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EIFF Short film event today
EIFF is delighted to announce the screening of the first EIFF Short Film Challenge which will be held on Saturday 16th August at Filmhouse....
Film Review: God Help the Girl (Stuart Murdoch, 2014)
It’s an ambiguous Glasgow under a dull light. The music scene is there, as are the high rise buildings and the grey skies. However,...
Review: Joe (David Gordon Green, 2013)
It has been labeled Nicolas Cage’s great comeback. After years of substandard performances in, frankly, quite awful movies, he has finally embodied a character...
Preview – Just Independent Asian Film Festival
WhileIndia is today seen as a vibrant and dynamic world player, mention Cambodia and many of us will still think only of brutality, suffering...
Review: Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
I remember when I was six years old; in every sense naive, argumentative and an observer of everything around me. There were breakfast time...
Numbers crunched at the end of the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival
More than 46,000 tickets were sold for the films shown at this year's 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival which finished last weekend representing a...
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Quiet Heroes of World War II
For me, the best films are still the story tellers. I can appreciate a beautifully shot, masterfully crafted cinematic experience, but I only truly...
COMPETITION – Win a pair of tickets to Braveheart Q & A with Brian...
It’s been twenty years since production of Braveheart began and The Edinburgh Reporter has five pairs of tickets available for a Q&A and screening...
Film in the City in June
June is officially movie month in Edinburgh, and it all begins this Sunday 8 June 2014.
In the build-up to the Edinburgh International Film Festival...
EIFF has designs on young filmmakers
The closing date for Student Critic applications is 12 May 2014, so if this is for you then make sure you get your application...
Virgin Atlantic ready for EIFF take off
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) this week announced Virgin Atlantic as Official Airline Partner for the 68th edition of the Festival.
As part of the deal,...
EIFF announce closing night film
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has just announced Simon Helberg’s romantic comedy WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS, co-directed by Jocelyn Towne, as the Closing Night film at the...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014: The Eight Week Countdown
In just under eight weeks time, the red carpet will be rolled out to welcome the return of the 68th Edinburgh's International Film Festival....
Review: The Past (Asghar Farhadi, 2013)
Asghar Farhadi is no stranger to the beautiful art of dramatic cinema. His last feature, the Persian language ‘A Separation’ earned him an Oscar...
Russell Crowe dashes into Edinburgh for the fan premiere of Noah
Russell Crowe stars in a new Paramount Pictures film called Noah. The tale is a well-known one based on The Bible, and we can...
Africa in Motion Film Festival to have a sporting theme
African sports films on tour for Commonwealth Games
Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival has announced their upcoming festival, ‘Sports Stories from around the African...
FILM REVIEW: The Robber (Benjamin Heisenberg, 2014)
Often, films have their big debut at festivals and, despite critical acclaim, disappear off the cinematic radar. Having premiered at Edinburgh’s International Film Festival...
Edinburgh film-makers win award at National Gaelic Film Ceremony
BUDDING FILM-MAKERS FROM EDINBURGH SCOOP A TOP AWARD AT NATIONAL GAELIC FILM CEREMONY
STARS OF THE BIG SCREEN PRESENT AWARDS INCLUDING GREG HEMPHILL AND GARY LEWIS
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Edinburgh College help youngsters to make a film
On Friday night there was a film premiere in Edinburgh at Edinburgh College where a BAFTA award-winning director has created a film with a group...
GFF 2014 – 20 feet from Stardom (Morgan Grenville 2013)
Rarely does a documentary let you be both in awe of and feel pity for its protagonists. In 20 Feet from Stardom, director Morgan...
GFF 2014: Starred Up (David Mackenzie, 2013)
I woke up this morning still to find myself in the confined space of Starred Up. Isolating, dangerous and cut-throat, it’s a realistic outing...
GFF 2014: Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Night Moves is an example of a film that works so tremendously well using very little. Set in an isolated American town, it uses...
GFF 2014: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Felix Herngren,...
For the most part, we’ve left mainstream comedy films to the Yanks. Veering towards grandiose affairs of humourless slapstick, or a smartly written, well...
GFF 2014 – Nymphomaniac: Volumes I & II (Lars von Trier, 2014)
Lars von Trier is an undeniable master of character study. In Nymphomaniac, when all the provocative material is stripped away, both promotionally and cinematically,...
GFF 2014: Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, 2013)
As the sun sets over the water in Stranger by the Lake, you are reminded how cinema can greatly embody multiple genres. Presenting itself...
GFF 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
From the off, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel resembles a stunningly crafted watercolour postcard, plucked lovingly from the depths of your grandmother's relic...
GFF 2014: The Double (Richard Ayoade, 2014)
If there’s a topic that Richard Ayoade tackles with impeccable skill, it’s infatuation. In his break out hit, the 2010 coming-of-age drama ‘Submarine’, he...
Drive in movie in Edinburgh
We thoroughly enjoyed the showing of Top Gun on Friday night. Yes it was Valentine's night so the film was suitably romantic, but also...
College’s schools film story competition is a winner!
Edinburgh College rolls out the red carpet for schoolchildren
Edinburgh College’s Centre for Creative Industries gave local schoolchildren the chance to write their own movie...
Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival for your Valentine date
EMFF SET TO WOO AUDIENCES WITH NEW VALENTINE’S WEEKEND EVENT
Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival fans fall for the man known as ‘The Swiss Machine’
The Edinburgh...
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