Tag: cinema
Christoper Hitchens and Stephen Fry at The Cameo
Well truthfully they will speak to each other on screen...but the screen is in The Cameo...
Intelligence² will be screening its highly anticipated conversation between Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry LIVE in cinemas across the UK, and in particular...
SSA Search For Scottish Films of Last 40 Years
The Scottish Screen Archive (SSA), a part of the National Library of Scotland, is looking for films and videos shot in Scotland over the last 40 years that may be gathering dust in attics...
5 Films to see at the cinema this week
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The final cinematic instalment is out this Friday in glorious 3D. Be sure to buy tickets early as anticipation for Harry's final showdown with Lord Voldemort has...
The Fighter : Review
To make a boxing film without referencing Rocky or Raging Bull, is as difficult as avoiding sports clichés in a review of said film. So when I say that The Fighter stumbles over familiar...
Black Swan : Review
Much has been made of Darren Aronofsky’s debt to Dario Argento, and to the Davids, Lynch and Cronenberg, in the wake of Black Swan, his new film starring Natalie Portman, which opened on Friday....
The 68th Annual Golden Globes
By the time you get up on Monday morning it will all be over for another year - or at least until The Oscars. Everyone will have had their fill of champagne and gone...
Review of The King’s Speech
Without stutter or hesitation, Tom Hooper, director of The Damned United, explores the private life and difficulties of the reluctant King George VI (Colin Firth) from around the of time his brother’s abdication to...
7 January 2011 – The King’s Speech is released today
The Reporter is very much looking forward to the release of this film. It seems to have all the ingredients of a good story which thus far has remained under royal wraps. Colin Firth...
Films about Edinburgh
We have just discovered the wonderful Panamint website where you can buy really old films about Edinburgh on DVD, and some of them are even in Blu-Ray format.
There are a few films about Edinburgh...
The New Victoria
We spoke recently with the Artistic Director of The New Victoria Limited, Helen Raw. Helen is part of a three woman team trying very hard to save the old Odeon building on South Clerk...
Christmas present idea number 4 – gift vouchers
You should not be wary of gift vouchers. They are a really good idea of making it easy on you and giving the recipient something they may actually want for a change... The socks...