Ceylan explores such themes as moral responsibility, class and altruism with rigour.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ceylan explores such themes as moral responsibility, class and altruism with rigour.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ferociously funny.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ferociously funny.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you think you can come to an easy judgement, the film seems to say, think again.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

If you think you can come to an easy judgement, the film seems to say, think again.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Wedding is a delightful satire on Polish marriage traditions but much of what it features is so universal that people all over the world will be able to identify with it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Wedding is a delightful satire on Polish marriage traditions but much of what it features is so universal that people all over the world will be able to identify with it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The problem is one of shifting tone - and one alarming change of character - which mean that despite the central tenet you can't help feeling that you are watching films about different men.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The problem is one of shifting tone - and one alarming change of character - which mean that despite the central tenet you can't help feeling that you are watching films about different men.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is no flab in the telling of this story, nor any excess sentiment either.

~ Jane Fae -

There is no flab in the telling of this story, nor any excess sentiment either.

~ Jane Fae -

Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The act of revenge here is presented not as an outlet for anger but as one of desperation, an emotion that runs through the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The act of revenge here is presented not as an outlet for anger but as one of desperation, an emotion that runs through the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nanau tells it like it is and the film's emotional moments - of which there are many - are small but powerful and unforced.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nanau tells it like it is and the film's emotional moments - of which there are many - are small but powerful and unforced.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The relatable, compassionately told story should easily appeal to both adults and younger folk.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The relatable, compassionately told story should easily appeal to both adults and younger folk.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Although there will no doubt be some cultural references that go over the heads of non-Spanish audiences, the stereotypes and prejudices played with are broad enough for us to get most of the jokes.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Although there will no doubt be some cultural references that go over the heads of non-Spanish audiences, the stereotypes and prejudices played with are broad enough for us to get most of the jokes.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The furniture of Bille August's latest drama is comfily familiar - what marks it out is the craftsmanship.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The furniture of Bille August's latest drama is comfily familiar - what marks it out is the craftsmanship.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Everything feels contrived, overblown and - perhaps the worst sin you can lay at the door of a psychological thriller - utterly predictable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Everything feels contrived, overblown and - perhaps the worst sin you can lay at the door of a psychological thriller - utterly predictable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film has all the bullet points for audience approval and yet somehow falls short

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has all the bullet points for audience approval and yet somehow falls short

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Wenders as a curious, excited filmmaker stretches out his hands to show us all the treasures he has found.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Wenders as a curious, excited filmmaker stretches out his hands to show us all the treasures he has found.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is funny and serious by turns... full of striking and humorous images.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is funny and serious by turns... full of striking and humorous images.

~ Richard Mowe -

A suspenseful and jittery depiction of how fear can nestle in the place where you should feel safest.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A suspenseful and jittery depiction of how fear can nestle in the place where you should feel safest.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

It only lasts an economical 70 minutes but seems considerably longer

~ Richard Mowe -

It only lasts an economical 70 minutes but seems considerably longer

~ Richard Mowe -

Petzold depicts a country in shock, where everyone is trying to rediscover a sense of self and where survival may be viewed less a miracle than something unbearable in the face of so many losses.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Petzold depicts a country in shock, where everyone is trying to rediscover a sense of self and where survival may be viewed less a miracle than something unbearable in the face of so many losses.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pasolini's unfinished life remains painfully unresolved, as it should be.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pasolini's unfinished life remains painfully unresolved, as it should be.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A film of astonishing maturity and compassion.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A film of astonishing maturity and compassion.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Ageing, Paralluelo observes - for the elderly as everyone else - goes on, even when we fear it might not.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ageing, Paralluelo observes - for the elderly as everyone else - goes on, even when we fear it might not.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sexuality, Francois Ozon's latest film declares, can be as complex as desiring another person can be simple.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sexuality, Francois Ozon's latest film declares, can be as complex as desiring another person can be simple.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film doesn’t seem to have much to say about racism, and even less about its potential links to family, class and gender – all of which hang in the background, threatening to force the filmmakers to make a more serious and challenging film.

~ Michael Pattison -

The film doesn’t seem to have much to say about racism, and even less about its potential links to family, class and gender – all of which hang in the background, threatening to force the filmmakers to make a more serious and challenging film.

~ Michael Pattison -

The energy and sheer visual bravura carry it along.

~ Richard Mowe -

The energy and sheer visual bravura carry it along.

~ Richard Mowe -

Heat and oppression hang in the air like an unspoken accusation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Heat and oppression hang in the air like an unspoken accusation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Instead of ticking off normal narrative beats, Vermut revels in humanity's natural unpredictability, often having his characters act on impulse or a whim.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Instead of ticking off normal narrative beats, Vermut revels in humanity's natural unpredictability, often having his characters act on impulse or a whim.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Courageous and uncompromising

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Courageous and uncompromising

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Confidently slow burning and comfortable with moving at its own speed.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Confidently slow burning and comfortable with moving at its own speed.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The mood is that of an office in which at any moment, anything is possible, a little bit like in the films created here.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The mood is that of an office in which at any moment, anything is possible, a little bit like in the films created here.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Strickland reveals an eye for landscape and place that for me recalled early Werner Herzog.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Strickland reveals an eye for landscape and place that for me recalled early Werner Herzog.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Art, or arse? Well, we certainly see plenty of Toth's behind as she orgasms elderly blokes back to health.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Art, or arse? Well, we certainly see plenty of Toth's behind as she orgasms elderly blokes back to health.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At times profoundly moving, In a Foreign Land burns with indignation at the circumstances foisted on a generation who did what they were supposed to do but who have had little choice but to abandon the careers and futures they thought lay ahead of them.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

