Rather than trying to establish a thesis of her own, Janisse allows her interviewees to deliver contradictory viewpoints on key issues, and the film is richer for it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rather than trying to establish a thesis of her own, Janisse allows her interviewees to deliver contradictory viewpoints on key issues, and the film is richer for it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Although this is Canadian it has the coolness of the European arthouse, drawing on nature photography at key moments to reinforce the moody sense of primal danger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although this is Canadian it has the coolness of the European arthouse, drawing on nature photography at key moments to reinforce the moody sense of primal danger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Swan Song is, like many such airs, a little too slow and indulgent for its own good, sometimes meandering and losing its way, but Kier’s magnetic performance, which won him Best Actor Awards in Dublin and Monte Carlo, holds it all together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Swan Song is, like many such airs, a little too slow and indulgent for its own good, sometimes meandering and losing its way, but Kier’s magnetic performance, which won him Best Actor Awards in Dublin and Monte Carlo, holds it all together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film balances a search for solutions with an understandable degree of cynicism.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film balances a search for solutions with an understandable degree of cynicism.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The central problem here is a common one in fantasy epics: it does go on a bit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The central problem here is a common one in fantasy epics: it does go on a bit.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A stylistically innovative, intelligent piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A stylistically innovative, intelligent piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a beautifully written script and the performances are top notch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a beautifully written script and the performances are top notch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s hard to say which is worse: the plot additions that amount to self-parody or the stilted pacing.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

It’s hard to say which is worse: the plot additions that amount to self-parody or the stilted pacing.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Clua's compassionate stance offers a counterweight to the way their stories are often presented by the populist press.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Clua's compassionate stance offers a counterweight to the way their stories are often presented by the populist press.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Quirky and a little uneven but appealingly sweet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quirky and a little uneven but appealingly sweet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the cleverest and most entertaining comedies of the year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the cleverest and most entertaining comedies of the year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Keating is a master of building up atmosphere and is much more interested in that than in conventional plot mechanics.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Keating is a master of building up atmosphere and is much more interested in that than in conventional plot mechanics.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nicholas Bruckman's film follows Ady long enough that we see not just the impact upon him but the changes wrought in those around him.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Nicholas Bruckman's film follows Ady long enough that we see not just the impact upon him but the changes wrought in those around him.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This complex story is driven by its characters and blessed with a trio of impressive but unshowy performances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This complex story is driven by its characters and blessed with a trio of impressive but unshowy performances.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mompremier is superb in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mompremier is superb in the lead.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stevens uses the Nosferatu framework to tell a story about a marriage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stevens uses the Nosferatu framework to tell a story about a marriage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This isn’t just a tale of Chinese manipulation, however, as Wang goes on to show how America, too, played down the story initially, in ways that chillingly mirror what happened in Wuhan.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This isn’t just a tale of Chinese manipulation, however, as Wang goes on to show how America, too, played down the story initially, in ways that chillingly mirror what happened in Wuhan.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The end result is sweet but its best ideas are underdeveloped, leaving it with the slightness of something conceived on the hoof.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The end result is sweet but its best ideas are underdeveloped, leaving it with the slightness of something conceived on the hoof.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very neat summery of an experience that will be familiar to many, whilst still seeming nuanced and personal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A very neat summery of an experience that will be familiar to many, whilst still seeming nuanced and personal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The way that director Lee Haven Jones frames male and female characters is intriguing, with classic gendered shots reversed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The way that director Lee Haven Jones frames male and female characters is intriguing, with classic gendered shots reversed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ortega gives herself over completely to her role, delivering a mesmerising performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ortega gives herself over completely to her role, delivering a mesmerising performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are just enough events to keep things interesting without distracting from the fact that it's really the sameness of things that is behind the character interactions we see.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are just enough events to keep things interesting without distracting from the fact that it's really the sameness of things that is behind the character interactions we see.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like other iconic figures confronted with injustice, Molly seems to grow in stature with every slight, to gain spiritual power as she loses worldly power.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like other iconic figures confronted with injustice, Molly seems to grow in stature with every slight, to gain spiritual power as she loses worldly power.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's an obvious metaphor for aspects of life in the 21st Century, complemented by the textured look of Wexler's photography and the archive images which support the central narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's an obvious metaphor for aspects of life in the 21st Century, complemented by the textured look of Wexler's photography and the archive images which support the central narrative.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Timely in its exploration of how we determine what’s real and how easy it is for what seems like legitimate research to become unbalanced and lead to strange places.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Timely in its exploration of how we determine what’s real and how easy it is for what seems like legitimate research to become unbalanced and lead to strange places.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nothing is taken too seriously - there's plenty of teasing within the group itself - but respect is shown for the effort that has gone into all this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nothing is taken too seriously - there's plenty of teasing within the group itself - but respect is shown for the effort that has gone into all this.

~ 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 -