There's no denying that they make some good points, well substantiated with damning words straight from the horse's mouth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's no denying that they make some good points, well substantiated with damning words straight from the horse's mouth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Screenwriters Eddy Moretti and Shane Smith play rather too fast and loose with the facts at times.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Screenwriters Eddy Moretti and Shane Smith play rather too fast and loose with the facts at times.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Seamlessly balances the scenes that made the band infamous, with the intimate moments and the atmosphere of an era.

~ Daniel Hooper -

Seamlessly balances the scenes that made the band infamous, with the intimate moments and the atmosphere of an era.

~ Daniel Hooper -

It still does things that surprise.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It still does things that surprise.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The message is clear and the message is strong: How To Build A Fascist Movement works.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The message is clear and the message is strong: How To Build A Fascist Movement works.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Strives for profundity but instead grates irritatingly.

~ George Williamson -

Strives for profundity but instead grates irritatingly.

~ George Williamson -

The interviewees are great value, telling rambling anecdotes, and laughing and weeping as they recall the friend they so admired.

~ Richard Mellor -

The interviewees are great value, telling rambling anecdotes, and laughing and weeping as they recall the friend they so admired.

~ Richard Mellor -

It plunges you right into a Midwest midwinter, where wind and snow scour a starkly beautiful landscape and a built-in woolly jumper is a prerequisite for survival.

~ Jeff Robson -

It plunges you right into a Midwest midwinter, where wind and snow scour a starkly beautiful landscape and a built-in woolly jumper is a prerequisite for survival.

~ Jeff Robson -

Boy meets nun, boy loses nun, boy marries nun, boy and nun go on the run.

~ Nicky Falkof -

Boy meets nun, boy loses nun, boy marries nun, boy and nun go on the run.

~ Nicky Falkof -

Captivatingly creative but over-fussy in terms of story, this is still an entertaining and accomplished debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Captivatingly creative but over-fussy in terms of story, this is still an entertaining and accomplished debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film has an inner beauty that defies Maria's lifestyle and is enhanced by exceptional acting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is a concrete sense of just how true and harrowing this testimony is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a concrete sense of just how true and harrowing this testimony is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A stark political satire, exposing all the divisions and frictions – social, sexual, racial, cultural and religious – of a modern multi-cultural France.

~ Anton Bitel -

A stark political satire, exposing all the divisions and frictions – social, sexual, racial, cultural and religious – of a modern multi-cultural France.

~ Anton Bitel -

An extremely black comedy with a painfully alienating central premise.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

An extremely black comedy with a painfully alienating central premise.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Although Ozon never quite makes his mind up about the tone of the piece, the weird juxtaposition of the normal and abnormal is mostly effective.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Although Ozon never quite makes his mind up about the tone of the piece, the weird juxtaposition of the normal and abnormal is mostly effective.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Thought-provoking rather than yielding insight.

~ Chris -

Thought-provoking rather than yielding insight.

~ Chris -

Wry, funny and emotionally-charged.

~ Darren Amner -

Wry, funny and emotionally-charged.

~ Darren Amner -

There are moments of brilliance but also points where Tati simply lays on everything too thick.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are moments of brilliance but also points where Tati simply lays on everything too thick.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Predictably, as the ending arrives we learn absolutely nothing or witness anything different that we didn't see coming halfway through.

~ Darren Amner -

Predictably, as the ending arrives we learn absolutely nothing or witness anything different that we didn't see coming halfway through.

~ Darren Amner -

This is a charming first feature-length offering from writer/director Fillières.

~ Sarah Artt -

This is a charming first feature-length offering from writer/director Fillières.

~ Sarah Artt -

This is a story of personal sadness, part of a tragic whole.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a story of personal sadness, part of a tragic whole.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Jamal 'Gravy' Woolard put a tremendous effort into preparing for his role and it really pays off.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jamal 'Gravy' Woolard put a tremendous effort into preparing for his role and it really pays off.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What it lacks in complexity or emotional intensity, it makes up for in entertainment.

~ Themroc -

What it lacks in complexity or emotional intensity, it makes up for in entertainment.

