Flare — A–Z of films

Running alongside the film's more elegiac sweep is a cut-glass wit.

Having been largely shot by amateurs, this documentary looks rough, but as always, the magic is in the edit.

This film is nothing if not derivative. Except, therein lies its beauty.

It never quite tips over into surrealism, but Kash lets events play out without too much explanation, plunging us into this world and then leaving us to find our own way.

A remarkably accomplished piece of storytelling.

Corsini agilely combines elements of cinéma verité and farce.

By animating the whole movie, Rasmussen makes the story feel more immersive and of a whole piece.

For such a studiously artificial work...it is profoundly moving.

The performances are all first class, with any one of the three leads capable of carrying a film on her own.

Like the best country songs, it uses a simple format well, and it’s the sincerity, charm and good humour of its contributors that carries it.

Swann Arlaud as Yann Andréa and Emmanuelle Devos as Michèle Manceaux give tremendous performances that circle around discoveries of deep personal truths.

Deftly edited with an eye for detail, this is a personal story which reminds us that history is comprised not simply of great events but of human experiences.

This is a stunning first feature.

Milena Smit is a relative newcomer. This is only her second feature and she has real presence.

A potent rejoinder to the hypermasculine, explicitly transphobic values of the Bolsonaro regime.

In its quiet, observational way, Sediments gets closer to the experience of what it means to be trans than any number of more direct interrogations.

A fascinating watch.

The Sound Of Scars is one of those documentaries which starts with something very specific and finds the whole world within it.

What really lights up the film is the chemistry between the boys and their wider circle of friends.

It’s Kalderon's intimate understanding of the sport and its psychology that give this film its strength.

What could have been just another exercise in nostalgia instead emerges as a valuable picture of a grassroots creative movement.

Trust in strangers is a big theme in this sweet-natured film.

Overall, the story is a familiar one, with a predictably, one could even say, cliched tragic sweep - a well-trodden pioneer trail that while watchable for the fine performances, still feels overly stuck in a rut.