LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
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Film Round-up: February 23
This week the Star's critics review Native, I, Tonya, The Ice King, Finding Your Feet, and Birth Of The Dragon
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
EWAN CAMERON trawls the Edinburgh fringe for new political drama
In a season of Greek mythology NIAMH THORNTON looks at an intriguing relocation of Medea to contemporary Mexico
I, Tonya (15)
Directed by Craig Gillespie
★★★★
WITH its unconventional structure and contradictory viewpoints, this irreverently dark and funny film is as unbelievable as the true story of US figure skater Tonya Harding and the scandal that rocked the sporting world that it is based on.
But producer and Oscar-nominated star Margot Robbie, who plays Harding, didn't realise it was based on a true story when she first read Steven Rogers' script.
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