If you're a fan of tense crime thrillers full of scares and mystery, then it may not be for you - but it's certainly about you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're a fan of tense crime thrillers full of scares and mystery, then it may not be for you - but it's certainly about you.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The steady - but never sluggish - pace allows the characters to live and breathe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The steady - but never sluggish - pace allows the characters to live and breathe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

~ Nicky Falkof -

The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

~ Nicky Falkof -

Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.

~ Lindis Kipp -

This is a tale which rewards the intelligent viewer and, ultimately, has much more to say for itself than the average crime thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a tale which rewards the intelligent viewer and, ultimately, has much more to say for itself than the average crime thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Singer and McQuarrie expertly sustain a rich and tantalising conceit, keeping the reader guessing to a superb climax – and beyond.

~ Jeff Robson -

Singer and McQuarrie expertly sustain a rich and tantalising conceit, keeping the reader guessing to a superb climax – and beyond.

~ Jeff Robson -

What really stands out in Tyrannosaur, however, are the towering performances.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What really stands out in Tyrannosaur, however, are the towering performances.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A stunning film, Malick's greatest work to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A stunning film, Malick's greatest work to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There have been great police corruption movies - Sidney Lumet's Q&A comes to mind - but usually they are more subtle than this.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There have been great police corruption movies - Sidney Lumet's Q&A comes to mind - but usually they are more subtle than this.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The characters in the film are very much 2D.

~ Donald Munro -

The characters in the film are very much 2D.

~ Donald Munro -

The idea of the cyclical nature of love and life is ripe for exploration and Margot is a pleasingly complex character, whose motivations are believable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The idea of the cyclical nature of love and life is ripe for exploration and Margot is a pleasingly complex character, whose motivations are believable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Those looking for drama might be advised to steer clear, but for anyone willing to fall into the film's gentle ruminatory rhythm, it is a visual treat

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Those looking for drama might be advised to steer clear, but for anyone willing to fall into the film's gentle ruminatory rhythm, it is a visual treat

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is directionless and charmless.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is directionless and charmless.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Bigelow delivers a neo noir that hides its hope and redemption under a throbbing veil of paranoia, tension and adrenalin.

~ Stephen Carty -

Bigelow delivers a neo noir that hides its hope and redemption under a throbbing veil of paranoia, tension and adrenalin.

~ Stephen Carty -

Layer in the realisation that what you are seeing actually happened and the result takes you beyond disturbing into that place where your skin starts to creep and your brain crawls into the foetal position.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Layer in the realisation that what you are seeing actually happened and the result takes you beyond disturbing into that place where your skin starts to creep and your brain crawls into the foetal position.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fascinating throughout but often difficult to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fascinating throughout but often difficult to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The parallel stories of the two serial killers exponentially increase the tension of the whole and this unrelenting film never lets the audience relax.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The parallel stories of the two serial killers exponentially increase the tension of the whole and this unrelenting film never lets the audience relax.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Fassbender and Mulligan burn white hot in the central pairing, their emotional maelstrom magnetic even when no dialogue is used.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fassbender and Mulligan burn white hot in the central pairing, their emotional maelstrom magnetic even when no dialogue is used.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a sense that we are glimpsing a society in flux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a sense that we are glimpsing a society in flux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Se7en is filthier than a dead stray dog at the bottom of a New Jersey toxic waste dump.

~ Gator MacReady -

Se7en is filthier than a dead stray dog at the bottom of a New Jersey toxic waste dump.

~ Gator MacReady -

Where the children's stories feel as nostalgically sweet as a Sherbet Dib-Dab and Delpy has always had a good feel for the comedy of discomfort, she fails to hold back and ultimately pushes the adults into caricature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Where the children's stories feel as nostalgically sweet as a Sherbet Dib-Dab and Delpy has always had a good feel for the comedy of discomfort, she fails to hold back and ultimately pushes the adults into caricature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tarantino's talent for dialogue is what catapults Dogs into instant-classic status.

~ Gary Duncan -

Tarantino's talent for dialogue is what catapults Dogs into instant-classic status.

~ Gary Duncan -

Stick a Johnny Cash CD on, fix yourself a JD and a Bud, then settle down for some good, thoroughly unclean fun.

~ Jeff Robson -

Stick a Johnny Cash CD on, fix yourself a JD and a Bud, then settle down for some good, thoroughly unclean fun.

~ Jeff Robson -

Like the chocolate at its heart, Améris' film is sweet, a little indulgent and over all-too-quickly but leaves a lingering glow of happiness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the chocolate at its heart, Améris' film is sweet, a little indulgent and over all-too-quickly but leaves a lingering glow of happiness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ultimately the in-your-face style and confusing story stop the emotions from getting truly under your skin.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ultimately the in-your-face style and confusing story stop the emotions from getting truly under your skin.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While on the surface Pride And Glory seems to have cynicism coming out of every pore and revolves around the world of dirty officers, at its core it's actually a love-letter to honest cops.

