A White, White Day mingles some very dark dramatic moments with the comedy of the absurd.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A White, White Day mingles some very dark dramatic moments with the comedy of the absurd.

~ Jennie Kermode -

White Riot is as brisk, to the point and direct as any punk song of the period.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

White Riot is as brisk, to the point and direct as any punk song of the period.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

The whistling language is fun - and, if anything, disappointingly underused - but it's the language of cinema that Porumboiu is really interested in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The whistling language is fun - and, if anything, disappointingly underused - but it's the language of cinema that Porumboiu is really interested in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Rylance is superb throughout in a role perfectly suited to his talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rylance is superb throughout in a role perfectly suited to his talents.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lorcan Finnegan never allows us to lose sight of the absurdity of the situation, nor of the real life absurdities that it points up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lorcan Finnegan never allows us to lose sight of the absurdity of the situation, nor of the real life absurdities that it points up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The situation is ripe with ridiculousness, but Aljem shows a lot of restraint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The situation is ripe with ridiculousness, but Aljem shows a lot of restraint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Two Popes is totally captivating when Pryce and Hopkins simply talk and react to each other.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The Two Popes is totally captivating when Pryce and Hopkins simply talk and react to each other.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Two of Us jolts the senses - you can smell when the hot pan stays on the stove too long and want to interfere.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Two of Us jolts the senses - you can smell when the hot pan stays on the stove too long and want to interfere.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Bustamante employs physical earthquakes as well, with a similar subtlety that he goes on to use the myth of La Llorona in his follow up film

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bustamante employs physical earthquakes as well, with a similar subtlety that he goes on to use the myth of La Llorona in his follow up film

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Former pop star Atsuko Maeda is wonderful in the lead, the perfect match for Kurosawa's style, communicating volumes with the most delicate of expressions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Former pop star Atsuko Maeda is wonderful in the lead, the perfect match for Kurosawa's style, communicating volumes with the most delicate of expressions.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As character studies go, it's familiar ground but Funes succeeds in exploring it with some tenacity and strikes emotional chords without resorting to melodrama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As character studies go, it's familiar ground but Funes succeeds in exploring it with some tenacity and strikes emotional chords without resorting to melodrama.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film about how our identities are shaped and how formative experiences shape our notions of normality.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

A film about how our identities are shaped and how formative experiences shape our notions of normality.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

This isn't an easy watch but it's a compelling one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This isn't an easy watch but it's a compelling one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Synchronic is science fiction thinking about itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Synchronic is science fiction thinking about itself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Because it is filmed over time and because it is the result of so many conversations, it has depth.

~ Jane Fae -

Because it is filmed over time and because it is the result of so many conversations, it has depth.

~ Jane Fae -

There is a lot going on here on both a family and a political level, but Barsaoui sensibly avoids spelling things out letter by letter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a lot going on here on both a family and a political level, but Barsaoui sensibly avoids spelling things out letter by letter.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tightly structured and well-shot

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tightly structured and well-shot

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although as a genre cinema, Kelly's film fits into the current wave of new gangster cinema, one cannot help but feel that the creator wanted to put a little too much into his work.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

Although as a genre cinema, Kelly's film fits into the current wave of new gangster cinema, one cannot help but feel that the creator wanted to put a little too much into his work.

~ Mateusz Tarwacki -

The camera is, literally, down with the kids, at their eye level, drinking in their mayhem, their laughter and their viewpoint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The camera is, literally, down with the kids, at their eye level, drinking in their mayhem, their laughter and their viewpoint.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The problem with The Report is that despite this ongoing relevance, its powerful subject matter, the capable cast and an impressive script, it never builds up the impetus it ought to have.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The problem with The Report is that despite this ongoing relevance, its powerful subject matter, the capable cast and an impressive script, it never builds up the impetus it ought to have.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What could have been a traditionally lavish costume drama has been pared down to highlight the erotic tension and sensuality

~ Richard Mowe -

What could have been a traditionally lavish costume drama has been pared down to highlight the erotic tension and sensuality

~ Richard Mowe -

The thing that makes Piranhas watchable is the performance of its star, Francesco Di Napoli.

~ Donald Munro -

The thing that makes Piranhas watchable is the performance of its star, Francesco Di Napoli.

