Film
Last year I did pretty well with my Oscar predictions when not deviating too far from the bookies'…
Well I have an hour to kill so I might as well kill it with a wee update. I'm racing now to finish seeing all…
Eric Lomax, who wrote movingly about his experiences of being tortured as a Japanese POW and his subsequent…
The other stand-out piece for me at this year’s festival was the grim post-apocalyptic movie by French…
EIFF Blog - Day 10. I racked up another Michael Powell Award contender last night in the shape of Matthew…
On Day three I decided to catch up with the actual films of the festival and try to leave the critical theory…
It’s underway then, and as we speak glasses of wine are being poured and the viewing public is preparing to…
I knew I had to be somewhere yesterday morning as I flumped groggy eyed onto my hideously ugly and…
Edinburgh Film Festival hots up, literally
EIFF artistic director Chris Fujiwara is ubiquitous. He's maintaining a daily blog with commentary on the…
It’s almost upon us. The badges are being handed out, the delegate booklet is in my possession and the…
Edinburgh's Festival of Spirituality & Peace, now known by its shorter moniker Just Festival, is back…
The Edinburgh Film Festival is truly getting a big shake-up whether it likes it or not. We knew funding would…
Here's an opportunity for emerging filmmakers and composers: the Edinburgh International Festival is…
For me the stand out movie of the Edinburgh International Film Festival was Troll Hunter.
This morning the usual panic induced coffee fuelled sprint across the city to see press screenings was halted…
A unique opportunity to see two landmark works of British social realism side by side on the big screen,…
It’s Day 1 of the EIFF and it’s 6.38 a.m.
I've just come out of a screening of 'My Brothers', thought it was a lovely little movie from first time…
Edinburgh-set The Illusionist didn't manage an upset on Oscar night, but Colin Firth and The King's Speech…