Inside Out — A–Z of films

Beyond Ed Buck will make many viewers uncomfortable, as it should, and will make for distressing viewing for others, but it’s an important watch.

There’s a self-consciousness about the film which sometimes allows style to overwhelm substance.

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.

Corsini agilely combines elements of cinéma verité and farce.

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.

A tender-hearted comedy with a deep understanding of what it feels like to be a child.

By focusing on just one person and her day to day struggles, Curran throws the US gun crisis into sharp relief.

Essentially an old fashioned tale in which the pursuit of dreams needs to be balanced by learning to appreciate what one has.

Set in a futuristic Rwanda, the themes are as old as the hills - with colonialism, identity and self-determination chief among them.

Filmed during the last months of Pat’s life, when he was gradually losing his sight, this film features extensive interviews with the man himself.

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

A fascinating watch.

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

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

A quirky yet moving character piece full of absurdist comedy, with an optimistic streak which is rare in cinema today.

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

The film has been made with a specific audience in mind: one whose members rarely see themselves on the big screen.