The action scenes in general are well put together, and good use is made of the potential for things to go wrong in space without resorting to too many familiar devices.
Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Larraín's judgement when it comes is fiercely Old Testament - harsh, unexpected and fast.
A group of priests of various ages lives together with Mónica, a nun, in a house on the Chilean coast. When they are not praying and atoning for their sins, they train their greyhound for the next race.
A complex, multi-faceted portrait of the director's home region of Galicia, in north-west Spain, with imagery that is awe-inspiring in the proper sense of the term.
Documentary about an area of Galicia considered to be the end of the world by the Romans.
At times the tone gets hysterical and there are moments of utter ridiculousness, but there are smart layers of black satire underlying the proceedings and any extreme material ends up helping emphasise the journey into murderous insanity the film takes us
An innocent tropical fish salesman gets caught up in a series of murders in this violent and extremely gory thriller.
This understated moodpiece is a real treat for those in tune with Lucrecia Martel's brand of nuanced suggestiveness - and is full of pretty pictures for everyone else.
A couple on a trip to the beach have an unexpected encounter with a runaway child.
This is an intelligent, moving depiction of a world gone to hell, dripping with the melancholy of a ‘hero’ still driven by a yearning from his past that he is incapable any longer of understanding.
One man's journey into the realm of the undead... from the wrong side of life.
Shot almost entirely from the children's perspective, Arbeláez tackles universal themes of conflict and its impact on ordinary people without getting mired in specific politics.
A boy and his pals in a mountainside village find their lives under the threat of conflict.
Praised in some quarters for young writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo's virulent veracity, it's the sort of unapologetic scuzz-fest whose ultra-low budget becomes a serendipitous badge of honour.
A Vietnam veteran struggles to cope with post-traumatic stress.
It is precisely Ed's inertia that makes The Comedian more a sketch than a film of action – and when things do happen, it is almost in spite of the protagonist.
It's easy to charm an audience with warm-hearted stuff like this. Where Spurlock really succeeds is in cramming so much meaningful information into his deceptively lightweight film.
A documentary celebration of Comic-Con, celebrating its success and the people who attend it.
The strength of this Irish-made film lies in its restraint.
When Angel Cordero is released from prison after 13 years he has to make his way through a world he hardly recognises to try and reconnect with his daughter.
A powerful reminder, underscored recently by Trump's election to the White House that terminology can be used to normalise objectionable ideas or at the very least distract from their true weight.
John Pilger's 60th film for ITV suggests we are on the brink of conflict in the Pacific.