~ Stephen Carty -

While on the surface Pride And Glory seems to have cynicism coming out of every pore and revolves around the world of dirty officers, at its core it's actually a love-letter to honest cops.

~ Stephen Carty -

If you see one dance film in your life, see this one with those 3D glasses.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

If you see one dance film in your life, see this one with those 3D glasses.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There's an awareness here that's missing from many such tales, a more astute take on how disability and society interact.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's an awareness here that's missing from many such tales, a more astute take on how disability and society interact.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Watching Panic is like tracing your finger around the blueprint of a roller coaster ride, instead of actually riding it.

~ Trash Fletcher -

Watching Panic is like tracing your finger around the blueprint of a roller coaster ride, instead of actually riding it.

~ Trash Fletcher -

It’s one of the most perfect examples of this quintessentially American genre that I’ve ever seen

~ Jeff Robson -

It’s one of the most perfect examples of this quintessentially American genre that I’ve ever seen

~ Jeff Robson -

Penn is powerful; Bacon is sharp; Robbins is troubled; Fishburne is alert. Having them here is a privilege and a pleasure

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Penn is powerful; Bacon is sharp; Robbins is troubled; Fishburne is alert. Having them here is a privilege and a pleasure

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Structured like a Greek tragedy, steeped in Gothic gloom, this is a bold and dramatic tale but also a sly one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Structured like a Greek tragedy, steeped in Gothic gloom, this is a bold and dramatic tale but also a sly one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Naranjo never lets the tension slip and finds ways to make the situation worse for his hapless heroine while still keeping the narrative firmly in the realms of fact not fantasy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Naranjo never lets the tension slip and finds ways to make the situation worse for his hapless heroine while still keeping the narrative firmly in the realms of fact not fantasy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Classic Coen Bros.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Classic Coen Bros.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A complex thriller, deftly handled.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A complex thriller, deftly handled.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film about photographers, by photographers, for photographers, and every bit of it a visual delight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film about photographers, by photographers, for photographers, and every bit of it a visual delight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Half-formed ideas about the nature of family and responsibility can be glimpsed but the action ends with a whimper rather than a bang.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Half-formed ideas about the nature of family and responsibility can be glimpsed but the action ends with a whimper rather than a bang.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Enjoyable to a point but frustratingly convoluted at times

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Enjoyable to a point but frustratingly convoluted at times

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What is unexpected in this self-conscious pander to the cult of genre cinema is the violence. It lacks the dignity of constraint.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What is unexpected in this self-conscious pander to the cult of genre cinema is the violence. It lacks the dignity of constraint.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As Brucie bursts into yet another room and unloads his automatics into yet another group of anonymous heavies you’ll find it hard not to think that this has all been done before – and better.

~ Jeff Robson -

As Brucie bursts into yet another room and unloads his automatics into yet another group of anonymous heavies you’ll find it hard not to think that this has all been done before – and better.

~ Jeff Robson -

The Last Circus is worth a watch for the unbridled imagination on display but ultimately it falls apart as much as its main protagonist.

~ David Graham -

The Last Circus is worth a watch for the unbridled imagination on display but ultimately it falls apart as much as its main protagonist.

~ David Graham -

Usually with a comedy you're lucky to get one genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang has at least half a dozen.

~ Steve Harwood -

Usually with a comedy you're lucky to get one genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang has at least half a dozen.

~ Steve Harwood -

Overall, King Of New York is distinguished from similarly themed films by its willingness to embrace the gangster genre's exploitative nature; it's as shallow as a puddle but it's riveting viewing all the same.

~ David Graham -

Overall, King Of New York is distinguished from similarly themed films by its willingness to embrace the gangster genre's exploitative nature; it's as shallow as a puddle but it's riveting viewing all the same.

~ David Graham -

The film's gentle poetry conjures up flavours in the imagination.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's gentle poetry conjures up flavours in the imagination.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hirokazu Koreeda's childhood adventure is a sweet and subtle tale of friendship, generosity of spirit and the triumph of hope over expectation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hirokazu Koreeda's childhood adventure is a sweet and subtle tale of friendship, generosity of spirit and the triumph of hope over expectation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sawadogo gives a potent, revealing performance which is sadly wasted in a story without impulse or direction.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Sawadogo gives a potent, revealing performance which is sadly wasted in a story without impulse or direction.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The result is a whole lot of portent with little pay-off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The result is a whole lot of portent with little pay-off.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Penn had a definite feel for the incidental details and the everyday rhythms of small-town life.

~ Jeff Robson -

Penn had a definite feel for the incidental details and the everyday rhythms of small-town life.

~ Jeff Robson -

The testosterone, sweat and fag-smoke ambience of a New York precinct house is so well-realised that you might want a shower afterwards.