At times profoundly moving, In a Foreign Land burns with indignation at the circumstances foisted on a generation who did what they were supposed to do but who have had little choice but to abandon the careers and futures they thought lay ahead of them.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Marinated in tradition.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Marinated in tradition.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The characters feel shallow in comparison to the impressive action sequences.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The characters feel shallow in comparison to the impressive action sequences.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Transformation is coming, although as with Sciamma's previous films this is not a simple, one-way manoeuvre, completed in double-quick time

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Transformation is coming, although as with Sciamma's previous films this is not a simple, one-way manoeuvre, completed in double-quick time

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you're willing to go with the flow, this study of emotion develops and maintains a sensual and sensory intensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If you're willing to go with the flow, this study of emotion develops and maintains a sensual and sensory intensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though Gibney’s film has an interesting figure at its heart, the film never really feels like it is giving either strand of Kuti’s life: the music and the politics, enough attention.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Though Gibney’s film has an interesting figure at its heart, the film never really feels like it is giving either strand of Kuti’s life: the music and the politics, enough attention.

~ Owen Van Spall -

There is plenty to admire here, including some clever juxtaposition of audio and image.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is plenty to admire here, including some clever juxtaposition of audio and image.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

~ Richard Mowe -

How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

~ Richard Mowe -

Now it's Denzel Washington's turn, which means this is serious and requires a smart turn out at all times and a watch that goes 'bleep'.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Now it's Denzel Washington's turn, which means this is serious and requires a smart turn out at all times and a watch that goes 'bleep'.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hansen-Løve's momentary excursions into animation, split screen, and possibly re-writing of world history are the most effective parts.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Hansen-Løve's momentary excursions into animation, split screen, and possibly re-writing of world history are the most effective parts.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Bob may have the beefed up body of a bouncer but Hardy continually emphasises his softer, hesitant side, his body language screaming flight even though he is built to fight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bob may have the beefed up body of a bouncer but Hardy continually emphasises his softer, hesitant side, his body language screaming flight even though he is built to fight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A reminder of what it was like when writer/directors had the freedom to be truthful without fear of being shut down by penny-pinching producers.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A reminder of what it was like when writer/directors had the freedom to be truthful without fear of being shut down by penny-pinching producers.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Klusak and Remunda's project injected a healthy dose of scepticism into Czech political discourse, reawakening thought, argument and doubt from a long, dreamy slumber.

~ Anton Bitel -

Klusak and Remunda's project injected a healthy dose of scepticism into Czech political discourse, reawakening thought, argument and doubt from a long, dreamy slumber.

~ Anton Bitel -

Arguably, the film feels the absence of the broader context of Garrell's life.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Arguably, the film feels the absence of the broader context of Garrell's life.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Ovashvili tells the story with spare dialogue and absorbing attention to detail.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ovashvili tells the story with spare dialogue and absorbing attention to detail.

~ Richard Mowe -

Control is a highly eclectic tableaux of darkness and humour, life and death, characters and incidents, supernatural and commonplace.

~ David Stanners -

Control is a highly eclectic tableaux of darkness and humour, life and death, characters and incidents, supernatural and commonplace.

~ David Stanners -

How much of this is about Casanova? How much about Malkovich and his continuing public self-examination?

~ Jane Fae -

How much of this is about Casanova? How much about Malkovich and his continuing public self-examination?

~ Jane Fae -

An authentic, no-holds barred roller coaster ride, which gives fresh hope for a new wave of British cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

An authentic, no-holds barred roller coaster ride, which gives fresh hope for a new wave of British cinema.

~ Richard Mowe -

The single greatest problem with California Dreamin', is that it has been released in an unfinished two hour 20 minute assembly - due to the director Cristian Nemescu's untimely death.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The single greatest problem with California Dreamin', is that it has been released in an unfinished two hour 20 minute assembly - due to the director Cristian Nemescu's untimely death.

~ Scott Macdonald -

There are really interesting stories here and Gerö's unwillingness to shape them into more conventional narratives of corruption or redemption is a strength.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are really interesting stories here and Gerö's unwillingness to shape them into more conventional narratives of corruption or redemption is a strength.

~ Jennie Kermode -

François Gédigier's inspired editing trusts that mismatched sounds and images form an emotional whole.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

François Gédigier's inspired editing trusts that mismatched sounds and images form an emotional whole.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A painstakingly deliberate neo-noir, heavy on atmosphere and taking its time to build.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A painstakingly deliberate neo-noir, heavy on atmosphere and taking its time to build.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Blacks is observational, not judgemental. It catches your breath.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Blacks is observational, not judgemental. It catches your breath.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If the way Alina cries and hugs her friend hello, in between train tracks, does not trigger your empathy, you are possibly already dead.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

If the way Alina cries and hugs her friend hello, in between train tracks, does not trigger your empathy, you are possibly already dead.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The audience should be warned that the film boasts a cliche level that could also be hazardous to health.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The audience should be warned that the film boasts a cliche level that could also be hazardous to health.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Through an intimate story of a close-knit community, Mascaro takes on wider themes of global warming in a subtle way.

~ Richard Mowe -

Through an intimate story of a close-knit community, Mascaro takes on wider themes of global warming in a subtle way.

~ Richard Mowe -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Pollard and Forsyth, who have previously worked with Cave on Bad Seeds videos, turn inner states into inhabitable rooms. What is real and what is unreal is not for the audience to guess.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a delightful, multi-layered film which has much more to say than is apparent on the surface.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a delightful, multi-layered film which has much more to say than is apparent on the surface.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A warm romantic drama with a real emotional punch.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A warm romantic drama with a real emotional punch.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

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 -

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

~ 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 -