Reviews
Broken Silence
A powerful account of how the Franco regime affects one woman and her village
The Eternal Feminine
A powerful yet truncated look at professional and personal equality in 1950s Mexico
Ben Elton
Ranty bane of the Tories is still very entertaining, if a little unquestioning these days.
Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story
Passionate dance biopic is playful and fleet-footed
Umi: Japanese Cuisine
The Social Bitches indulge in Japanese food that’s boldly reinvented, with utterly delicious results.
The Alchemist
Gary McNair’s rhyming adaptation of a Jacobean farce is literal poetry in motion
An Inspector Calls
Twenty-seven years on, Stephen Daldry’s production is still enthralling
Toxic Holocaust
Primal Future: 2019
Thrash revivalists play it fast and play it loud on fabulously entertaining albeit unoriginal sixth album
SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland
Impressive and bold collection of the best in Scottish short film-making
The Candidate
Darkly-humorous yet thrilling drama about political corruption through the eyes of one man
Before Stonewall
Detailed documentary explores the early LGBTQ rights movement