~ Jeff Robson -

The testosterone, sweat and fag-smoke ambience of a New York precinct house is so well-realised that you might want a shower afterwards.

~ Jeff Robson -

Mann’s film is a stone-cold masterpiece.

~ Stephen Carty -

Mann’s film is a stone-cold masterpiece.

~ Stephen Carty -

Director Aki Kaurismäki's latest is a humanist hug of a fable, which concludes that while big miracles may happen, it's the everyday 'miracles' people create for one another that really count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Aki Kaurismäki's latest is a humanist hug of a fable, which concludes that while big miracles may happen, it's the everyday 'miracles' people create for one another that really count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a director, he captures the seedy glamour of the gambling world perfectly and as a writer he propels a taut, no-frills story along with a screenplay that’s literate and believable.

~ Jeff Robson -

As a director, he captures the seedy glamour of the gambling world perfectly and as a writer he propels a taut, no-frills story along with a screenplay that’s literate and believable.

~ Jeff Robson -

This is Scorsese at the top of his game.

~ Stephen Carty -

This is Scorsese at the top of his game.

~ Stephen Carty -

Forest Whitaker's presence is so forceful that you don't want to think about the absurdity of his character.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Forest Whitaker's presence is so forceful that you don't want to think about the absurdity of his character.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

With absolutely stunning cinematography and subtly effective performances, Finisterrae is more moving than you might expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With absolutely stunning cinematography and subtly effective performances, Finisterrae is more moving than you might expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alien invasion aficionados would do well to avoid but if you're a fan of the comedy of discomfort with a slacker vibe and a hint of romance, Extraterrestrial certainly has charms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Alien invasion aficionados would do well to avoid but if you're a fan of the comedy of discomfort with a slacker vibe and a hint of romance, Extraterrestrial certainly has charms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's difficult to understand how anybody could put themselves through this for eight or more hours a day over a six month period. There's only really one answer: love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's difficult to understand how anybody could put themselves through this for eight or more hours a day over a six month period. There's only really one answer: love.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A gentle, enjoyable little drama - a very comfortable and concise 80 minutes.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A gentle, enjoyable little drama - a very comfortable and concise 80 minutes.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Drive is cool. Really cool. In fact this will probably be the coolest film you will see this year.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Drive is cool. Really cool. In fact this will probably be the coolest film you will see this year.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Rachel Weisz makes it her own, delivering a powerful, raw performance that is undoubtedly Oscar material.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rachel Weisz makes it her own, delivering a powerful, raw performance that is undoubtedly Oscar material.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Concheiro's pacing - although perhaps a little too slow in places - allows us to become steeped in the teens' disenfranchisement to the point where we can understand how they come to view a robbery as a good idea.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Concheiro's pacing - although perhaps a little too slow in places - allows us to become steeped in the teens' disenfranchisement to the point where we can understand how they come to view a robbery as a good idea.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even the ending, which otherwise would be dismissed as inconclusive, feels valid and true, emphasising yet again the magic that is Mann.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Even the ending, which otherwise would be dismissed as inconclusive, feels valid and true, emphasising yet again the magic that is Mann.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The way the plot manipulates every worst case scenario is fiendishly clever. Seldom has an ensemble cast meshed so effectively.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The way the plot manipulates every worst case scenario is fiendishly clever. Seldom has an ensemble cast meshed so effectively.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Cristián Jiménez likes quirkiness and his enthusiasm for it, evidenced in his first film Optical Illusions and again here, goes a good way to convincing you to take the ride.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cristián Jiménez likes quirkiness and his enthusiasm for it, evidenced in his first film Optical Illusions and again here, goes a good way to convincing you to take the ride.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One of the most affecting films of the year.

~ Robert Munro -

One of the most affecting films of the year.

~ Robert Munro -

A beautiful film that manages to marry word, image, and music in a way that does justice to the poetry conjured up by the people it celebrates.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A beautiful film that manages to marry word, image, and music in a way that does justice to the poetry conjured up by the people it celebrates.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Verhoeven is definitely attempting to emulate The Master here, and is frequently successful.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Verhoeven is definitely attempting to emulate The Master here, and is frequently successful.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

I cannot remember the last time a film made me cry and laugh out loud half a minute later, especially not in public. The Artist did that.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

I cannot remember the last time a film made me cry and laugh out loud half a minute later, especially not in public. The Artist did that.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The killer-for-hire subgenre takes on an abstract, existentialist complexion.

~ Anton Bitel -

The killer-for-hire subgenre takes on an abstract, existentialist complexion.

~ Anton Bitel -

Las Acacias is a slow subtle film which focuses on the interaction of the three main characters within the bubble of the truck's cab.

~ Donald Munro -

Las Acacias is a slow subtle film which focuses on the interaction of the three main characters within the bubble of the truck's cab.

~ Donald Munro -

The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

~ Donald Munro -

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 -

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 -