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Wu Man is smiling with a verdant background.

Wu Man: passionate yet meditative (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 5 Stars

Over a decade ago I was lucky enough to travel around China, and my ...

Martin Sandison 05/09/2024

Two men holding coffee cups against a dark background.

The Fifth Step: stylistic humour (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫 3 Stars

Owing large thanks to the fame of Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, BAFTA nominee and ...

Josephine Jay 26/08/2024

A woman with children and a guitar in a short tunnel.

June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me: compelling, enchanting and highly crafted (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 5 Stars

The story about a Scottish artist and their connection to country music is one ...

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Keira Brown 26/08/2024

A black and white image of the Lung Leg band raising their fists at the camera.

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands: a joyful journey of discovery (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 5 Stars

Ahead of the world premiere of Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl ...

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Christopher Sneddon 23/08/2024

Nick Frost and Alice Lowe dressed in gaudy French-style 17th century outfits.

Timestalker: original and ambitious (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫 3 Stars

Timestalker, the new film by writer/director Alice Lowe, is the follow-up to her debut ...

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Christopher Sneddon 23/08/2024

Three circus performers and one is holding a toy pony.

Show Pony: visually mesmerising (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫 3 Stars

The unspoken rules of the circus are to be young, impressive, and alluring. So ...

Isabelle Cory 22/08/2024

A person pouring water into a copper vessel.

Nigamon/Tunai: a stunning multi-sensory experience (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 5 Stars

It’s impossible to avoid the smoked fish smell as you enter, and are offered ...

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Keira Brown 22/08/2024

Sinéad O’Brien in a white shirt, arms outstretched, seemingly screaming.

No One Is Coming: every shade of complex emotion (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 5 Stars

How many of us have escaped into the different worlds of fiction, folklore and ...

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Sonia Hadj Said 22/08/2024

Armand – Film review (Edinburgh International Film Festival) 🍫🍫🍫 3 Stars

Armand is the Caméra d’Or-winning debut feature from Norwegian writer-director Halfman Ullman Tøndel. It ...

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Sophie Kindreich 21/08/2024

A dark grey image of people walking up a steep mountain with large packs on their backs.

All The Mountains Give: Rakhsha’s debut is an empathetic and immersive piece of filmmaking (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫 4 Stars

The Kurds, a stateless population of over 40 million people, are mountain-dwellers. The mountains ...

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Sophie Kindreich 19/08/2024

Two actors in white shirts with a red curtain background. One is pouring wine for the other.

L’Addition: appreciate the process of theatre-making (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 5 Stars

It should be simple and self-explanatory. The stage is simple. The design is even ...

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Sonia Hadj Said 19/08/2024

Sam Ward is performing in almost darkness, wearing a white shirt.

Nation: Ward is a deeply charismatic performer (REVIEW) 🍫🍫🍫🍫 4 Stars

A Storyteller stands in the centre of a dark and silent stage. We are ...

Ambrose Kelly 16/08/2024

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