Working out where the play-acting stops and the “real” action begins is enough to keep you on the edge of interest.

~ Richard Mowe -

Working out where the play-acting stops and the “real” action begins is enough to keep you on the edge of interest.

~ Richard Mowe -

In Gaspard Ulliel, Bonello has found an actor who not only looks the part but eases under Saint Laurent's skin with sensitivity.

~ Richard Mowe -

In Gaspard Ulliel, Bonello has found an actor who not only looks the part but eases under Saint Laurent's skin with sensitivity.

~ Richard Mowe -

The ultimate catch is that Spectre is no longer the villainous outsider. Their badness is corporate: its core, global surveillance and information technology.

~ Jane Fae -

The ultimate catch is that Spectre is no longer the villainous outsider. Their badness is corporate: its core, global surveillance and information technology.

~ Jane Fae -

It is a well-observed portrait of the family ties that bind, but with insufficient narrative development to justify its length.

~ Anton Bitel -

It is a well-observed portrait of the family ties that bind, but with insufficient narrative development to justify its length.

~ Anton Bitel -

The film is at its strongest in the scenes between Crowe and Blanchett, as Marion - both no-nonsense in attitude - as they spar verbally and bring some much-needed humour to the discourse.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is at its strongest in the scenes between Crowe and Blanchett, as Marion - both no-nonsense in attitude - as they spar verbally and bring some much-needed humour to the discourse.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Based on Mosco Boucault’s documentary Roubaix, Commissariat Central, and using the actual interrogation transcripts, Desplechin shoots for a different tone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Based on Mosco Boucault’s documentary Roubaix, Commissariat Central, and using the actual interrogation transcripts, Desplechin shoots for a different tone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

No Time To Die might not save cinemas, but it will keep Bond going.

~ Andrew Robertson -

No Time To Die might not save cinemas, but it will keep Bond going.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Following the phenomenal sequences up on the Dubai skyscraper, it seems that the only way is down.

~ Anton Bitel -

Following the phenomenal sequences up on the Dubai skyscraper, it seems that the only way is down.

~ Anton Bitel -

This is a film with a fine regard for detail, and it is neither mocking nor deferential.

~ Val Kermode -

This is a film with a fine regard for detail, and it is neither mocking nor deferential.

~ Val 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 -

While the tension of the build up to the initial disaster on the submarine is well-handled, Vinterberg struggles to dovetail that with his other plot lines.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While the tension of the build up to the initial disaster on the submarine is well-handled, Vinterberg struggles to dovetail that with his other plot lines.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although the actors acquit themselves with some distinction the performances cannot quite disguise the one dimensional aspect of the characters.

~ Richard Mowe -

Although the actors acquit themselves with some distinction the performances cannot quite disguise the one dimensional aspect of the characters.

~ Richard Mowe -

An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

~ Max Crawford -

An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

~ Max Crawford -

It’s tempting to summarise this review as: slap them, they’re French.

~ Jeff Robson -

It’s tempting to summarise this review as: slap them, they’re French.

~ Jeff Robson -

It all has a very particular flavour. Even a new one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It all has a very particular flavour. Even a new one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

France is a supremely sad film, maybe the saddest Dumont has made in its interplay of the true and the fake.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

France is a supremely sad film, maybe the saddest Dumont has made in its interplay of the true and the fake.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Diane Kruger has only four days, all at the Petit Trianon, to leave her mark. And she does - a fervent and poignant, half-aware queen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Diane Kruger has only four days, all at the Petit Trianon, to leave her mark. And she does - a fervent and poignant, half-aware queen.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film, co-written with Hélène Zimmer, functions like exquisite lacework with new patterns emerging at every turn.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film, co-written with Hélène Zimmer, functions like exquisite lacework with new patterns emerging at every turn.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Dune at least looks, sounds, amazing, though not always.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Dune at least looks, sounds, amazing, though not always.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Desplechin eases us into the goings-on without sacrificing any of Roth’s complicated and thorny subject matter.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Desplechin eases us into the goings-on without sacrificing any of Roth’s complicated and thorny subject matter.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Cronenberg, a seemingly gentle soul on the surface, remains tortured by the possibilities of technology and how it may tear us apart.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cronenberg, a seemingly gentle soul on the surface, remains tortured by the possibilities of technology and how it may tear us apart.

~ Richard Mowe -

A commanding painting of passions, relationships and enlightenment.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A commanding painting of passions, relationships and enlightenment.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

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

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -