Tribeca Festival — A–Z of films

We are quickly immersed in the action.

The land is a major player in this otherwise small scale drama and the only thing that really keeps pace with Ryan’s performance.

This isn't a film for those interested in the nitty gritty of how work like this is assembled. Rather, its focus is on the philosophical and experiential issues associated with the rise of the machines.

Her life story plays out like an adventure novel overflowing with intrigue.

As moving as it is disturbing.

As a film about non communication it feels real

Heineman's film inevitably includes some tough-to-watch footage but he recognises the power in not always showing death.

Leuenberger makes Nora's gradual awakening to gender issues feel like the sun coming out on a dreary day, brimful of unexpected warmth.

For the first hour or so of its runtime, Devil's Gate smoulders with tension, piling on one horror after another as its spins out its central mystery.

The proportion of films opening with HP Lovecraft quotes that manage to live up to the visionary writer's work verges on the infinitesimal, but The Endless is one of the special ones.

The documentary's greatest strength lies in the way Reynolds allows the scientific to mix with the philosophical and the deeply emotional.

A masterpiece of restrained filmmaking

Simply observed, the story tells itself; the viewer is left to consider how reasonable each argument sounds, and to consider the way that the different arguments developed.

The film travels from Hip-Hop to humility, from red carpets, back to Posen's studies in London.

Takes a pragmatic approach to deconstructing a subject that could easily be overwhelming.

Berlinger has assembled an impressive parade of experts whose testimony is thorough and backed up by rare film footage and photographs from the time.

Keep The Change tells an intricate love story, featuring people we rarely get to see on the big screen

As sweet as it is bitter.

Brooks balances her documentary well, bringing together a web of intersecting stories and ensuring that what's emotive is also informative.

This is a sudden and astonishing arrival for an adult actor.

Even though Newton is a stickler, there's an appealing purity to his views and he remains likeable almost despite himself.

Sarnet doesn't lack imagination and the unsettling mood that pervades the action is maintained throughout.

Hall is one of the most capable performers of her generation and it's a delight to see what she can do with an intelligent script like this.

Muldowney takes things seriously, with cinematographer Tom Comerford using the lowering skies and boggy heaviness to his advantage

It's more an assortment of clips showing Reagan doing what Reagan did best, which was to project a sort of all-pervasive bonhomie through the camera lens.

Tarantino's talent for dialogue is what catapults Dogs into instant-classic status.

Kain's finely judged performance is a joy to watch.

The camera is always up close and the effect is to make us acutely aware of the smallness and familiarity of homes, the closeness - both physical and metaphorical - of family.

Sweet Virginia is a simple story told very, very well.

Alexander Alexandrov's grimy cinematography shows us the dirt and the grit we have come to associate with working class Americans going off the rails, and applies it to well cared for suburban homes and cityscapes usually pictured as glamorous.

Although much of Laaksonen's work was hardcore, Karukoski doesn't seek to 'shock' audiences with outrageousness, instead gracefully zoning in on the man and his life to celebrate his both his bravery and his art.