What you get out of Your Sister's Sister is likely to depend quite a bit on the audience you see it with.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What you get out of Your Sister's Sister is likely to depend quite a bit on the audience you see it with.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A mature approach is not matched by the quality of the performances or script.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A mature approach is not matched by the quality of the performances or script.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The steady - but never sluggish - pace allows the characters to live and breathe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The steady - but never sluggish - pace allows the characters to live and breathe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.

~ Lindis Kipp -

A thought-provoking consideration of ageing from the perspective of the elderly that is, perhaps ironically, hard to forget.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A thought-provoking consideration of ageing from the perspective of the elderly that is, perhaps ironically, hard to forget.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One wonders if Robyn O'Neil's original artwork would have been aided by being static.

~ Andrew Robertson -

One wonders if Robyn O'Neil's original artwork would have been aided by being static.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film displays a healthy awareness of its own absurdity, never sensationalising or exploiting the situation it portrays.

~ David Graham -

The film displays a healthy awareness of its own absurdity, never sensationalising or exploiting the situation it portrays.

~ David Graham -

Fitz's portrayal as someone tortured by his Tourette's and haunted by all he has lost because of it is touching and believable.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Fitz's portrayal as someone tortured by his Tourette's and haunted by all he has lost because of it is touching and believable.

~ Lindis Kipp -

While Up There is jam-packed with dry Scottish humour and absurd situations brought on by the dead's physical handicap, the film never fails to engage with its audience on a more philosophical level.

~ Lindis Kipp -

While Up There is jam-packed with dry Scottish humour and absurd situations brought on by the dead's physical handicap, the film never fails to engage with its audience on a more philosophical level.

~ Lindis Kipp -

If this is a character study, there is little character in it.

~ Anton Bitel -

If this is a character study, there is little character in it.

~ Anton Bitel -

Refreshingly honest and unconventional.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Refreshingly honest and unconventional.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The central performances are great - the warriors speak in the old tongue, subtitled.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The central performances are great - the warriors speak in the old tongue, subtitled.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In the central role, Frieda Pinto shows that she has come of age, delivering the story's most powerful screen heroine yet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In the central role, Frieda Pinto shows that she has come of age, delivering the story's most powerful screen heroine yet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Has all the appeal you'd expect from a lesson on late 20th century Bulgarian history.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Has all the appeal you'd expect from a lesson on late 20th century Bulgarian history.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is, in fact, a fascinating documentary about the cubicle.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is, in fact, a fascinating documentary about the cubicle.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Funny, moving and endlessly surprising.

~ Anton Bitel -

Funny, moving and endlessly surprising.

~ Anton Bitel -

There is a charm and grace to this 'not' film that mirrors all of Panahi's previous filmic masterpieces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There is a charm and grace to this 'not' film that mirrors all of Panahi's previous filmic masterpieces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A refreshingly intelligent film with skillfully drawn characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A refreshingly intelligent film with skillfully drawn characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sad, mournful and bittersweet air pervades the entire film both in the shorts and the biographical segments, as if Tatsumi's success and clear artistic ability never allowed him to outrun certain doubts and worries.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A sad, mournful and bittersweet air pervades the entire film both in the shorts and the biographical segments, as if Tatsumi's success and clear artistic ability never allowed him to outrun certain doubts and worries.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The effect is absorbing, like opening a wonderfully illustrated storybook.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The effect is absorbing, like opening a wonderfully illustrated storybook.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is far more than a lighthearted romp.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is far more than a lighthearted romp.

~ Jennie Kermode -

While the film may be monochrome, every colour of emotion is represented here, from elation in the creative process to anxiousness and disillusionment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the film may be monochrome, every colour of emotion is represented here, from elation in the creative process to anxiousness and disillusionment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Remains unbeaten in terms of influence and iconic moments.

~ Stephen Carty -

Remains unbeaten in terms of influence and iconic moments.

~ Stephen Carty -

This documentary's great strength is in the variety of characters it presents to us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This documentary's great strength is in the variety of characters it presents to us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

St Nick is acutely observed and poignantly delivered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

St Nick is acutely observed and poignantly delivered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Peschel delivers a superb physical performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Peschel delivers a superb physical performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Somnambulists is a powerful, unapologetically political contribution to the discourse about this country's questionable manoeuvrings abroad since 9/11, lest we forget.

