Better in its subtler moments, when it explores not just the difference between what is being filmed and reality by the fictions the characters are also inventing for themselves, the film is made compelling by its own immaculate casting.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Better in its subtler moments, when it explores not just the difference between what is being filmed and reality by the fictions the characters are also inventing for themselves, the film is made compelling by its own immaculate casting.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pugh's performance, which dovetails nicely with newcomer Cassidy’s devout determination as Anna, can’t quite overcome the uneven plotting and, at times, flimsy characterisation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pugh's performance, which dovetails nicely with newcomer Cassidy’s devout determination as Anna, can’t quite overcome the uneven plotting and, at times, flimsy characterisation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Polley has crammed in a lot of good ideas, but they cannot all usefully share the same space.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Polley has crammed in a lot of good ideas, but they cannot all usefully share the same space.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Its the emotional sparring between the women - as fierce as anything on the battle ground - that really holds the attention

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Its the emotional sparring between the women - as fierce as anything on the battle ground - that really holds the attention

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Young star Paul Kircher puts in an impressively sensitive and emotionally raw peformance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Young star Paul Kircher puts in an impressively sensitive and emotionally raw peformance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In addition to attacks from the outside, Shukla shows the erosion from within.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In addition to attacks from the outside, Shukla shows the erosion from within.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that often lacks subtlety in its execution despite the performances and impressive make-up craft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that often lacks subtlety in its execution despite the performances and impressive make-up craft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A platform for some considerable talent both behind and in front of the camera, which will leave you wanting more.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A platform for some considerable talent both behind and in front of the camera, which will leave you wanting more.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Songs that had taken place in single locations are given scope to roam, a challenge to all involved but delightful for it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Songs that had taken place in single locations are given scope to roam, a challenge to all involved but delightful for it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Here cosmos and chaos, action and reaction, hope and despair, love and anger, all bump and grind together in a Satanic tango.

~ Anton Bitel -

Here cosmos and chaos, action and reaction, hope and despair, love and anger, all bump and grind together in a Satanic tango.

~ Anton Bitel -

Kat is styled with a punk sensibility which will appeal to young viewers tired of old fashioned notions about how young heroes ought to look and behave.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kat is styled with a punk sensibility which will appeal to young viewers tired of old fashioned notions about how young heroes ought to look and behave.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Although the drama itself has a generally naturalistic feel, striking visuals embellish the spirit of all those things that are just beyond that realm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the drama itself has a generally naturalistic feel, striking visuals embellish the spirit of all those things that are just beyond that realm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Blasko tells the story with a plainness which adds to its power, sometimes using news-style framing as if to remind us of the political moment which we’re living through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Blasko tells the story with a plainness which adds to its power, sometimes using news-style framing as if to remind us of the political moment which we’re living through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The stories that bloom here are rooted in the real, jacketed in the bruised flesh of familiar harms.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The stories that bloom here are rooted in the real, jacketed in the bruised flesh of familiar harms.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A natural crowd pleaser.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A natural crowd pleaser.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A roller-coaster of the effects of absolute power corrupting absolutely.

~ Richard Mowe -

A roller-coaster of the effects of absolute power corrupting absolutely.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film is full of careful observations, from the looks on the faces of the villagers to the small things Kiran does as she reclaims her place in the world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is full of careful observations, from the looks on the faces of the villagers to the small things Kiran does as she reclaims her place in the world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Luhrmann combines an orgy of schmaltzy pastiche with satirical fireworks.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Luhrmann combines an orgy of schmaltzy pastiche with satirical fireworks.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It’s Lerman’s shooting style which makes the biggest impression.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s Lerman’s shooting style which makes the biggest impression.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film of boundaries and barriers and attempts to overcome them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a film of boundaries and barriers and attempts to overcome them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

De Filippis understands the value of the small stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

De Filippis understands the value of the small stuff.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is career-breaking stuff for Black.

~ Claire Sawers -

This is career-breaking stuff for Black.

~ Claire Sawers -

Quietly devastating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quietly devastating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An accomplished piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An accomplished piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An all-action spectacular with some smart ideas which sustains itself surprisingly well over a full two hours.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An all-action spectacular with some smart ideas which sustains itself surprisingly well over a full two hours.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is full of sharp little observations, made in passing, which tell us about this society and the experience of people living it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is full of sharp little observations, made in passing, which tell us about this society and the experience of people living it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The combination of Efira and Magimel proves magnetic.

~ Richard Mowe -

The combination of Efira and Magimel proves magnetic.

~ Richard Mowe -

As richly drawn as it is delicately handled.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As richly drawn as it is delicately handled.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

At one point it seems “Panahi” could easily step from one country to the other, but as his film shows, leaving is not always an easy option.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At one point it seems “Panahi” could easily step from one country to the other, but as his film shows, leaving is not always an easy option.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This movie has such heart and soul that it remains a true children’s classic.

