Reviews
Through Rocks and Clouds
Beautiful but overly muted drama sees a familiar battle between tradition and modernity
The Good Manners
Austere Spanish literary adaptation has formal beauty but a certain dramatic lifelessness
Queens
Hugely impressive drama plays out an estranged family’s reconnection against real-world stakes
The Story of Skids – Scotland’s No.1 Punk Band
The tale of the Dunfermline trailblaisers is well told by their engaging frontman
The Long Walk Review
Dystopian horror fortified by brilliant performances and suffocating, ceaseless tension
Sorry, Baby
EIFF opens with a film so good it may well be the festival’s highlight
Hidden
Quietly suspenseful psychological thriller maintains relevance in its handling of surveillance and colonialism
Elio
Pixar gives us Spirited Away in space, a good-natured return to form oozing in sentiment and fun
Falling into Place
Romantic drama leans to the predictable, but is evidence of a talented multi-hyphenate filmmaker