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Three photographs of people, possibly from a film, displayed in a filmstrip format. The images show close-up portraits of individuals with dark, edgy hairstyles and clothing. The photographs are overlaid with colourful markings, creating a visually striking and edgy composition.
Festivals

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Car­la J Eas­t­on and Blair Young’s infor­ma­tive doc­u­men­tary about Scot­land’s unsung musi­cal pio­neers strikes an impact­ful chord.
Two young men relaxing in a grassy field.
Festivals

Lilies Not For Me – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Will Seefried’s con­fi­dent debut fea­ture tack­les a dev­as­tat­ing, over­looked his­to­ry through queer romance in the 1920s.
A smartphone displaying a portrait image of a person with dark hair, wearing a black top.
Festivals

*smiles and kisses you* – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

A man’s com­pli­cat­ed rela­tion­ship with an AI-pow­ered doll is the sub­ject of this odd­ly mov­ing yet moral­ly grey documentary.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Blue Beetle | EIFF | Lie With Me | Maurice (1987)

On Truth & Movies this week, DC launch­es a new super­hero in the form of Blue Bee­tle. Host Leila Latif spoke to the team behind the Edin­burgh Film Fes­ti­val about their incred­i­ble line-up that runs from the 18th-23rd of August, and bring­ing the fes­ti­val back after events in 2022 put its in jeop­ardy. We’ll also be review­ing French lit­er­ary adap­ta­tion, Lie With Me and for Film Club, revis­it­ing Mer­chant Ivory’s Maurice.
Three young people conversing in dimly lit room
Festivals

Neon Spring – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

A young woman with a dif­fi­cult home life dis­cov­ers Riga’s rave scene in Matiss Kaza­’s fourth feature.
Two people dining at a table in a dimly lit restaurant, with a bottle of wine and food on the table.
Festivals

Husband – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

The tri­als and tribu­la­tions of one cou­ple’s rela­tion­ship are under the micro­scope in Devo­rah Baum and Josh Appig­nane­si’s frus­trat­ing documentary.
Two people, a man and a woman, talking in a dimly lit room with overhead lights and a wooden ceiling.
Festivals

The Narrow Road – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

Lam Sum’s Hong Kong-set Covid dra­ma is ten­der but lacks inci­sive­ness when it comes to the pandemic.
Blonde woman resting head on the chest of another person on a striped blanket.
Festivals

The Edinburgh International Film Festival returns following two virtual editions

by Molly Mortimer

A new cre­ative direc­tor, new pro­gramme strands and a new vision promise a big return for the world’s old­est film festival.
Lone figure crouched in dark coat against stormy sky
Festivals

Exploring the Best of British cinema at the 2019 Edinburgh Film Festival

by Iana Murray

This year’s EIFF show­cased a diverse crop of home­grown films, from a mono­chrome Cor­nish curio to a love let­ter to Dundee.
Close-up of person wearing glasses speaking on a telephone.
Festivals

The Vast of Night – first look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

There’s shades of ear­ly Steven Spiel­berg and The Twi­light Zone in Andrew Patterson’s debut feature.