our view, through Bergé's eyes, is that of the melancholic, someone who has the object of desire but has lost the object-cause of desire.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Our view, through Bergé's eyes, is that of the melancholic, someone who has the object of desire but has lost the object-cause of desire.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -