Edinburgh News: film
Edinburgh Film Festival Brings Back Its Awards
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is reinstating its major awards, jetisonned from last year's festival.
Film of the Week: Chronicle
I have to admit this was a very pleasant surprise, perhaps because it’s the first film in months I haven’t seen endless trailers or saturation TV ads for, but then again I went to sleep
Film Review: Chico & Rita (Manipulate Festival)
One of the animation components in the Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival, running at The Traverse, was Chico & Rita, a certificate 15, fea
Film Review: Waltz With Bashir (Manipulate Festival)
The annual Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival opens today (Monday) continuing until Saturday with a stimulating and eclectic program
Film of the Week: War Horse
War Horse is a curious beast - disappointing in many ways - but like Spielberg’s lesser works it still deploys a few rousing set pieces reminding us of the flashes of brilliance he is capable
Film of the Week: The Artist
They don’t make ‘em like that anymore. Well they do now as cinema comes full circle with this delightful nostalgic breeze.
Edinburgh Gets Its First IMAX Cinema
Cineworld opened its first UK IMAX at Cineworld Edinburgh today to the public.
Film of the Week: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
I have to admit, when I saw the action-packed trailer for the first Sherlock Holmes reboot I thought Guy Ritchie had sold out to Hollywood whilst in the process of destroying a much-cherished Briti
Film of the Week: Another Earth
For anyone with a little imagination, a bit of patience and awareness of new age ideas this is a rewarding and thought provoking film.
Film of the Week: Hugo (3D)
Family audiences weaned on the fast food junk of high speed garbage, talking animals, rollercoaster blurs of action and trivial dialogue are either in for a shock or a substantial nourishing treat
Film of the Week: The Deep Blue Sea
Lets get the praise out the way first. I adore Terence Davies, the man and the filmmaker.
The Little Match Girl Passion, Traverse, Review
Cryptic, an internationally-renowned producing art house based in Glasgow, has brought together some sensational talent to deliver an evening’s entertainment to savour.
Film of the Week: Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)
This review contains spoilers.
Film of the Week: In Time
If you’re running late to catch this wannabe blockbuster just slow down. Yes take some of your own precious valuable time and walk.
Film of the Week: Miss Bala
Loosely based on a real life episode, Miss Bala marks the arrival of distinctly original directorial voice in Mexican helmer Gerardo Naranjo. This is a blistering portrayal of the Mexican drug wars and state corruption which has claimed the lives of thousands in unspeakably brutal fashion in recent years.
Film of the Week: We Need To Talk About Kevin
A river of red runs through it.
Film of the Week: Midnight In Paris
In 1910, a couple of female academics from England, on a visit to the Gardens of Versailles, inadvertently walked through a time portal into pre-revolutionary France.
EIFF Announces 2012 Dates
The Edinburgh International Film Festival made its 2012 dates official yesterday. As incoming EIFF director Chris Fujiwara told EdinburghGuide.com last month, the festival will not be moving back to August this year, but will run again in June (20 June to 1 July 2012).
Film of the Week: You've Been Trumped
Celebrity tycoon Donald Trump lives up to his billing as a crass egomaniac in You've Been Trumped, a compelling, 95-minute documentary revealing Trump's bullyboy antics as he bulldozes a sensitive coastal ecosystem near Aberdeen to create a mega golf resort.
Film of the Week: Blood In The Mobile
Ten years ago it was widely publicised that minerals such as coltan and cassiterite used in electronics, particularly cell phones, were funding violent militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo
New Edinburgh Film Festival Director Is Journo Chris Fujiwara
New artistic director says EIFF dates "likely" to stay in June