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23 April 2020

Film Review: Astronaut

★★★☆☆ Richard Dreyfuss stars in Astronaut, Shelagh McLeod feature film debut, in which she also doubles up as screenwriter. It’s a low-key affair that...

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2 July 2019

Edinburgh 2019: Synonyms review

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

Edinburgh / Jamie Neish

2 July 2019

Film Review: Mrs Lowry & Son

★★☆☆☆ Five years after portraying J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s award-winning biographical drama Mr Turner, Timothy Spall takes on the role of another English...

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Edinburgh 2015: ‘Beyond the Lights’ review

Edinburgh / Jamie Neish
21 June 2015

★★★☆☆ Denied a theatrical release, Gina Price-Blythewood’s Beyond the Lights (2014) instead receives its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival before landing on...

Edinburgh 2015: ‘Welcome to Me’ review

Edinburgh / Jamie Neish
19 June 2015

★★★★☆ Mental health is a tricky topic to tackle sensitively in film, no less so when that particular film is a comedy. Shira Piven’s...

Edinburgh 2015: ‘The Hallow’ review

Edinburgh / Jamie Neish
19 June 2015

★★★☆☆ Corin Hardy’s third feature The Hallow (2015) – screening in the Night Moves strand of this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival – is an...

Edinburgh 2015: ‘Stanford Prison Experiment’ review

Edinburgh / Jamie Neish
17 June 2015

★★★★☆ Fantasy becomes near unbelievable reality in Sundance hit The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), director Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s astonishing third feature film which sees...

Edinburgh 2015: ‘The Closer We Get’ review

Edinburgh / Jamie Neish
17 June 2015

★★★☆☆ Every family is unique and each one has its own personal stories to tell. Scottish-born artist and filmmaker Karen Guthrie puts her own...

Edinburgh 2015: Picks of the programme

Edinburgh / Jamie Neish
17 June 2015

The 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival (17-28 June) gets underway this week with the World Première of actor Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut, The Legend...