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  • Bale (2009)
    Review preview for Bale

    A crisp little picture of adolescence.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    On a long summer’s day in rural England, two groups of teenagers find a remote hide away where fun and games soon lose their innocence.
  • Do99ing: A Love Story (2009)
    Review preview for Do99ing: A Love Story

    As resolutely unerotic as it is paralyzingly unfunny.

    Mike Davies · 1 out of 5
    A man gets more than he bargains for when he dips his wick in the world of al fresco swinging.
  • Double Date (2017)
    Review preview for Double Date

    You'll laugh, and wince, and laugh again.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    An innocent out to prove his manhood meets a pair of femmes fatales.
  • Harvest (2008)
    Review preview for Harvest

    Events, as they unfold, are both shocking and satisfying.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Two thieves break into a farm, but they're not alone.
  • Jericho Ridge (2023)
    Review preview for Jericho Ridge

    This may be Will Gilbey’s first feature as director, but his background as an editor means he knows how to construct an action sequence, and he delivers one great set piece after another.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A lone officer with a broken ankle fights for survival at a police station.
  • Labour (2010)
    Review preview for Labour

    Socha is excellent as always, but Alex Howson as the reappearing resident compels.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Following an encounter with one of his former charges, Henry reconnects with himself and those who love him.
  • Papillon (2017)
    Review preview for Papillon

    The violence is backed up with solitary confinement and mental deprivation

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Adaptation of the classic novel about prisoners in a French penal colony.
  • Shank (2010)
    Review preview for Shank

    With a skill beyond his years, Williams-Stirling humanises a character and situation with which viewers are initially jaded

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    In a grim future, a boy living in a neglected neighbourhood seeks to avenge the killing of his brother.
  • Soft (2007)
    Review preview for Soft

    This is clever writing, smart filmmaking and excellent acting. It grasps your nerve endings and gives them a twist.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Youth Gang Terrorises Suburbia. Winner of European Film Academy Short Film Prix UIP.
  • Summer (2008)
    Review preview for Summer

    Summer is sublime.

    George Williamson · 4.5 out of 5
    Now a carer for his dying friend, a former prisoner laments the way that he has frittered away his life.
  • Svengali (2013)
    Review preview for Svengali

    The film began as a series of web shorts and that episodic hit and miss nature endures.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Dixie moves to London with his girlfriend, determined to become the manager of a rock band. Nothing will deter him.
  • The Unloved (2009)
    Review preview for The Unloved

    A striking and inventive piece of work that many more experienced directors would give their right arms for.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    After being beaten by her father, a young girl is taken to a children’s home.
  • Walk Like A Panther (2018)
    Review preview for Walk Like A Panther

    Predictability is the name. Wrestling is the game.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Geriatric wrestlers return to the ring to save their favourite pub in a Yorkshire village from greedy developers.

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