The trappings and style more than make up for any lack of substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

The trappings and style more than make up for any lack of substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

Russell takes a full-tilt approach to bringing DH Lawrence’s novel alive on screen in all its earthy, sensual – and often ludicrously overblown – glory.

~ Jeff Robson -

Russell takes a full-tilt approach to bringing DH Lawrence’s novel alive on screen in all its earthy, sensual – and often ludicrously overblown – glory.

~ Jeff Robson -

Eggers draws fully on the iconography of the period, the muted greys and greens of the landscape captured by cinematographer Jarin Blaschkee broken only by repeated flashes of cardinal red, bringing with it the suggestion of cardinal sin.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Eggers draws fully on the iconography of the period, the muted greys and greens of the landscape captured by cinematographer Jarin Blaschkee broken only by repeated flashes of cardinal red, bringing with it the suggestion of cardinal sin.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Showcases the hand-drawn aesthetic and an admirable focus on female characters that is part and parcel of the Ghibli brand.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Showcases the hand-drawn aesthetic and an admirable focus on female characters that is part and parcel of the Ghibli brand.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This is a film that should be watched on as big a screen as possible, but even on a smaller one, the tsunami is stunning.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a film that should be watched on as big a screen as possible, but even on a smaller one, the tsunami is stunning.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Dmytryk keeps it all ticking along nicely with the assurance of an old pro, while giving all the central relationships and subtler nuances room to breathe.

~ Jeff Robson -

Dmytryk keeps it all ticking along nicely with the assurance of an old pro, while giving all the central relationships and subtler nuances room to breathe.

~ Jeff Robson -

Despite Messina's efforts, there is much to recommend the film, especially its beautiful slow shots that give the actresses room to do their thing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite Messina's efforts, there is much to recommend the film, especially its beautiful slow shots that give the actresses room to do their thing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is the casting of Jónsson that is the film's master stroke. Known as a comedian in Iceland, he brings a great sense of underplayed comic timing to Fúsi, resulting in a big impact from small gestures.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is the casting of Jónsson that is the film's master stroke. Known as a comedian in Iceland, he brings a great sense of underplayed comic timing to Fúsi, resulting in a big impact from small gestures.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Perhaps because of the improvisation - although surely they must have rehearsed like crazy - even when the plot threatens to become contrived, the characters remain true to themselves.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Perhaps because of the improvisation - although surely they must have rehearsed like crazy - even when the plot threatens to become contrived, the characters remain true to themselves.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The natural wonders of the desert can be read as an invitation to reach into the vast barrenness inside.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The natural wonders of the desert can be read as an invitation to reach into the vast barrenness inside.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This film is a shot of dayglo-coloured adrenaline to the vein, a vat of sugar poured into the eyes.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This film is a shot of dayglo-coloured adrenaline to the vein, a vat of sugar poured into the eyes.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Despite this period being so rich in potential subject matter, this admittedly handsomely mounted, nimble and quite funny film chooses to take a pretty much conventional ride to a victory-lap finish.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Despite this period being so rich in potential subject matter, this admittedly handsomely mounted, nimble and quite funny film chooses to take a pretty much conventional ride to a victory-lap finish.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Gay challenges the usual cliches of disease films.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Gay challenges the usual cliches of disease films.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What unfolds is a comedy of (t)errors with a central character who shifts very quickly between dubious but likeable guy, buffoon and sociopath.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What unfolds is a comedy of (t)errors with a central character who shifts very quickly between dubious but likeable guy, buffoon and sociopath.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s a wonderfully subversive act...but on its own merits (which I’m sure is how Panahi would want it to be judged) it seemed to me overlong, repetitive and self-indulgent.

~ Jeff Robson -

It’s a wonderfully subversive act...but on its own merits (which I’m sure is how Panahi would want it to be judged) it seemed to me overlong, repetitive and self-indulgent.