~ Themroc -

In the central role, Elit Iscan demonstrate a confidence that belies her years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the central role, Elit Iscan demonstrate a confidence that belies her years.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are some good ideas here, and bursts of insight into strategies that really do seem to be working.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are some good ideas here, and bursts of insight into strategies that really do seem to be working.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Exquisite attention to detail that creates not only a complex portrait of each of the main characters but also a vivid sense of place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Exquisite attention to detail that creates not only a complex portrait of each of the main characters but also a vivid sense of place.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the layers of symbolism and allegory certainly add to the depth of the film's resonance, those who consider it purely as a more simply magic realist-inflected coming of age tale are unlikely to be disappointed either.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although the layers of symbolism and allegory certainly add to the depth of the film's resonance, those who consider it purely as a more simply magic realist-inflected coming of age tale are unlikely to be disappointed either.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In one of the finest performances of his career, Sean Penn is understated to convey finer feeling, yet passionate on the soap box to an inspirational degree.

~ Chris -

In one of the finest performances of his career, Sean Penn is understated to convey finer feeling, yet passionate on the soap box to an inspirational degree.

~ Chris -

There is no escaping the weightiness of the subject matter and Movermann treats it with the necessary respect, but he also shows evidence of a lighter touch, which helps to alleviate the pathos and prevents the film sliding into melodrama.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

There is no escaping the weightiness of the subject matter and Movermann treats it with the necessary respect, but he also shows evidence of a lighter touch, which helps to alleviate the pathos and prevents the film sliding into melodrama.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Filmed with limited resources, Marin Blue is a great festival entry, with a lovely dreamlike feel.

~ Darren Amner -

Filmed with limited resources, Marin Blue is a great festival entry, with a lovely dreamlike feel.

~ Darren Amner -

The plot and characterisation feel subordinate to the social commentary.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The plot and characterisation feel subordinate to the social commentary.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Lulu And Jimi certainly shares with Lynch a level of surrealism and an ability to switch mood dramatically from the candy floss highs of love to much darker territory.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lulu And Jimi certainly shares with Lynch a level of surrealism and an ability to switch mood dramatically from the candy floss highs of love to much darker territory.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Emotional explorations are the life-blood of London River, but it is clogged up by the weight of sorrow running through it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Emotional explorations are the life-blood of London River, but it is clogged up by the weight of sorrow running through it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What remains true now, as it was then, is the scale and scope of the thing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Little Soldier makes us face some of the hardest questions we may never want to answer.

~ Chris -

Little Soldier makes us face some of the hardest questions we may never want to answer.

~ Chris -

Riklis has made a wise choice in turning real life political drama into a simple human interest story.

~ Chris -

Riklis has made a wise choice in turning real life political drama into a simple human interest story.

~ Chris -

Strickland reveals an eye for landscape and place that for me recalled early Werner Herzog.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Strickland reveals an eye for landscape and place that for me recalled early Werner Herzog.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

A stylish femme-thriller with good twists and turns.

~ Darren Amner -

A stylish femme-thriller with good twists and turns.

~ Darren Amner -

There is no question that Petzold is his own film-maker.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There is no question that Petzold is his own film-maker.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Intelligent, well-constructed visuals work effectively in tandem with what is being said by the musicians and save us from the stale talking-heads format.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Intelligent, well-constructed visuals work effectively in tandem with what is being said by the musicians and save us from the stale talking-heads format.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The issue of sex is carefully handled and the trajectory the pair take has a fumbling, teenage quality that makes it easy to believe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The issue of sex is carefully handled and the trajectory the pair take has a fumbling, teenage quality that makes it easy to believe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The fusion of the crime thriller’s grim reality with the otherworldly fantasy of the ghostly confederate army is, for the most part, very effective.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The fusion of the crime thriller’s grim reality with the otherworldly fantasy of the ghostly confederate army is, for the most part, very effective.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

A timely and well-executed thriller

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

A timely and well-executed thriller

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Olyphant has a great seductive charm and impeccable comic timing.

~ Darren Amner -

Olyphant has a great seductive charm and impeccable comic timing.

~ Darren Amner -

Engagement with this film requires patience and hinges on the performance of Camandule.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Engagement with this film requires patience and hinges on the performance of Camandule.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A powerful and moving documentary, which appears to give a thorough and frank portrait of its subjects and the impact of poverty and malnutrition upon their lives.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

A powerful and moving documentary, which appears to give a thorough and frank portrait of its subjects and the impact of poverty and malnutrition upon their lives.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The subject is much too large and diverse to cram into 94 minutes, but Kenner spends his time wisely, ramming home bullet points with irrefutable evidence and impressive research.

