Tribeca Festival — A–Z of films

Charm' is just one of the words, and others like 'winsome' are right there - it manages this without ever feeling forced, without ever feeling twee - and that makes it a triumph.

For many viewers, the film will require taking a step back, ditching assumptions and making a conscious effort to listen. It's worth it. These girls have a lot to say.

The film's weaknesses are more frustrating because first time feature director Domenica Cameron-Scorsese shows considerable talent.

Davis clearly relishes this role and delivers a standout performance, really letting rip.

A mixture of tragedy, laughter and wildly clashing perspectives makes Check It a compelling subject.

In places it's very well scripted, astute and incisive, but for most UK viewers it simply won't translate.

Do Not Resist does a good job of summing up recent events and looking at the philosophies that have fed into them.

A ragbag of cliches that owe a debt to everything from Romeo and Juliet to THX 1138.

Dangerously thin on purpose

For those who are living with a 19th century idea of what art is, dismissing fashion as trivial and frivolous, Bolton counters that sometimes "fashion is easier to understand than language itself."

Whilst it has something going for it as a study of awkwardness, it never quite takes this far enough to break new ground.

Taika Waititi knows growing up isn't child's play but he also respects childhood as a place of adventure, where spontaneity rules and the possibilities are only limited by imagination.

In the literal act of performance there is room to talk about self as performance, and that is where High-Rise is strongest.

Overall, this is more miss than hit, but there are some nice ideas that will appeal to genre fans.

The film looks great if you like sand

Even when we are ready to dismiss something presented to us as 'scientific' evidence, we are still ready to swallow a lie if it comes with an emotionally satsifying coating.

This is not about once upon a times or fairy tale endings but the challenges on the way and it stands as a testament to the love and determination of every member of the Suskind family.

Hemingway and Stanfield are both good in the central roles, with Howze charismatic as the antagonist on the fringes of the island community, but the film never really takes off the way it should.

Ree embraces the music as a collaborator, a voice that can channel the feelings of both the character and the story.

Louis Theroux does not pretend to know everything. He waits to be informed and in the waiting good things happen.

Simmons is generally convincing but it's difficult for him to combine this with holding centre stage, especially in scenes alongside Ethan Hawke, who is cast against type as a low rent Tyler Durden and clearly enjoying every minute of it.

Esquenazi's approach is cool and focused.

The humour itself is as light as a feather – a symbol used by Andeel in his animation to good effect – but the reaction from the regime(s) is about as subtle as a brick

Tiger Raid is great.

This is an extraordinary film. De Niro in the central role delivers one of those powerhouse performances that simply blows the audience away.

Though she's following in the footsteps of many an exploitation movie heroine before her, Kravitz carries it well.