The film keeps us guessing for quite some time, despite delivering a number of unsettling hints

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film keeps us guessing for quite some time, despite delivering a number of unsettling hints

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may be, ironically, rather stagey, but for all its artificiality and slightness, it packs an emotional punch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may be, ironically, rather stagey, but for all its artificiality and slightness, it packs an emotional punch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The distilled essence of European Gothic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The distilled essence of European Gothic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Pure joy from start to finish.

~ Anton Bitel -

Pure joy from start to finish.

~ Anton Bitel -

Although the plot is a tired one, Walk The Line avoids hitting any dud notes, thanks to the excellence of the two leads.

~ Josh Morrall -

Although the plot is a tired one, Walk The Line avoids hitting any dud notes, thanks to the excellence of the two leads.

~ Josh Morrall -

Australia's finest horror film in years.

~ Anton Bitel -

Australia's finest horror film in years.

~ Anton Bitel -

The Wizard Of Oz has something fresh and intangibly pure for me every time I see it.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The Wizard Of Oz has something fresh and intangibly pure for me every time I see it.

~ Scott Macdonald -

An immensely dark, macabre and unsettling work.

~ James Gracey -

An immensely dark, macabre and unsettling work.

~ James Gracey -

Multiverses have become a box office staple lately, courtesy of Marvel and the like, but they are rarely as elegantly mounted as this retro and twisty little mystery from Timm Kröger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Multiverses have become a box office staple lately, courtesy of Marvel and the like, but they are rarely as elegantly mounted as this retro and twisty little mystery from Timm Kröger.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though effective in places, it doesn’t have enough going on to justify its running time, mistaking expositional twists for substance, and when it slows, the device at its heart becomes really, really irritating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though effective in places, it doesn’t have enough going on to justify its running time, mistaking expositional twists for substance, and when it slows, the device at its heart becomes really, really irritating.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters are not unrealistically attached to their well-intentioned lies, and get into trouble in part because of the ease with which they give way to awkward compromises. As a result, they feel very human.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters are not unrealistically attached to their well-intentioned lies, and get into trouble in part because of the ease with which they give way to awkward compromises. As a result, they feel very human.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Thrums from start to almost finish with the sweaty tension of a looming maths test.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Thrums from start to almost finish with the sweaty tension of a looming maths test.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By taking their time and standing back from the fray, Mones and Suh are able to take a much more objective look at these social phenomena.

~ Jennie Kermode -

By taking their time and standing back from the fray, Mones and Suh are able to take a much more objective look at these social phenomena.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Part fantasy, part western, the film is exquisitely shot, the humid atmosphere of the island creating a degree of visual uncertainty to confound viewers further.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Part fantasy, part western, the film is exquisitely shot, the humid atmosphere of the island creating a degree of visual uncertainty to confound viewers further.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film wonderfully captures the dynamics of workplace small talk.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

The film wonderfully captures the dynamics of workplace small talk.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Solo features wonderfully detailed sets which give depth and meaning to its characters’ lives, plus fantastic costume work both on and off the stage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Solo features wonderfully detailed sets which give depth and meaning to its characters’ lives, plus fantastic costume work both on and off the stage.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mixing horror elements with character study and a tender portrait of a relationship in crisis, Sleep easily slides between genres and, in the process, keeps viewers guessing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mixing horror elements with character study and a tender portrait of a relationship in crisis, Sleep easily slides between genres and, in the process, keeps viewers guessing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Danny Boyle directs with the right balance of tension and wit, never forgetting that violence begets violence as one thing leads to another.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Danny Boyle directs with the right balance of tension and wit, never forgetting that violence begets violence as one thing leads to another.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It’s a reflexive, even self-conscious work, interested in the infrastructure of oil, of film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a reflexive, even self-conscious work, interested in the infrastructure of oil, of film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Told from a child’s point of view, immediate and haphazard, magical and unlikely.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Told from a child’s point of view, immediate and haphazard, magical and unlikely.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s nice to see a film which problematises familiar, overly comfortable assumptions about the sociological response to new technologies, and which doesn’t insist that babies need to be thrown out with bathwater.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s nice to see a film which problematises familiar, overly comfortable assumptions about the sociological response to new technologies, and which doesn’t insist that babies need to be thrown out with bathwater.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is an artistic sensibility in Ramsay's approach to film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is an artistic sensibility in Ramsay's approach to film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There’s a reason why formulas work and this one is marked: Caution, may make you cry.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a reason why formulas work and this one is marked: Caution, may make you cry.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Excitement shivers through each scene with quirky, individual peculiarity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Excitement shivers through each scene with quirky, individual peculiarity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