~ The Exile -

The subject is much too large and diverse to cram into 94 minutes, but Kenner spends his time wisely, ramming home bullet points with irrefutable evidence and impressive research.

~ The Exile -

It is the central love story - beautifully realised both in terms of camerawork and acting - that underpins all the rest of the directorial flourishes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is the central love story - beautifully realised both in terms of camerawork and acting - that underpins all the rest of the directorial flourishes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A minor mumblecore treat.

~ Paul Griffiths -

A minor mumblecore treat.

~ Paul Griffiths -

This fable for our times manages to be touching, comedic, and poignant.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

This fable for our times manages to be touching, comedic, and poignant.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

It’s a real shame that the director doesn’t show enough interest in his own story or characters to make them anything more than sketches and surfaces.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

It’s a real shame that the director doesn’t show enough interest in his own story or characters to make them anything more than sketches and surfaces.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Some will find the apparently random nature of its early scenes so irritating that they'll just give up. But there will almost certainly be others who will consider this to be one of the best films they have ever seen.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some will find the apparently random nature of its early scenes so irritating that they'll just give up. But there will almost certainly be others who will consider this to be one of the best films they have ever seen.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Displays some of the finer stylistic points of modern German cinema.

~ Chris -

Displays some of the finer stylistic points of modern German cinema.

~ Chris -

An impressive documentary, which spotlights human trafficking without passing judgement on the participants.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

An impressive documentary, which spotlights human trafficking without passing judgement on the participants.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The script is, at times, very funny, though the use of a very droll narration is unnecessary.

~ Darren Amner -

The script is, at times, very funny, though the use of a very droll narration is unnecessary.

~ Darren Amner -

Few actors have ever come to embody a historical figure in such a powerful way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few actors have ever come to embody a historical figure in such a powerful way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film likely to divide viewers.

~ Sarah Artt -

This is a film likely to divide viewers.

~ Sarah Artt -

As Ayse, Elif Bülbül is one of the cutest children to grace the screen for years, whilst Mehmet Bülbül delivers a subtle, multi-layered performance as her brother.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As Ayse, Elif Bülbül is one of the cutest children to grace the screen for years, whilst Mehmet Bülbül delivers a subtle, multi-layered performance as her brother.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This carefully played comedy sees characters buzz around each other whilst a network of words and expectations, often subtly misunderstood, seems to bind them to mutually frustrating situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This carefully played comedy sees characters buzz around each other whilst a network of words and expectations, often subtly misunderstood, seems to bind them to mutually frustrating situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hurtles along to a satisfying climax, with well-sustained tension and audacious plot twists that will keep your jaw on the floor.

~ James Gracey -

Hurtles along to a satisfying climax, with well-sustained tension and audacious plot twists that will keep your jaw on the floor.

~ James Gracey -

Though well executed, there isn’t a great deal to elevate the story beyond a solid genre piece.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Though well executed, there isn’t a great deal to elevate the story beyond a solid genre piece.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Exhilirating cinema, simply and purely stated with rich, detailed live action photography.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Exhilirating cinema, simply and purely stated with rich, detailed live action photography.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Further evidence of German filmmakers’ willingness to confront the darker episodes of their recent past – and spark a controversy in the process.

~ Jeff Robson -

Further evidence of German filmmakers’ willingness to confront the darker episodes of their recent past – and spark a controversy in the process.

~ Jeff Robson -

Simple messages, simply but warmly told.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Simple messages, simply but warmly told.

~ Paul Griffiths -

While the pace may seem slow at times, the deliberate and considered consumption of all the little details that make up the couple’s life results in a more than satisfying pay-off towards the end.

~ Robert Munro -

While the pace may seem slow at times, the deliberate and considered consumption of all the little details that make up the couple’s life results in a more than satisfying pay-off towards the end.

~ Robert Munro -

A pleasant hymn to old-fashioned simple memories

~ Scott Macdonald -

A pleasant hymn to old-fashioned simple memories

~ Scott Macdonald -

'An effective and realistic examination of a world where intelligent and privileged characters have reached near-adulthood without having any real understanding of basic morality.'

~ Jeff Robson -

'An effective and realistic examination of a world where intelligent and privileged characters have reached near-adulthood without having any real understanding of basic morality.'

~ Jeff Robson -

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 -

The characters in this film suffer torment and pain, much like the audience.

