Ross McIndoe

Its mix of compassion and clarity allows it to avoid the easy sentimentality of similar tales.

The film is much more interested in the logistics of bomb defusal than any of its characters.

The slower it moves, the more obvious One Spoon of Chocolate’s deficiencies become.

For a film that’s so well versed not only in the genre but in its tendencies to recreate and recycle itself, it’s disappointing to see Faces of Death do so in such slavish fashion.

The film is a witchy mall comedy that mostly keeps you under its spell.

The film is lean, mean, and feisty, even if it doesn’t quite stick the landing.

While it isn’t an overt examination of it in the manner of The Moment, the film does feel like a natural cinematic extension of Charli XCX’s melancholy party-girl persona.

The film struggles to bring its non-zombie characters to life.

Nuisance Bear is at its most powerful when its message has been condensed down into a single image.

With so many engaging voices on offer, Suzannah Herbert wisely chooses to let the locals tell the story rather than providing any explicit narration of her own.