Hail Satan?
In this well-edited and entertaining documentary, Penny Lane lifts the lid on what is perhaps the strangest religion of all. Chris Dobson reviews.
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Scheme Birds
Placed in the hands of such technically skilled filmmakers, this important story simply soars. Jim Ross reviews SCHEME BIRDS.
Armstrong
ARMSTRONG is an illuminating experience, but one that spends a little too much time basking in its own glow, and not enough exploring the dark side of the moon. Ben Johnston reviews.
Best Before Death
BEST BEFORE DEATH is an unconventional profile of an artist. Clara Strachan reviews from EIFF 2019.
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
It’s troubling to think a documentary about film criticism wouldn’t understand or appreciate the most basic of facts. This film’s ahistorical fawning doesn’t honour the life and work it purports to, writes Marc Nelson from EIFF 2019.
Apollo 11
By virtue of having aged yet visually powerful footage, APOLLO 11 is certainly worth capturing on the big screen and will be orbiting your mind for a long time after. Elle Haywood reviews.
A Deal With the Universe
Jason Barker has created an urgent and relevant film in A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSE, but in a gentle and unassuming way. April McIntyre reviews.
Permission
Life is not simple, and victory is never assured. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth the fight for Afrooz, a female football captain in Iran. Chris Dobson reviews at Glasgow Film Festival.
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS is a wonderful film that generates a poetic pathos that stirs our empathy and sympathy. Jim Ross reviews.
RBG
Jim Ross reviews RBG, a portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s career before and since becoming a US Supreme Court Justice.