~ Anton Bitel -

The Somnambulists is a powerful, unapologetically political contribution to the discourse about this country's questionable manoeuvrings abroad since 9/11, lest we forget.

~ Anton Bitel -

A lurching and uneven film, Sleeping Sickness resembles a dream.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A lurching and uneven film, Sleeping Sickness resembles a dream.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Slacker 2011 suffers from the same essential flaws as its predecessor.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Slacker 2011 suffers from the same essential flaws as its predecessor.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Singin' in the Rain remains one of the most enduring, effervescent and exuberant of films.

~ Chris -

Singin' in the Rain remains one of the most enduring, effervescent and exuberant of films.

~ Chris -

This is a complex love story, as much about brotherhood as anything else. It's also a fantastic comedy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a complex love story, as much about brotherhood as anything else. It's also a fantastic comedy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fascinating throughout but often difficult to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fascinating throughout but often difficult to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a mark of its quality how ably it wrong-foots.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's a mark of its quality how ably it wrong-foots.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It’s impossible not to admire Belafonte's courage and commitment.

~ Jeff Robson -

It’s impossible not to admire Belafonte's courage and commitment.

~ Jeff Robson -

Milan Maric and Milo Timotijevic deliver good performances which require them to go in very different directions.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Milan Maric and Milo Timotijevic deliver good performances which require them to go in very different directions.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Blunt and McGregor do what they can but they, like their characters, are swimming upstream in a river of syrup to a soundtrack that came from the drawer marked Now That's What I Call Celtic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Blunt and McGregor do what they can but they, like their characters, are swimming upstream in a river of syrup to a soundtrack that came from the drawer marked Now That's What I Call Celtic.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is not pleasant, but it is powerful, strikingly so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is not pleasant, but it is powerful, strikingly so.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Visually striking, animated in a densely layered drawing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Visually striking, animated in a densely layered drawing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bruce Lee is back, and he's Indonesian.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bruce Lee is back, and he's Indonesian.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is Hammer Horror through and through, yet distinctly inferior to most of their other works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is Hammer Horror through and through, yet distinctly inferior to most of their other works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The cast do a splendid job of portraying the rough and tumble inhabitants of the mining town, each with their own problems and desires.

~ Lindis Kipp -

The cast do a splendid job of portraying the rough and tumble inhabitants of the mining town, each with their own problems and desires.

~ Lindis Kipp -

In this way, Miyazaki avoids any simplistic 'message', preferring to present a more complicated dialectic on the environmental difficulties that continue to 'curse' us to this day.

~ Anton Bitel -

In this way, Miyazaki avoids any simplistic 'message', preferring to present a more complicated dialectic on the environmental difficulties that continue to 'curse' us to this day.

~ Anton Bitel -

Well worth a watch, with considerably more going for it than mere novelty value.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Well worth a watch, with considerably more going for it than mere novelty value.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot in lush, vivid black and white, the film carries a sense of age and expectation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Shot in lush, vivid black and white, the film carries a sense of age and expectation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It takes a special kind of documentarian to look behind the right curtain.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It takes a special kind of documentarian to look behind the right curtain.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Among the dropped frames it seems more forced than it ought, less critical.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Among the dropped frames it seems more forced than it ought, less critical.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Yi proves adept at documenting the tactile nature of Young-Chan's relationship with the world

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Yi proves adept at documenting the tactile nature of Young-Chan's relationship with the world

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The mockumentary is, by now, far from a fresh format, but this film brings so much fresh energy to it that the result it much more fun than you'd expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The mockumentary is, by now, far from a fresh format, but this film brings so much fresh energy to it that the result it much more fun than you'd expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that is satisfying intuitively even when it misfires at other levels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that is satisfying intuitively even when it misfires at other levels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Oxygen is a breath of fresh air.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Oxygen is a breath of fresh air.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A great collection of contributers bring depth and complexity as well as celebrity status to the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A great collection of contributers bring depth and complexity as well as celebrity status to the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia produces the most exciting boredom.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia produces the most exciting boredom.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