~ Jeff Robson -

A complex film where the real story unravels in the background.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A complex film where the real story unravels in the background.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Bispuri is interested in how escape from one form of repression seamlessly flows into another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bispuri is interested in how escape from one form of repression seamlessly flows into another.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An intimate and immensely moving portrait of three lost people who come together and learn to find some direction in their lives.

~ Richard Mowe -

An intimate and immensely moving portrait of three lost people who come together and learn to find some direction in their lives.

~ Richard Mowe -

While the craft remains faultless, the effect becomes like walking through a beautiful gallery, with each painting looking lovely but with little connection to the one before or after.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the craft remains faultless, the effect becomes like walking through a beautiful gallery, with each painting looking lovely but with little connection to the one before or after.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sadness and the courage and the ambition is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The sadness and the courage and the ambition is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Fassbender does his best to not make the man easily likable at first.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Fassbender does his best to not make the man easily likable at first.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

All message and no massage

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

All message and no massage

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a claustrophobic, breathing-down-your-neck look at man's inhumanity to man - as though the Dardennes brothers had taken a one-way ticket to hell.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a claustrophobic, breathing-down-your-neck look at man's inhumanity to man - as though the Dardennes brothers had taken a one-way ticket to hell.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zhao is in no hurry, allowing the sense of life in Pine Ridge to seep in to the bones of the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Zhao is in no hurry, allowing the sense of life in Pine Ridge to seep in to the bones of the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Some just won't manage to connect but others will relish its intelligence and find it deeply moving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some just won't manage to connect but others will relish its intelligence and find it deeply moving.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Emotions run deep and tragedy is as predictable as rust. This is Visconti at the pinnacle of his powers.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Emotions run deep and tragedy is as predictable as rust. This is Visconti at the pinnacle of his powers.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A visually inventive, genuinely moving, yet understated drama of captivity and hope, which also sings a quiet tribute to the power of creative maternal impulses.

~ Owen Van Spall -

A visually inventive, genuinely moving, yet understated drama of captivity and hope, which also sings a quiet tribute to the power of creative maternal impulses.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The film persuades viewers to zero in on the details by using its second scenario to invite constant subconscious questioning of what has changed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film persuades viewers to zero in on the details by using its second scenario to invite constant subconscious questioning of what has changed.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Atom Egoyan's terrifically paced episodic thriller Remember is hard to forget.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Atom Egoyan's terrifically paced episodic thriller Remember is hard to forget.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A psychologically astute and darkly funny look at the deep bonds of female friendship and the damage that can be wrought by those closest to you.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A psychologically astute and darkly funny look at the deep bonds of female friendship and the damage that can be wrought by those closest to you.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A clear, clean picture without tricks

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A clear, clean picture without tricks

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Looking at all these themes on paper, there is no way they should be able to co-exist within the same film, let alone do so in harmony, but Guzmán lets each wave of thought flow over the other, tributaries of history gathering to a ocean of argument.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Looking at all these themes on paper, there is no way they should be able to co-exist within the same film, let alone do so in harmony, but Guzmán lets each wave of thought flow over the other, tributaries of history gathering to a ocean of argument.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are elements of courthouse film and elements of police procedural here, but the overall mood is closer to that of a Cold War spy thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are elements of courthouse film and elements of police procedural here, but the overall mood is closer to that of a Cold War spy thriller.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fonzi's performance is perfectly judged.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fonzi's performance is perfectly judged.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Chabriel, in his first ever screen role, is a revelation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Chabriel, in his first ever screen role, is a revelation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The innate absurdity of the secret agent’s life, with all its paranoia and double standards, has rarely been so elegantly and mercilessly skewered.

~ Jeff Robson -

The innate absurdity of the secret agent’s life, with all its paranoia and double standards, has rarely been so elegantly and mercilessly skewered.

~ Jeff Robson -

It is in the women's emotions that the heart of the matter lies and Kore-eda, as always, handles them with an elegant lightness of touch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is in the women's emotions that the heart of the matter lies and Kore-eda, as always, handles them with an elegant lightness of touch.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Deftly scripted, subtle and challenging, this is a film which reminds us why Muntean is such an important contributor to the Romanian New Wave.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Deftly scripted, subtle and challenging, this is a film which reminds us why Muntean is such an important contributor to the Romanian New Wave.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is potential in the scenario and a game cast, but Farr's film is hobbled by some clunky execution and tonal uncertainty.

~ Owen Van Spall -

There is potential in the scenario and a game cast, but Farr's film is hobbled by some clunky execution and tonal uncertainty.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Global Economic Crash: The Musical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Global Economic Crash: The Musical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At more than two hours long, it's a shame Beckett wasn't on hand to offer a bit of advice on the importance of distillation, although there is plenty here to enjoy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

At more than two hours long, it's a shame Beckett wasn't on hand to offer a bit of advice on the importance of distillation, although there is plenty here to enjoy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mascaro is completely in control of his material.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mascaro is completely in control of his material.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It either, depending on how open you are to it, completely goes off the rails in the final 20 minutes and destroys its credibility, or instead delivers a provocative moral twist

~ Owen Van Spall -

It either, depending on how open you are to it, completely goes off the rails in the final 20 minutes and destroys its credibility, or instead delivers a provocative moral twist

~ Owen Van Spall -

Serves as a timely reminder of how keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive, and preventing another one from happening again, will require constant vigilance.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Serves as a timely reminder of how keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive, and preventing another one from happening again, will require constant vigilance.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Desplechin, like no other, startles with his enigmatic perceptions on the gender divide.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Desplechin, like no other, startles with his enigmatic perceptions on the gender divide.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A bold study of what it means to be Chinese in the modern age.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A bold study of what it means to be Chinese in the modern age.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Its disgusting surface is supported by a framework that’s more intelligent than in plenty of prettier films.

~ Luke Shaw -

Its disgusting surface is supported by a framework that’s more intelligent than in plenty of prettier films.

~ Luke Shaw -

Stephane Brizé is a master of films that appear to say very little but actually speak volumes.

~ Richard Mowe -

Stephane Brizé is a master of films that appear to say very little but actually speak volumes.

~ Richard Mowe -

This gloomy film certainly has the power of its rage and anguish, but it could have used some restraint too.

~ Owen Van Spall -

This gloomy film certainly has the power of its rage and anguish, but it could have used some restraint too.

~ Owen Van Spall -

It's visually stunning, endlessly creative, and it doesn't fail to deliver on the kaiju promise, even if the stomping scenes are also metaphorical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's visually stunning, endlessly creative, and it doesn't fail to deliver on the kaiju promise, even if the stomping scenes are also metaphorical.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lanthimos satirises our obsession with relationships and modern day electronic dating rituals although the results are not nearly as funny and knowing as the director clearly thinks.

~ Richard Mowe -

Lanthimos satirises our obsession with relationships and modern day electronic dating rituals although the results are not nearly as funny and knowing as the director clearly thinks.

~ Richard Mowe -

Amare's performance is a real gem.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Amare's performance is a real gem.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Riley really does listen to Marlon and, by extension, encourages us to.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Riley really does listen to Marlon and, by extension, encourages us to.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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

~ Rebecca Naughten -

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

~ Rebecca Naughten -

By locating its own dedicated critic within the action of the film, it is possible to point out the triteness and question whether life can be so simply encapsulated within the tidy confines of literature.

~ Jane Fae -

By locating its own dedicated critic within the action of the film, it is possible to point out the triteness and question whether life can be so simply encapsulated within the tidy confines of literature.

~ Jane Fae -

The director has uncovered a wealth of archive material.

~ Richard Mowe -

The director has uncovered a wealth of archive material.

