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Scorsese's direction isn't showy but he keeps his camera fluid, giving scenes a sense of movement even when the characters are static.

Sugar levels are high, but so is vitriol.

At 12, Regan was a helpless child in 1973; in today's world we instinctively grant her more agency so the territory between self and demon becomes more obscure.

Seldom in cinema has eschatology been treated with such intelligence, or inspired such aching awe.

Not many films are as important to the future of humanity as Interstellar.

Bogdanovich allows the scenes to play out in near silence as the brilliance of the lighting, staging, and acting leave the viewer breathless and trembling.

The Pates use flashback, like postcards from the pit, exploring aspects of character that contradict and expose.

Part of the problem is that the characters are either opaque or unpleasant – and all lack rounded definition.

What Aronofsky has done with Selby's script is remarkable. With the use of split screen, hip-hop montage and every trick in the cinematographer's bag, he has forged a work of considerable significance.

Somewhere in this trauma of a stage adaptation are some valid points about Fifties US conservatism.

The subject of the film is as important as it is painful. To turn away is to condone denial.

The film is, necessarily, shocking but Fox handles what must have been difficult emotional material for her in a cool and responsible way that makes the message she delivers all the more devastating.

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

Wiener-Dog is a Solondz film through and through – there's still no-one daring to be quite so acerbic and inhumane towards his characters while keeping them grounded in a sense of relatable experience.

In the end I found myself won over by the charm of this film's various creative idiosyncrasies and by the charisma of Brolin’s performance.

This remake is so clearly aimed at US audiences, it almost constitutes an international incident.