There is a sense of the freshness of freedom but this a film that mainly deals in big emotions as though worried about getting down to specifics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a sense of the freshness of freedom but this a film that mainly deals in big emotions as though worried about getting down to specifics.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is the casting of Jónsson that is the film's master stroke. Known as a comedian in Iceland, he brings a great sense of underplayed comic timing to Fúsi, resulting in a big impact from small gestures.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is the casting of Jónsson that is the film's master stroke. Known as a comedian in Iceland, he brings a great sense of underplayed comic timing to Fúsi, resulting in a big impact from small gestures.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

O'Brien is bold in his approach and unafraid of risk-taking, choices that offer a clear-sighted window into his world for those of us lucky enough to have full health and a rallying call to others experiencing this condition from within.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

O'Brien is bold in his approach and unafraid of risk-taking, choices that offer a clear-sighted window into his world for those of us lucky enough to have full health and a rallying call to others experiencing this condition from within.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nanau tells it like it is and the film's emotional moments - of which there are many - are small but powerful and unforced.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nanau tells it like it is and the film's emotional moments - of which there are many - are small but powerful and unforced.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What unfolds is a comedy of (t)errors with a central character who shifts very quickly between dubious but likeable guy, buffoon and sociopath.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What unfolds is a comedy of (t)errors with a central character who shifts very quickly between dubious but likeable guy, buffoon and sociopath.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bispuri is interested in how escape from one form of repression seamlessly flows into another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bispuri is interested in how escape from one form of repression seamlessly flows into another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We are thrown headlong into a remake of Aliens, only with a mansion instead of a space colony and caterers instead of marines. The surprise is that it works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We are thrown headlong into a remake of Aliens, only with a mansion instead of a space colony and caterers instead of marines. The surprise is that it works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film would be more robust if it lingered longer, fleshing out the facts of the oppression of music in the country.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film would be more robust if it lingered longer, fleshing out the facts of the oppression of music in the country.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Maclean shows a land where loss of innocence is ever-present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Maclean shows a land where loss of innocence is ever-present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If this is romance, it's dead.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If this is romance, it's dead.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

His film may be a little cluttered and unwieldy but its personal slant has an intensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

His film may be a little cluttered and unwieldy but its personal slant has an intensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Clips from Man Ray's L'étoile de mer with Kiki de Montparnasse and the famous Salvador Dali dream sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound illuminate her passion.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Clips from Man Ray's L'étoile de mer with Kiki de Montparnasse and the famous Salvador Dali dream sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound illuminate her passion.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Resembles the first 15 minutes of a porn flick

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Resembles the first 15 minutes of a porn flick

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

With such a fascinating subject, it's hard for director Jeanie Finlay to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With such a fascinating subject, it's hard for director Jeanie Finlay to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Serves as a timely reminder of how keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive, and preventing another one from happening again, will require constant vigilance.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Serves as a timely reminder of how keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive, and preventing another one from happening again, will require constant vigilance.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Overall, this is a silly romp through some of the best legends medieval Britain has to offer, intercut with some fabulously surreal animation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Overall, this is a silly romp through some of the best legends medieval Britain has to offer, intercut with some fabulously surreal animation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In terms of comedy, belly laughs and unfortunate little accidents making a mess of the sofa, the Pythons has never been better.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

In terms of comedy, belly laughs and unfortunate little accidents making a mess of the sofa, the Pythons has never been better.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

Director Celia Rowlson-Hall, a dancer and choreographer, is able to make visible through movement what harms the soul.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Director Celia Rowlson-Hall, a dancer and choreographer, is able to make visible through movement what harms the soul.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The splintered pain of grief interrupted marks out the directorial debut of Reed Morano.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The splintered pain of grief interrupted marks out the directorial debut of Reed Morano.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Excruciating first date dialogue

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Excruciating first date dialogue

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The pleasantly surprising performance of Schwarzenegger grounds the film with an emotional heft.

~ Robert Munro -

The pleasantly surprising performance of Schwarzenegger grounds the film with an emotional heft.

~ Robert Munro -

Life Of Brian manages to go beyond mere satire and silliness and tell a story that has power of its own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Life Of Brian manages to go beyond mere satire and silliness and tell a story that has power of its own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Morgen creates a vivid, colourful and quite poignant rush through a life that was, at once, explosively creative and deeply troubled.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Morgen creates a vivid, colourful and quite poignant rush through a life that was, at once, explosively creative and deeply troubled.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Loach gives voice with eloquence to the disenfranchised and celebrates the spirit of working people.

