This is a very particular film - one where particles of detail crystallise into observation, meaning and import accreting like nacre around grit, producing a pearl, a natural jewel.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a very particular film - one where particles of detail crystallise into observation, meaning and import accreting like nacre around grit, producing a pearl, a natural jewel.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Nothing plays out as you expect, with Ramsay maintaining an unsettling staccato that keeps both the action and the viewer on edge.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Nothing plays out as you expect, with Ramsay maintaining an unsettling staccato that keeps both the action and the viewer on edge.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Trengove strikes a good balance between showing the cultural importance, even though on the wane, of old-fashioned masculinity and personal drama between Xolani and Kwanda, slowly ratcheting up the tension to breaking point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Trengove strikes a good balance between showing the cultural importance, even though on the wane, of old-fashioned masculinity and personal drama between Xolani and Kwanda, slowly ratcheting up the tension to breaking point.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Palmason accentuates the tedium by holding almost every shot far longer than necessary or shooting scenes in pitch black mines or against stark landscapes white with lime dust.

~ Rory Ford -

Palmason accentuates the tedium by holding almost every shot far longer than necessary or shooting scenes in pitch black mines or against stark landscapes white with lime dust.

~ Rory Ford -

It quite subtly toys with the iconography of the genre - poking at the outlying parts of it, the parts dealing with "foreigness" and "home" rather than the more dependable elements of right and wrong.

~ Rory Ford -

It quite subtly toys with the iconography of the genre - poking at the outlying parts of it, the parts dealing with "foreigness" and "home" rather than the more dependable elements of right and wrong.

~ Rory Ford -

Annemarie Jacir's characters may not leave the city of Nazareth as they take a circular road trip in Wajib but the emotional distance they travel is considerable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Annemarie Jacir's characters may not leave the city of Nazareth as they take a circular road trip in Wajib but the emotional distance they travel is considerable.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This creative and visually arresting adaptation of Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel marks a filmmaker at the top of his game.

~ Richard Mowe -

This creative and visually arresting adaptation of Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel marks a filmmaker at the top of his game.

~ Richard Mowe -

Fortunately, McDormand never lets Mildred's hold on us slip, balancing the conundrum of a woman who is simultaneously a mum, who likes a beer and a game of pool, and a Rambo-style avenging angel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Fortunately, McDormand never lets Mildred's hold on us slip, balancing the conundrum of a woman who is simultaneously a mum, who likes a beer and a game of pool, and a Rambo-style avenging angel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The weirdness thrives on understatement

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The weirdness thrives on understatement

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Thelma appears aloof on the surface, but her constant choice of statement lipsticks, despite her otherwise conservative dress code, hints at the emotions screaming from within.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Thelma appears aloof on the surface, but her constant choice of statement lipsticks, despite her otherwise conservative dress code, hints at the emotions screaming from within.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film has grit as if volcanic dust had scorched its rose tinted glasses

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has grit as if volcanic dust had scorched its rose tinted glasses

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

We see the killer at home, observe him moving through life like an ordinary man, but something is always subtly off key.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We see the killer at home, observe him moving through life like an ordinary man, but something is always subtly off key.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is artistry here and an absence of cliche.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is artistry here and an absence of cliche.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Those who doubt the artistic potential of the horror genre should be nailed down and made to watch this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Those who doubt the artistic potential of the horror genre should be nailed down and made to watch this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film wears its story lightly. Even when Simón is dealing with heavier themes her focus is on Frida and her emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film wears its story lightly. Even when Simón is dealing with heavier themes her focus is on Frida and her emotions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It has the ungainly but attractive ambience of an old fairy tale being passed down through the generations, becoming more and more embellished on each retelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It has the ungainly but attractive ambience of an old fairy tale being passed down through the generations, becoming more and more embellished on each retelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By simply observing the men as they move around, the film avoids over-interpretation, working hard to leave space for each person watching to find their own narrative as to why each man might have chosen this sport.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

