A harrowing but ultimately uplifting portrayal of the naive optimism of faith and its pros and cons.

~ Ben Sillis -

A harrowing but ultimately uplifting portrayal of the naive optimism of faith and its pros and cons.

~ Ben Sillis -

The performers all do a decent job but one of the movie's major flaws is the awful assortment of accents flying around.

~ Leanne McGrath -

The performers all do a decent job but one of the movie's major flaws is the awful assortment of accents flying around.

~ Leanne McGrath -

Stands out in the Bergman canon for the beautiful cinematography by Bergman's long time DoP, Sven Nykvist. The haunting contrasts suit the wild isolation of Faro down to a tee.

~ Ben Sillis -

Stands out in the Bergman canon for the beautiful cinematography by Bergman's long time DoP, Sven Nykvist. The haunting contrasts suit the wild isolation of Faro down to a tee.

~ Ben Sillis -

While its thriller elements deliver, the film is undermined by a subplot that was surely over-egged even when it was made and which has only been further diminished by the passage of time.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While its thriller elements deliver, the film is undermined by a subplot that was surely over-egged even when it was made and which has only been further diminished by the passage of time.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Even when one has a rough idea of where this mystery thriller is headed, the devil is in the detail, and each turn of the screw is handled with the sort of deft craftsmanship that becomes a pleasure unto itself.

~ Anton Bitel -

Even when one has a rough idea of where this mystery thriller is headed, the devil is in the detail, and each turn of the screw is handled with the sort of deft craftsmanship that becomes a pleasure unto itself.

~ Anton Bitel -

Playing a game for your life is a beautiful metaphor. Of course, it wouldn't have been the same in a squash court.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Playing a game for your life is a beautiful metaphor. Of course, it wouldn't have been the same in a squash court.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Hicks's use of flashbacks is ingenious.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Hicks's use of flashbacks is ingenious.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An effective exercise in giallo style.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

An effective exercise in giallo style.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

All the boxes have been ticked, but with a pen all too quickly running dry.

~ Ben Sillis -

All the boxes have been ticked, but with a pen all too quickly running dry.

~ Ben Sillis -

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 -

Flashy future technology and architecture has been cleverly interwoven with the familiar, even the old-fashioned, to create a world which we can believe is not too far away from our own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Flashy future technology and architecture has been cleverly interwoven with the familiar, even the old-fashioned, to create a world which we can believe is not too far away from our own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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 -

A simple piece of mindlessly gratifying entertainment.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A simple piece of mindlessly gratifying entertainment.

~ Scott Macdonald -

It is opaque in the style of Seventies art house movies, with an energy that leaps out and shakes your bones.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It is opaque in the style of Seventies art house movies, with an energy that leaps out and shakes your bones.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Elegantly constructed and shot with the same apparent carelessness which turns out to be something much cleverer, Hannah And Her Sisters is a film which will take you by surprise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Elegantly constructed and shot with the same apparent carelessness which turns out to be something much cleverer, Hannah And Her Sisters is a film which will take you by surprise.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Max Von Sydow's magnificent Emperor Ming is a template against which all future alien rulers have had to measure up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Max Von Sydow's magnificent Emperor Ming is a template against which all future alien rulers have had to measure up.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The strongest features of the of the film are the performances by Max von Sydow and by Sandra Bullock as Linda, Oskar's mother.

~ Donald Munro -

The strongest features of the of the film are the performances by Max von Sydow and by Sandra Bullock as Linda, Oskar's mother.

~ Donald Munro -

At 12, Regan was a helpless child in 1973; in today's world we instinctively grant her more agency so the territory between self and demon becomes more obscure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At 12, Regan was a helpless child in 1973; in today's world we instinctively grant her more agency so the territory between self and demon becomes more obscure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The framing of the atrocities of war through the eyes of an innocent is a tried and tested device – perhaps a little too much so – and there’s nothing particularly new about it here

~ Jennie Kermode -

The framing of the atrocities of war through the eyes of an innocent is a tried and tested device – perhaps a little too much so – and there’s nothing particularly new about it here

~ Jennie Kermode -

Competently filmed and acted and, by all accounts, faithful to the novel, it’s the story itself that hinders Desert Of The Tartars as a piece of cinema.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Competently filmed and acted and, by all accounts, faithful to the novel, it’s the story itself that hinders Desert Of The Tartars as a piece of cinema.

~ Emma Slawinski -

Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 curio Death Watch remains a chilly and enigmatic film, one which is hard to love but not hard to admire.

~ Robert Munro -

Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 curio Death Watch remains a chilly and enigmatic film, one which is hard to love but not hard to admire.

~ Robert Munro -

There really is only one person in the world who could play Conan, as sympathetic and brutal as he is, and Arnie definitely pulls it off.

~ Gator MacReady -

There really is only one person in the world who could play Conan, as sympathetic and brutal as he is, and Arnie definitely pulls it off.

~ Gator MacReady -

Cut down from the six-hour version made for television, there is still plenty to digest here and nothing feels rushed.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Cut down from the six-hour version made for television, there is still plenty to digest here and nothing feels rushed.

~ Owen Van Spall -