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  • Vanishing Point (2012)
    Review preview for Vanishing Point

    There are some stunning sequences.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A location scouting trip goes awry when a film director becomes convinced he keeps seeing the same old man in different places.
  • The Veil (2009)
    Review preview for The Veil

    A touching portrait of women with a calling.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    The secret life of a nunnery in Venice.
  • Veils (2008)
    Review preview for Veils

    A neat twist that brings more sonority than the seemingly simple set up would suggest.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    Will a young bride and groom’s marriage bridge their cultural divides?
  • Vertigo Rush (2007)
    Review preview for Vertigo Rush

    It keeps going until it passes from curiousity to tedium to nausea.

    Andrew Robertson · 1 out of 5
    Examination of the dolly zoom special effect.
  • The Vessels: Look At Me (2003)
    Review preview for The Vessels: Look At Me

    The animation is light and busy and fun.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A young boy and a young girl and a motor bike.
  • A Viable Candidate (2016)
    Review preview for A Viable Candidate

    A more compelling no-holds-barred insight into the racism at the heart of British society and the nature of power than many less talented filmmakers might achieve in a six episode drama.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A man on the verge of becoming the UK's first black prime minister faces a difficult confrontation.
  • Viking Siege (2017)
    Review preview for Viking Siege

    If this sounds bad enough to be entertaining, that's true in places, but for most of the running time there's nothing to watch except a group of people sitting around bitching at each other.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    A gang of vengeful women's plot to massacre corrupt monks comes unstuck when marauding Vikings arrive with demons on their tail.
  • Vaarheim (2019)
    Review preview for Vaarheim

    Ridley doesn't force things, allowing his film to become a quiet testimony to the social impact of tough economic times that take an often unseen toll on families and small communities like this.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Snapshot of a family living on Shetland's Out Skerries.
  • Vapor (2010)
    Review preview for Vapor

    Dedicated to its inspiration, it's a touching film, visually impressive and well constructed.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A Mexican man discovers that life becomes richer when he challenges his own prejudices.
  • Vaspy (2019)
    Review preview for Vaspy

    Hweiling Ow's sticky little fable begins with suburban wholesomeness and gradually gives way to grotesquerie and gore, just as pregnancies do.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A woman experiences unusual pregnancy cravings following an encounter with a wooden wasp.
  • Vegetarians (2021)
    Review preview for Vegetarians

    Able direction, crisp production and a convincing cast in something that has clear aims and hits its target.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Hunting with his father, a son's first shot will have a lasting impact.
  • The Vibrant Village (2019)
    Review preview for The Vibrant Village

    Jurkiewicz drinks in all the life the village offers, almost imperceptibly soldering her own connections between the external environments and the internal, the women and the men, the traditional and the unexpected.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    In a quiet Hungarian village, men gather to swill beer at the bar. Meanwhile the women are busy at work manufacturing something unexpected.
  • Virus (2002)
    Review preview for Virus

    Simon Hynd remains mysterious, creating a mood of impending horror.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A man works late at the office and feels threatened by an unknown fear.
  • Visitors (2021)
    Review preview for Visitors

    The line between horror and humour is at least as thin as that veil between the worlds, and crossing it can bring all sorts of things back. This is one of them.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Haruka, Nana, and Takanori visit the house of Souta, a band member who has lost contact with them. But when they arrive, they find Souta's behavior a little strange.
  • Vocation (2003)
    Review preview for Vocation

    A beautifully realised memoir of a remarkable man.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A biographical fragment of the life and sacrifice of a disabled priest.
  • Voyager (2017)
    Review preview for Voyager

    Kjersti Helen Rasmussen's short film is grown up science fiction, quietly logical.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A shooting star falls down over the Arctic island of Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault gets an unexpected visitor.
  • V Day (2015)
    Review preview for V Day

    As an odyssey it is perhaps less Homeric than Homer Simpsonian.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    V Day is a heart warming drama about a shy Taiwanese student who tries to deliver flowers to a girl on Valentine's Day.

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