This is a Jerry Bruckheimer approach to televising the revolution.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a Jerry Bruckheimer approach to televising the revolution.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Morality and mayhem make uncomfortable bedfellows

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Morality and mayhem make uncomfortable bedfellows

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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 -

Tseden takes an austere approach to framing, from the crisp black and white lensing of cinematographer Lu Songye to his long, fixed camera takes, with Tharlo almost always present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Tseden takes an austere approach to framing, from the crisp black and white lensing of cinematographer Lu Songye to his long, fixed camera takes, with Tharlo almost always present.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Spotlight does not fall into the trap of explanatory flashbacks. We do not need to see the protagonists' past because we can tell so much from what they are wearing.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Spotlight does not fall into the trap of explanatory flashbacks. We do not need to see the protagonists' past because we can tell so much from what they are wearing.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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 -

This is Catholic working class life beyond the limits of restraint where the concept of social order collapses and acts of individual kindness come as a surprise.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is Catholic working class life beyond the limits of restraint where the concept of social order collapses and acts of individual kindness come as a surprise.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Mascaro is completely in control of his material.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Mascaro is completely in control of his material.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Celia Rowlson-Hall, a dancer and choreographer, is able to make visible through movement what harms the soul.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Director Celia Rowlson-Hall, a dancer and choreographer, is able to make visible through movement what harms the soul.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Bertrand Tavernier has crafted a magnificent piece of work.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Bertrand Tavernier has crafted a magnificent piece of work.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Like a Brazilian Angela Carter, writer/director Anita Rocha da Silveira tells the story of a young woman emerging from a sheltered suburban world to walk a dark path, discovering the wild creature inside herself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Like a Brazilian Angela Carter, writer/director Anita Rocha da Silveira tells the story of a young woman emerging from a sheltered suburban world to walk a dark path, discovering the wild creature inside herself.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The director has uncovered a wealth of archive material.

~ Richard Mowe -

The director has uncovered a wealth of archive material.

~ Richard Mowe -

The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The physicality and fluidity of adolesence are brought to the fore by Anna Rose Holmer in her tightly directed debut feature that avoids the bear traps of American coming-of-age cliche to offer a classy, thoughtful character study.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The grandeur and beauty of the place is set against figures of climbers, like black ants, across a white wilderness

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The grandeur and beauty of the place is set against figures of climbers, like black ants, across a white wilderness

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A ragbag of cliches that owe a debt to everything from Romeo and Juliet to THX 1138.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A ragbag of cliches that owe a debt to everything from Romeo and Juliet to THX 1138.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is a story of artists and models, the common outsider's perception that art is about creating fantasies, the much more challenging reality that it's about drawing out truth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a story of artists and models, the common outsider's perception that art is about creating fantasies, the much more challenging reality that it's about drawing out truth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film is briskly paced, infused with energy and the backdrop remains interesting.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The film is briskly paced, infused with energy and the backdrop remains interesting.

~ Owen Van Spall -

After all, what’s so sinister about reading Aesop’s Fables? Everything and nothing, Corbet suggests.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

After all, what’s so sinister about reading Aesop’s Fables? Everything and nothing, Corbet suggests.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hasei's story may be simple but it is warm, unsentimental and has plenty to recommend it, particularly for older children.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hasei's story may be simple but it is warm, unsentimental and has plenty to recommend it, particularly for older children.

~ 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 -

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 -

The art of Behemoth lies in the way it winds the viewer up in its quintessential narrative.

~ Jane Fae -

The art of Behemoth lies in the way it winds the viewer up in its quintessential narrative.

~ Jane Fae -

Emotionally, his film is fully loaded and he nimbly mixes the imagined horror of Mickey's situation with absurd humour and, on the rare moments there is time to draw breath, even a bit of pathos.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Emotionally, his film is fully loaded and he nimbly mixes the imagined horror of Mickey's situation with absurd humour and, on the rare moments there is time to draw breath, even a bit of pathos.

~ 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 -

Opting for the single-take scenes, usually in wider shots from a distance, signals artistic formal rigour.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

In line with his economic storytelling, Russell has a gift for conveying little details through subtle performance notes where other filmmakers might telegraph intent.

~ Jeremy Mathews -

A thoughtful consideration of not just physical prowess but the emotional agility and resilience demonstrated by those growing up in Gaza.

~ 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 -

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 -