In a filmic landscape littered with the lurching corpses of zombies and the emotional angst of vampires, it's refreshing to be presented with a mythology that is less familiar.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In a filmic landscape littered with the lurching corpses of zombies and the emotional angst of vampires, it's refreshing to be presented with a mythology that is less familiar.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Trip is a big costume drama without the costumes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Trip is a big costume drama without the costumes.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

While the film may be monochrome, every colour of emotion is represented here, from elation in the creative process to anxiousness and disillusionment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the film may be monochrome, every colour of emotion is represented here, from elation in the creative process to anxiousness and disillusionment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Aschan has chosen an austere, cold palette that reflects the cool calculations of Cassandra and Emma as they vie for dominance and she and her co-writer Josefine Adolfsson keep the scripting stripped down, so that the body language of the pair is as impor

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Aschan has chosen an austere, cold palette that reflects the cool calculations of Cassandra and Emma as they vie for dominance and she and her co-writer Josefine Adolfsson keep the scripting stripped down, so that the body language of the pair is as impor

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An unashamedly trashy treat.

~ David Graham -

An unashamedly trashy treat.

~ David Graham -

Like the chocolate at its heart, Améris' film is sweet, a little indulgent and over all-too-quickly but leaves a lingering glow of happiness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the chocolate at its heart, Améris' film is sweet, a little indulgent and over all-too-quickly but leaves a lingering glow of happiness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The documentary is never dull due to the excellent pacing and editing.

~ Paul Logan -

The documentary is never dull due to the excellent pacing and editing.

~ Paul Logan -

The script is knowing, loving and amusingly toys with the genre.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The script is knowing, loving and amusingly toys with the genre.

~ Scott Macdonald -

While Sartet's back story is as pulpy as they come, it's the delivery that matters and in terms of action thrills, Cavayé never takes his foot off the throttle.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Sartet's back story is as pulpy as they come, it's the delivery that matters and in terms of action thrills, Cavayé never takes his foot off the throttle.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The humour and emotion are so sharp you might not feel them at the time, but Mullan's film cuts deep and leaves its mark.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The humour and emotion are so sharp you might not feel them at the time, but Mullan's film cuts deep and leaves its mark.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Sally Rowe does a great job with this human side, making a relatively inaccessible subject emotionally engaging and throroughly entertaining.

~ James Benefield -

Director Sally Rowe does a great job with this human side, making a relatively inaccessible subject emotionally engaging and throroughly entertaining.

~ James Benefield -

We have to ask ourselves whether we are watching a child being exploited or whether we are ourselves guilty of exploitation.

~ Val Kermode -

We have to ask ourselves whether we are watching a child being exploited or whether we are ourselves guilty of exploitation.

~ Val Kermode -

Manages to do justice to Makeba’s wonderful talent and noble activism.

~ Robert Munro -

Manages to do justice to Makeba’s wonderful talent and noble activism.

~ Robert Munro -

All three families documented in this film are hands-on and very much involved in doing good without doing harm.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

All three families documented in this film are hands-on and very much involved in doing good without doing harm.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Our view, through Bergé's eyes, is that of the melancholic, someone who has the object of desire but has lost the object-cause of desire.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Our view, through Bergé's eyes, is that of the melancholic, someone who has the object of desire but has lost the object-cause of desire.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Comedy aside, the story hinges on cunning plans and double bluffs that, when they work, are very effective indeed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Comedy aside, the story hinges on cunning plans and double bluffs that, when they work, are very effective indeed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Worthington is so wooden it's a wonder rubbing up against Mendes doesn't cause him to spontaneously combust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Worthington is so wooden it's a wonder rubbing up against Mendes doesn't cause him to spontaneously combust.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film's gentle poetry conjures up flavours in the imagination.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's gentle poetry conjures up flavours in the imagination.

~ Jennie Kermode -

McDonagh takes what could be a hackneyed tale of mismatched buddy cops and spins it to blisteringly funny effect.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

McDonagh takes what could be a hackneyed tale of mismatched buddy cops and spins it to blisteringly funny effect.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The thrilling archival clips and charismatic talking heads alone would make a fabulous documentary in the most traditional sense, but the judicious use of music really brings the film alive.

~ David Graham -

The thrilling archival clips and charismatic talking heads alone would make a fabulous documentary in the most traditional sense, but the judicious use of music really brings the film alive.

~ David Graham -

There's something increasingly bland and uninvolving about this Will Ferrell vehicle which, like him or loathe him, you've got to admit is a kind of achievement.

~ James Benefield -

There's something increasingly bland and uninvolving about this Will Ferrell vehicle which, like him or loathe him, you've got to admit is a kind of achievement.

~ James Benefield -

Donor Unknown never quite pushes hard enough on the big ethical and philosophical questions involved in the notion of fatherhood by proxy.

~ Robert Munro -

Donor Unknown never quite pushes hard enough on the big ethical and philosophical questions involved in the notion of fatherhood by proxy.

~ Robert Munro -

Sammo Hung provides the action sequences, there are model shots and good old fashioned matte painting and the costumes - oh, my, the costumes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sammo Hung provides the action sequences, there are model shots and good old fashioned matte painting and the costumes - oh, my, the costumes.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Channing's friendliness and evident joie de vivre light up this film every bit as much as the bright lights, the dance routines and the fabulous costumes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Channing's friendliness and evident joie de vivre light up this film every bit as much as the bright lights, the dance routines and the fabulous costumes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With excellent sound work, a keen eye and a good subject, this is a lovely piece of documentary.

~ Andrew Robertson -

With excellent sound work, a keen eye and a good subject, this is a lovely piece of documentary.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hidden camera footage provides especially distressing evidence of the extent of the physical abuse.

~ David Graham -

Hidden camera footage provides especially distressing evidence of the extent of the physical abuse.

~ David Graham -

Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The rich and strange debut of Panos Cosmatos throbs with style and portent, which proves a winning combination even if it is somewhat light in the narrative department.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The rich and strange debut of Panos Cosmatos throbs with style and portent, which proves a winning combination even if it is somewhat light in the narrative department.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a tough but beautiful landscape and it has bred tough but beautiful people as director Alma Har'el's film goes on to elegantly illustrate.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a tough but beautiful landscape and it has bred tough but beautiful people as director Alma Har'el's film goes on to elegantly illustrate.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Silver offers no easy way out of his moral maze, just an unflinching look at conflict and its impact both on the perpetrators and those who watch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Silver offers no easy way out of his moral maze, just an unflinching look at conflict and its impact both on the perpetrators and those who watch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film appears to have had a long and somewhat troubled genesis of its own.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The film appears to have had a long and somewhat troubled genesis of its own.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Angels Crest has a number of peripheral problems, mostly to do with the sheer number of under-developed characters and subplots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Angels Crest has a number of peripheral problems, mostly to do with the sheer number of under-developed characters and subplots.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

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 -

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 -

[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 -

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 -

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 -