Shane Meadows
'Nine out of 10 people who I ever talk to, Dead Man's Shoes is almost annoyingly at the top of everyone's list!' We speak to Shane Meadows ahead of the EIFF screening of his iconic revenge thriller
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight/23 August 2023
film
Past Lives
A melancholy and aching sleight of emotional hand that signals the arrival of a major new voice
Is There Anybody Out There?
A wonderful personal journey towards self-acceptance that also seeks to reframe how we view disability
Asteroid City
Impressively-staged but inert nested metanarrative drains the emotion from Wes Anderson's subdued whimsy
La Syndicaliste
Isabelle Huppert excels in gripping whistle-blower thriller
Inland
A well-acted, stylistically-impressive debut sadly let down by its unexplained narrative
The Wicker Man: 50th Anniversary Release
Blisteringly brilliant rerelease of folk horror classic
Beau Is Afraid
Ari Aster rifles through his psyche and his cultural influences for a uniquely frenzied session of naval-gazing
Influencer
Manipulation trumps influencing in this twisty, ambiguous social media psycho-drama
Return to Seoul
A heart wrenching tale of loneliness and desire for belonging
Peter Pan & Wendy
A tonally inconsistent mess that even David Lowery can't save
Chokehold
Strong lead performance anchors this gripping thriller about one man trying to avoid the consequences of his actions
Judy Blume Forever
Blume's books provided a non-judgemental context for adolescent sexuality