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A quiet, moving film.

There isn’t an ornament that feels out of place and you can almost smell the kitchen chip fat and butterfly bun icing as you gaze around Bobby’s home, with its orange pine and associated shades of brown.

The investigation has a surreal aspect to it that stretches credulity while the final resolution seems unsatisfactorily far-fetched.

The film is anchored by solid performances from its two leads and a good supporting turn from Ruta Gedmintas.

All message and no massage

Szabo's saga is a reminder of how great European cinema used to be.

At its best this film is a gripping look at what drives people to brave the heights, although it would have benefited from taking a more linear approach to its undoubtedly well-researched material.

In many ways, The Taqwacores is punk movie-making by numbers.

Though the film had its moments - mostly in the deliciously playful nature of Shakespeare's dialogue - it's hard to see it matching the success of other recent adaptations of the Bard.

Visually the film has emotional qualities that contribute to the feeling of admiration for Robyn's quest

Hemphill takes this beyond the usual simple of equation of lust and loneliness to factor in the pair's changed circumstances and the impact that any decision would have on those around them.

Almost every part of this slowburn road to not quite the middle of nowhere could be read either as a clue or a clever maguffin.

You are unlikely to see a better-looking film this year or a film that is more of its moment – but if you see this a few years hence, it will no doubt already have started looking as redundant as an Eighties arcade game.

Two of Us jolts the senses - you can smell when the hot pan stays on the stove too long and want to interfere.

The surface detail may be uncanny, but there’s a truly different film under the skin here.

Ultrasound is a slippery little puzzle of a film. It's cleverly put together and really quite neatly tied together, though not every viewer will successfully unravel it or, for that matter, make it to the end.

A classic example of a workmanlike piece given enough polish to make it stand out.

While it doesn’t quite get to the heart of the enigma, it’s still a striking and heartfelt film in its own right.

Gillespie and Kostanski's real talents become visible when it comes to the special effects work, and here the film excels.

It is thoroughly endearing: a Jane Austen for modern times, exploring women and friendship in a way we rarely get to see on screen.

The oozy sentiment pollutes the integrity of Natalie Portman's performance.

A slight, but enjoyable tale.

Eggers draws fully on the iconography of the period, the muted greys and greens of the landscape captured by cinematographer Jarin Blaschkee broken only by repeated flashes of cardinal red, bringing with it the suggestion of cardinal sin.

Unique in humour, unique in form

A pitch-black satire on our selective memories of death and the deceased.

The slippery nature of the morality on show coupled with the shifting sands of the narrative makes this an uneasy watch - yet it is also a beautiful and masterfully constructed film.

Reality takes a back seat in this oddball comedy.

A film which deserves to win every animation award going in 2021.

Such subtlety, in what is the most overt of film genres, is a wonder to behold.

Doubtless the director thought the style would serve its narrative but it only alienates.

Zomblogalypse falls short of its potential, but its amiable brand of comedy still scores pretty well.