A fascinating, if skewed, account of creativity gone wild.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fascinating, if skewed, account of creativity gone wild.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is Aurora herself who, unsurprisingly, provides the most poignant observations as she looks back at her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is Aurora herself who, unsurprisingly, provides the most poignant observations as she looks back at her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Chomet captures the way that memories can mislead or turn into a torrent but despite the jokes, he never loses sight of Paul's sadness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Chomet captures the way that memories can mislead or turn into a torrent but despite the jokes, he never loses sight of Paul's sadness.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The difficult reality of life in Senegal dances with something much more otherworldly in Mati Diop's debut film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The difficult reality of life in Senegal dances with something much more otherworldly in Mati Diop's debut film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an ambitious and brave project which, if it doesn't quite reach the heights it might, is still a worthwhile watch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an ambitious and brave project which, if it doesn't quite reach the heights it might, is still a worthwhile watch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A trailblazer for its culture and certainly makes for a fascinating, if rather long, watch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A trailblazer for its culture and certainly makes for a fascinating, if rather long, watch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film can't be faulted for atmosphere... structurally, though, the cracks begin to show.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film can't be faulted for atmosphere... structurally, though, the cracks begin to show.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The personal emotion of its director Samaher Alqadi punches through the centre of it hard - which gives her film a searing edge even if much of it feels scrappy and politically muddied.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The personal emotion of its director Samaher Alqadi punches through the centre of it hard - which gives her film a searing edge even if much of it feels scrappy and politically muddied.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shot mainly at night, the darkness deepens the film's oppressive quality, while the constant presence of rubbish only adds to the sense of everyone sitting in a miasma of despair.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shot mainly at night, the darkness deepens the film's oppressive quality, while the constant presence of rubbish only adds to the sense of everyone sitting in a miasma of despair.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Green shows the trickle-down effect of toxic masculinity, as Jane's male colleagues - scarcely higher in the pecking order than her - nevertheless chip away at her.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Green shows the trickle-down effect of toxic masculinity, as Jane's male colleagues - scarcely higher in the pecking order than her - nevertheless chip away at her.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is no disputing this film is far too long but the central relationship of James and Ford is fascinating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is no disputing this film is far too long but the central relationship of James and Ford is fascinating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

First-time feature director Ruthy Pribar takes a loose and intimate approach to the relationship, allowing it to unfold in moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

First-time feature director Ruthy Pribar takes a loose and intimate approach to the relationship, allowing it to unfold in moments.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This simultaneously cool and cosy tale of families and Christmas spirit will have Aardman's pockets jingling all the way to the bank. And deservedly so.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This simultaneously cool and cosy tale of families and Christmas spirit will have Aardman's pockets jingling all the way to the bank. And deservedly so.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Denis Villeneuve's latest film may be about aliens visiting Earth but it's the people who hold his interest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Denis Villeneuve's latest film may be about aliens visiting Earth but it's the people who hold his interest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Khlebnikov and Meschchaninova capture the essence of long-term relationships at the point when the firework bursts of highs and lows have been replaced by the dripping tap of minor annoyances that are becoming harder to ignore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Khlebnikov and Meschchaninova capture the essence of long-term relationships at the point when the firework bursts of highs and lows have been replaced by the dripping tap of minor annoyances that are becoming harder to ignore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is chiefly a character study of one man's humanity in the face of grief but it echoes the wider trauma of a nation that was decimated by hunger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is chiefly a character study of one man's humanity in the face of grief but it echoes the wider trauma of a nation that was decimated by hunger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The dialogue may be spare but Sol never lets the mood slip for the moment, ratcheting the tension even as he opens up philosophical avenues about eugenics and euthanasia for consideration.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The dialogue may be spare but Sol never lets the mood slip for the moment, ratcheting the tension even as he opens up philosophical avenues about eugenics and euthanasia for consideration.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Less concerned with scrutinising the playground than the dangerous games adults can play with one another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Less concerned with scrutinising the playground than the dangerous games adults can play with one another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Memory, reality, fact and fiction blend to give you a vivid 'feel' for the interviewees' recollections while being acutely aware that this remains a remembered reconstruction of the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Memory, reality, fact and fiction blend to give you a vivid 'feel' for the interviewees' recollections while being acutely aware that this remains a remembered reconstruction of the past.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Richard Gere is getting better with age. The lived-in look suits him and he holds this film tight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Richard Gere is getting better with age. The lived-in look suits him and he holds this film tight.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story develops episodically, with each client given their bit of patter, some of which work better than others.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story develops episodically, with each client given their bit of patter, some of which work better than others.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s sadness here for isolation and a grief that goes beyond the loss of a single life once lived. There’s also a heightened sense of the smaller absurdities of existence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s sadness here for isolation and a grief that goes beyond the loss of a single life once lived. There’s also a heightened sense of the smaller absurdities of existence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jane Campion’s debut short thrives on unpredictable rhythms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jane Campion’s debut short thrives on unpredictable rhythms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite its grey, flat light and general melancholy punctured by menace, An Elephant Sitting Still is, by the end considerably more optimistic than it first appears about humanity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Despite its grey, flat light and general melancholy punctured by menace, An Elephant Sitting Still is, by the end considerably more optimistic than it first appears about humanity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although we are talking age old themes here – first love, dodgy geezers, questions of class – the material is spectacularly well handled.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although we are talking age old themes here – first love, dodgy geezers, questions of class – the material is spectacularly well handled.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Durrani covers a lot of ground with determination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Durrani covers a lot of ground with determination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pestana is brave, both unafraid of filming moments of intimacy when others might have set the camera aside - and of then presenting those moments to us in retrospect.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Pestana is brave, both unafraid of filming moments of intimacy when others might have set the camera aside - and of then presenting those moments to us in retrospect.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shot with a loose but observant style that captures energy and thoughtfulness in all the right places.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Shot with a loose but observant style that captures energy and thoughtfulness in all the right places.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Measured but naturally emotional recollections dovetail with the more impressionistic animated segments to scrutinise the psyche of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Measured but naturally emotional recollections dovetail with the more impressionistic animated segments to scrutinise the psyche of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An emotionally honest if slight documentary that is most likely to appeal to existing fans of Barnett's work.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An emotionally honest if slight documentary that is most likely to appeal to existing fans of Barnett's work.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Recalling the bone-dry wit of the likes of Pablo Larrain mixed with a dash of the absurdity of Samuel Beckett, this is as much a waiting game as an action plan.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Recalling the bone-dry wit of the likes of Pablo Larrain mixed with a dash of the absurdity of Samuel Beckett, this is as much a waiting game as an action plan.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like its central character, then, this is beautiful and brave even if it fails to fully realise its potential.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like its central character, then, this is beautiful and brave even if it fails to fully realise its potential.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Aleksey Fedorchenko isn't the first to try to come at the horrors of the Holocaust from a fresh perspective - although the narrow outlook he adopts here also ends up limiting how much he is able to say.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Aleksey Fedorchenko isn't the first to try to come at the horrors of the Holocaust from a fresh perspective - although the narrow outlook he adopts here also ends up limiting how much he is able to say.

