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...

Review – Jackass: Best and Last ⭐️⭐️

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For twenty-five years (and some change) the Jackass crew, led by their captain, the daring (or just daft) Johnny Knoxville, have made a name for themselves by...

Thirty years on: Trainspotting cast and crew to reunite in Leith...

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The cast and crew of Trainspotting will descend on Leith once more this summer to celebrate 30 years since the film debuted. The special watch...

Filmhouse is 1!

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It is unbelievably a whole year since Filmhouse reopened under new management. This weekend there are celebrations from now until Sunday with a special...

Review – Supergirl ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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James Gunn’s new take on the DC Comics universe saw its first feature film in the form of last year’s Superman, which took a super-powered...

High-octane action thriller announced as Midnight Madness opener at EIFF

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Edinburgh International Film Festival, (EIFF) from 13-19 August, has announced that its Midnight Madness strand will kick off with the World Premiere of Chee...

Review – Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day ⭐️⭐️

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Tina Gharavi’s newest film, Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, has billed itself as an ‘unromantic comedy’. While the original novel reads as more of an...

Prices reduced at ODEON in Fort Kinnaird for summer holidays

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Families and film fans in Edinburgh can enjoy a trip to the cinema for less this summer as ODEON at Fort Kinnaird reduces ticket...

Review – Toy Story 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Woody, Buzz, Rex and the gang are all back in action in this fifth (and perhaps not final) instalment in the Toy Story series. In a surprisingly...

Young filmmakers win big at this year’s Into Film Awards

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Six Edinburgh teens have won the Best Film 16-19 award at the Into Film Awards 2026, the UK's leading celebration of young filmmakers, organised...

Review – Disclosure Day ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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After offering his own brilliant take on West Side Story in 2021 and delving deep into his early days as a filmmaker with 2022’s The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg...

Peter Mullan leads Edinburgh director Sean Dunn’s darkly comic debut

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From Greyfriars to the big screen: Peter Mullan leads Edinburgh director Sean Dunn's darkly comic debut Like many Edinburgh stories, it began in Greyfriars Kirkyard....

Review – Scary Movie ⭐️

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In 2000, director Keenen Ivory Wayans teamed up with his brothers Marlon and Shawn Wayans to shoot Scary Movie, a script that the pair...

Review – Savage House ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Savage House is a black comedy from writer/director Peter Glanz. He previously had a writing credit on last year’s Captain America: Brave New World, a...

Review – Power Ballad ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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John Carney, writer/director of other musical comedies like Sing Street and Once returns with Power Ballad, the story of two musicians who butt heads over the ownership of a...

Review – Backrooms ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Twenty-year-old Kane Parsons makes his directorial debut with Backrooms, the film adaptation of his unsettling YouTube series. This one details the eerie otherworld of the...

Review – The Mandalorian and Grogu ⭐️⭐️

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Bring out your blasters and ignite your light sabers because Star Wars is returning to cinemas for the first time this decade, seven years on from...

Review – Finding Emily ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Off the back of a great chat with a beautiful girl called Emily at his work, the local student union, he’s left with nothing...

Review – Obsession ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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YouTube filmmaker and comedy sketch artist, Curry Barker, makes his cinema debut with Obsession, a twisted cautionary tale of a selfish wish gone horribly wrong....

Filmhouse celebrates one year since reopening with birthday showings

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The Filmhouse cinema is marking one year since its reopening with a series of birthday events celebrating "the big screen experience". Across the cinema’s first birthday...

Review – The Christophers ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Ocean’s and Magic Mike director Steven Soderbergh’s newest film, The Christophers, pairs the presence and intensity of Michaela Coel with theatrical darling (and undisputed national treasure) Sir Ian...

Exhibition of work by Edinburgh-based artist Sarah Calmus

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FIRST exhibition images revealed of Edinburgh based artist Sarah Calmus: Right to Roam which runs until 24 May at Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh. The exhibition is...

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