We lurch between environments where there is no freedom at all and where one might get away with anything, and the effect is morally dizzying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We lurch between environments where there is no freedom at all and where one might get away with anything, and the effect is morally dizzying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gives the sense that humans are almost incidental in the battle between a man-made Titan and a force of nature.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gives the sense that humans are almost incidental in the battle between a man-made Titan and a force of nature.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has sufficient tact and poise to let its subject speak for herself.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film has sufficient tact and poise to let its subject speak for herself.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The movie is eccentric and wild in one respect and positive and cool in another.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The movie is eccentric and wild in one respect and positive and cool in another.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As long as this zany crew of misfits continues to raise a smile, a laugh, even a tear, there remains a place for their alchemic power to turn on- and off-stage mishaps, arch pop-culture commentary and sly self-parody into entertainment gold.

~ Anton Bitel -

As long as this zany crew of misfits continues to raise a smile, a laugh, even a tear, there remains a place for their alchemic power to turn on- and off-stage mishaps, arch pop-culture commentary and sly self-parody into entertainment gold.

~ Anton Bitel -

Structured like a Greek tragedy, steeped in Gothic gloom, this is a bold and dramatic tale but also a sly one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Structured like a Greek tragedy, steeped in Gothic gloom, this is a bold and dramatic tale but also a sly one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Riisa Naka is great as somewhat obnoxious Mitsuko.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Riisa Naka is great as somewhat obnoxious Mitsuko.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Quietly, in the background, details become almost too horrible to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quietly, in the background, details become almost too horrible to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Good, entertaining, verging at times on the self-indulgent.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Good, entertaining, verging at times on the self-indulgent.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A film about photographers, by photographers, for photographers, and every bit of it a visual delight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film about photographers, by photographers, for photographers, and every bit of it a visual delight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mesnak has to be up there with the very best screen adaptations of Hamlet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mesnak has to be up there with the very best screen adaptations of Hamlet.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The confidences he shares with Bonicos may not be deep but they always feel genuine.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The confidences he shares with Bonicos may not be deep but they always feel genuine.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A classical exploration of power, love, violence and misery.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

A classical exploration of power, love, violence and misery.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

Long Distance Information depicts that phone call so well, the stilted awkwardness as you ask about things you don't care about.

~ Donald Munro -

Long Distance Information depicts that phone call so well, the stilted awkwardness as you ask about things you don't care about.

~ Donald Munro -

A perfect example of film-noir, Laura has an intelligent and unpredictable plot, beautiful cinematography and an unforgettable score.

~ Skyline -

A perfect example of film-noir, Laura has an intelligent and unpredictable plot, beautiful cinematography and an unforgettable score.

~ Skyline -

Sigurbjörnsson does excellent work in between the lines of the script and Rúnarsson gives him plenty of space, so that not a single moment of the 17 here feels hurried.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sigurbjörnsson does excellent work in between the lines of the script and Rúnarsson gives him plenty of space, so that not a single moment of the 17 here feels hurried.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a loneliness, a melancholy at the heart of Livid that is truly haunting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a loneliness, a melancholy at the heart of Livid that is truly haunting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In a world where everyone seems so lost, The Kid With A Bike will help you find your humanity again.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

In a world where everyone seems so lost, The Kid With A Bike will help you find your humanity again.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a film of limited scope and surprising vista.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a film of limited scope and surprising vista.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Beercan aeroplanes in stark-white skies, wire-wheeled wonders carrying characters and plot.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Beercan aeroplanes in stark-white skies, wire-wheeled wonders carrying characters and plot.