~ Richard Mowe -

Loach gives voice with eloquence to the disenfranchised and celebrates the spirit of working people.

~ Richard Mowe -

Bent copper. Check. A liking for the charlie. Check. Shady gangsters operating out of shady strip clubs. Check.

~ Robert Munro -

Bent copper. Check. A liking for the charlie. Check. Shady gangsters operating out of shady strip clubs. Check.

~ Robert Munro -

A thriller, a deep hard stare into the nature of escape, a comedy of metaphors and an alluringly photographed glimpse into the abyss.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A thriller, a deep hard stare into the nature of escape, a comedy of metaphors and an alluringly photographed glimpse into the abyss.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Perlmutt really knows his stuff and effortlessly evokes the iconic movie imagery that evolved to show these automobiles at their best.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Perlmutt really knows his stuff and effortlessly evokes the iconic movie imagery that evolved to show these automobiles at their best.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This documentary captures what may be the last of Antonio Barrera's bullfighting days at a time when the sport itself seems about to fade into history.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This documentary captures what may be the last of Antonio Barrera's bullfighting days at a time when the sport itself seems about to fade into history.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's likely to be most appealing to people just too young to be officially allowed to see it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's likely to be most appealing to people just too young to be officially allowed to see it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At turns inspiring and troubling, Democrats is ultimately a fascinating study of the dangerous grassroots work that changing a harsh political system requires.

~ Owen Van Spall -

At turns inspiring and troubling, Democrats is ultimately a fascinating study of the dangerous grassroots work that changing a harsh political system requires.

~ Owen Van Spall -

There is an unvarnished authenticity to these men and their situation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is an unvarnished authenticity to these men and their situation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One person's armed vigilante is another person's guardian angel and the border between these two ideas is wafer thin and easily crossed as Matthew Heineman's beautifully shot and probing documentary shows.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One person's armed vigilante is another person's guardian angel and the border between these two ideas is wafer thin and easily crossed as Matthew Heineman's beautifully shot and probing documentary shows.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bridgend is a superb piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bridgend is a superb piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Richard Gere is exceptional.

~ Luke Shaw -

Richard Gere is exceptional.

~ Luke Shaw -

The film hinges on a powerful central performance by Karen Allen.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on a powerful central performance by Karen Allen.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brody invests his character with much more depth than is there on the page.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brody invests his character with much more depth than is there on the page.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the current climate, the film suggests, taking up a gun seems to be much easier than wielding words against them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the current climate, the film suggests, taking up a gun seems to be much easier than wielding words against them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Naqvi and Trivedi achieve a fine balancing act, giving no ground either to the fundamentalists or to the Islamophobes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Naqvi and Trivedi achieve a fine balancing act, giving no ground either to the fundamentalists or to the Islamophobes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's no shying away from the fact that the New Age, twig-built mumbo-jumbo peddled here is no match from the otherworldly ancient belief systems of Peru that flow through Llosa's earlier works.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's no shying away from the fact that the New Age, twig-built mumbo-jumbo peddled here is no match from the otherworldly ancient belief systems of Peru that flow through Llosa's earlier works.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are many ways of interpreting the events depicted here. The background of desperation is palpable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are many ways of interpreting the events depicted here. The background of desperation is palpable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jude and Lazarescu also show how the structure of society has a habit of making you conform to it, whatever your intentions - a barbed idea intended to stick in the minds of those who live in today's Europe where the Roma still face wide-spread prejudice

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jude and Lazarescu also show how the structure of society has a habit of making you conform to it, whatever your intentions - a barbed idea intended to stick in the minds of those who live in today's Europe where the Roma still face wide-spread prejudice

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The emotions of the characters can barely find any wiggle room.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The emotions of the characters can barely find any wiggle room.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s the acting that carries it, and naturally Farahani, one of the finest talents of her generation, does not disappoint.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Subtle observations about the racism that underpins this superficially idyllic society pepper a film which repeatedly forces its hero to question his assumptions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

~ Donald Munro -

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through the lens of the men’s romance, Onir takes in a good deal more, exploring the complex realities behind assumptions of prejudice and the myriad factors that go into making each of us who we are.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout the film there is a sense of play, and even as the story evolves to take on darker material, something of that lightness, that happy-go-lucky quality remains.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer/director Sandhya Suri - who has a documentary background - is keen to show that everyone plays their part in the prejudices and corruption of the legal system.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

Lin and Sun studiously maintain the enigma around Shuo so that we are left guessing as to whether he’s just a disadvantaged teen trying to make his way in the world or a cuckoo in the nest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -