Unfortunately, the central mystery of Islands does not pay off, and the film is far better as a study of trapped characters ...

Krystal Evans’ A Star is Burnt mixes raw confessionals about life in the hospitality industry with sharp observational humour.

A Glaswegian Egyptian actor who hails from a line of political dissidents, now an activist who has not only been a vocal advocate for Palestinian rights but also participated in the Tahir Square ...

Brendan Canty’s Christy avoids the grim cliches of social realist cinema to tell a compelling coming-of-age story filled with ...

Inspired by real stories, this intimate two-hander of friendship and teenage angst follows two girls on a one-way journey to ...

Howling at the Moon is a whip-smart hour of Christopher Macarthur-Boyd where killer impressions, razor-sharp storytelling and ...

The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave is an artful rejection of the stylised image of the underground party scene.

It’s usually hailed as an 'affordable' travel destination, or the target of xenophobic cliches about drugs and migration. In ...

This drama concerned with the bubbling attraction between two women – one a celebrated painter, one a bartender in a small ...

In pursuit of the perfect skirt suit, Sam Nicoresti has devised an excellent antidote to the state of the world.

The 11pm Pleasance Attic spot is made for shows like this. It is, after all, where both Gein’s Family Giftshop and Tarot ...

Charlie Shackleton's Zodiac Killer Project digs into the filmmaking cliches and the murky ethics of the true-crime genre.