By simply observing the men as they move around, the film avoids over-interpretation, working hard to leave space for each person watching to find their own narrative as to why each man might have chosen this sport.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It avoids every cliche laid down in the history of search-and-rescue movies

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It avoids every cliche laid down in the history of search-and-rescue movies

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kain's finely judged performance is a joy to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kain's finely judged performance is a joy to watch.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A vivid illustration of just how close life can come to mockumentary when you start to scrutinise it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A vivid illustration of just how close life can come to mockumentary when you start to scrutinise it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The craft, the knowledge, the deep communication with the animal, shown without words - this is breathtaking, transcendent cinema.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The craft, the knowledge, the deep communication with the animal, shown without words - this is breathtaking, transcendent cinema.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

As entertaining as the above is with its two charismatic leads, it is not an especially novel path for a 'crime couple' thriller to take, and it is in the last act that Racer kind of goes off the rails.

~ Owen Van Spall -

As entertaining as the above is with its two charismatic leads, it is not an especially novel path for a 'crime couple' thriller to take, and it is in the last act that Racer kind of goes off the rails.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Hazanavicius directs with flair for the style and mood of the Sixties.

~ Richard Mowe -

Hazanavicius directs with flair for the style and mood of the Sixties.

~ Richard Mowe -

Assur is adept at creating striking images - such as the shadows of the ravens of the title on a barn wall or the threat of violence posed by a piece of machinery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Assur is adept at creating striking images - such as the shadows of the ravens of the title on a barn wall or the threat of violence posed by a piece of machinery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An excellent demonstration (in places) of Daan Bakker's agility and ability as a writer and director.

~ Andrew Robertson -

An excellent demonstration (in places) of Daan Bakker's agility and ability as a writer and director.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It may be an odd choice for a biopic but it is certainly a brave one

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It may be an odd choice for a biopic but it is certainly a brave one

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Even if the facts are fiction, you still get the sense of a man who is driven, at least in part, by an urge to bring some sort of happiness by shooting film rather than bullets.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even if the facts are fiction, you still get the sense of a man who is driven, at least in part, by an urge to bring some sort of happiness by shooting film rather than bullets.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cone's characters are fresh and real.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cone's characters are fresh and real.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like all good road trips, the destination may be a the top of the protagonist's mind but the film says a lot more about his past and present than his future.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like all good road trips, the destination may be a the top of the protagonist's mind but the film says a lot more about his past and present than his future.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The attempted act of consummation has a theatrical element to it. She is too passive, he is too angry.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The attempted act of consummation has a theatrical element to it. She is too passive, he is too angry.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is astonishing filmmaking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is astonishing filmmaking.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Both Hedlund and Mitchell deliver strong performances and balance well against one another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both Hedlund and Mitchell deliver strong performances and balance well against one another.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a sudden and astonishing arrival for an adult actor.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a sudden and astonishing arrival for an adult actor.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Ozturk's cinematography would be stunning even without such remarkable subjects, and the film is a visual delight from start to finish.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ozturk's cinematography would be stunning even without such remarkable subjects, and the film is a visual delight from start to finish.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's more to this film than just another erotic romance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's more to this film than just another erotic romance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sharp script full of camp and an emotional punch that knocks us over at the end.

~ Chris -

A sharp script full of camp and an emotional punch that knocks us over at the end.

~ Chris -

Undoubtedly one of the best films ever made.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Undoubtedly one of the best films ever made.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The balance of the super real with intricately timed artifice and how they collapse into each other is Baumbach's crown achievement.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The balance of the super real with intricately timed artifice and how they collapse into each other is Baumbach's crown achievement.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The way director Emmanuel Gras eases under the skin of his main subject makes for fascinating viewing.

~ Richard Mowe -

The way director Emmanuel Gras eases under the skin of his main subject makes for fascinating viewing.

