Under the Wire (15) ****
Dir: Christopher Martin
With: Paul Conroy, Edith Bouvier
Runtime: 95 minutes
WHEN everyone who could manage it was getting out of the Syrian city of Homs, Sunday Times war reporter Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy were heading in. Christopher Martin’s superb documentary shows what happened next in gripping detail, much of it revealed here for the first time. Through interviews with Conroy and others, a picture emerges of the bravery of Syrians suffering under Assad, and the sheer courage of those journalists, Colvin to the fore, who insisted on getting the story out to the world. Unmissable.
GFT until September 10, with Martin and Conroy Q&A tonight, September 8
Puzzle (15) ***
Dir: Marc Turtletaub
With: Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan
Runtime: 103 minutes
CHOSEN as the Edinburgh Film Festival's opening gala and now receiving a well-deserved wider release, Scots star Kelly Macdonald quietly steals the picture from everyone else in this romantic drama about a suburban wife and mother’s mid-life reawakening courtesy of, er, jigsaws. Charming performances from Macdonald and Irrfan Khan as a fellow puzzle enthusiast are compensation enough for the far-fetched story and the two-dimensional nature of the other characters.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (15) ***
Dir: Desiree Akhavan
With: Chloë Grace Moretz, Quinn Shephard
Runtime: 91 minutes
CHLOE Grace Moretz (Kick Ass) plays the titular Cameron, discovered by her beau in the arms of a girl. Sent for so-called “gay conversion therapy”, Cameron fights for the right to be herself. Impressive performances from a young cast.
GFT, Edinburgh Filmhouse, DCA, Dundee, Eden Court, Inverness, Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
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