Charming and heartfelt.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Charming and heartfelt.

~ Owen Van Spall -

It is more like a primer on her life than an in-depth study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is more like a primer on her life than an in-depth study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy's bleak snapshot of life in the Afghan National Army comes as a sharp reminder of the impact of 'unfinished' conflict on local populations for whom an 'exit strategy' is not an option.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy's bleak snapshot of life in the Afghan National Army comes as a sharp reminder of the impact of 'unfinished' conflict on local populations for whom an 'exit strategy' is not an option.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The principal focus of the film is on one man's personal relationship to his faith.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The principal focus of the film is on one man's personal relationship to his faith.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The further the documentary progresses, the more enlightenment is strangled by hand-wringing.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The further the documentary progresses, the more enlightenment is strangled by hand-wringing.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With such a fascinating subject, it's hard for director Jeanie Finlay to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With such a fascinating subject, it's hard for director Jeanie Finlay to go wrong.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, having more the feel of a gallery installation than a feature film.

~ Jeff Robson -

It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, having more the feel of a gallery installation than a feature film.

~ Jeff Robson -

Both Chin and Ozturk have professional filmmaking experience but even so, what they manage to capture is remarkable given the conditions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both Chin and Ozturk have professional filmmaking experience but even so, what they manage to capture is remarkable given the conditions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brando takes it all in good spirits and you sense that he is always on top

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Brando takes it all in good spirits and you sense that he is always on top

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Oppenheimer boils down the atrocity to the experience of a single family, leaving us to extrapolate back up.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Oppenheimer boils down the atrocity to the experience of a single family, leaving us to extrapolate back up.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This documentary brings an important personal dimension to the long struggle for equal marriage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This documentary brings an important personal dimension to the long struggle for equal marriage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The creative spirit displayed by the young, adventurous musicians in the Landfill Harmonic is a joy to behold.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The creative spirit displayed by the young, adventurous musicians in the Landfill Harmonic is a joy to behold.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Morgen creates a vivid, colourful and quite poignant rush through a life that was, at once, explosively creative and deeply troubled.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Morgen creates a vivid, colourful and quite poignant rush through a life that was, at once, explosively creative and deeply troubled.

~ Owen Van Spall -

What emerges as so extraordinary about the way Iris presents herself, and what makes her so beloved by many people in the fashion industry, is the total freedom of reference she enjoys in anyone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What emerges as so extraordinary about the way Iris presents herself, and what makes her so beloved by many people in the fashion industry, is the total freedom of reference she enjoys in anyone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Even if Dick took away the interviewees and voiceovers from this film, the statistics alone would make for startling reading.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Even if Dick took away the interviewees and voiceovers from this film, the statistics alone would make for startling reading.

~ Owen Van Spall -

An unsettling primer on a new type of warfare that is being developed much more quickly than the legal restrictions to control it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An unsettling primer on a new type of warfare that is being developed much more quickly than the legal restrictions to control it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Unflinching but uplifting, Longinotto's film shows how even one person, if they put their minds to it, can make an enormous difference.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Unflinching but uplifting, Longinotto's film shows how even one person, if they put their minds to it, can make an enormous difference.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Katharine Round has produced a film that feels human and substantial.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Katharine Round has produced a film that feels human and substantial.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At turns inspiring and troubling, Democrats is ultimately a fascinating study of the dangerous grassroots work that changing a harsh political system requires.

~ Owen Van Spall -

At turns inspiring and troubling, Democrats is ultimately a fascinating study of the dangerous grassroots work that changing a harsh political system requires.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A brave and shocking statement of the blinding obvious - success drives money and money corrupts.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A brave and shocking statement of the blinding obvious - success drives money and money corrupts.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you're only vaguely familiar with the Damned, this documentary will leave you wondering where you've been all your life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're only vaguely familiar with the Damned, this documentary will leave you wondering where you've been all your life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film successfully unsettles the viewer by demonstrating the number of headaches the rush to harness the power of the atom has left us.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The film successfully unsettles the viewer by demonstrating the number of headaches the rush to harness the power of the atom has left us.

~ Owen Van Spall -

One person's armed vigilante is another person's guardian angel and the border between these two ideas is wafer thin and easily crossed as Matthew Heineman's beautifully shot and probing documentary shows.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One person's armed vigilante is another person's guardian angel and the border between these two ideas is wafer thin and easily crossed as Matthew Heineman's beautifully shot and probing documentary shows.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is an interesting, timely, though ultimately dispiriting look at how the twin forces of institutional bigotry and internal discord fragmented one of the key organising forces in black America.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The film is an interesting, timely, though ultimately dispiriting look at how the twin forces of institutional bigotry and internal discord fragmented one of the key organising forces in black America.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Neville and Gordon wisely embed the verbal duels into the surroundings.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Neville and Gordon wisely embed the verbal duels into the surroundings.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

16 Years Till Summer shows what can be done on a low budget with patience, insight and attention to detail.

~ Jennie Kermode -

16 Years Till Summer shows what can be done on a low budget with patience, insight and attention to detail.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.

~ Jennie Kermode -

So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Through the lens of the men’s romance, Onir takes in a good deal more, exploring the complex realities behind assumptions of prejudice and the myriad factors that go into making each of us who we are.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout the film there is a sense of play, and even as the story evolves to take on darker material, something of that lightness, that happy-go-lucky quality remains.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s a genuine unpredictability to Honey Bunch, both structurally and thematically.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Where the episodes work is when they have a driving, kinetic energy about them. When they don't it's repetitious loop.

~ Donald Munro -

The film, directed by feature debutant Shaun Dozier, retains the density of dialogue you might expect from a stage play but, by leaning into the theatrical nature of the proceedings, Dozier is in some ways able to make this into a virtue.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Coogan is well cast in this tricky role, moving easily from humour to heartbreak..

~ Jennie Kermode -

Manizha Bakhtari may not be a household name but after watching Natalie Halla’s documentary you’re likely to think she ought to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sung’s own camera plays tricks, placing objects too close in the foreground so that parts of an image are out of focus, like an incomplete memory.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The concept, narrative, dialogue, cinematography and action sequences are elements of Scanners that can't be faulted.

~ Donald Munro -

The film hangs on Pemberton’s performance, and he imbues Doug with a sweetness that makes us feel for him despite his deeply misguided actions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The screenplay written by the filmmaker and Andrea Piva is a proper masterwork, from the basic plotting to the intelligent, insightful dialogue.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

From the start, there is something different about this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the anger at the unfairness of what has gone before, this is ultimately a warm-hearted, life-affirming film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is a ride, okay, and it is a bit nauseating and therefore not sterile.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

It’s also striking to think that when Leila is looking forward into the future, she is already, in some senses, looking at our recent past, which only reinforces the sense of the cyclical and ongoing nature of her themes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Thorne still comes across as being at the stage where many aspects of her work are experimental. She’s yet to settle into her style.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Once again, Guiraudie proves himself the master of setting up a mystery by the means of perfect script economy that functions strictly on “need to know” basis.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s ironic that a film about a family who have built a perfect facsimile of a life for themselves should feel so overly constructed itself

~ Amber Wilkinson -