The filmmakers are to be commended on their dedication. Creating a rapport with subjects for a documentary is never an easy task but gaining trust in a virtual space is surely doubly difficult.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The filmmakers are to be commended on their dedication. Creating a rapport with subjects for a documentary is never an easy task but gaining trust in a virtual space is surely doubly difficult.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kötter’s film generates a sense of war not just as a destructive influence but as something that leads to both stoicism and inaction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kötter’s film generates a sense of war not just as a destructive influence but as something that leads to both stoicism and inaction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beyond its individual enjoyable moments, McCabe’s film is well-structured so that it builds to the magnificent spectacle of a successful trapping night and its aftermath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Beyond its individual enjoyable moments, McCabe’s film is well-structured so that it builds to the magnificent spectacle of a successful trapping night and its aftermath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s an increasing sense of the unnatural impinging on the natural.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s an increasing sense of the unnatural impinging on the natural.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a lot going on here, but Gandini offers a breezy and thought-provoking ride

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a lot going on here, but Gandini offers a breezy and thought-provoking ride

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If the film is a bit baggy in places it serves to underline the boredom that can come with living in limbo.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If the film is a bit baggy in places it serves to underline the boredom that can come with living in limbo.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A sort of soft-faced tyrany abounds.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A sort of soft-faced tyrany abounds.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The vibrancy of childhood skips from the screen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The vibrancy of childhood skips from the screen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Al Daradji has a way of making the usual meanings of things slip from their moorings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Al Daradji has a way of making the usual meanings of things slip from their moorings.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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 -

While the choreography of all this is audacious, Hardiman is equally interested in dialogue. He loves an intricately worked sentence as much as a finely coiffed barnet.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the choreography of all this is audacious, Hardiman is equally interested in dialogue. He loves an intricately worked sentence as much as a finely coiffed barnet.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the film progresses, and these artists and filmmakers articulate their response to the conflict both verbally and through their work, Gutnik also interrogates the importance of culture when it comes to establishing and preserving nationhood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the film progresses, and these artists and filmmakers articulate their response to the conflict both verbally and through their work, Gutnik also interrogates the importance of culture when it comes to establishing and preserving nationhood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the structure is offbeat, and the muscular scoring from Jonas Colstrup (The Square) emphasises the emotional rollercoaster, Fredriksson’s film remains empathetic to all concerned.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the structure is offbeat, and the muscular scoring from Jonas Colstrup (The Square) emphasises the emotional rollercoaster, Fredriksson’s film remains empathetic to all concerned.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s tribute to the collaborative feel of this film that the documentary continually takes its lead from what Harris is saying rather than pushing him this way and that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s tribute to the collaborative feel of this film that the documentary continually takes its lead from what Harris is saying rather than pushing him this way and that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

McGann poises her film between Stephen and Alessia’s story, rounding out the background with those who know them both and, in a nice bit of balance, both of their fathers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

McGann poises her film between Stephen and Alessia’s story, rounding out the background with those who know them both and, in a nice bit of balance, both of their fathers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Something is most certainly gained from the presence of Richard himself, who has a vulnerability about him that you might not expect from a man who refused to be cowed by a largely middle-class, white establishment that stood in the way of his girls’ rise to fame.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Something is most certainly gained from the presence of Richard himself, who has a vulnerability about him that you might not expect from a man who refused to be cowed by a largely middle-class, white establishment that stood in the way of his girls’ rise to fame.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The structure of the documentary itself is formulaic but well executed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The structure of the documentary itself is formulaic but well executed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Details leap out from the photographs, not just the faces of those she captured, but the twist of cigarette smoke, metal ashtrays recalling the tang of wet ash, plasters on scrubbed knees.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Details leap out from the photographs, not just the faces of those she captured, but the twist of cigarette smoke, metal ashtrays recalling the tang of wet ash, plasters on scrubbed knees.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a lack of depth in general.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a lack of depth in general.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Filled with strong sentiment but without sentimentality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Filled with strong sentiment but without sentimentality.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By the end you might not only ask yourself if someone is losing their marbles but whose marbles, in fact, are the ones that are being lost.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By the end you might not only ask yourself if someone is losing their marbles but whose marbles, in fact, are the ones that are being lost.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Things happen rather than develop.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Things happen rather than develop.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We’re so used to the flotsam and jetsum of angst, bad blood and rancour in the ocean of pop history, that the positive energy of the Wham! documentary feels as welcome as a summer breeze.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We’re so used to the flotsam and jetsum of angst, bad blood and rancour in the ocean of pop history, that the positive energy of the Wham! documentary feels as welcome as a summer breeze.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As with Boulifa’s first film, much here is built not upon what a specific character does but on another character’s reaction to that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As with Boulifa’s first film, much here is built not upon what a specific character does but on another character’s reaction to that.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If anything the potential dangers of AI are even more in the news now than when the film was shot, making it feel bang up to date.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If anything the potential dangers of AI are even more in the news now than when the film was shot, making it feel bang up to date.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Each character feels carefully drawn, even the slide attendant, whose body language suggests a sort of cool and studied boredom.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Each character feels carefully drawn, even the slide attendant, whose body language suggests a sort of cool and studied boredom.