~ Richard Mowe -

This film feels fresh and real even to those of us who have been there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film feels fresh and real even to those of us who have been there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In his customary style, Cousins makes a lot of points, not all of them hitting home.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In his customary style, Cousins makes a lot of points, not all of them hitting home.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sensitively handled female coming-of-age tale.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A sensitively handled female coming-of-age tale.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Hitchcock/Truffaut has the intriguing aura of a first episode with all the questions answered easily producing 500 more to be asked.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Hitchcock/Truffaut has the intriguing aura of a first episode with all the questions answered easily producing 500 more to be asked.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

In the literal act of performance there is room to talk about self as performance, and that is where High-Rise is strongest.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In the literal act of performance there is room to talk about self as performance, and that is where High-Rise is strongest.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Her energy is remarkable and what this film shows is the humility, intelligence and bravery of a girl lucky to be alive

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Her energy is remarkable and what this film shows is the humility, intelligence and bravery of a girl lucky to be alive

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Two docs for the price of one? Both would have been better on their own

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Two docs for the price of one? Both would have been better on their own

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Quiet and unassuming yet making some devastating points, Hamaguchi's film is shot with deceptive simplicity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Quiet and unassuming yet making some devastating points, Hamaguchi's film is shot with deceptive simplicity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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

~ Rebecca Naughten -

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

~ Rebecca Naughten -

One of the bleakest whodunnits to grace our screens for some time, for all its wit and intermittent playfulness, this slice of Noida noir is full of compromised characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the bleakest whodunnits to grace our screens for some time, for all its wit and intermittent playfulness, this slice of Noida noir is full of compromised characters.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even though the structure of the film is fairly formulaic it opens a window onto worlds rarely glimpsed from outside.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Even though the structure of the film is fairly formulaic it opens a window onto worlds rarely glimpsed from outside.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a film of two halves, the first - and best - has the cold creeping dread of icy sea water slowly soaking into your swimming costume.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a film of two halves, the first - and best - has the cold creeping dread of icy sea water slowly soaking into your swimming costume.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is by turns sad and disturbing - with occasional bouts of highly dubious dark humour.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is by turns sad and disturbing - with occasional bouts of highly dubious dark humour.

~ Richard Mowe -

Ponsoldt's film is more interested in what lies beneath the skin of the men than the covers of the book.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ponsoldt's film is more interested in what lies beneath the skin of the men than the covers of the book.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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

~ Rebecca Naughten -

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

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Centering on a beautifully observed performance by co-director Verónica Llinás, this is a film that treats its outsider heroine with dignity and reminds the viewer what it really takes to survive in this way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Centering on a beautifully observed performance by co-director Verónica Llinás, this is a film that treats its outsider heroine with dignity and reminds the viewer what it really takes to survive in this way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Akiz has crafted a film which may fall down a little when it comes to special effects but which soars in its depiction of life on the brink.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Akiz has crafted a film which may fall down a little when it comes to special effects but which soars in its depiction of life on the brink.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The director is adept at confronting ordinary people with extraordinary situations to test their resilience.

~ Richard Mowe -

The director is adept at confronting ordinary people with extraordinary situations to test their resilience.

~ Richard Mowe -

There is an unvarnished authenticity to these men and their situation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is an unvarnished authenticity to these men and their situation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kate Dickie is amazing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Kate Dickie is amazing.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Though Vicens stumbles in the execution towards the bloody finale, he at least keeps the tension strumming.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Though Vicens stumbles in the execution towards the bloody finale, he at least keeps the tension strumming.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Larraín's judgement when it comes is fiercely Old Testament - harsh, unexpected and fast.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Larraín's judgement when it comes is fiercely Old Testament - harsh, unexpected and fast.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Well-paced, genuinely funny most of the time and emotionally resonant.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Well-paced, genuinely funny most of the time and emotionally resonant.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Fairman and Gogarty try to give a sense of the appeal of this hedonistic abandonment, while simultaneously showing how deeply saddening and traumatic much of the activity is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fairman and Gogarty try to give a sense of the appeal of this hedonistic abandonment, while simultaneously showing how deeply saddening and traumatic much of the activity is.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

"At the heart of the kingdom there is nothing," it says, but all the fascinating splendour that exists around that gap!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

"At the heart of the kingdom there is nothing," it says, but all the fascinating splendour that exists around that gap!