~ Andrew Robertson -

If you really believe Russia opened up with its famous perestroika, this film will change the way you see things.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you really believe Russia opened up with its famous perestroika, this film will change the way you see things.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A vertiginous crane, the shadowy physicians, the Leviathan-punctuated roiling seascape all invite ever further attention.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A vertiginous crane, the shadowy physicians, the Leviathan-punctuated roiling seascape all invite ever further attention.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Italy is the classical home of the diabolical morality tale, and beneath all the sophisticated modern trappings that's exactly what we have here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Italy is the classical home of the diabolical morality tale, and beneath all the sophisticated modern trappings that's exactly what we have here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Smith's restraint and Jimmy's drive combine to make a powerful portrait of a man and his work.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Smith's restraint and Jimmy's drive combine to make a powerful portrait of a man and his work.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a change of pace for Segel and it allows him to showcase the full breadth of his talent, creating a very full-on character who, beneath his bluster, has a surprising amount of depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a change of pace for Segel and it allows him to showcase the full breadth of his talent, creating a very full-on character who, beneath his bluster, has a surprising amount of depth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It would seem fairest to judge this film on its own merits but that's hard when it's trying so self-consciously to be Trainspotting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It would seem fairest to judge this film on its own merits but that's hard when it's trying so self-consciously to be Trainspotting.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Agnieszka Holland understands that what really makes an impression is the internal experience of such extreme situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Agnieszka Holland understands that what really makes an impression is the internal experience of such extreme situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An intriguing if uneven journey into a strange, violent and very sad part of modern America.

~ Owen Van Spall -

An intriguing if uneven journey into a strange, violent and very sad part of modern America.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Elegantly photographed, with beautifully constructed sets, this is a film that exudes quality from beginning to end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Elegantly photographed, with beautifully constructed sets, this is a film that exudes quality from beginning to end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the good dialogue the script is lacking depth.

~ Donald Munro -

Despite the good dialogue the script is lacking depth.

~ Donald Munro -

The couple's love of old Soviet style filmmaking techniques manifests gloriously in images that charm and delight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The couple's love of old Soviet style filmmaking techniques manifests gloriously in images that charm and delight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Make no mistake, this is a difficult film to watch - but it is also a surprisingly uplifting one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Make no mistake, this is a difficult film to watch - but it is also a surprisingly uplifting one.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An unflinching indictment of the savagery at the heart of the American dream.

~ The Exile -

An unflinching indictment of the savagery at the heart of the American dream.

~ The Exile -

Director Aki Kaurismäki's latest is a humanist hug of a fable, which concludes that while big miracles may happen, it's the everyday 'miracles' people create for one another that really count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Aki Kaurismäki's latest is a humanist hug of a fable, which concludes that while big miracles may happen, it's the everyday 'miracles' people create for one another that really count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The most important message the film has is follow your heart, no matter how weird other people think you are for doing so.

~ James Benefield -

The most important message the film has is follow your heart, no matter how weird other people think you are for doing so.

~ James Benefield -

It is the black comedy that is the real surprise, rescuing Headhunters from both Norwegian dourness and Tinseltown blandness.

~ Anton Bitel -

It is the black comedy that is the real surprise, rescuing Headhunters from both Norwegian dourness and Tinseltown blandness.

~ Anton Bitel -

Strong, engaging, deeply personal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Strong, engaging, deeply personal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The fox that befriends our protagonist is quite an ominous fox.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The fox that befriends our protagonist is quite an ominous fox.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Whether you're an addict or a skeptic, this is a documentary with real style, relentlessly upbeat and energised, full of fun.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whether you're an addict or a skeptic, this is a documentary with real style, relentlessly upbeat and energised, full of fun.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pins down the horrors of a dehumanising industry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pins down the horrors of a dehumanising industry.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's the germ of a good idea here, but the film feels like a rough cut.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's the germ of a good idea here, but the film feels like a rough cut.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Perceptions make this film such a pleasure to watch. Everything feels believable, real, and thought through.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Perceptions make this film such a pleasure to watch. Everything feels believable, real, and thought through.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Like Richter's creations, this deceptively simple film is many-layered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like Richter's creations, this deceptively simple film is many-layered.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tthere are about six or seven fascinating shorts competing for attention here, and Burch and Sekula’s respective backgrounds pull the film one way and then the other, never quite settling into a structurally or aesthetically consistent framework.

~ Michael Pattison -

Tthere are about six or seven fascinating shorts competing for attention here, and Burch and Sekula’s respective backgrounds pull the film one way and then the other, never quite settling into a structurally or aesthetically consistent framework.

