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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2022

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022

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3 films · 3 reviews

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Aftersun

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Wells shows how interactions that were solid within their own moment become more ambiguous as time has gone by and the adult understanding of Sophie has grown.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Sometime in the Nineties, somewhere in a Turkish coastal resort, a young, divorced father is spending the vacation with his daughter pre-teen daughter Sophie.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Charlotte Wells; Writer: Charlotte Wells; Stars: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Kayleigh Coleman, Sally Messham, Harry Perdios, Ethan Smith, Ruby Thompson, Brooklyn Toulson)

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After Yang

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Kogonada is the directorial equivalent of a careful tea maker himself, he knows how to infuse his films with complex ideas without getting preachy or overtechnical about it.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after its A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Kogonada; Writer: Kogonada, based on the short story by Alexander Weinstein; Stars: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson, Sarita Choudhury)

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Nude Tuesday

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It’s almost a shame they’ve bothered with the subtitles at all, as much of the comedy speaks for itself, which makes the subtitles feel rather “pushed” to lewd extremes in a bid to extract further laughs in places.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Laura and Bruno are stuck in a hapless marriage with frigid chemistry and ample unspoken tension. To spice things up and hopefully save their relationship, they head to a peculiar hippy-dippy retreat where inhibitions are discouraged.

(Country: New Zealand, Australia; Year: 2022; Director: Armagan Ballantyne; Writer: Jackie van Beek, Jackie van Beek, Armagan Ballantyne; Stars: Jackie van Beek, Damon Herriman, Jemaine Clement, Ian Zaro, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Ghenoa Gela, Byron Coll, Yvette Parsons, Chris Bunton, Chris Parker, Jodie Rimmer, Jesse Griffin, Karen O'Leary, Morgana O'Reilly, Grace Bentley-Tsibuah)

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