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Nightwing/ Shadow of the Hawk

Double bill of indigenous American horror is surprisingly strong

Our Midnight

Brave effort to contend with vast, wide and difficult human topics

Gagarine

A touchdown which grounds itself in glory

Colin Bramwell
The Highland Citizenship Test

Poetry with both poignancy and humour not as rooted in the Highlands as might be supposed

Jumbo

A treasure of peculiarity, which concerns itself more with the idea of a journey than the polished article

Black Bear

Aubrey Plaza is outstanding despite an uneven, odd script

Kings of Leon When You See Yourself

Kings of Leon
When You See Yourself

They’ll never be the band of yore again, but all is not entirely lost

Apples

Disorientating delve into memory and identity from Greece

BBC

Adam

A harrowing yet hopeful story of acceptance

The Old Ways

A novel Latin American twist on the old staple exorcism horror

Rosa’s Wedding

Heartfelt Spanish comedy tackles new beginnings

Limbo

Superbly droll depiction of the purgatory of the asylum process

Blanck Mass

Blanck Mass
In Ferneaux

Benjamin John Power creates a soundtrack to liminal spaces

Gunda

Stark documentation of farm animals sets them in affecting new context

The Mauritanian

Unsure of what it wants to achieve, Kevin Macdonald’s legal drama never reaches the heights it desires

As Days Get Dark

Arab Strap
As Days Get Dark

Moffat and Middleton return with a pleasing new-ish sound and some familiar themes

Sweetheart

Lesbian coming-of-age comedy captures awkwardness and frustration of youth

Monelise

Online

Sliding Worlds: Monelise Multidimensional Experience

Singer showcases her sensational voice and talents for enchantment in an online concert with a spiritual difference.

Lisa Harding
Bright Burning Things

Deeply poetic novel with similarities to Booker Prize winning Shuggie Bain

Dreams on Fire

A mesmerising depiction of dance and subculture in Japan that shines with vibrancy