[DuVernay is] not here to tell people what to think – rather, she’s presenting them with the tools to start thinking for themselves and making their own discoveries.

~ Jennie Kermode -

[DuVernay is] not here to tell people what to think – rather, she’s presenting them with the tools to start thinking for themselves and making their own discoveries.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a tremendously challenging role, in which Maadi excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a tremendously challenging role, in which Maadi excels.

~ Jennie Kermode -

No matter that the plot development is deliberately murky, it’s the mood that catches you in its tides.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

No matter that the plot development is deliberately murky, it’s the mood that catches you in its tides.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Viewers … must be patient and wait for their rewards – but like the old man, we are sometimes caught be surprise, confronted with sudden moments of exquisite beauty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Viewers … must be patient and wait for their rewards – but like the old man, we are sometimes caught be surprise, confronted with sudden moments of exquisite beauty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A brilliant exercise in plotting, drama, comedy and action with a fitting denouement.

~ Luke Shaw -

A brilliant exercise in plotting, drama, comedy and action with a fitting denouement.

~ Luke Shaw -

If one bears in mind that parts of it may be more fiction than fact, it’s an interesting character study, as well as one of the more unusual cinematic portraits of a marriage under stress.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If one bears in mind that parts of it may be more fiction than fact, it’s an interesting character study, as well as one of the more unusual cinematic portraits of a marriage under stress.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s an uncomfortable watch, as we stay close to its troubled central character. The challenge to viewers is to see what she’s missing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s an uncomfortable watch, as we stay close to its troubled central character. The challenge to viewers is to see what she’s missing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a splendid exercise in world building. Bösch gives us everything we need to believe in this place and understand the character dynamics, but does not stray beyond that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a splendid exercise in world building. Bösch gives us everything we need to believe in this place and understand the character dynamics, but does not stray beyond that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hinton’s documentary visually points to all the complicated, often triangular entanglements.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Hinton’s documentary visually points to all the complicated, often triangular entanglements.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There's no doubt that by presenting several characters as pure id is quite a dangerous gambit for a filmmaker but Glass keeps things interesting by having them driven by different things.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's no doubt that by presenting several characters as pure id is quite a dangerous gambit for a filmmaker but Glass keeps things interesting by having them driven by different things.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lousy Carter provides pleasant enough distraction in the moment but gives viewers very little to take away.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lousy Carter provides pleasant enough distraction in the moment but gives viewers very little to take away.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a clever structure but one which could easily go awry. Neal handles it well, with the confidence to alter events very slightly so as to communicate the different perspectives of his principal characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a clever structure but one which could easily go awry. Neal handles it well, with the confidence to alter events very slightly so as to communicate the different perspectives of his principal characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may be Will Gilbey’s first feature as director, but his background as an editor means he knows how to construct an action sequence, and he delivers one great set piece after another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This may be Will Gilbey’s first feature as director, but his background as an editor means he knows how to construct an action sequence, and he delivers one great set piece after another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s nothing to challenge or expand upon the average viewer’s pre-existing knowledge of who Janey is.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s nothing to challenge or expand upon the average viewer’s pre-existing knowledge of who Janey is.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Aslin and Lennon convey this very effectively, without being too blunt.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Aslin and Lennon convey this very effectively, without being too blunt.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s Clennon’s first ever film role, but you wouldn’t think it. The interiority, the subtlety of his performance is what really sells it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s Clennon’s first ever film role, but you wouldn’t think it. The interiority, the subtlety of his performance is what really sells it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A story of survival, adjustment and reclaiming a place in the world, full of unexpected joys.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A story of survival, adjustment and reclaiming a place in the world, full of unexpected joys.

