Spitfire

"Yet David Fairhead and Ant Palmer's film never feels like pre-Brexit tub-thumping, and that's mainly due to the diversity and vitality of their interviewees."

"These are some of very last voices from a crucial moment in Britain's history."

"Stirring salute to the plane that ruled the skies."

"A tale that's fascinating enough without those extra, actually enervating embellishments."

"It's the kind of documentary that doesn't require an interest in the subject to make it worth your while. Certainly, the intoxicating imagery is both sad and thrilling, but it's the fascinating personal accounts that resonate most."

"An uncomfortably romantic ode to war."

"It has its jingoistic moments (inevitably, we get to hear the Churchill speech, "Never was so much owed by so many to so few") but in its best moments it goes beyond simple-minded wartime nostalgia."