Category: Edinburgh

★★★★☆ Golden Bear-winning cultural assimilation drama Synonyms is expertly handled by its director Nadav Lapid. That of relocating, whether itContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ Richard Dreyfuss stars in Astronaut, Shelagh McLeod feature film debut, in which she also doubles up as screenwriter. It’sContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ The strained relationship between a father and his son is tenderly observed in End of Sentence, the debut featureContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ Filmed in and around Scotland’s fourth largest city Dundee, Schemers – receiving its World Premiere at this year’s EdinburghContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ The curtain rose on the 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival last week with music director Ninian Doff’s feature debutContinue Reading

The full programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival has been revealed, bolstering 18 world premieres and 72 UKContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ Jim Haynes is the focus of Meeting Jim, an unexpectedly captivating documentary by Ece Ger that’s been nominated forContinue Reading

★★★★☆ Matt Palmer’s debut feature Calibre is a tense, brutal thriller set in the rural Scottish Highlands. It boasts meatyContinue Reading

★★☆☆☆ It’s a who’s who of comedic talent in The Little Hours, which puts a modern spin on The Decameron,Continue Reading

★★★☆☆ This culture clash comedy in the vein of late 1990s classic East Is East is warm-hearted, funny and light-footed.Continue Reading

★★☆☆☆ Up in the Scottish highlands on a break to try and rescue their fledging relationship, Louise (Rebecca Calder) andContinue Reading

★★★★☆ Honouring and recognising the city of London through the power of images set to a beautifully orchestrated score, LondonContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ Michelle Pfeiffer delivers one of her best performance in years in Where is Kyra?, director Andrew Dosunmu’s follow-up toContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ Damien Power’s feature debut Killing Ground adopts an interesting non-linear structure that nicely builds tension to tell a storyContinue Reading

★★☆☆☆ Esteemed British actor John Hurt sadly passed away earlier this year at the age of 77, with one ofContinue Reading