~ Jennie Kermode -

First-timer Sarr - who is a musician - is a remarkable lead and matched by the support from fellow novice Fall.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

First-timer Sarr - who is a musician - is a remarkable lead and matched by the support from fellow novice Fall.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Writer/director Zarrar Khan uses techniques borrowed from the horror genre to address the experience of living in an environment where one is seen as less than fully human, or even as prey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer/director Zarrar Khan uses techniques borrowed from the horror genre to address the experience of living in an environment where one is seen as less than fully human, or even as prey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s inventive throughout, well worked out in terms of effects, and equipped with characters we can really get to know, with some great work even in the smallest roles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s inventive throughout, well worked out in terms of effects, and equipped with characters we can really get to know, with some great work even in the smallest roles.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The house has an older past which, at her tender age, [Rebecca] has not reckoned with, and her discovery of this goes hand in hand with her developing awareness of the political climate surrounding her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The house has an older past which, at her tender age, [Rebecca] has not reckoned with, and her discovery of this goes hand in hand with her developing awareness of the political climate surrounding her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some films take time to gather momentum, but there’s a sense of movement right from the off in Kamal Lazraq’s debut feature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Some films take time to gather momentum, but there’s a sense of movement right from the off in Kamal Lazraq’s debut feature.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even non-football fans are likely to find themselves won over almost immediately by this tale of one team’s determination against the odds.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even non-football fans are likely to find themselves won over almost immediately by this tale of one team’s determination against the odds.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hoard goes further, creeps around, becomes something you can start to smell, to taste.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hoard goes further, creeps around, becomes something you can start to smell, to taste.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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 -

A fascinating piece of work, mixing glamour and darkness and a lot of uncertainty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A fascinating piece of work, mixing glamour and darkness and a lot of uncertainty.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hesitation Wound is a melancholy piece of cinema but such an accomplished one that it is a delight to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hesitation Wound is a melancholy piece of cinema but such an accomplished one that it is a delight to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kar-Wai avoids cultish gay stereotyping.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kar-Wai avoids cultish gay stereotyping.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Essential, urgent and damning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Essential, urgent and damning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Ann can handle a knife, there’s a sense that her look might just as easily strike others dead.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While Ann can handle a knife, there’s a sense that her look might just as easily strike others dead.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wells finds within his story many formative elements of 20th Century US history, with Capra’s tragedy and contradictions speaking to the country’s own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wells finds within his story many formative elements of 20th Century US history, with Capra’s tragedy and contradictions speaking to the country’s own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As might be expected from an actress-turned-director, the performances are important to Tezel but she also shows an aptitude for visual storytelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As might be expected from an actress-turned-director, the performances are important to Tezel but she also shows an aptitude for visual storytelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Aboyan lets Layla drive the film with an emotional intensity alongside which everything else fades.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Aboyan lets Layla drive the film with an emotional intensity alongside which everything else fades.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the film’s themes darken, so do the initially bright landscapes, and the colours of Evie’s clothes fade. This creates something of a sense that the characters are slipping backwards into a troubled past.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the film’s themes darken, so do the initially bright landscapes, and the colours of Evie’s clothes fade. This creates something of a sense that the characters are slipping backwards into a troubled past.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is one of the few films I've seen where a length of ribbon drew a round of applause.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is one of the few films I've seen where a length of ribbon drew a round of applause.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Anthony Chen's slow-burn character study is essentially a showcase for its star Cynthia Erivo

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Anthony Chen's slow-burn character study is essentially a showcase for its star Cynthia Erivo

