Bradford International Film Festival — A–Z of films

While it's enjoyable, even affecting in places, it's heavy handed and clumsy in others.

The Agent sits in an uncomfortable hinterland between stage play and cinema.

The performances are delicately balanced. Mason insinuates madness without loosening his bow tie and Rush internalises desperation without breaking the crockery.

First rate acting from Coburn and Schell is complemented by fine performances from the supporting actors.

This fable is as powerful today as when it was originally told.

What he’s talking about and looking for is oddity masquerading as normality.

Everlasting Moments is one of those moments in cinema that comes along once in a blue moon.

Colin Firth gives possibly his best performance yet.

Though the film is slow in places and Andreotti's ambiguity can sometimes leave the viewer feeling too disconnected, there are moments of real brilliance.

Giving an honest, open look at the realities of growing old and dying, Crowley manages to steer clear of unnecessary gravitas without losing the heart of the story.

While the film isn’t a complete success it’s still a powerful, heartfelt take on the cruelties of which people can be capable – and the courage and nobility they can display in their determination to find out the truth.

It is frequently not what you see but what you hear which holds the horror.

Unusually unnerving.

Mime-Mime’s frustrations eventually outweigh its rewards.

It's a nonsense, but when the storytelling is this good it doesn't matter.

Even if almost all of Johnny's journey into darkness takes place on foot, only his first steps are truly pedestrian.

It's a familiar fable but it's beautifully told and it can really lift your spirits.

Films as brave and intelligent as this are a rare commodity and should not be missed.

A scabrous, at times shocking assault on the more idiotic aspects of religion, and the dangers that they pose in a society capable for the first time of bringing about its own destructive Apocalypse.

The technical expertise and fast turnaround in this movie is stunning.

Races furiously along, capturing perfectly the sense of a life fast spinning out of control.

The directors have an enviable lightness of touch and a serious eye for the cinematic.

Manages to build suspense and keep you engaged as the action moves across continents.

The problem is one of shifting tone - and one alarming change of character - which mean that despite the central tenet you can't help feeling that you are watching films about different men.

It still does things that surprise.