An unrelenting, yet utterly mesmerising cinematic vision.

~ Nick Da Costa -

An unrelenting, yet utterly mesmerising cinematic vision.

~ Nick Da Costa -

The phrase 'brave performance' is vastly overused but there's no doubt Stangenberg puts herself at some risk here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The phrase 'brave performance' is vastly overused but there's no doubt Stangenberg puts herself at some risk here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wiener-Dog is a Solondz film through and through – there's still no-one daring to be quite so acerbic and inhumane towards his characters while keeping them grounded in a sense of relatable experience.

~ David Graham -

Wiener-Dog is a Solondz film through and through – there's still no-one daring to be quite so acerbic and inhumane towards his characters while keeping them grounded in a sense of relatable experience.

~ David Graham -

He seemingly lets the camera into almost every nook and cranny, so that a picture emerges of not only him but the media goldfish bowl people like him inhabit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

He seemingly lets the camera into almost every nook and cranny, so that a picture emerges of not only him but the media goldfish bowl people like him inhabit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

The sleeping and waking worlds begin to tumble together, with cinematographer Kit Fraser using his camera to add to the unsettling atmosphere, spinning the image at key moments or rocking it to ratchet tension.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sleeping and waking worlds begin to tumble together, with cinematographer Kit Fraser using his camera to add to the unsettling atmosphere, spinning the image at key moments or rocking it to ratchet tension.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Heder shows no signs of nerves with her first feature, boldly creating a trio of women who are, initially, prickly at best, slowly fleshing them out to reveal each as altogether more complex.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Heder shows no signs of nerves with her first feature, boldly creating a trio of women who are, initially, prickly at best, slowly fleshing them out to reveal each as altogether more complex.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's often a question mark over how involved a documentarian has become with their subject and here Ghaemmaghami confronts the issue head on, showing how she becomes not just a recorder of what happens but a catalyst for change.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's often a question mark over how involved a documentarian has become with their subject and here Ghaemmaghami confronts the issue head on, showing how she becomes not just a recorder of what happens but a catalyst for change.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Carney simply loves the music of the era and adores these kids, and his affection is infectious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Carney simply loves the music of the era and adores these kids, and his affection is infectious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

All in all, this is a troubling but well-presented and thorough examination of the settler conundrum facing Israel today.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

All in all, this is a troubling but well-presented and thorough examination of the settler conundrum facing Israel today.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Our sympathies are torn and turned on a dime.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Our sympathies are torn and turned on a dime.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The heart of James Redford's documentary about toxic stress and its affect on physical health is in the right place but the execution never rises above the pedestrian.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The heart of James Redford's documentary about toxic stress and its affect on physical health is in the right place but the execution never rises above the pedestrian.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hákonarson proves himself a master of his material - a sort of rural Ken Loach - shooting sparingly yet dramatically against extreme weather conditions.

~ Richard Mowe -

Hákonarson proves himself a master of his material - a sort of rural Ken Loach - shooting sparingly yet dramatically against extreme weather conditions.

~ Richard Mowe -

Hull's reflections touch on areas the sighted rarely stop to consider, such as the way that still photos are easier to remember than actual physical moments with loved ones.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hull's reflections touch on areas the sighted rarely stop to consider, such as the way that still photos are easier to remember than actual physical moments with loved ones.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Luna wallows in emotional gloom like a pig in mud, coating the script in a layer after layer of regret to little purpose.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Luna wallows in emotional gloom like a pig in mud, coating the script in a layer after layer of regret to little purpose.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is Hartigan's ability to deal in specifics that mark his films out from the crowd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is Hartigan's ability to deal in specifics that mark his films out from the crowd.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Manchester By The Sea is a masterful study of clumsiness.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Manchester By The Sea is a masterful study of clumsiness.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cheadle attempts to give us the feel of the man rather than the real essence.

~ Luke Shaw -

Cheadle attempts to give us the feel of the man rather than the real essence.

~ Luke Shaw -

With a life as rich as this it's inevitably difficult to cover everything, but Hercules and Whack indulge their audience with as much as it's likely to be able to take in.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With a life as rich as this it's inevitably difficult to cover everything, but Hercules and Whack indulge their audience with as much as it's likely to be able to take in.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has an intensity that creates its own tension.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has an intensity that creates its own tension.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Director Rebecca Miller gets terrific performances out of an admittedly terrific cast.

~ Robert Munro -

Director Rebecca Miller gets terrific performances out of an admittedly terrific cast.

~ Robert Munro -

At the midway point, the screenplay begins to flap about all over the place but Smoczynska's firm, high-energy directing - including an extras-laden shopping centre extravaganza - doesn't stop to let you consider them for too long.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At the midway point, the screenplay begins to flap about all over the place but Smoczynska's firm, high-energy directing - including an extras-laden shopping centre extravaganza - doesn't stop to let you consider them for too long.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a poetic documentary, a reverie, in which partitioned themes offer differing perspectives on the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a poetic documentary, a reverie, in which partitioned themes offer differing perspectives on the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whitman respects and relishes in Austen's creation but is no slave to it, inventing additional characters to help the story flow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whitman respects and relishes in Austen's creation but is no slave to it, inventing additional characters to help the story flow.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lanthimos satirises our obsession with relationships and modern day electronic dating rituals although the results are not nearly as funny and knowing as the director clearly thinks.

~ Richard Mowe -

Lanthimos satirises our obsession with relationships and modern day electronic dating rituals although the results are not nearly as funny and knowing as the director clearly thinks.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film could be called "old fashioned" but that is rarely a bad thing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film could be called "old fashioned" but that is rarely a bad thing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is not about once upon a times or fairy tale endings but the challenges on the way and it stands as a testament to the love and determination of every member of the Suskind family.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is not about once upon a times or fairy tale endings but the challenges on the way and it stands as a testament to the love and determination of every member of the Suskind family.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The randomness of death in times of war aside, Land Of Mine - perhaps unavoidably - leans towards the conventional in its overall narrative arc.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The randomness of death in times of war aside, Land Of Mine - perhaps unavoidably - leans towards the conventional in its overall narrative arc.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Caple and his cinematographer Steven Holleran definitely get the look even if the story doesn't quite deliver.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Caple and his cinematographer Steven Holleran definitely get the look even if the story doesn't quite deliver.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Robert Greene's intriguing semi-documentary explores the event through a process not dissimilar to Chubbuck's own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Robert Greene's intriguing semi-documentary explores the event through a process not dissimilar to Chubbuck's own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Britto is, essentially, targeting only low-hanging fruit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Britto is, essentially, targeting only low-hanging fruit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Innocents may well be a historical film but it still has plenty of relevance today.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Innocents may well be a historical film but it still has plenty of relevance today.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Taika Waititi knows growing up isn't child's play but he also respects childhood as a place of adventure, where spontaneity rules and the possibilities are only limited by imagination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Taika Waititi knows growing up isn't child's play but he also respects childhood as a place of adventure, where spontaneity rules and the possibilities are only limited by imagination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A sensitive and well-produced account of a complex situation.

~ Seph Shewell-Brockway -

A sensitive and well-produced account of a complex situation.

~ Seph Shewell-Brockway -

The sheer volume of evidence Nanfu has amassed - material she had difficulty smuggling out of the country - is difficult to argue with.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The sheer volume of evidence Nanfu has amassed - material she had difficulty smuggling out of the country - is difficult to argue with.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The direction and writing may show signs of first-time work but Karanovic's fearless performance is one of an actress right on the top of her game that smooths over the cracks in plausibility and holds you hard in its gaze.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The direction and writing may show signs of first-time work but Karanovic's fearless performance is one of an actress right on the top of her game that smooths over the cracks in plausibility and holds you hard in its gaze.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Neel’s movie grips not because of its depiction of hazing, although that is sweaty, disturbing and naturalistic, but because of the psychological tension that builds between the two brothers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Neel’s movie grips not because of its depiction of hazing, although that is sweaty, disturbing and naturalistic, but because of the psychological tension that builds between the two brothers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While his narrative is over-written, Lew has an unfussy and measured directing style that offers promise.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While his narrative is over-written, Lew has an unfussy and measured directing style that offers promise.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Some of the plot twists strain believability but Ross has a tight hold of the film's emotional drivers, mixing moods like a heady and dangerous cocktail so that a disturbing tension builds.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Some of the plot twists strain believability but Ross has a tight hold of the film's emotional drivers, mixing moods like a heady and dangerous cocktail so that a disturbing tension builds.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Everything here is sincerely meant but Gobadi struggles to make the stories fit together in any meaningful way, with the scripting paradoxically too loose for most of the film and then suddenly far too on the nose.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Everything here is sincerely meant but Gobadi struggles to make the stories fit together in any meaningful way, with the scripting paradoxically too loose for most of the film and then suddenly far too on the nose.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Magalhaes is superb throughout and perfectly in sync with the childlike perspective on events that Pesce brings us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Magalhaes is superb throughout and perfectly in sync with the childlike perspective on events that Pesce brings us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Structurally illustrates how the indigenous people don't see time as being a chronological straight line but as multiple realities existing simultaneously.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Structurally illustrates how the indigenous people don't see time as being a chronological straight line but as multiple realities existing simultaneously.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

This film is worth seeing simply for its National Geographic style snapshot of rural Mongolia.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film is worth seeing simply for its National Geographic style snapshot of rural Mongolia.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film itself has a fluid identity, part will they/won't they romance, part mystery and part unsettling thriller.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film itself has a fluid identity, part will they/won't they romance, part mystery and part unsettling thriller.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Craig Shilowich's careful scripting avoids all the usual mental illness cliches and hystrionics to help us sympathise with her even in her most unpleasant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Craig Shilowich's careful scripting avoids all the usual mental illness cliches and hystrionics to help us sympathise with her even in her most unpleasant moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

"At the heart of the kingdom there is nothing," it says, but all the fascinating splendour that exists around that gap!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

"At the heart of the kingdom there is nothing," it says, but all the fascinating splendour that exists around that gap!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The people encountered while working as a cinematographer for different documentarians, shooting all over the globe, are woven into a fascinating, irregular net of meaning.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The people encountered while working as a cinematographer for different documentarians, shooting all over the globe, are woven into a fascinating, irregular net of meaning.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cements Shashank Arora - so good in gritty drama Titli and demonstrating sharp comic timing here - as an up-and-coming Indian star to look out for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cements Shashank Arora - so good in gritty drama Titli and demonstrating sharp comic timing here - as an up-and-coming Indian star to look out for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Brilliantly original.

~ The Exile -

Brilliantly original.

~ The Exile -

Parker's reductive approach, more concerned with creating a hero than depicting a man, means it never achieves the impact that it ought to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Parker's reductive approach, more concerned with creating a hero than depicting a man, means it never achieves the impact that it ought to.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Groeningen completely sells us the world of the bar, his immersive tracking and handheld camera leading us into the melee where coke and hedonism are served straight up and the music pounds to be let into your bloodstream.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Groeningen completely sells us the world of the bar, his immersive tracking and handheld camera leading us into the melee where coke and hedonism are served straight up and the music pounds to be let into your bloodstream.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fascinating, if skewed, account of creativity gone wild.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fascinating, if skewed, account of creativity gone wild.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's exploitation cinema but it's made with care.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's exploitation cinema but it's made with care.

~ 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 -

History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The choice of hand-drawn animation and its ability to demonstrate a magical realism allows the film to find the right distance from what is being depicted.

~ Richard Mowe -

Successfully finds insight and social commentary

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The pace of the action helps Handal to pack a lot in and his framing is inventive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A Teacher is not the most finely crafted film, but it is a cri de cœur.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The filmmaker and her crew deserve a lot of credit for even managing to capture this lifestyle – not to mention following it for five years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Breslin, as so often, is the standout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The observational approach works against the director, slowing down proceedings and making it hard to see the wood for the trees

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lotus may love pretty things, but he doesn’t hold back on the gore.

~ 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 -

I Am Love is social melodrama in the best traditions of Italian cinema.

~ Chris -

Anime at its very finest - lightning paced, visually stunning, feverishly creative and overrun by a logic all its own.

~ Anton Bitel -

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

~ Amber Wilkinson -