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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.

You can almost smell the burning rubber - and, indeed, the testosterone.

The film becomes a road trip, avoiding many of the usual booby traps, although not all.

While admiring the motives for resurrecting the Furtwangler case, it is difficult to feel sympathy.

The society it depicts is one in which ordinary people – and especially women – are crushed beneath the joint burdens of a medieval moral code, and an unfeeling bureaucratic enforcement process.

The lightness of touch so evident in his family films is no less deft here, as he woos us with the promise of cast iron fact.... only to spend the rest of the film oiling the ground beneath our beliefs until they can't stop sliding this way and that

The performances here are spot on, but it’s the rich detail that really brings it to life.

Characters who belong to a fairy tale or folkloric world struggle to contain themselves in flesh, edged out by the existence of mere mortals who, despite their vulnerability, forever push them to the edges of the narrative.

What began as arty-looking cinema, backed up by good performances, is let down by weak plot development.

The characters have no backbone, the story little credibility or substance.

An odd film which seems as likely to find admirers as it is to find detractors.

One of the most strikingly original Japanese horror movies of its era.

Bold and intense.

Ferrara invests it all with the pseudo-docu urgency of something ripped from the headlines.

Petr Vaclav's latest film is almost smothering in its bleakness.

Showcases the hand-drawn aesthetic and an admirable focus on female characters that is part and parcel of the Ghibli brand.

The budget is low with no special effects but it boasts a gripping story, sincere acting, plot twists and beautiful cinematography.

Within this genre, I'm sure Woman With Red Hair is a stunning achievement, but as an exploration of human relations, it is uninteresting, plodding and deeply unpleasant.

The cast give a good ensemble performance and the plot is engaging above the cliched love stories which we are fairly sure will result in a happy ending.

The tension is relentless and the effects awesome.

There is a uniqueness to the way the story unfolds, blending Christian and pagan symbolis.m

The Japanese filmmaker guides his actors as if they were just learning emotions, creating an impression of awkwardness.

Where To? keeps mistaking centrist posture for moral courage.

There's a refreshing lack of sentimentality in the way Omerzu captures his duo of protagonists.

Bakalova, who will be familiar to many English-speaking viewers from her multi-award winning turn in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, shows great depth here in a performance which is equally deserving of notice.

Mysterious, surreal and beguiling.

With its sensationalist approach it is always trying to out do its predecessors.

This modern fairytale has its dark side, but it’s not as grim as something the Brothers Grimm would have concocted.