Barnaby Walter finds Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave a difficult film to like

With his second film, Richard Ayoade has graduated his influences from French new wave to Orwellian dystopia and the result is of course, a much less sunny disposition and a far darker set of laughs, says Ben Robins.

This wonderful little miracle of a movie is made all the more watchable by the Coen Brothers’ gift for slightly odd humour, says Barnaby Walter

Though it wants to be seductive and steamy, this pathetic thriller is just tame and boring, says Barnaby Walter

Kate Winslet gives a superb performance in this sumptuously-shot drama, says Barnaby Walter.