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Takes a bawdy idea and turns it into something far more complex.

~ Luke Shaw -

Takes a bawdy idea and turns it into something far more complex.

~ Luke Shaw -

A beautifully crafted piece.

~ Richard Mowe -

A beautifully crafted piece.

~ Richard Mowe -

With old-school romance pumping through its veins, fans of the genre will find this a pleasing indulgence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With old-school romance pumping through its veins, fans of the genre will find this a pleasing indulgence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The levels of twee are fairly high, and contrasted with the bizarre and often regressive gendered comedy it’s likely to divide audiences right down the middle.

~ Luke Shaw -

The levels of twee are fairly high, and contrasted with the bizarre and often regressive gendered comedy it’s likely to divide audiences right down the middle.

~ Luke Shaw -

Tempting though it might be to think, this is not a mockumentary. Brand is serious.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Tempting though it might be to think, this is not a mockumentary. Brand is serious.

~ Owen Van Spall -

For all its supernatural stylings, it's the natural connections that count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For all its supernatural stylings, it's the natural connections that count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Malgorzata Szumowska takes a playful approach to the subjects of eating disorders and grief with suprisingly effective results.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Malgorzata Szumowska takes a playful approach to the subjects of eating disorders and grief with suprisingly effective results.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's true what they say about violence. Too much and you become immune.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's true what they say about violence. Too much and you become immune.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You have to care for these people to give a damn. That's hard.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You have to care for these people to give a damn. That's hard.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is very much a warts and all portrait, but in the process it brings us much closer to its subject, feeds a depth of appreciation many fans of those stunt shows will not have felt before.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is very much a warts and all portrait, but in the process it brings us much closer to its subject, feeds a depth of appreciation many fans of those stunt shows will not have felt before.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The result is a gripping, disturbing experience, though one which risks numbing as much as it informs or shocks viewers.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The result is a gripping, disturbing experience, though one which risks numbing as much as it informs or shocks viewers.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Brutally effective in what it does overall, which is fuse western and horror tropes to create a slow-burning, visceral experience that, although not flawless, should ensure fans of both genres are satisfied.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Brutally effective in what it does overall, which is fuse western and horror tropes to create a slow-burning, visceral experience that, although not flawless, should ensure fans of both genres are satisfied.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The production and costume design by Huang Wen-ying combine historical accuracy with a revelation of detailed splendour.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The production and costume design by Huang Wen-ying combine historical accuracy with a revelation of detailed splendour.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Mixes observations on capitalism, society and storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mixes observations on capitalism, society and storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's light tone and sprightly 80-minute length belie the depth of Veiroj's film, which is almost bursting at the seams with ideas about self-definition.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's light tone and sprightly 80-minute length belie the depth of Veiroj's film, which is almost bursting at the seams with ideas about self-definition.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

His - and Johnson's - real triumph in Anomalisa comes in the smaller gestures and human moments

~ Amber Wilkinson -

His - and Johnson's - real triumph in Anomalisa comes in the smaller gestures and human moments

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jude and Lazarescu also show how the structure of society has a habit of making you conform to it, whatever your intentions - a barbed idea intended to stick in the minds of those who live in today's Europe where the Roma still face wide-spread prejudice

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jude and Lazarescu also show how the structure of society has a habit of making you conform to it, whatever your intentions - a barbed idea intended to stick in the minds of those who live in today's Europe where the Roma still face wide-spread prejudice

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This initially seems like a set-up for a film exploring mental reconciliation after estrangement but the Larrieus have other ideas - perhaps too many of them.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This initially seems like a set-up for a film exploring mental reconciliation after estrangement but the Larrieus have other ideas - perhaps too many of them.

~ 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 -

Marie-Claire Marcotte’s feature début demonstrates an astute awareness of what it’s like to be eight.

~ 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 -