2014 Edinburgh Film Festival Line Up Announced
On the 18th of September this year there is to be a referendum on independence for Scotland. If the people of Scotland vote to become an independent country, we as English people can kiss goodbye to...
View ArticleEdinburgh Film Festival: Our Pick of the Premieres
With the Edinburgh Film Festival (18-29 June) almost upon us, we’ve decided to take a look at some of the most highly-anticipated titles premiering at the festival. 1. A Most Wanted Man (Anton Corbijn)...
View ArticleEdinburgh Film Festival – Snowpiercer – Review ★★★★
After the success of The Host (2006) and Mother (2009), Bong Joon-Ho has presented his first film in the English language, Snowpiercer, already gaining wild acclaim and a slew of rave reviews – to...
View ArticleEdinburgh Film Festival – Cold in July – Review ★★★★
Jim Mickle made his name working in the camera department on horror movies, so it should be no surprise that when he went to direct, his first three features (Mulberry Street, Stake Land, We Are What...
View ArticleEdinburgh Film Festival – Scintilla Review ★★★
Scintilla follows a familiar pattern: a rag-tag group of hired guns are paid to infiltrate an underground facility, but are picked off one by one by unseen assailants. Headed up by a tough but sad-eyed...
View ArticleEdinburgh Film Festival – Cold in July Q&A
Director Jim Mickle and actor Don Johnson were on hand after the UK premiere of their film, Cold in July, to answer a few questions for us. So Jim, can you talk about the genesis of this project? Jim:...
View ArticleEdinburgh Film Festival – Garnet’s Gold Review ★★★★
Garnet’s Gold is the fascinating first documentary from Ed Perkins, following the life of an eccentric man who goes on a quest to find buried gold in the Scottish highlands. The first time we meet...
View ArticleSet Fire To The Stars – Review ★★★
After The Edge of Love (2008), this is the second film to put a different spin on the Dylan Thomas biopic, this time focusing on American scholar John Brinnin, who invited the Welsh poet to New York in...
View ArticleJoe – Review ★★★
David Gordon Green and Nicholas Cage return to their independent roots with Joe, the story of an ex-con struggling to stay away from trouble who befriends a boy whose dad is an aggressive alcoholic....
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