Frameline — A–Z of films

Hedison’s lens cannot show us everything. The film requires viewers to be as open as possible, to really listen and reflect.

Mackay succeeds where [others] have failed partly because there is a deep vein of sincerity beneath the playful surface of her work.

Janis Pugh’s ability to blend crowdpleasing comedy and emotional poignancy should not be underestimated.

The relationship between fiction and memory, artifice and life undergoes subtle shifts over the course of di Pace’s tale.

Not everything here is successful, but the delicately handled character material pays dividends, and the real life chemistry between the two stars carries across well to their characters.

It has the sweetness – and cartoonish violence – of a wholesome Sixties family film, albeit with a European attitude to nudity.

There is a sense of living in the moment but for the future, a deep connection with nature and a willingness to face whatever happens together.

The characters speak naturally about the things in their life, and the film trusts us to piece together the essential information.

Intriguing in its ideas but a little heavy-handed in the application.

An assured feature debut that’s confident enough to explore the sometimes complex dynamics at work while celebrating the community at its heart.

Takes a team approach to the material, using a group of documentary participants as a collective.

Gund’s poetic approach enables this documentary to go where others could not, to capture the existential effects on people of colour of day to day life in a white supremacist culture.

Whether you’re a fan of the company’s work specifically or simply interested in the history of cinema, this portrait of its longest-lasting partnership will delight and entertain you.

Park captures the web of life tensions that don’t just stop when we’re teenagers, particularly the pull of the new versus the attraction of nostalgia.

Mirza may sometimes over-indulge in sentiment, but there’s a warmth to the film that makes it easy to like, and she handles its more chaotic scenes with flair.

Having set up all the elements of a thriller, the film proceeds to untangle them in a refreshingly different and mature way.

With a lesser canine star, the film would not have worked, but Nala is sensational.