~ Richard Mowe -

There's no doubt youngsters will enjoy the trippy and exuberant visuals of this film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's no doubt youngsters will enjoy the trippy and exuberant visuals of this film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The splendour of the artwork is not matched by the tale being told, which is of the paint-by-numbers variety.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The splendour of the artwork is not matched by the tale being told, which is of the paint-by-numbers variety.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though the filmmaking is good, the bleakness of the message is unremitting.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though the filmmaking is good, the bleakness of the message is unremitting.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Deadpan absurdity, everyday madness and enlightenment through routine merge in an attempt to answer the big questions of life.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Deadpan absurdity, everyday madness and enlightenment through routine merge in an attempt to answer the big questions of life.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Kopps' film provides insights into the fundamental nature of storytelling, its psychological relevance and its importance in intellectual development.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Kopps' film provides insights into the fundamental nature of storytelling, its psychological relevance and its importance in intellectual development.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Denis and Binoche take a perceptive and light approach to what could have been hackneyed material.

~ Richard Mowe -

Denis and Binoche take a perceptive and light approach to what could have been hackneyed material.

~ Richard Mowe -

Not every risky idea works, but where they are successful, the results are dazzling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Not every risky idea works, but where they are successful, the results are dazzling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kötting's real skill comes in the marrying together of images with Lek's memories, pushing at ideas of desolation, anxiety and trauma that take us into emotional territory that mere words cannot.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kötting's real skill comes in the marrying together of images with Lek's memories, pushing at ideas of desolation, anxiety and trauma that take us into emotional territory that mere words cannot.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If there is rather more surface than substance and the ending is signposted, it is a surface full of intricacy and a signpost of admirable elegance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If there is rather more surface than substance and the ending is signposted, it is a surface full of intricacy and a signpost of admirable elegance.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Carell is extremely impressive here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Carell is extremely impressive here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lanthimos confirms his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most original and unsettling directors

~ Richard Mowe -

Lanthimos confirms his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most original and unsettling directors

~ Richard Mowe -

Gilliam's monster, when we finally see it, is so hideous a thing that we can only be grateful this film is played for laughs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gilliam's monster, when we finally see it, is so hideous a thing that we can only be grateful this film is played for laughs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Morgen infuses new life into Jane Goodall's groundbreaking wildlife study that took place over half a century ago.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Morgen infuses new life into Jane Goodall's groundbreaking wildlife study that took place over half a century ago.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The bobbins are a brilliantly employed metaphor, something that feels freshly sprung from a fairy tale, only silly until you consider how sinister they are.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The bobbins are a brilliantly employed metaphor, something that feels freshly sprung from a fairy tale, only silly until you consider how sinister they are.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The framing device has a more 'grown-up' sweep, but it is younger children who are likely to get the most out of these simple stories, which often involve a repetition of phrases or ideas in the way of many traditional fairy tales.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The framing device has a more 'grown-up' sweep, but it is younger children who are likely to get the most out of these simple stories, which often involve a repetition of phrases or ideas in the way of many traditional fairy tales.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an unflinching portrayal and, those who are recently bereaved or are in that large group of the populace - including myself - who have ever watched a loved one succumb to terminal illness, should approach it with extreme caution.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an unflinching portrayal and, those who are recently bereaved or are in that large group of the populace - including myself - who have ever watched a loved one succumb to terminal illness, should approach it with extreme caution.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The energy is electric

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The energy is electric

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Lukas Feigelfeld's imagery is lush and evocative, sometimes verging on the psychedelic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lukas Feigelfeld's imagery is lush and evocative, sometimes verging on the psychedelic.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Haneke is a master of his material, revealing just enough to keep the viewer on tenterhooks but not enough to give an easy explanations.

~ Richard Mowe -

Haneke is a master of his material, revealing just enough to keep the viewer on tenterhooks but not enough to give an easy explanations.