~ Darren Amner -

The characters in this film suffer torment and pain, much like the audience.

~ Darren Amner -

The script left me with the distinct impression it had been written by someone who’d been drafted in for work experience and was taking revenge for having been forced to clean the toilets.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The script left me with the distinct impression it had been written by someone who’d been drafted in for work experience and was taking revenge for having been forced to clean the toilets.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

By allowing a slow-build to his drama, he ensures we get a feel for the extended family dynamic before wrong-footing the characters and his audience with the suddeness and deftness of a heartbeat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By allowing a slow-build to his drama, he ensures we get a feel for the extended family dynamic before wrong-footing the characters and his audience with the suddeness and deftness of a heartbeat.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a mood of eerie melancholy as Milk lays out the reasons why he might become a target for someone who is "insecure, terrified, afraid" - a concept that has lost none of its resonance with campaigners in many fields of equal rights in the years that have passed since.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a mood of eerie melancholy as Milk lays out the reasons why he might become a target for someone who is "insecure, terrified, afraid" - a concept that has lost none of its resonance with campaigners in many fields of equal rights in the years that have passed since.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The long wordless opening of 2001 remains one of the most beautiful sequences on film.

~ Nicola Osborne -

The long wordless opening of 2001 remains one of the most beautiful sequences on film.

~ Nicola Osborne -

A thoughtful consideration of not just physical prowess but the emotional agility and resilience demonstrated by those growing up in Gaza.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Along with Vladimir Gojun’s progressively rhythmic editing and Julij Zornik’s subjective sound design, the filmmaker takes us right into the protagonist’s, and therefore any and every teenager’s head.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

We Believe You works to perfection thanks to the dedication and stellar directing, acting and technical work.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

When you get old, hope you find someone who looks at you the way Mascaro looks at Tereza and Roberta.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s an anarchic silliness about it which suits the science fiction setting, an openness to having fun and delivering a story unselfconsciously, on its own terms.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As Blue Moon progresses it becomes clear that the one thing Hart really wants is to be wanted.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ridley may not be in the top league of current action stars but she can handle herself, and she is at any rate more convincing as a former soldier than she is as a member of the working class.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sandbag Dam is powered by stellar, deeply lived-in performances by the young and budding actors.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

The viewer has to be keyed into Akerman's cinematic language, how she portrays boredom, claustrophobia, isolation.

~ Donald Munro -

Fund encourages us to tune in to the energies of the trio, the subtle shifts of mood, shared moments of understanding or joy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Without Blanche Gardin, who carries the whole film, The Incredible Snow Woman would be a mix of generic dramedy and equally generic comedy that simply tries too hard to send quirky and “subversive” vibes.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

An atmospheric, beguiling piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A pretty empty and tiresome experience.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

A collection of early films by Chantal Akerman.

~ Donald Munro -

Øverbye makes a compelling lead, taking on the chunks of voiceover without any problem but also excelling in terms of conveying her character’s moods via body languag

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A moody, unsettling piece.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sometimes compelling, often baffling work that doesn’t really solve the inherent problem of its subject matter, but swings for the fences trying.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

With a lesser canine star, the film would not have worked, but Nala is sensational.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Easily delivering on the big emotional beats, The Six Triple Eight is a natural crowd pleaser.

~ Jennie Kermode -

[Hart] doesn’t turn up the volume, but uses tone and repetition so effectively that the film becomes a microcosm of the real experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With a lesser canine star, the film would not have worked, but Nala is sensational.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film that seems somehow subtly different every time you watch it, full of tantalising possibilities.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s an anarchic mess – the sort of film the Joker himself might have made, and that’s part of its triumph.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Coppola has style, but sometimes employs too much of it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a tactile retelling, inviting us to imagine the sticky feel of Coca-Cola on hot skin in the sun or the heat of a sheepskin coat and the love that goes with it being passed from mum to daughter ahead of a trip abroad.

~ 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 -

Hodierne handles the blend of styles within the film with a laid back confidence that makes it easy to lower one’s guard at the wrong moments.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ridley may not be in the top league of current action stars but she can handle herself, and she is at any rate more convincing as a former soldier than she is as a member of the working class.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nobody plays lazy like Jeff Bridges. You could say he was born to it. Or rather, he's such a good actor he makes it look as natural as an unmade bed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -