González Villaseñor has given these women a voice of their own and constructed a merited tribute to their determined generosity.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

González Villaseñor has given these women a voice of their own and constructed a merited tribute to their determined generosity.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Newcomers Cobos and Buzzurro both acquit themselves admirably given that they effectively have to carry the film with no prior experience.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Newcomers Cobos and Buzzurro both acquit themselves admirably given that they effectively have to carry the film with no prior experience.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A fascinating but deeply disturbing film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A fascinating but deeply disturbing film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Overall, fans of the genre will probably enjoy the fight sequences but the story and characterisation do not stand up to closer inspection.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Overall, fans of the genre will probably enjoy the fight sequences but the story and characterisation do not stand up to closer inspection.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There are several standout compositions among Figueroa's cinematography.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There are several standout compositions among Figueroa's cinematography.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A clear passion project that could nonetheless do with some judicious editing to tighten its focus.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A clear passion project that could nonetheless do with some judicious editing to tighten its focus.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film feels surprisingly modern but never anachronistically so.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film feels surprisingly modern but never anachronistically so.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The more problematic aspects of the film stem from a narrative that cannot sustain the inventiveness of the central conceit and which peters out before the end.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The more problematic aspects of the film stem from a narrative that cannot sustain the inventiveness of the central conceit and which peters out before the end.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Safia Benhaim has constructed a haunting film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Safia Benhaim has constructed a haunting film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Portabella's repurposing and reimagining of the elements at Franco's disposal creates something genuinely (and appropriately) otherworldly.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Portabella's repurposing and reimagining of the elements at Franco's disposal creates something genuinely (and appropriately) otherworldly.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

You can't help but feel that Simon Cowell may have seen this film - it's the audition stages of The X Factor, avant la lettre.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

You can't help but feel that Simon Cowell may have seen this film - it's the audition stages of The X Factor, avant la lettre.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Lamas highlights the power of the much-maligned 'talking head' format of documentary while simultaneously striking out into less clearly defined territory aided by the shadowy life story of that same man.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Lamas highlights the power of the much-maligned 'talking head' format of documentary while simultaneously striking out into less clearly defined territory aided by the shadowy life story of that same man.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Confidently slow burning and comfortable with moving at its own speed.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Confidently slow burning and comfortable with moving at its own speed.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Hérétakis has an eye for the details of street life and in chronicling the exuberance and angst of a generation who don't see why they should accept the world as it is.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Hérétakis has an eye for the details of street life and in chronicling the exuberance and angst of a generation who don't see why they should accept the world as it is.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Well worth seeking out.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Well worth seeking out.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

As you would expect with actors of this calibre, there are some delightful sequences where the two leads display their acute comic timing by playing off each other.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

As you would expect with actors of this calibre, there are some delightful sequences where the two leads display their acute comic timing by playing off each other.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Quietly affecting.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Quietly affecting.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Not for the squeamish, the short essay film effectively represents the life cycle in reverse.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Not for the squeamish, the short essay film effectively represents the life cycle in reverse.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

This is a film of silences and pauses, hushed conversations and isolated contemplation.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

This is a film of silences and pauses, hushed conversations and isolated contemplation.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A fascinating and humorous exploration of a star image and its use by savvier directors.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A fascinating and humorous exploration of a star image and its use by savvier directors.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The scratchy texture of the film lends an ethereal quality to the images almost as if the passing sea frets and attendant mist have soaked into the very fabric of the film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The scratchy texture of the film lends an ethereal quality to the images almost as if the passing sea frets and attendant mist have soaked into the very fabric of the film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

An opulent gothic romance in the vein of Jane Eyre or Rebecca rather than a by-the-numbers horror film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

An opulent gothic romance in the vein of Jane Eyre or Rebecca rather than a by-the-numbers horror film.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The Fallen Idol is overshadowed by Reed and Greene's The Third Man but is in many ways a precursor for the later film, not least in visual terms.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The Fallen Idol is overshadowed by Reed and Greene's The Third Man but is in many ways a precursor for the later film, not least in visual terms.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The randomness of death in times of war aside, Land Of Mine - perhaps unavoidably - leans towards the conventional in its overall narrative arc.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The randomness of death in times of war aside, Land Of Mine - perhaps unavoidably - leans towards the conventional in its overall narrative arc.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A small gem of a film and one worth seeking out.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A small gem of a film and one worth seeking out.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

This energetic film has a lot to recommend it, not least the way music is juxtaposed with action.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

This energetic film has a lot to recommend it, not least the way music is juxtaposed with action.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The disjuncture between sound and image where humans are concerned is suggestive of the workers being integrated into - or becoming interchangeable with - the workings of the ship.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The disjuncture between sound and image where humans are concerned is suggestive of the workers being integrated into - or becoming interchangeable with - the workings of the ship.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is a fairytale vibe to proceedings, enhanced by the snow through which he trudges in the parks.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

There is a fairytale vibe to proceedings, enhanced by the snow through which he trudges in the parks.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film takes a compassionate stance towards the unemployed.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film takes a compassionate stance towards the unemployed.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film is one of the first examples of vox populi and the presentation of ordinary people talking directly to the camera was innovative for the era.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film is one of the first examples of vox populi and the presentation of ordinary people talking directly to the camera was innovative for the era.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Paul Rotha's film is impressively rounded and researched in how it considers multiple perspectives and interrelating elements of infrastructure, economy and commerce.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Paul Rotha's film is impressively rounded and researched in how it considers multiple perspectives and interrelating elements of infrastructure, economy and commerce.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Arguably the film is a slight affair in comparison to some other contemporaneous works, although perhaps some of the shortcomings seen by modern eyes are an unavoidable part of filmmaking in that era.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Arguably the film is a slight affair in comparison to some other contemporaneous works, although perhaps some of the shortcomings seen by modern eyes are an unavoidable part of filmmaking in that era.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Jennings had an eye for small moments that signal real life rather than something staged for the camera

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Jennings had an eye for small moments that signal real life rather than something staged for the camera

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film suggests that the story ignites a sense of working class solidarity.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film suggests that the story ignites a sense of working class solidarity.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A poetic evocation of Britain under pressure.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A poetic evocation of Britain under pressure.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film lacks the lively spark and sense of nationwide collectivism of Jennings' subsequent film, Listen to Britain.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film lacks the lively spark and sense of nationwide collectivism of Jennings' subsequent film, Listen to Britain.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A thought-provoking 22 minutes.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A thought-provoking 22 minutes.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

To watch Utopias in 2016 is to experience a sense of déjà vu - it shows the NHS and whole concept of the welfare state under attack while the Labour Party flounders through factionalism and an inability to articulate a vision of the future.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

To watch Utopias in 2016 is to experience a sense of déjà vu - it shows the NHS and whole concept of the welfare state under attack while the Labour Party flounders through factionalism and an inability to articulate a vision of the future.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The Berwick Street Collective did not set out to make a by-the-numbers film and instead crafted a documentary that is experimental in form, and that strives to get at deeper truths about gender and labour inequalities.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The Berwick Street Collective did not set out to make a by-the-numbers film and instead crafted a documentary that is experimental in form, and that strives to get at deeper truths about gender and labour inequalities.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Loznitsa does not impose his opinions onto the material in an obvious fashion.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Loznitsa does not impose his opinions onto the material in an obvious fashion.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Refuge England is a film made by someone with empathy for the man onscreen and genuine insight into the experience of leaving your home through necessity rather than choice.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Refuge England is a film made by someone with empathy for the man onscreen and genuine insight into the experience of leaving your home through necessity rather than choice.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Structurally illustrates how the indigenous people don't see time as being a chronological straight line but as multiple realities existing simultaneously.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Structurally illustrates how the indigenous people don't see time as being a chronological straight line but as multiple realities existing simultaneously.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A sensitively handled female coming-of-age tale.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A sensitively handled female coming-of-age tale.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Sánchez's patience and openminded approach to someone who resisted conformity has enabled him to create a gentle portrait.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Sánchez's patience and openminded approach to someone who resisted conformity has enabled him to create a gentle portrait.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A thoughtful and personal meditation on language, identity and landscape.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A thoughtful and personal meditation on language, identity and landscape.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Makes adroit use of the Beautiful Game's resonance in people's lives as a route in to a personal story.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Makes adroit use of the Beautiful Game's resonance in people's lives as a route in to a personal story.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film achieves a state of grace through the performances and chemistry of the actors.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film achieves a state of grace through the performances and chemistry of the actors.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A through-line in the work of writer-director Icíar Bollaín is her interest in representing a variety of female experience, in both private and professional spaces.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A through-line in the work of writer-director Icíar Bollaín is her interest in representing a variety of female experience, in both private and professional spaces.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Despite desolate circumstances and habitat, Domínguez Serén's film buzzes with humour and human warmth.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Despite desolate circumstances and habitat, Domínguez Serén's film buzzes with humour and human warmth.

~ Rebecca Naughten -