~ Donald Munro -

It would be difficult to find anything but goodness in Copperfield's personal history and a delight in the way things turn and turn again.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It would be difficult to find anything but goodness in Copperfield's personal history and a delight in the way things turn and turn again.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film generates a feel-good vibe even if beneath the pleasant froth lies a rather predictable polemic against the patriarchy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film generates a feel-good vibe even if beneath the pleasant froth lies a rather predictable polemic against the patriarchy.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Details sparkle in the script too, pared back to only what is needed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Details sparkle in the script too, pared back to only what is needed.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Smutný gives us faces that will stories even when they're still, the weight of long experience etched into every line.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Smutný gives us faces that will stories even when they're still, the weight of long experience etched into every line.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In one remarkably intimate scene we watch a woman saying goodbye to a sleeping child so tiny that he won’t really understand what has happened when he wakes up and Mummy isn’t there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In one remarkably intimate scene we watch a woman saying goodbye to a sleeping child so tiny that he won’t really understand what has happened when he wakes up and Mummy isn’t there.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It feels a bit like a box-ticking exercise at a funding body.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It feels a bit like a box-ticking exercise at a funding body.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The way ahead may be a little pre-destined but the director let's the tension drip through every beautifully shot moment by cinematographer Michal Englert - with the sort of imagery that could see her film achieve its own cult appeal.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The way ahead may be a little pre-destined but the director let's the tension drip through every beautifully shot moment by cinematographer Michal Englert - with the sort of imagery that could see her film achieve its own cult appeal.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Deliciously and deliberately theatrical

~ Richard Mowe -

Deliciously and deliberately theatrical

~ Richard Mowe -

An enjoyably constructed puzzle box of a genre film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An enjoyably constructed puzzle box of a genre film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There’s a refreshing straight-forwardness to Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

There’s a refreshing straight-forwardness to Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

This is another downward spiralling character piece with the same bruising toughness of its predecessor, but handled with a tauter, darkly playful control.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

This is another downward spiralling character piece with the same bruising toughness of its predecessor, but handled with a tauter, darkly playful control.

~ Sunil Chauhan -

Landes' film has the queasy, uneasy feel of a nightmare - and that's before magic mushrooms are involved.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Landes' film has the queasy, uneasy feel of a nightmare - and that's before magic mushrooms are involved.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Brummer is the perfect choice to play Nick.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brummer is the perfect choice to play Nick.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film which is there not just to be watched, but to be experienced.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film which is there not just to be watched, but to be experienced.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Luca Marinelli is excellent in the lead, balancing intensity with intelligence, convincing at every stage of Martin's journey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Luca Marinelli is excellent in the lead, balancing intensity with intelligence, convincing at every stage of Martin's journey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is at its best when it is portraying conflicted emotions - as old love underlies fresh acrimony.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is at its best when it is portraying conflicted emotions - as old love underlies fresh acrimony.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film avoids the easy route to Clicheville and stays on the dark side of the road.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film avoids the easy route to Clicheville and stays on the dark side of the road.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Scrimshaw captures Lynn's warring emotions perfectly.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Scrimshaw captures Lynn's warring emotions perfectly.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sort of film that the word "charmer" was made for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The sort of film that the word "charmer" was made for.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grandma is neither sweet nor innocent: a hard smoking, confrontational battleaxe with, nonetheless a heart of gold.

~ Jane Fae -

Grandma is neither sweet nor innocent: a hard smoking, confrontational battleaxe with, nonetheless a heart of gold.

~ Jane Fae -

There's a rare intelligence to this film, which explores issues around race, wealth, class, gender and what it means to be a real American in a nuanced, multifaceted way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a rare intelligence to this film, which explores issues around race, wealth, class, gender and what it means to be a real American in a nuanced, multifaceted way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What happened makes less sense at a distance, but it's only when we pull back that we can see it clearly.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What happened makes less sense at a distance, but it's only when we pull back that we can see it clearly.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Lodge hinges on a powerhouse performance from Keough, who inhabits the troubled Grace so completely that we can stay with her even as her ability to distinguish what's real and what isn't breaks down.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Lodge hinges on a powerhouse performance from Keough, who inhabits the troubled Grace so completely that we can stay with her even as her ability to distinguish what's real and what isn't breaks down.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're going to do science fiction, you really need to get the science right, because otherwise all you're doing is attacking straw men.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If you're going to do science fiction, you really need to get the science right, because otherwise all you're doing is attacking straw men.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ably performed all round, with a strong turn from Sandoval in the lead, this is a timely reflection on how it feels to be an outsider in the land of the free.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ably performed all round, with a strong turn from Sandoval in the lead, this is a timely reflection on how it feels to be an outsider in the land of the free.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The trouble with all this mood, is that it eventually gets laid on too thick.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The trouble with all this mood, is that it eventually gets laid on too thick.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Only really comes alive in the last ten minutes.

