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Amber Wilkinson

Being editorial director of Eye For Film means that Amber gets to go globetrotting to festivals quite often. While that may periodically limit her access to popcorn movies, it's probably better for her waistline that way, and she gets to watch a vast amount of world and independent cinema that everyone else would love, too, if only they gave it a go. She secretly likes to watch The Man With Two Brains and Blazing Saddles late at night to unwind.

Amber is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, and FIPRESCI, the international federation of film critics and has served on its juries in Seattle, Palm Springs, San Sebastian and Gijon. She attended the first FIPRESCI colloquium on Russian Film in St Petersburg and has tutored young critics in workshops at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival and Miskolc Cinefest. She has recently be on the juries for the annual East - West. The Golden Arch Eurasian film awards and the Arab Cinema Centre Critics' Awards.

She is a Tomatometer critic at Rottentomatoes, and has written on film for outlets including The Times, The Telegraph and The Daily Record in the UK, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in Australia, The National in Abu Dhabi and Filmmaker Magazine in the US, the Radio Times, plus film trade magazine Screen International.

In addition to written criticism, she also talks about film from time to time on BBC Radio Scotland.

You can also find her rambling (twambling?) over on Twitter (@NinjaWorrier) and LinkedIn. Email her (while taking her hat off) amber(chapeau)@eyeforfilm.co.uk

We have 2918 reviews by Amber Wilkinson in the database: read them here.

Latest Film Reviews

  • Piccolo Piccolo (2026)
    Review preview for Piccolo Piccolo

    With its collage-style animation, you feel as though you could almost reach out and touch the mountain landscapes and characters.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A tiny mouse, wanting to forget her little worries, decides one day to climb a very high mountain.
  • The Naughty Seat (2025)
    Review preview for The Naughty Seat

    There’s plenty going on but this story of naughtiness and friendship unfolds in a way that is easy to follow for even the youngest audiences.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Never trust a penguin with your soup.
  • Letters from the Silenced Country (2026)
    Review preview for Letters from the Silenced Country

    Fear... runs through Letters like a dangerous and unpredictable electric current, emphasised by the stark black and white animation, the black crosshatching and sharp strokes of which feel like distilled violence in themselves.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A hybrid documentary portraying contemporary Belarus through the individuals who have endured imprisonment, repression, and exile — voices from a silenced country, suffocated by the regime.
  • Bats & Bugs (2026)
    Review preview for Bats & Bugs

    This is the sort of cast of characters that deserves its own TV series.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    When a streetlamp lights up on a country road in the jungle, a group of insects goes crazy – which proves to be handy for the hungry bats in a nearby cave.
  • The Comet (2026)
    Review preview for The Comet

    The 2D artwork, which uses oil pastel, gives the animation a "shimmering" style that fills every frame with movement

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Eight-year-old Émile is enjoying the last of the warm summer evenings with his sister Françoise. While they are eagerly scanning the night sky for shooting stars, they are suddenly interrupted by a despicably cruel act.
  • All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea (2026)
    Review preview for All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea

    Full of anger and love in equal measure.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    When thousands of dead crabs wash ashore along England's North East coast, fisherman Stan Rennie finds himself leading a grassroots fight for answers and a future.
  • What Belongs To Others (2026)
    Review preview for What Belongs To Others

    In his modern world of apartment blocks and estranged family members, even comfort is cold.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Kasia earns her living by breaking into other people's homes. One day on the job she finds a dead body of a man and decides to move into his apartment and find out who he was. As she starts to piece together his memories, relationships and secrets, it awakens in her a dream of another life and gives her strength to make changes in her own.
  • The Debut (2026)
    Review preview for The Debut

    Eisenberg’s obvious love of amateur dramatics provides The Debut with a foundation that feels akin to a warm hug.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A shy housewife is unexpectedly cast in a local am-dram original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role.
  • Tender Loving Care (2026)
    Review preview for Tender Loving Care

    Tender Loving Care is all about the little bits of conversation that make the world a bit more comfy for others.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    In contemporary London, social workers Amy and Rosie navigate the stressors and joys of life together, be that work, family or messy dating lives.
  • Florid (2026)
    Review preview for Florid

    Clear-sighted perspective, coupled with carefully calibrated sound design from Dario Swade, doesn’t make light of what Jamal experiences, but nor does it sensationalise them.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A young man in supported housing tries to juggle his musical aspirations and mental health issues.

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