~ Maria Realf -

This movie has such heart and soul that it remains a true children’s classic.

~ Maria Realf -

The lighting used by cinematographer Rina Yang is some of the best I can recall in an American independent film since Moonlight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The lighting used by cinematographer Rina Yang is some of the best I can recall in an American independent film since Moonlight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This an actors’ film, featuring sterling work from all three leads.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This an actors’ film, featuring sterling work from all three leads.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Guzmán doesn’t need to hunt for symbolism as the protesters are often supplying their own.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Guzmán doesn’t need to hunt for symbolism as the protesters are often supplying their own.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Class effects, dashing adventure, a load of laughs and non-stop action.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Class effects, dashing adventure, a load of laughs and non-stop action.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

In this kaleidoscope life, montage becomes an essential tool, illustrating not only the artist’s own work but his many influences, along with the immediate context in which he was living.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In this kaleidoscope life, montage becomes an essential tool, illustrating not only the artist’s own work but his many influences, along with the immediate context in which he was living.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may become a cult movie.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This may become a cult movie.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For every shot when you wish Foy would learn melancholy doesn’t have to be meandering, there’s another of striking poignance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For every shot when you wish Foy would learn melancholy doesn’t have to be meandering, there’s another of striking poignance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Luckich's love of silent comedy is everywhere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Luckich's love of silent comedy is everywhere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You could argue it's a bit broad but then charming crowdpleasers often are.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You could argue it's a bit broad but then charming crowdpleasers often are.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The deliberate airlessness - which finds contrast in the likes of Miss Harris' joy at her first knickerbocker glory - works well initially, but as Nighy has less screen time and the film slips into considerations of the switch in Williams' life in the past tense, it drifts towards the stagey.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The deliberate airlessness - which finds contrast in the likes of Miss Harris' joy at her first knickerbocker glory - works well initially, but as Nighy has less screen time and the film slips into considerations of the switch in Williams' life in the past tense, it drifts towards the stagey.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shows that escapist films can serve every bit as valid a purpose as anything else when it comes to uniting people.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shows that escapist films can serve every bit as valid a purpose as anything else when it comes to uniting people.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is not so much individual people who cause the problems but rather the constricting cultural circumstances that dictate everyone must play their allocated role.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is not so much individual people who cause the problems but rather the constricting cultural circumstances that dictate everyone must play their allocated role.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is less about the puzzle of who the murderer is... than about the way he slots into society and, after his arrest, is viewed by the public.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is less about the puzzle of who the murderer is... than about the way he slots into society and, after his arrest, is viewed by the public.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The style is confused

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The style is confused

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Chastain is its saving grace.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Chastain is its saving grace.

~ Jennie Kermode -

White keeps an impressively tight hold on the narrative as he takes us through the ups and downs (literal and otherwise) of the rovers’ adventures.

~ Jennie Kermode -

White keeps an impressively tight hold on the narrative as he takes us through the ups and downs (literal and otherwise) of the rovers’ adventures.

~ Jennie Kermode -

To refer to something as ‘pure cinema’ is uninspired, but Godland is one of those rare films that has some untranslatable quality that speaks for itself.

~ Dora Leu -

To refer to something as ‘pure cinema’ is uninspired, but Godland is one of those rare films that has some untranslatable quality that speaks for itself.

~ Dora Leu -

Rian Johnson's knife is sharper and more precise the second time out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rian Johnson's knife is sharper and more precise the second time out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This documentary provides a fascinating glimpse into how [UBI] might play out in practice.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This documentary provides a fascinating glimpse into how [UBI] might play out in practice.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A lot hinges on Hasson’s performance, and she carries the film’s tonal shifts well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A lot hinges on Hasson’s performance, and she carries the film’s tonal shifts well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Le Bon’s world is so intimately constructed that it’s easy to be immersed in the present moment, as the characters are, and lose sight of the rest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Le Bon’s world is so intimately constructed that it’s easy to be immersed in the present moment, as the characters are, and lose sight of the rest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The trademark Spielberg visual flair is there from the outset and keeps this film interesting at times when the narrative is moving slowly, or when it lapses into melodrama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The trademark Spielberg visual flair is there from the outset and keeps this film interesting at times when the narrative is moving slowly, or when it lapses into melodrama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The beast of burden’s travails seem to be a thinly veiled criticism of Polish society which erupts in one sequence into mindless violence.

~ Richard Mowe -

The beast of burden’s travails seem to be a thinly veiled criticism of Polish society which erupts in one sequence into mindless violence.

