Review – Fall 2 ⭐️⭐️

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After 2022’s high-stakes (and just plain high) thriller Fall, which featured two twenty-somethings stuck at the top of a 2000ft tower in the desolate American desert,...

Review – Leviticus ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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From first-time feature director Adrian Chiarella, we have Leviticus, an interesting little Australian horror film that melds a doppelgänger suspense thriller with a burgeoning queer...

Review – The Death of Robin Hood ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Hugh Jackman stars as the legendary folk hero in this understated and slow-paced character piece that takes some time to find its feet. Sporting...

Panem comes back to the big screen at Vue Edinburgh this...

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All five films in The Hunger Games franchise return to Vue Edinburgh this weekend, ahead of the release of the latest instalment in the...

Review – One Night Only ⭐️⭐️

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Premarital sex is only legal for twelve hours of the year in this new romantic comedy that ponders the question of what America would...

Review – The Dog Stars ⭐️⭐️

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Alien and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott, whose modern career seems to flip back and forth between hidden gems and severe misfires, is back in cinemas. This time...

Film review – Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Don’t move, don’t shout - Little Death is about. Who’s Little Death? Good question. Short answer: he’s a strange serial killer who comes out...

Review – Spa Weekend ⭐️

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From the writers of The Hangover comes Spa Weekend, a disastrous little trip away for all involved. It’s strange, really, that this has hit cinemas for a...

Review – Coyote Vs. Acme ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Beep beep! Coyote Vs. Acme has dashed into cinemas this weekend after its eleventh hour rescue from the cutting room floor. This new Looney Tunes/live-action hybrid in...

EIFF Closing Night Film – Bel ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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The 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival wrapped on Wednesday night with Bel, the first feature-length documentary from acclaimed television director Louise Lockwood. The work...

EIFF Top Pick – Snapshot ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Extra, extra! Among the runners and riders of the EIFF’s Main Competition for this year sits Snapshot, the first feature from indie director Joseph Archer, writer...

Trainspotting Cast and Crew Reunite in Leith

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The cast and crew of Trainspotting returned to Edinburgh on Friday night for a special 30th anniversary screening as part of this year’s Edinburgh International Film...

EIFF Top Pick – The State of Us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Starring Callum Scott Howells, best remembered for his role as the lovable Colin - the shy one out of the Channel 4 series’ loud...

EIFF: Out There/These Violent Delights/Bodyhackers

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Out There ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The year is 1994 and something strange is afoot in the rural Welsh village of Caradoc. Strange lights dance in the sky, especially...

EIFF Top Pick – The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant...

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Writer-director Theodore Schaefer’s black-and-white anthology piece stands as a nicely oddball addition to this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Set against a Manhattan backdrop...

Review – A Dairy Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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If there’s a lover of all things bovine in your life, or if you, yourself, have a case of the ‘mad about cows’ disease,...

Review – Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Since 2013, Adventure Bay has been protected by the Paw Patrol, stars of the hit series of the same name. Led by their handler...

Rerelease Review – Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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With Aardman’s newest feature - Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom - still fast approaching, the next film in the re-release line-up takes us...

Review – Spider-Man: Brand New Day ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Though I can’t quite believe how fast the time has flown by since I was a first-year university student sitting down in December 2021...

Review – Animal Farm ⭐️

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At long last, we finally have our hands on Gollum actor and Venom 2 director Andy Serkis’ take on Animal Farm, featuring a star-studded cast including (but not...

Review – Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super on the Big Screen...

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‘Hey, have any of you guys ever seen a super speed backflip that turns into a flying glider loop the loop?’ ‘What has the BBC...

Stars announced for Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026

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STARS including Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh and Ken Burns have been announced for the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s (EIFF) 2026 Industry Programme. The event, running...

Rerelease Review – Wallace and Gromit Double Bill ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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In honour of Aardman’s upcoming new release, October’s Halloweenish Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, we’ve a whole bunch of the studio’s classics...

Review – The Odyssey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Oh boy. Expected to be the film of the year, especially after Christopher Nolan’s previous film, Oppenheimer, practically steamrolled its way through its Oscar season...

Filmhouse screening Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey as the director intended

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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is inarguably the epic event of the summer, bringing Homer's saga to life in the first film ever to be entirely shot...

Review – Moana ⭐️⭐️

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There is nothing wrong with your film criticism column, do not attempt to adjust the picture - this is not a mirage.  Moana really is back...

Review – The Invite ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Following Booksmart and Don’t Worry Darling, in actor/director Olivia Wilde’s third feature film, The Invite, she and Seth Rogen play Angela and Joe - perhaps the definition...

Speaking to Paul Ridd about the brand new EIFF slate for...

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The programme for the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) (13-19 August) has been published. The EIFF launched the full list of films in this...

At Filmhouse this July

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Most of us love good weather, do we not? But spare a passing thought for businesses that rely on people heading indoors. Businesses like...

Review – Minions and Monsters ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Hide your bananas and break out your fart guns because those despicable Minions have returned to cinema screens once again. The third instalment in the Minions series, spinning...

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