“His grubby linen suit is never quite free from wrinkles or the suspicion that the armpits, were you to investigate them, would be stained with sweat. He’s a cigarette stub of a man. Despite all this, he’s still rather attractive.”

“Who would do such a thing, we think, and why? And yet, via Breillat’s muted yet sensually heightened direction, and Drucker’s immaculately controlled yet internally free-falling performance, we buy it.”

“Visually, Chicken For Linda! is a vivid Fauvist dreamscape, but with down-to-earth verité style sound design making the most of naturalistic performances by the voice-cast, two contrasting choices which brush up against each other nicely.”

“The graphic design flourishes, the compositional symmetry, the twinkly score, the arch camerawork, the retro clothing, the monogrammed everything… what does it all add up to? For thousands of people, the answer is: pure heaven.”

“Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is an ambitious blend of Western and film noir, fashioned brick-by-brick from a steady procession of solid creative choices, from the casting of minor roles (look out for Louis Cancelmi, Cara Jade Myers and Ty Mitchell in particular) to the humour of the highly quotable dialogue.”

“Deliberate and elegant in form, but with a fast heartbeat under its serenity, Anatomy of a Fall gives its audience plenty of space to breathe and gaze and ponder matters less immediate than simply whodunnit“

“The film begins to play like Bergman’s Persona as filtered through the gauzy lens of American daytime drama and dehumanising National Enquirer reportage.”

“Could you taser a kid if they went for your jugular? These are the kinds of questions you’ll find yourself asking as you watch this film, which immediately helps it to stand out from the vast majority of cinema.”

“This latest addition to the monstrous feminine canon is a supple and engaging film that claws at your heart.”