~ Richard Mowe -

The Safdies invest their own knowledge of their home turf to give it all a frenetic and authentic sense of urgency.

~ Richard Mowe -

The Safdies invest their own knowledge of their home turf to give it all a frenetic and authentic sense of urgency.

~ Richard Mowe -

The story, built on the shifting relationship between the two brothers, holds considerable interest, even though the plot starts to ramble.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story, built on the shifting relationship between the two brothers, holds considerable interest, even though the plot starts to ramble.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

When it's not busy trying to impress, the film conjures up a lot of atmosphere and succeeds in disturbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

When it's not busy trying to impress, the film conjures up a lot of atmosphere and succeeds in disturbing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A predictable twist on the old Greek legend.

~ Merlin Harries -

A predictable twist on the old Greek legend.

~ Merlin Harries -

The film’s most gripping aspect is the delicacy with which it handles its extraordinary emotional depth

~ Evelin Toth -

The film’s most gripping aspect is the delicacy with which it handles its extraordinary emotional depth

~ Evelin Toth -

At its best, this is a film that has something to say about democracy itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At its best, this is a film that has something to say about democracy itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Annette Bening plays a different character, raging against the truth, a bitch angel feeding her emotions.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Annette Bening plays a different character, raging against the truth, a bitch angel feeding her emotions.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is in danger of resembling a caricature of working class life, circa 1960

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is in danger of resembling a caricature of working class life, circa 1960

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Samuel Maoz steps into the rhythm of the foxtrot to give structure to the three separate chapters of his intense, reverberating film.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Samuel Maoz steps into the rhythm of the foxtrot to give structure to the three separate chapters of his intense, reverberating film.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Few voices are missing from this incredibly thorough piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Few voices are missing from this incredibly thorough piece of work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Whether she is probing at the ideas of the ties that bind us to a home or considering the morality of goat horns, she constantly nudges us to move around and, perhaps, get a better view.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whether she is probing at the ideas of the ties that bind us to a home or considering the morality of goat horns, she constantly nudges us to move around and, perhaps, get a better view.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lelio makes no bones about how he wants us to feel, to the point where it sometimes feels as though he is stating the obvious is six-foot neon letters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lelio makes no bones about how he wants us to feel, to the point where it sometimes feels as though he is stating the obvious is six-foot neon letters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The proportion of films opening with HP Lovecraft quotes that manage to live up to the visionary writer's work verges on the infinitesimal, but The Endless is one of the special ones.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The proportion of films opening with HP Lovecraft quotes that manage to live up to the visionary writer's work verges on the infinitesimal, but The Endless is one of the special ones.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Significant both in raising the profile of a woman too long overlooked and - crucially - in giving her back control over her own story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Significant both in raising the profile of a woman too long overlooked and - crucially - in giving her back control over her own story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Alexander Payne's latest, unclassifiable film gallivants with us through a number of different worlds that all seem familiar, yet perplexing.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Alexander Payne's latest, unclassifiable film gallivants with us through a number of different worlds that all seem familiar, yet perplexing.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is an intimate and contemplative film that seeks to gently observe and listen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is an intimate and contemplative film that seeks to gently observe and listen.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though a short film, even one of half-an-hour as Legrand’s was, can be carried almost solely on this sort of tension, a feature needs something more.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though a short film, even one of half-an-hour as Legrand’s was, can be carried almost solely on this sort of tension, a feature needs something more.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This ambitious feature debut is packed with interesting ideas.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This ambitious feature debut is packed with interesting ideas.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The sense of poise created, as people move through spaces or talk back and forth, objects often leaving the frame in one direction as another enters from the opposite side, achieves a soothing rhythm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sense of poise created, as people move through spaces or talk back and forth, objects often leaving the frame in one direction as another enters from the opposite side, achieves a soothing rhythm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Carpignano is interested in the margins - and the fringes of those margins.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Carpignano is interested in the margins - and the fringes of those margins.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a metaphor for the way the world views changing relationships and mores the film is affecting.

~ Richard Mowe -

As a metaphor for the way the world views changing relationships and mores the film is affecting.

~ Richard Mowe -

It is fundamentally a film about the workings of infatuation with a charmed fever that contaminates its characters.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is fundamentally a film about the workings of infatuation with a charmed fever that contaminates its characters.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Quinn cleverly mixes the natural playfulness of the animal with more sinister inclination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Quinn cleverly mixes the natural playfulness of the animal with more sinister inclination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Saturday Night Live regular Mooney, who has a twinkly mischievousness and comic timing reminiscent of a young Gene Wilder, plays James as naive, but never stupid.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film reeks of privilege, which should not matter, but it does

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film reeks of privilege, which should not matter, but it does

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Brawl In Cell Block 99 is one of the best action films of the year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brawl In Cell Block 99 is one of the best action films of the year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Samurai revenge stories are not exactly thin on the ground and it takes something special to get attention today, but Blade Of The Immortal is just that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Samurai revenge stories are not exactly thin on the ground and it takes something special to get attention today, but Blade Of The Immortal is just that.

~ Jennie Kermode -

British actor Dickinson – surely on the first step to a lot more film roles – slides seamlessly into Frankie’s groove, the accent and the body language spot on.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

British actor Dickinson – surely on the first step to a lot more film roles – slides seamlessly into Frankie’s groove, the accent and the body language spot on.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Intelligent, humane and multi-layered, The Breadwinner is a much more substantial film than its central heroic narrative might suggest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Intelligent, humane and multi-layered, The Breadwinner is a much more substantial film than its central heroic narrative might suggest.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As a film about non communication it feels real

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a film about non communication it feels real

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Once past the strangeness of the narrative, Big Fish And Begonia is beautiful, lyrical in every sense.

~ Jane Fae -

Once past the strangeness of the narrative, Big Fish And Begonia is beautiful, lyrical in every sense.

~ Jane Fae -

This simple yet charming film is perfect for young children.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This simple yet charming film is perfect for young children.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A tremendously powerful piece of cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A tremendously powerful piece of cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The feeling of exposure to evil never fades

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The feeling of exposure to evil never fades

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Everything feels alive and the production design by Judy Becker is impeccable.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Everything feels alive and the production design by Judy Becker is impeccable.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This isn't a film for those interested in the nitty gritty of how work like this is assembled. Rather, its focus is on the philosophical and experiential issues associated with the rise of the machines.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This isn't a film for those interested in the nitty gritty of how work like this is assembled. Rather, its focus is on the philosophical and experiential issues associated with the rise of the machines.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You don’t need to be English – or even British – to appreciate this brilliantly constructed film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You don’t need to be English – or even British – to appreciate this brilliantly constructed film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kindness and joy not always come to mind when one thinks of the fashion world. This is the rare portrait where they do. As the documentary unfolds, we marvel at the diversity, the celebratory mood.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Kindness and joy not always come to mind when one thinks of the fashion world. This is the rare portrait where they do. As the documentary unfolds, we marvel at the diversity, the celebratory mood.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A beautifully drawn portrait of a complex situation that doesn't resort to the usual empty assumptions that nothing like this can ever work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautifully drawn portrait of a complex situation that doesn't resort to the usual empty assumptions that nothing like this can ever work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the craft of filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the craft of filmmaking.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nuanced and thoughtful, alert to the individual suffering behind the headlines, cogniscent of the bigger picture.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Nuanced and thoughtful, alert to the individual suffering behind the headlines, cogniscent of the bigger picture.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Napier - who is surely going to step up from short films soon - tightly controls the mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Napier - who is surely going to step up from short films soon - tightly controls the mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Campillo has a weakness in not knowing when to trim all the talking.

~ Richard Mowe -

Campillo has a weakness in not knowing when to trim all the talking.

~ Richard Mowe -

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 -