~ 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 -

If the film takes a broad brush approach to its issues of individual rights versus the collective - and dips into melodrama in terms of the violence portrayed - Attenborough is a master of subtle emotional shift.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If the film takes a broad brush approach to its issues of individual rights versus the collective - and dips into melodrama in terms of the violence portrayed - Attenborough is a master of subtle emotional shift.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although Northern shows the powerful nature of Peterson's play, he is less successful at illustrating its impact on the prison itself.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although Northern shows the powerful nature of Peterson's play, he is less successful at illustrating its impact on the prison itself.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every time we are away from the older generation, they're sorely missed and the action drags without their presence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every time we are away from the older generation, they're sorely missed and the action drags without their presence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A passionate energy courses beneath the surface of Levan Akin's tale of love and repression

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A passionate energy courses beneath the surface of Levan Akin's tale of love and repression

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is no doubt this is kitschy... still, at least the book is treated seriously, some of Collinson's framing is memorable and the central 'who's-doing-it' conundrum holds firm

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is no doubt this is kitschy... still, at least the book is treated seriously, some of Collinson's framing is memorable and the central 'who's-doing-it' conundrum holds firm

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hüller has always been an unfussy actress, who allows a character's flaws to shine out in interesting ways.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hüller has always been an unfussy actress, who allows a character's flaws to shine out in interesting ways.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kayis' film is quiet and measured, from the taciturn Fikret, played with a world weary gravitas by Polat, to the pace, which also occasionally threatens to die on the spot.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kayis' film is quiet and measured, from the taciturn Fikret, played with a world weary gravitas by Polat, to the pace, which also occasionally threatens to die on the spot.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although Denis Sinyakov’s camera takes an intimate position within the trip, there’s a constant sense of collaboration with all three generations that means although raw emotion is captured, the filmmaking never feels intrusive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although Denis Sinyakov’s camera takes an intimate position within the trip, there’s a constant sense of collaboration with all three generations that means although raw emotion is captured, the filmmaking never feels intrusive.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Garai has plenty of ideas and a willingness to embrace both more intellectual horror ideas and gore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Garai has plenty of ideas and a willingness to embrace both more intellectual horror ideas and gore.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

David O Russell's latest - a shaggy dog mystery with a deliberate air of penny dreadfuls - could do with more straightforward narrative and fewer screwball convolutions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

David O Russell's latest - a shaggy dog mystery with a deliberate air of penny dreadfuls - could do with more straightforward narrative and fewer screwball convolutions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Haneke goes far beyond pushing emotional buttons into territory where our most visceral fears lurk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Haneke goes far beyond pushing emotional buttons into territory where our most visceral fears lurk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The animation used, accompanied by a zippy score from River Nason, fittingly takes its inspiration from superhero comic books.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The animation used, accompanied by a zippy score from River Nason, fittingly takes its inspiration from superhero comic books.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This consideration of multiple lives, rather than one constructed arc serves to underline the sense that each person is only a small cog turning in the bigger wheel of the machine.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This consideration of multiple lives, rather than one constructed arc serves to underline the sense that each person is only a small cog turning in the bigger wheel of the machine.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Subversive and incendiary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Subversive and incendiary.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the Cheshire cat, the last thing to fade will be your grin.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like the Cheshire cat, the last thing to fade will be your grin.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Siam gives his film a strong sense of place, marked by chaos and flux - a city where you can drive past a "Welcome to Egypt" sign and army tanks within two blocks and where revolution may lead you to come full circle.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Siam gives his film a strong sense of place, marked by chaos and flux - a city where you can drive past a "Welcome to Egypt" sign and army tanks within two blocks and where revolution may lead you to come full circle.

~ Amber Wilkinson -