Edinburgh Film Festival Review: Devorah Baum & Josh Appignanesi’s ‘Husband’

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Married couple Devorah Baum and Josh Appignanesi co-direct and produce the confessional documentary Husband, world premiering at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Baum is a successful author, academic and speaker; Appignanesi won rave reviews for his last film, Female Human Animal, after his debut, Song of Songs, won awards at London and Edinburgh.

And yet, both these Brits are beset by neuroses, as this frank film shows — or possibly exaggerates: the press notes describe it as being “on the cusp between auto-fiction and documentary.” Framed as a follow-up to their 2016 documentary The New Man, Husband is an uneasy and uncertain watch that provokes thought about relationships and feelings while occasionally amusing, in an uncomfortable sort of way.

The key story takes place in the U.S., where Baum is promoting a book she has written about dealing with feelings such as guilt, paranoia, envy and self-hatred.