Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway (2025)
“A tremendous guddle of a programme wrapped in the best of intentions and dotted with stats.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Mar 20, 2025
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Hollywoodgate (2023)
92%
“How Nash’at managed to get himself and his film out is another story, one that presumably could not be told here for safety reasons. Still, an amazing piece of work and an example of true journalistic bravery.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Nov 14, 2024
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Eternal You (2024)
90%
“To me it looked like a high-tech version of the psychics who preyed on grieving families after the First World War, with just as gruesome results.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Nov 9, 2024
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A Storm Foretold: Roger Stone and Die (2023)
100%
“What Guldbrandsen’s enthralling film charts is how, in such times, idiots like Stone can be dangerous. ” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Aug 9, 2024
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Scoop (2024)
76%
“Did we know any more after this 103-minute film? Meeja folk will snicker, and those who think Andrew is a pillock will be confirmed in their opinion. Otherwise, not a lot. ” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Apr 8, 2024
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The Eternal Memory (2023)
92%
“Every flashback to their well-documented previous lives is a heartbreaker, and as time goes on the picture becomes bleaker still. But what shines through is love, and laughter. Lots and lots of laughter.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Feb 27, 2024
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Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas (2023)
100%
“Waddingham looks like she has just stepped out of Hollywood’s golden age of musicals and sashayed her way into 2023. ” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Dec 29, 2023
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The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)
96%
“It is a pleasure to listen to le Carre, speaking as he does in perfect sentences, and see him crack a smile every now and then. He is as sharp as one might imagine, and funny besides. ” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Oct 28, 2023
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My Old School (2022)
92%
“Lee was interviewed but refused to be filmed for the documentary. Instead, in what turns out to be a blessing, Alan Cumming lip syncs his words as only Cumming can. ” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Dec 20, 2022
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Citizen Ashe (2021)
97%
“You can never have enough Storyville documentaries, and this look at the life of Arthur Ashe proved to be just the ticket.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Jul 8, 2022
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My Name Is Leon (2022)
88%
“The cast was outstanding -- Monica Dolan, Olivia Williams, Christopher Eccleston anyone? -- so I bought a ticket. I was glad in the end that I did.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Jun 17, 2022
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Navalny (2022)
97%
“With talking heads ranging from investigative reporters and Navalny’s family, this was the inside story of a poisoning plot exposed and a chilling look into the moral abyss that is Putin.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
May 6, 2022
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Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)
“The central performances were excellent (Ruth Madeley and Arthur Hughes), and the lead writer was Jack Thorne (National Treasure, This is England). Together they made for a raucous, eye-opening drama.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Apr 1, 2022
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Together (2021)
71%
3/5
“It brilliantly captures the fear, claustrophobia, and borderline madness of the past year, with both McAvoy --even with a man bun -- and Horgan outstanding.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Jun 21, 2021
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Killing Escobar (2021)
88%
“At first it is hard to get a handle on both McAleese and the film in general... The longer the piece goes on, however, more layers of the story are peeled back and a more complex and nuanced film emerges.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
May 17, 2021
Full Review
Ian Wright: Home Truths (2021)
“Although a tough watch at times, Home Truths is ultimately a positive film showing how far society has come in dealing with domestic abuse.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
May 17, 2021
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Return to Dunblane with Lorraine Kelly (2021)
4/5
“Kelly had clearly had done more than her job all those years ago and since; she had, in a small but important way, helped. With this film she did the community, herself, and her profession proud.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Mar 13, 2021
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Whirlybird (2020)
82%
“It makes for a thrilling 90 minutes, even if the film does rush the ending and leaves several questions spinning through the air. Fellow news junkies queue here.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Feb 19, 2021
Full Review
Katie Price: Harvey and Me (2021)
“Lowe's film did not shy away from the difficulties in Harvey's life, or the struggle that lies ahead of him, but there was joy here and a lot of love.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Feb 5, 2021
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Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020)
95%
“The clips, particularly of concert footage, are terrific, the photographs are groovy, the politics of the times are examined seriously, and Carter has a lot of stories to tell.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Jan 13, 2021
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Red Penguins (2019)
96%
“Gabe Polsky's film took an age to get going, which made it run far longer than the story merited. As for that story, there was too much of everything, from strippers on the ice at half-time to bears serving drinks.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Dec 18, 2020
Full Review
Fight: The Jim Murray Story (2020)
“As an investigation of boxing, Fight had its flaws. But as a portrait of a fighter, and a family, its compassion will stay long in the mind.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Oct 29, 2020
Full Review
“Like its subject, this retrospective was a touch hand-knitted and worthy at times.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Oct 20, 2020
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Tenet (2020)
70%
3/5
“This is Nolan on typically spectacular form... All terrific, but then we come to the story. A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma is just the start of it.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Aug 25, 2020
Full Review
“The Trial Of Alex Salmond had to appear far and above the fray on which it was reporting. From where this viewer sat, it did not pass that test.” –
The Herald (Scotland)
Aug 21, 2020
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