~ Michael Pattison -

Judith Johnstone's design and model making are tremendous.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Judith Johnstone's design and model making are tremendous.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Moody, meditative, and of tremendous quality.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Moody, meditative, and of tremendous quality.

~ Andrew Robertson -

With absolutely stunning cinematography and subtly effective performances, Finisterrae is more moving than you might expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With absolutely stunning cinematography and subtly effective performances, Finisterrae is more moving than you might expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A nice little piece, characterful if not compelling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A nice little piece, characterful if not compelling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Max Von Sydow's magnificent Emperor Ming is a template against which all future alien rulers have had to measure up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Max Von Sydow's magnificent Emperor Ming is a template against which all future alien rulers have had to measure up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the fantastic image this family first presents, the film's best trick is to reveal the ways in which it resembles any other.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite the fantastic image this family first presents, the film's best trick is to reveal the ways in which it resembles any other.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Throughout it all, the requisite nausea-inducing camerawork and ear-piercing shrieking will have you wishing this was one found footage flick that had stayed lost.

~ David Graham -

Throughout it all, the requisite nausea-inducing camerawork and ear-piercing shrieking will have you wishing this was one found footage flick that had stayed lost.

~ David Graham -

Set over 25 years, this is an effective historical record, but it never really captures the energy of the band.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Set over 25 years, this is an effective historical record, but it never really captures the energy of the band.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's main problem is that it's a good 25 minute short padded out to an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film's main problem is that it's a good 25 minute short padded out to an hour and a half.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alien invasion aficionados would do well to avoid but if you're a fan of the comedy of discomfort with a slacker vibe and a hint of romance, Extraterrestrial certainly has charms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Alien invasion aficionados would do well to avoid but if you're a fan of the comedy of discomfort with a slacker vibe and a hint of romance, Extraterrestrial certainly has charms.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What comes over very strongly in the film is that Vivienne is an endearing mixture of the anarchic and the down to earth.

~ Val Kermode -

What comes over very strongly in the film is that Vivienne is an endearing mixture of the anarchic and the down to earth.

~ Val Kermode -

Once you have seen it you cannot help but measure every film you have ever seen against it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Once you have seen it you cannot help but measure every film you have ever seen against it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 curio Death Watch remains a chilly and enigmatic film, one which is hard to love but not hard to admire.

~ Robert Munro -

Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 curio Death Watch remains a chilly and enigmatic film, one which is hard to love but not hard to admire.

~ Robert Munro -

After seeing three films in and around the small town of Dreileben, the landscape has become familiar and inescapable.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

After seeing three films in and around the small town of Dreileben, the landscape has become familiar and inescapable.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The fantastic interrupts the profane.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The fantastic interrupts the profane.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Petzold exposes the social machinations behind the seemingly simple love stories.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Petzold exposes the social machinations behind the seemingly simple love stories.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Patterson’s undoubtedly got the confidence of these rad dudes, creating the feel of a genuine dispatch from another tribe.

~ Jeff Robson -

Patterson’s undoubtedly got the confidence of these rad dudes, creating the feel of a genuine dispatch from another tribe.

~ Jeff Robson -

Though it doesn't have many new things to say - that's part of the point - it works thanks to a powerful central performance from young Muatasem Mishal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though it doesn't have many new things to say - that's part of the point - it works thanks to a powerful central performance from young Muatasem Mishal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Benefits from ravishing cinematography and elegant production design that helps to bring out the character of Buenos Aires itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Benefits from ravishing cinematography and elegant production design that helps to bring out the character of Buenos Aires itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Aarniokoski shows real flair for staging visceral, splattery action.

~ David Graham -

Aarniokoski shows real flair for staging visceral, splattery action.

~ David Graham -

Scores high in the derivative stakes but low on satisfaction.

~ Neil Mitchell -

Scores high in the derivative stakes but low on satisfaction.

~ Neil Mitchell -

Stella is a gleefully crude dyke who could give Malcolm Tucker a run for his money in a creative swearing contest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stella is a gleefully crude dyke who could give Malcolm Tucker a run for his money in a creative swearing contest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Darín is superb in the leading role, sympathetic even at his most misanthropic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Darín is superb in the leading role, sympathetic even at his most misanthropic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Full of gothic visuals and brooding melancholy, the bleak gloom is striking.