~ Richard Mowe -

As in most successful sex comedies, the key to this film is that it’s not really sex that’s the problem, but rather the great weight of other concerns – about self-esteem, social status and ageing – associated with it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As in most successful sex comedies, the key to this film is that it’s not really sex that’s the problem, but rather the great weight of other concerns – about self-esteem, social status and ageing – associated with it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With Roger Deakins handling the cinematography and making the most of the magical light found on parts of England’s south coast, the film never ceases to be visually absorbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With Roger Deakins handling the cinematography and making the most of the magical light found on parts of England’s south coast, the film never ceases to be visually absorbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

O’Connor does not fall for the myth of a romantic place which breeds talent. Instead she recognises the pressure cooker effect of a tightly constrained world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

O’Connor does not fall for the myth of a romantic place which breeds talent. Instead she recognises the pressure cooker effect of a tightly constrained world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The destination of the film might feel like a bit of a foregone conclusion but the graceful and sometimes unpredictable manner in which Carion arrives at it is impressive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The destination of the film might feel like a bit of a foregone conclusion but the graceful and sometimes unpredictable manner in which Carion arrives at it is impressive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Park does it the hard way, building up a complex psychological and intellectual relationship in which sexual desire feels like an emergent characteristic rather than a starting point.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Park does it the hard way, building up a complex psychological and intellectual relationship in which sexual desire feels like an emergent characteristic rather than a starting point.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Baumeister shows how easy it is for a child to latch on to fantasy when reality is so tough.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Baumeister shows how easy it is for a child to latch on to fantasy when reality is so tough.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Vicky Krieps...is in excellent form and up to the task of presenting to us the icon in all her idiosyncrasies.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Vicky Krieps...is in excellent form and up to the task of presenting to us the icon in all her idiosyncrasies.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is hardly a bastion of accuracy, but it does cover its ground well.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is hardly a bastion of accuracy, but it does cover its ground well.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For most of the running time, the film is warm and light-hearted, despite viewers’ steadily growing awareness that it might end in bloodshed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For most of the running time, the film is warm and light-hearted, despite viewers’ steadily growing awareness that it might end in bloodshed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a great deal to enjoy here in a fast paced, lively tale which highlights the hypocrisy of its characters without demeaning them, and which is full of heart.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a great deal to enjoy here in a fast paced, lively tale which highlights the hypocrisy of its characters without demeaning them, and which is full of heart.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By shining a light on the past, Lifshitz lights a beacon for people who feel outcast in today's world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By shining a light on the past, Lifshitz lights a beacon for people who feel outcast in today's world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

More pedantic than poetic, making for an unfulfilling watch.

~ Dora Leu -

More pedantic than poetic, making for an unfulfilling watch.

~ Dora Leu -

Covert glances and dauntless gestures between the three protagonists, that keep us guessing about who knows what, weave a web as diaphanous as the stitching on fine cloth.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Covert glances and dauntless gestures between the three protagonists, that keep us guessing about who knows what, weave a web as diaphanous as the stitching on fine cloth.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Robert Connolly successfully delivers a story which has enough nuance to keep adults from getting bored whilst remaining accessible to younger viewers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Robert Connolly successfully delivers a story which has enough nuance to keep adults from getting bored whilst remaining accessible to younger viewers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The sense of flow extends to the narrative, which weaves together a series of stories, connected not so much by plot intersection as by existential questions of purpose and loss.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sense of flow extends to the narrative, which weaves together a series of stories, connected not so much by plot intersection as by existential questions of purpose and loss.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Banshees is lifted by good performances, particularly from Keoghan and Condon, whose major scene together has a delicacy of emotion that is sharply at odds with the brute force McDonagh more generally employs.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Banshees is lifted by good performances, particularly from Keoghan and Condon, whose major scene together has a delicacy of emotion that is sharply at odds with the brute force McDonagh more generally employs.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story may be presented in a quirky way, with a highly distinctive visual style, but it’s well observed and relatable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The story may be presented in a quirky way, with a highly distinctive visual style, but it’s well observed and relatable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The intimacies are staggering.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The intimacies are staggering.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is often amongst the international Oscar contenders that one finds the year’s best films. Even after accounting for that, this is something special.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is often amongst the international Oscar contenders that one finds the year’s best films. Even after accounting for that, this is something special.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In its subtleties and strength it finds new ways to explore difficult ground.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In its subtleties and strength it finds new ways to explore difficult ground.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Wells shows how interactions that were solid within their own moment become more ambiguous as time has gone by and the adult understanding of Sophie has grown.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wells shows how interactions that were solid within their own moment become more ambiguous as time has gone by and the adult understanding of Sophie has grown.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At the beginning, wit ricochets off the walls [then] the movie loses its spark.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

At the beginning, wit ricochets off the walls [then] the movie loses its spark.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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 -