~ Richard Mowe -

Only really comes alive in the last ten minutes.

~ Richard Mowe -

We don't see the much of the immediate aftermath of death here, but instead are treated to the way grief can linger, catching anger and guilt in its wake

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We don't see the much of the immediate aftermath of death here, but instead are treated to the way grief can linger, catching anger and guilt in its wake

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a whodunit, the film is fun and forgettable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a whodunit, the film is fun and forgettable.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Greenfield keeps tight control, allowing Marcos to say what she wants, while busily illustrating the opposing perspective.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Greenfield keeps tight control, allowing Marcos to say what she wants, while busily illustrating the opposing perspective.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's layer upon layer of clever artifice here, yet the result is something that feels fresh and sexy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's layer upon layer of clever artifice here, yet the result is something that feels fresh and sexy.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As Jojo, Davis delivers one of the finest performances of the year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As Jojo, Davis delivers one of the finest performances of the year.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The fingerprints left behind by us an upon us as we go through life are considered by Jérémy Clapin's animated feature debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The fingerprints left behind by us an upon us as we go through life are considered by Jérémy Clapin's animated feature debut.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Scorsese shoots at what is truly important in life and does so, miraculously, by putting the spotlight on organised crime

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Scorsese shoots at what is truly important in life and does so, miraculously, by putting the spotlight on organised crime

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

House Of Hummingbird centres on a quiet yet never passive performance from Park, who draws us into Eun-hee's world as we watch her absorbing and processing the events going on around her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

House Of Hummingbird centres on a quiet yet never passive performance from Park, who draws us into Eun-hee's world as we watch her absorbing and processing the events going on around her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a highly personal work that opens the door on some dark truths of Hollywood and fame, but it also doesn’t quite know what to do to elevate itself beyond a peep show into human misery.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

This is a highly personal work that opens the door on some dark truths of Hollywood and fame, but it also doesn’t quite know what to do to elevate itself beyond a peep show into human misery.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

One of the flaws of Malick’s film is that the main character goes into introspective mode, thereby depriving us of any real insight in to his thoughts.

~ Richard Mowe -

One of the flaws of Malick’s film is that the main character goes into introspective mode, thereby depriving us of any real insight in to his thoughts.

~ Richard Mowe -

The performance Erivo delivers is the film's greatest asset and makes her a serious contender this awards season, but though she dominates the film, she's not all there is to appreciate here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The performance Erivo delivers is the film's greatest asset and makes her a serious contender this awards season, but though she dominates the film, she's not all there is to appreciate here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Disabled people just haven't had this kind of representation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Disabled people just haven't had this kind of representation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is the sort of story that will be familiar to viewers of the likes of Law &Order: Special Victims Unit, as the lifestyle of the accused is put on trial as much as her actions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is the sort of story that will be familiar to viewers of the likes of Law &Order: Special Victims Unit, as the lifestyle of the accused is put on trial as much as her actions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The bleak chill of the Quebecois winter seeps into the very bones of Denis Côté's latest film, giving a sense of aching longing to the action.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The bleak chill of the Quebecois winter seeps into the very bones of Denis Côté's latest film, giving a sense of aching longing to the action.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In terms of basic plotting, there might not seem to be much here, but emotions crackle beneath the surface and the mood burns deep.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In terms of basic plotting, there might not seem to be much here, but emotions crackle beneath the surface and the mood burns deep.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grozeva and Valchanov allow a gentle absurdity to flow through the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Grozeva and Valchanov allow a gentle absurdity to flow through the film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With formal narration which captures the style of the period and similarly distinctive dialogue, the film quickly immerses viewers in its small but volatile world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With formal narration which captures the style of the period and similarly distinctive dialogue, the film quickly immerses viewers in its small but volatile world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The situations highlight a sense of existential loneliness in the modern world that might come with specifically Japanese trappings but which many elsewhere will recognise the emotional truth of.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The situations highlight a sense of existential loneliness in the modern world that might come with specifically Japanese trappings but which many elsewhere will recognise the emotional truth of.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Merrick’s history, with its tragedies and triumphs, breaks the barrier between a life less ordinary and a horror comic.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Merrick’s history, with its tragedies and triumphs, breaks the barrier between a life less ordinary and a horror comic.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Dogs Don’t Wear Pants ultimately relishes its uncomfortable themes buoyed by a little humour and hopes of a life happy ever after for our two damaged human beings