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By mixing the situations of a crime drama with dysfunctional family dynamics, the everyday becomes accentuated, meaning that outbreaks of violence are absurdly comic but still retain a nasty edge.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By mixing the situations of a crime drama with dysfunctional family dynamics, the everyday becomes accentuated, meaning that outbreaks of violence are absurdly comic but still retain a nasty edge.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If there’s vacillation in general at work, the slippery nature of the film, greased with the sweat of physical and metaphorical dance, remains beguiling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If there’s vacillation in general at work, the slippery nature of the film, greased with the sweat of physical and metaphorical dance, remains beguiling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s in [its] understanding of working life that the film really excels, and it’s refreshing to see working class characters given centre stage in a story like this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s in [its] understanding of working life that the film really excels, and it’s refreshing to see working class characters given centre stage in a story like this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whilst exploring ideas around power, perception and the reshaping of boundaries, Teixeira also delivers a tender love story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whilst exploring ideas around power, perception and the reshaping of boundaries, Teixeira also delivers a tender love story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

How it feels to take credit for something you haven’t done is one of the questions Coup! invites us to contemplate.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

How it feels to take credit for something you haven’t done is one of the questions Coup! invites us to contemplate.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

An intriguing piece of work which probes the psychology of contestant, producers and viewers alike.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An intriguing piece of work which probes the psychology of contestant, producers and viewers alike.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Erlingur Thoroddsen has done a fairly good job of cramming in an expansive and complicated story with very little compromise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Erlingur Thoroddsen has done a fairly good job of cramming in an expansive and complicated story with very little compromise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rohrwacher’s visually eclectic style is well suited to exploring the contrasts between present and past, natural and artificial, poverty and wealth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rohrwacher’s visually eclectic style is well suited to exploring the contrasts between present and past, natural and artificial, poverty and wealth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Eventually, Diallo will travel far beyond the villages, to another country, to continue his quest, going to lengths few documentarians would consider - but what he learns there will reveal that the real answer lies back home.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Eventually, Diallo will travel far beyond the villages, to another country, to continue his quest, going to lengths few documentarians would consider - but what he learns there will reveal that the real answer lies back home.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brick is something altogether peculiar, more than the sum of its parts

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brick is something altogether peculiar, more than the sum of its parts

~ Jennie Kermode -

This feels, at times, like a kind of anti-cinema. It offers its share of sensation and big emotion, but elevates the ordinary, the joys of a more mundane life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This feels, at times, like a kind of anti-cinema. It offers its share of sensation and big emotion, but elevates the ordinary, the joys of a more mundane life.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Blue Sunshine was made by a woman who has been through it herself, and that shows in every fibre of the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Blue Sunshine was made by a woman who has been through it herself, and that shows in every fibre of the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The acting and the visuals are of the highest order, especially given the sensitive and personal nature of some of the revelations.

~ Richard Mowe -

The acting and the visuals are of the highest order, especially given the sensitive and personal nature of some of the revelations.

~ Richard Mowe -

There is great chemistry between them and Jaques knows when to tread lightly, letting their natural humour take over.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is great chemistry between them and Jaques knows when to tread lightly, letting their natural humour take over.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is more an introduction to Douglas as a man than a creator.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is more an introduction to Douglas as a man than a creator.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bend It Like Beckham understands the rules of feelgood and will do well for that reason.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Bend It Like Beckham understands the rules of feelgood and will do well for that reason.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The Beast explores what Henry James diagnosed so devastatingly. The chill of egotism and the feverish dance around the void are so desperately relevant today that it leaves one breathless.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Beast explores what Henry James diagnosed so devastatingly. The chill of egotism and the feverish dance around the void are so desperately relevant today that it leaves one breathless.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

One of the greatest achievements in documentary to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the greatest achievements in documentary to date.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sakamoto manages to keep this light and charming even when people are bleeding, struggling to breathe or actually dying in the dirt.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sakamoto manages to keep this light and charming even when people are bleeding, struggling to breathe or actually dying in the dirt.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s solidly rooted in the ordinary and yet its habit of drawing out small absurdities means that ordinary things and places won’t seem so safe after you’ve seen it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s solidly rooted in the ordinary and yet its habit of drawing out small absurdities means that ordinary things and places won’t seem so safe after you’ve seen it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s the multiple layers of mystery – which have less to do with actual events than with what different characters are thinking – which make the film compelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s the multiple layers of mystery – which have less to do with actual events than with what different characters are thinking – which make the film compelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

McDonald is excellent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

McDonald is excellent.

~ 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 -