The important thing is, thanks to a smart and involving script, we care about whether they make it until morning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The important thing is, thanks to a smart and involving script, we care about whether they make it until morning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You Kill Me is light-hearted, never really laugh out loud funny but always amusing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

You Kill Me is light-hearted, never really laugh out loud funny but always amusing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For lovers of experimental film only.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For lovers of experimental film only.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the situation feels slightly contrived... the script is bang on.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the situation feels slightly contrived... the script is bang on.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are moments of joy, so sublime you feel your heart swell with the sound of the children’s voices and segments of sadness as sharp as a scalpel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are moments of joy, so sublime you feel your heart swell with the sound of the children’s voices and segments of sadness as sharp as a scalpel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An intriguing and very personal film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An intriguing and very personal film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unearthed doesn't have any real bite and could quite happily be re-interred.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Unearthed doesn't have any real bite and could quite happily be re-interred.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Tuya is joins the ranks of other strong, female characters created by Chinese directors and writers, in this case battling against the odds to keep her family together.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tuya is joins the ranks of other strong, female characters created by Chinese directors and writers, in this case battling against the odds to keep her family together.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is England is, quite simply, the best British film for years. If you're underage, sneak into this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is England is, quite simply, the best British film for years. If you're underage, sneak into this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautiful film, shot with a fluid lyricism.

~ Anton Bitel -

A beautiful film, shot with a fluid lyricism.

~ Anton Bitel -

An angry powder-keg of a film, exploding the reactionary myth that under certain circumstances torture can be acceptable, serviceable or even necessary.

~ Anton Bitel -

An angry powder-keg of a film, exploding the reactionary myth that under certain circumstances torture can be acceptable, serviceable or even necessary.

~ Anton Bitel -

With painterly mise-en-scène and the subtlest of CG effects to aid the camera's fluid movements... Taxidermia always compels us to stare wide-eyed at the screen in awe as much as disgust.

~ Anton Bitel -

With painterly mise-en-scène and the subtlest of CG effects to aid the camera's fluid movements... Taxidermia always compels us to stare wide-eyed at the screen in awe as much as disgust.

~ Anton Bitel -

This is an uneven directorial debut - but not an unaccomplished one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an uneven directorial debut - but not an unaccomplished one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Baldwin lifts the scenes he is in with his brand of easy charm an antidote to occasional outbreaks of cheese in the script.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Baldwin lifts the scenes he is in with his brand of easy charm an antidote to occasional outbreaks of cheese in the script.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

More of a mood piece than a strong narrative tale.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

More of a mood piece than a strong narrative tale.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The slow-burning Arkansas vista is beautiful and harrowing at the same time, a panorama interrupted only by tractors dotting the horizon, but one where a car parked in the wrong place can attract a mob of pitch fork bearing men.

~ Ben Sillis -

The slow-burning Arkansas vista is beautiful and harrowing at the same time, a panorama interrupted only by tractors dotting the horizon, but one where a car parked in the wrong place can attract a mob of pitch fork bearing men.

~ Ben Sillis -

An affectionate, thoroughly enjoyable biography and tribute.

~ Leanne McGrath -

An affectionate, thoroughly enjoyable biography and tribute.

~ Leanne McGrath -

The minor characters are beautifully realised, intriguing and often sympathetic despite their sometime unpleasantness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The minor characters are beautifully realised, intriguing and often sympathetic despite their sometime unpleasantness.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Well-made and great to look at - but strictly for fans only.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Well-made and great to look at - but strictly for fans only.

~ Scott Macdonald -

There is a rough and ready energy to the camerawork, which gathers you up in its enthusiasm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a rough and ready energy to the camerawork, which gathers you up in its enthusiasm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The lavish decoration, aesthetically pleasing and beautifully photographed, exposes the artificiality of the storyline.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The lavish decoration, aesthetically pleasing and beautifully photographed, exposes the artificiality of the storyline.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There are about two decent gags in the whole of Numb. Even the trailer had me yawning.