~ Tony Sullivan -

Dogs Don’t Wear Pants ultimately relishes its uncomfortable themes buoyed by a little humour and hopes of a life happy ever after for our two damaged human beings

~ Tony Sullivan -

Sometimes a film is interesting despite its director.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sometimes a film is interesting despite its director.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An opportunity for the Roma to take command of the telling of their own story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An opportunity for the Roma to take command of the telling of their own story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With searing use of colour and that sense of joy in physicality that was key to the master's work, this is a film that you will find it very hard to look away from.

~ Jennie Kermode -

With searing use of colour and that sense of joy in physicality that was key to the master's work, this is a film that you will find it very hard to look away from.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are themes around punishment and forgiveness running throughout this film but they're rarely simple.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are themes around punishment and forgiveness running throughout this film but they're rarely simple.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The mood here is increasingly grim.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The mood here is increasingly grim.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The acutely caught observational humour is what gives The Climb its motor.

~ Richard Mowe -

The acutely caught observational humour is what gives The Climb its motor.

~ Richard Mowe -

Despite the raw power of its performances, the film suffers from an impulse to spell out some of its points.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Despite the raw power of its performances, the film suffers from an impulse to spell out some of its points.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

Fayyad carefully balances sound so that audiences are not overwhelmed by the thunder of the shelling but still get enough of a sense of it to understand what it does to those on the ground.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fayyad carefully balances sound so that audiences are not overwhelmed by the thunder of the shelling but still get enough of a sense of it to understand what it does to those on the ground.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's usually Keoghan who gets the acting plaudits, but though he is good as a wannabe bad guy, it's Jarvis who provides the heft, in more ways than one here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's usually Keoghan who gets the acting plaudits, but though he is good as a wannabe bad guy, it's Jarvis who provides the heft, in more ways than one here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Ozon does not smooth over the rough edges and the icy roads stay icy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Ozon does not smooth over the rough edges and the icy roads stay icy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You cannot have too much Mister Rogers, the film shows.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You cannot have too much Mister Rogers, the film shows.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The evocation of 1945 Leningrad is brilliantly captured with crumbling buildings and over-crowed trams but too often the dramatic set pieces fail to register

~ Richard Mowe -

The evocation of 1945 Leningrad is brilliantly captured with crumbling buildings and over-crowed trams but too often the dramatic set pieces fail to register

~ Richard Mowe -

It's classic film noir; except that, being the work of Pedro Almodóvar, much of it is shot in lurid colour, not all the girls are really girls, and not all the boys are what they claim to be, either.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's classic film noir; except that, being the work of Pedro Almodóvar, much of it is shot in lurid colour, not all the girls are really girls, and not all the boys are what they claim to be, either.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Creates a unique and eerily grounded suspense that transcends genre.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Creates a unique and eerily grounded suspense that transcends genre.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Milla might be dying but she's also, paradoxically, finding her way in the world and working out what she wants, even if time is short.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Milla might be dying but she's also, paradoxically, finding her way in the world and working out what she wants, even if time is short.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The difficult reality of life in Senegal dances with something much more otherworldly in Mati Diop's debut film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The difficult reality of life in Senegal dances with something much more otherworldly in Mati Diop's debut film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story develops episodically, with each client given their bit of patter, some of which work better than others.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The story develops episodically, with each client given their bit of patter, some of which work better than others.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A passionate energy courses beneath the surface of Levan Akin's tale of love and repression

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A passionate energy courses beneath the surface of Levan Akin's tale of love and repression

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film blushes with good intentions and yet cannot fulfil its ultimate promise of discovering strength in originality.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film blushes with good intentions and yet cannot fulfil its ultimate promise of discovering strength in originality.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Abominable provides spectacle but fails to satisfy at a narrative level.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Abominable provides spectacle but fails to satisfy at a narrative level.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -