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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.
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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.
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*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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A new film challenges Hollywood to close the gender gap

by Katie Goh

This Changes Every­thing asks why things aren’t improv­ing for women in the film industry.
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Boyz in the Wood – first look review

by Katie Goh

Four school friends hit the Scot­tish High­lands in first-time writer/​director Nin­ian Doff’s off­beat adventure.
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Unicorn Store – first look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

Brie Lar­son directs and stars in this free-spir­it­ed indie com­e­dy about a woman in pur­suit of a pet unicorn.