~ Emma Slawinski -

There are about two decent gags in the whole of Numb. Even the trailer had me yawning.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Leconte’s film constantly amuses and surprises, genuinely uplifting while making very clear that people can be a bit rubbish sometimes.

~ Jeff Robson -

Leconte’s film constantly amuses and surprises, genuinely uplifting while making very clear that people can be a bit rubbish sometimes.

~ Jeff Robson -

Ghostly goings on have rarely looked so gorgeous as they do in this spooky little period story.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ghostly goings on have rarely looked so gorgeous as they do in this spooky little period story.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Li cements her status as a Chinese director to watch

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Li cements her status as a Chinese director to watch

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For those who like thoughtful, literary cinema, this is a delight from beginning to end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For those who like thoughtful, literary cinema, this is a delight from beginning to end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's clear that director Seth Gordon is rooting for Wiebe - but it is not just a trick of the editing that means within 30 minutes of the political machinations of Kong beginning, you will be too.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's clear that director Seth Gordon is rooting for Wiebe - but it is not just a trick of the editing that means within 30 minutes of the political machinations of Kong beginning, you will be too.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A reasonably polished film considering the minuscule budget.

~ Chris -

A reasonably polished film considering the minuscule budget.

~ Chris -

Few documentaries can ever have been put together with the same level of meticulous care as this one, clearly the product of exhaustive research.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few documentaries can ever have been put together with the same level of meticulous care as this one, clearly the product of exhaustive research.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a dark, perverted, gritty, romantic comedy that, like a new relationship, comes with big indie warts-and-all.

~ Chris -

This is a dark, perverted, gritty, romantic comedy that, like a new relationship, comes with big indie warts-and-all.

~ Chris -

Sympathy for the underdog and belief in the power of the human spirit shine through.

~ Jeff Robson -

Sympathy for the underdog and belief in the power of the human spirit shine through.

~ Jeff Robson -

Penn has come up trumps.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Penn has come up trumps.

~ Tony Sullivan -

A deeply evocative piece of film-making.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A deeply evocative piece of film-making.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tehrani excels in playing a character whose aggression instantly makes her unlikeable, yet who, without ever letting down her guard, gradually reveals the pain and desperation underneath.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tehrani excels in playing a character whose aggression instantly makes her unlikeable, yet who, without ever letting down her guard, gradually reveals the pain and desperation underneath.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As entertaining as it is exhilarating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As entertaining as it is exhilarating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A powerful and heart-rending call to attention.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A powerful and heart-rending call to attention.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a character study, this feels as real as a knife cut, slicing to the heart of shattered dreams, long-forgotten hopes and aspirations which may go unfulfilled.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a character study, this feels as real as a knife cut, slicing to the heart of shattered dreams, long-forgotten hopes and aspirations which may go unfulfilled.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Yelchin is a charismatic and believable anti-hero, smart but insecure and neither a walking wisecrack-machine nor a stereotypical ‘mixed-up kid’.

~ Jeff Robson -

Yelchin is a charismatic and believable anti-hero, smart but insecure and neither a walking wisecrack-machine nor a stereotypical ‘mixed-up kid’.

~ Jeff Robson -

Just as the constantly falling snow leaches the colour from the backdrop, so the emotion bleeds out of the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Just as the constantly falling snow leaches the colour from the backdrop, so the emotion bleeds out of the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Black Sheep has a certain charm which enables it to keep its one joke going all the way through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Black Sheep has a certain charm which enables it to keep its one joke going all the way through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An enjoyably anarchic festival treat.

~ Tony Sullivan -

An enjoyably anarchic festival treat.

~ Tony Sullivan -

As the plots begin to coalesce everything becomes far too overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the plots begin to coalesce everything becomes far too overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the first part of the film, the script zips along with plenty of laughs but the biggest problem is that the characters, in particular Marion, become increasingly difficult to like.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the first part of the film, the script zips along with plenty of laughs but the biggest problem is that the characters, in particular Marion, become increasingly difficult to like.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -