You could talk your way round the houses and still come up with very good reasons for believing that when Loach goes political, he makes Karl Marx look benign.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You could talk your way round the houses and still come up with very good reasons for believing that when Loach goes political, he makes Karl Marx look benign.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The trans-European train on which the film's sections unfold is the perfect setting for such a synergistic venture.

~ Anton Bitel -

The trans-European train on which the film's sections unfold is the perfect setting for such a synergistic venture.

~ Anton Bitel -

Laverty's script is so bare of sentiment, it hurts.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Laverty's script is so bare of sentiment, it hurts.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Loach lets those who lived through this speak for themselves.

~ Val Kermode -

Loach lets those who lived through this speak for themselves.

~ Val Kermode -

A narrative that hits your emotional solar plexus with the raw power of the performances and the deceptive simplicity of the story.

~ Richard Mowe -

A narrative that hits your emotional solar plexus with the raw power of the performances and the deceptive simplicity of the story.

~ Richard Mowe -

Route Irish just about overcomes these shortcomings in its portrayal of the de-humanising consequences of modern warfare.

~ Robert Munro -

Route Irish just about overcomes these shortcomings in its portrayal of the de-humanising consequences of modern warfare.

~ Robert Munro -

The plot is spartan, which does not mean it isn't engaging.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The plot is spartan, which does not mean it isn't engaging.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Will anyone see this who wouldn't anyway?

~ Andrew Robertson -

Will anyone see this who wouldn't anyway?

~ Andrew Robertson -

The unknown cast are magnificent, the humour and banter very Yorkshire.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The unknown cast are magnificent, the humour and banter very Yorkshire.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's not so much kitchen sink, as tenement trauma.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's not so much kitchen sink, as tenement trauma.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A warm-hearted film which moves effortlessly between scenes of suffering and side-splitting comedy, Looking For Eric is a real gem.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A warm-hearted film which moves effortlessly between scenes of suffering and side-splitting comedy, Looking For Eric is a real gem.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kes is one of those films that's perhaps dwarfed by its reputation; it's a deeply personal and humble little film at its core.

~ David Graham -

Kes is one of those films that's perhaps dwarfed by its reputation; it's a deeply personal and humble little film at its core.

~ David Graham -

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 -

The film preserves a sense of immediacy and is achingly relevant for our times much in the same way Cathy Come Home was for the Sixties.

~ Richard Mowe -

The film preserves a sense of immediacy and is achingly relevant for our times much in the same way Cathy Come Home was for the Sixties.

~ Richard Mowe -

It just goes to show that for tens of thousands, the Sixties was a distant cry from sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.

~ David Stanners -

It just goes to show that for tens of thousands, the Sixties was a distant cry from sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.

~ David Stanners -

One of The Angels' Share's strongest points is the way the script and the actors capture natural language.

~ Donald Munro -

One of The Angels' Share's strongest points is the way the script and the actors capture natural language.

~ Donald Munro -

Unfortunately, though all the performances are strong, there's simply not enough chemistry between the leads to make their struggle believable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unfortunately, though all the performances are strong, there's simply not enough chemistry between the leads to make their struggle believable.

~ Jennie Kermode -