~ Stephen Carty -

Full of gothic visuals and brooding melancholy, the bleak gloom is striking.

~ Stephen Carty -

The two central performances – Vianello’s bewildered, sensitive, lonely young girl and Cantalupo’s harassed moral inadequate – are pitch-perfect.

~ Jeff Robson -

The two central performances – Vianello’s bewildered, sensitive, lonely young girl and Cantalupo’s harassed moral inadequate – are pitch-perfect.

~ Jeff Robson -

Captivating and informative.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Captivating and informative.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It's refreshing to see a young woman in a horror movie with various potential weaknesses who still emerges as a strong, upbeat individual.

~ David Graham -

It's refreshing to see a young woman in a horror movie with various potential weaknesses who still emerges as a strong, upbeat individual.

~ David Graham -

Channing's friendliness and evident joie de vivre light up this film every bit as much as the bright lights, the dance routines and the fabulous costumes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Channing's friendliness and evident joie de vivre light up this film every bit as much as the bright lights, the dance routines and the fabulous costumes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is beautiful, often mesmerising and the soundtrack is superb.

~ Val Kermode -

The film is beautiful, often mesmerising and the soundtrack is superb.

~ Val Kermode -

Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like many an Old West prospector's treasure, while Mateo Gil's movie has a good- looking gloss its substance is more fool's gold that fortune.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In the constructedness of its approach, the split-screens, the mute passage of time before us, it becomes evocative, enlightening, impressive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In the constructedness of its approach, the split-screens, the mute passage of time before us, it becomes evocative, enlightening, impressive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As comfy and cosily British as a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As comfy and cosily British as a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rajesh is a real life private detective, the founder of Always Investigatings and Security Concern, and he runs it as if he learned everything he needed to know from Seventies TV shows.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rajesh is a real life private detective, the founder of Always Investigatings and Security Concern, and he runs it as if he learned everything he needed to know from Seventies TV shows.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a fantastic chance to see some of the industry's greatest talents at the top of their game.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a fantastic chance to see some of the industry's greatest talents at the top of their game.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You'd have to be a real Grouch not to enjoy it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You'd have to be a real Grouch not to enjoy it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Few music documentaries manage to pull together this many top contributors.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few music documentaries manage to pull together this many top contributors.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Unfortunately, the strong performances and engaging visuals come together to form a film that ultimately seems to lack direction.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Unfortunately, the strong performances and engaging visuals come together to form a film that ultimately seems to lack direction.

~ Lindis Kipp -

An unassuming, funny family film with an unexpected ending that is well worth seeing.

~ Lindis Kipp -

An unassuming, funny family film with an unexpected ending that is well worth seeing.

~ Lindis Kipp -

Cristián Jiménez likes quirkiness and his enthusiasm for it, evidenced in his first film Optical Illusions and again here, goes a good way to convincing you to take the ride.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cristián Jiménez likes quirkiness and his enthusiasm for it, evidenced in his first film Optical Illusions and again here, goes a good way to convincing you to take the ride.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bob And The Monster takes an affectionate look at rock and a fresh look at drug addiction.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bob And The Monster takes an affectionate look at rock and a fresh look at drug addiction.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Blue Angel has all the ingredients of a classic moral tragedy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Blue Angel has all the ingredients of a classic moral tragedy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What makes this documentary so powerful and so enjoyable is its intimacy with its subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What makes this documentary so powerful and so enjoyable is its intimacy with its subject.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film effectively outlines a very worrying situation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film effectively outlines a very worrying situation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Complex ideas are brought out in part through a brilliant script, in part through brilliant direction.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Complex ideas are brought out in part through a brilliant script, in part through brilliant direction.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A good introduction to the versatile Icelandic scene.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A good introduction to the versatile Icelandic scene.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like Rear Window if James Stewart's character had doubted himself, the film becomes a tangle of paranoid possibilities.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like Rear Window if James Stewart's character had doubted himself, the film becomes a tangle of paranoid possibilities.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Scattershot, lurching, and with some moments that verge on racial caricature, this is perhaps best avoided.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Scattershot, lurching, and with some moments that verge on racial caricature, this is perhaps best avoided.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Undeniably well put together at all levels.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Undeniably well put together at all levels.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Harish Patel delivers an unforgettable performance that combines blundering insensitivity with heartbreaking vulnerability and will still have you laughing out loud.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Harish Patel delivers an unforgettable performance that combines blundering insensitivity with heartbreaking vulnerability and will still have you laughing out loud.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lotte Reiniger brings a unique perspective to the look of traditional characters, as she uses intricate Eastern details to show off astoundingly delicate filigree cutting work.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Lotte Reiniger brings a unique perspective to the look of traditional characters, as she uses intricate Eastern details to show off astoundingly delicate filigree cutting work.

~ Nicola Osborne -

Both young actors are impressive here, fully invested in their roles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both young actors are impressive here, fully invested in their roles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that is both intellectually stimulating and visually satisfying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that is both intellectually stimulating and visually satisfying.

~ Jennie Kermode -

To make a film that is touchingly beautiful at the same time as dealing with very bad things is a remarkable achievement.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

To make a film that is touchingly beautiful at the same time as dealing with very bad things is a remarkable achievement.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It could be the set-up for a disturbing thriller. Instead, 15 Summers Later plays out as a delicately balanced observational comedy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It could be the set-up for a disturbing thriller. Instead, 15 Summers Later plays out as a delicately balanced observational comedy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At its most interesting when the robot-building team is in Herat, its hometown, the film addresses aspects of Afghan life not always noticed by outsiders.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sophisticated palate will discern any number of flavours running through Black Bag, but these are glosses on a traditional recipe.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Establishing shots of boats and docks and archive footage are not only more genuine than the film's version of events but more convincing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A wild story delivered with verve and a suitable degree of irreverence.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ott’s interest is not in creating an accurate depiction of exactly what happened in the run-up to the Oklahoma City bombing, but rather in exploring the thought processes behind it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

I laughed, and was not alone in doing so, out loud, and repeatedly.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In this tangled tapestry, Russell has captured the soul of a nation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It feels as if a collection of fantasy and dystopian science fiction archetypes have been poured into a blender and swirled around to produce the script and visuals.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Manages to squeeze solid performances from actors and to infuse the run of the mill story with some dense and tense atmosphere set against the backdrop of the overall slickness of Frank Griebe’s cinematography

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

If the humour works for you at all, you’ll find it a hoot.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Director Siobhan McCarthy is adept at using the long-established visual language of the high school movie both to entertain and to show us the world from a perspective that’s relatively new to cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Clown in A Cornfield has a lot of heart, and not just of the bloody variety.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bong loses the thread in numerous half-baked sub-plots whose inflation takes its toll on the bloated runtime.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Every frame feels like the product of conscious decision-making, with nothing merely carrying us from one point to another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hallow Road is an Irish co-production, and it shows both in theme and in quality.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s refreshing to encounter a multiverse film that doesn’t mess about.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A surprisingly droll deconstruction of crime reconstruction.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The circumstances of women are central to the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kurosawa's masterful synthesis doesn't stop with the script. He weaves a late Edo period samurai film, in its painstaking historic detail, into modernity.

~ Donald Munro -

The film is at its most effective when we feel the urgency of their boredom – the athletic one pacing in circles like a trapped animal – juxtaposed with the languid charm of their environment.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Every frame feels like the product of conscious decision-making, with nothing merely carrying us from one point to another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ashcroft’s interpretation steers the story away from simple tragedy as we see Mortensen making gains as well as losses.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Comic invention rides shotgun on a screenplay that runs wild.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Carreira shows how quiet desperation can be eroding

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bong loses the thread in numerous half-baked sub-plots whose inflation takes its toll on the bloated runtime.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Bonhoeffer struggles with his faith, but less in the manner of a great thinker and more in that of someone who writes quotes for inspirational posters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sophisticated palate will discern any number of flavours running through Black Bag, but these are glosses on a traditional recipe.

~ Andrew Robertson -