South by Southwest — A–Z of films

The script is sharp, witty and not afraid to ask awkward questions.

One doesn't need to be religious to find something ineffable not just in the music itself but in the way it is expressed.

Basagoitia is presented as such an archetypal hero that it's hard to get past that and see the man, the human being whose story could give the film real value.

It's laugh out loud funny in places, and there's an endearing earnestness throughout.

Becky Parsons and John M Tran's cinematography brings out every detail of the crowded rooms before us and puts us to close to the grain of the wood that we can almost smell it.

Gritty, grainy, colourful and unusually intimate, this is a film that sets out to defy expectations.

People who are hard work in real life can still make entertaining - even sympathetic - characters in films, and Rosenmeyer strikes this balance very effectively.

Schwarzenegger handles his role with a restraint unusual in actors his age, so that even viewers with a strong sense of what's coming will warm to him or wonder how bad he can really be.

Lauryn Canny is stunning in the central role, easily adopting the same body language that Mcintosh has used continually to break away from conditioned patterns of movement and take up space.

With beautifully drawn relationships and a fine central performance, The Garden Left Behind takes frequently politicised subject matter and reminds us of the human side of it.

This is a film that never takes the easy route of eroticising its subject for the audience.

There's so much great material here that it would be impossible to make it into a dull film.

Alex Holmes' documentary is brilliant.

The directors, Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, avoid horror comic clichés. In fact, they avoid clichés altogether.

Smart, deceptively sophisticated and beautifully crafted, this is artisan cheese.

As the sunny days pass and Bridget finds herself sinking into the job of caring for Frances more than she imagined, the warmth trickles into the corners of the film leaving cynicism no place to lurk.

A solid little film which delivers well within the scope of its simple ambition.

Us is a deeply subversive film

The first thing that stands out about the film is the ease with which we can recognise Vai despite her being played by a different actress each time.

Where this film becomes interesting is where it goes beyond geekery and emerges as a defence of evolving art.

Nicole Taylor's quickfire script provides great material for the actors to work with .