It's an extremely auspicious record with which to kick off their worldwide career, and marks them out to be a band of strength, quality, and originality. It's very early to say this, but already Film School is looking like one of this year's best albums.  Full text...

If you spent 2005 overdosing on the stripped, monochrome sounds of Bloc Party et al and now find your ears yearning for something weightier and wilder, San Francisco's Film School may have just what you seek.  Full text...

It's a very good repackaging of what other new, spectacular bands have used to create their identities. Film School's highest achievement is the quality with which these ideas are repackaged.  Full text...

On the whole, this eponymous effort sees Film School turn in a decent quality set of songs, but there’s a sense that they have the potential to make a truly great album, if only they could nail down their own unique sound.  Full text...

Film School achieve a foggy, grandiose psychedelia, but their compositions aren't always as shimmering as their production.  Full text...

Dark, minor key soundscapes are made emotionally “deep” with lyrics that are just a shade too melodramatic.  Full text...

Don't look now, but there's a band with a great personality forming. Film School might not have all the angles figured out yet, but it's a heck of a good omen for the band's future.  Full text...

This unoriginality is Film School's biggest disability. The guitar work is clean and atmospheric, the vocals light and poppy and the rhythms playful to reflective, but we've been here before.  Full text...