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Edinburgh International Film Festival Round Up 3

Our final roundup from some of the other films at EIFF 2019.

Festival Theatre

Mrs Lowry & Son

Dismal artistic biopic is a limp finale to a great festival.

New Releases

Halston

Lengthy but surface-level tale of a quintessential rise-and-fall fable.

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Late Night

Earnest performances help avoid predictability in topical comedy.

Sixteen Candles

Undemanding teen wrong-com with great soundtrack.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Lengthy, but heartfelt melodrama is an underappreciated Golden Age classic.

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Eighth Grade

A coming-of-age narrative for new generations

Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

A little gem of a film that’s sad, a tad sentimental but never maudlin

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Never Look Away

Epic tale of artistic triumph satisfies without stimulating.

Edinburgh Filmhouse

In Fabric

A killer dress causes havoc in the best horror satire on consumerism since Dawn of the Dead.

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Diego Maradona

Aesthetically constructed documentary offers less than the full story

Support the Girls

Charming comedy-drama deserves the support the title requests.

Kursk: The Last Mission

Rote disaster tropes saved by efficient execution and compelling dramatised reality.

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Timecrimes

Engaging and darkly comedic time travel thriller that still entertains.

DVDs

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

The LGBTQI cult classic musical gets a fabulous Blu-ray treatment

Weird Science

A solid package of a lesser film from a legendary 80s director.

Lords of Chaos

An impressively quiet, but ultimately awkward look at rock-n-roll gone too far.

Coming Home

Jane Fonda’s Vietnam veteran passion project is still moving 40 years on.

The Chill Factor

A disappointing addition to the world of trash horror.

Festival Theatre

Balance, Not Symmetry

Biffy Clyro can’t save one of the worst films of the year.

American Horror Project Vol.2

Exploitation rarities from nightmare USA

Child’s Play

Child’s Play promises the most fun since the 80s slasher.

Swing Time

Glorious song’n’ dance musical from Fred and Ginger

Def-Con 4

Apocalyptic schlock-horror

The Heiress

Classic Hollywood period drama of romance and betrayal

The Kid

A-list cast can’t help The Kid join the Western’s current renaissance.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Halston

Weird Science

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Edinburgh International Film Festival Round Up 3

Mrs Lowry & Son

New Releases

Halston

Late Night

Sixteen Candles

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Never Look Away

In Fabric

Diego Maradona

Support the Girls

Kursk: The Last Mission

Timecrimes

DVDs

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Weird Science

Lords of Chaos

Coming Home

The Chill Factor

Balance, Not Symmetry

American Horror Project Vol.2

Child’s Play

Swing Time

Def-Con 4

The Heiress

The Kid