~ 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 -

The feel is reminiscent of Sixties and Seventies Children’s Film Foundation output - though a lot more polished.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The feel is reminiscent of Sixties and Seventies Children’s Film Foundation output - though a lot more polished.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The band’s music, written by rock star Andrzej Smolik is well-realised by the cast and generates a combative emotional undercurrent although whether quite so much of it is needed is debatable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The band’s music, written by rock star Andrzej Smolik is well-realised by the cast and generates a combative emotional undercurrent although whether quite so much of it is needed is debatable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Karamizade is deft at capturing shifting moods.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Karamizade is deft at capturing shifting moods.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tsukahara creates an immersive and vivid world both in the present and the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tsukahara creates an immersive and vivid world both in the present and the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Vlagopoulou’s performance has a raw intensity that you don’t dare question, less still look away from.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Vlagopoulou’s performance has a raw intensity that you don’t dare question, less still look away from.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are extreme and moderate views here, which recall many a social media debate about everything from slavery street names to flags.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are extreme and moderate views here, which recall many a social media debate about everything from slavery street names to flags.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In general, the film is better in terms of its physical surfaces than its emotional depths.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In general, the film is better in terms of its physical surfaces than its emotional depths.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The performances are generally fine if unremarkable - although it's bizarre that despite Mardenborough’s hometown being in Wales, not a single actor here has a Welsh accent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The performances are generally fine if unremarkable - although it's bizarre that despite Mardenborough’s hometown being in Wales, not a single actor here has a Welsh accent.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the chase scenes are effective, the jokes feel like the ghost of much better one-liners.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the chase scenes are effective, the jokes feel like the ghost of much better one-liners.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a deep irony in Amir being constantly told what to do by the quasi-authority figure of the sat nav while offering up a means of escape to the city's youth that doesn't rely on roads to take them there.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a deep irony in Amir being constantly told what to do by the quasi-authority figure of the sat nav while offering up a means of escape to the city's youth that doesn't rely on roads to take them there.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is complexity at work, however, as Sachs and Zacharias hold these toxic associations up to the light.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is complexity at work, however, as Sachs and Zacharias hold these toxic associations up to the light.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Erlenwein deserves praise for his lean and lithe set-up that keeps delivering surprises.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Erlenwein deserves praise for his lean and lithe set-up that keeps delivering surprises.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a still photographic quality to the cinematography from Lorenzo Casadio Vannucci, with the studious, fixed framing matching the meter of the film and allowing time for us to appreciate the texture, not just of the lives of these characters but the spaces they inhabit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a still photographic quality to the cinematography from Lorenzo Casadio Vannucci, with the studious, fixed framing matching the meter of the film and allowing time for us to appreciate the texture, not just of the lives of these characters but the spaces they inhabit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Peyrot’s documentary becomes increasingly absorbing - so that we want to see this original film as much as they do.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Peyrot’s documentary becomes increasingly absorbing - so that we want to see this original film as much as they do.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tejpal’s debut may be uneven but it's certainly not short of momentum.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tejpal’s debut may be uneven but it's certainly not short of momentum.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Purev-Ochir gives a sense of the pressures the younger generation are under through their experience in the classroom, with a tacit implication that Ze’s struggles are reflecting a spirit of a nation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Purev-Ochir gives a sense of the pressures the younger generation are under through their experience in the classroom, with a tacit implication that Ze’s struggles are reflecting a spirit of a nation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If some of the story is predictable that is mainly down to the tight focus of the script from Casale, which means narrative has a tendency to play second fiddle to atmosphere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If some of the story is predictable that is mainly down to the tight focus of the script from Casale, which means narrative has a tendency to play second fiddle to atmosphere.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As Copa 71 goes on to show, it’s not the players that are the problem but the lack of a level playing field.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As Copa 71 goes on to show, it’s not the players that are the problem but the lack of a level playing field.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Louis-Seize’s treatment of the night is atmospheric, the emphasis here is firmly on comedy rather on gore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Louis-Seize’s treatment of the night is atmospheric, the emphasis here is firmly on comedy rather on gore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

To say too much about what happens in each episode would be to spoil the joy of encountering Song’s finely worked screenplay, which lets its characters' emotions glitter in the light.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

To say too much about what happens in each episode would be to spoil the joy of encountering Song’s finely worked screenplay, which lets its characters' emotions glitter in the light.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In many ways Fremont is advocating the importance of accepting that a life can be both average and fulfilling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In many ways Fremont is advocating the importance of accepting that a life can be both average and fulfilling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that lives in the moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that lives in the moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film strikes one of those wonderful paradoxes, being simultaneously about holding on and letting go.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This film strikes one of those wonderful paradoxes, being simultaneously about holding on and letting go.

~ Amber Wilkinson -