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Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2014, Joel and Ethan Coen)
Musicals have, of late, come thick and fast into mainstream cinema. Camp, dazzling and epic, they’re made to leave the viewer either drained of...
Oscars 2014 – Edinburgh Director nominated for award
A young Edinburgh director has been short listed for an Academy Award.
Edinburgh director Sara Ishaq has been selected as one of 5 finalists for...
BAFTA 2014: The Round Up
Film lovers this morning woke up early on Wednesday morning to catch the announcement of the BAFTA’s 2014 Film Awards, sponsored by EE.
As 2013...
Film Review: 12 Years a Slave *****
There are very few films where the audience leave the cinema without saying a word, (Schindler's List was one of them) such is the...
The most important films of 2013
It was a year of cinematic diversity - for every scantily clad teenage gangster, we had an elderly shunned Irish nun, searching for her...
Five things you need to know today
Council budget - Afternoon Tea - Payday Loans - Whisky sale - Films at the National Gallery
Today is the last day for you to...
Edinburgh MP invites entries for Rock the House
Edinburgh’s Liberal Democrat MP, Mike Crockart, is calling for musicians and film makers to enter Parliament’s largest competitions, Rock the House and Film the...
REVIEW – Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013, Adbellatif Kechiche)
It has been shrouded in both critical acclaim and backlash since it premiered at Cannes earlier this year, but there’s one thing no one...
Film REVIEW – Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton, 2013)
Independent cinema is comfortably placed in two categories: films that are quite something, and films that try hard to be something that they’re not....
REVIEW – For Those in Peril (2013, Paul Wright)
For years, it seems like Scottish cinema had sort of bubbled under the filmic radar as Hollywood took centre stage. Then, there was 2013....
Film and food to celebrate Louis de Funès at the French Institute
On the 30th anniversary of his death the Institut français put on a special evening of film and food to celebrate the hero of French...
85a Collective comes to Summerhall
Glasgow-based group 85a is ready to make its Edinburgh debut at Summerhall next month.
The sound, art and performance collective will stage elaborate happenings which...
Film Review – ‘Rush’ is More Than Just Racing
It was never going to be an easy film for director Ron Howard to make, although if this film was going to be made,...
The Filmhouse this week
The Filmhouse has been making 'em laugh, cry and smile for about 35 years now. The building on Lothian Road has been altered over...
Queen Margaret University lecturer releases new film
Filmmaker releases stunning time lapse in celebration of Scotland’s incredible summer
An award-winning filmmaker has just released a captivating time lapse/stop motion film which celebrates...
Danny MacAskill – free screening of new film tonight in Edinburgh
SCOTTISH PREMIERE OF DANNY MACASKILL’S IMAGINATE DOCUMENTARY
The latest instalment of Scottish street trials sensation Danny MacAskill’s long-awaited new riding film, Imaginate, will have its...
Film – North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Art For All is delighted to announce that North Edinburgh Arts has agreed to host a film screening of the ground-breaking film by the...
Film Review – Flying Blind Flies Back Into Town – TONIGHT ONLY
Flying Blind is showing tonight at The Filmhouse - for one night only.
In Flying Blind, a woman who has dedicated her life to her...
Bootleg Film Festival Makes Debut Edinburgh Appearance
Do you love movies? Are you looking for somewhere to go this weekend? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then here...
Nicola Benedetti brings The Silver Violin to Edinburgh
Stopping off as part of a nine-venue Scottish tour, violinist Nicola Benedetti brings the glamour of the silver screen to the Usher Hall on...
Edinburgh film-maker releases trailer for new film
After achieving over one and a half million hits with his stunning time lapse video, Edinburgh’s award-winning filmmaker has released his long awaited film...
Colony of Artists Exhibition 1-2 September 2012
The colony houses found in several places in Edinburgh are, as most of us in the capital know, very special indeed, but down in...
Film preview – Searching for Sugar Man
We are willing to bet you that you will come out of the cinema after watching this film and head straight for the nearest...
7 Days in Havana for one night only
After last month’s star-studded premiere at Cannes Film Festival, Edinburgh film fans will be treated to an exclusive preview screening of 7 Days In...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012
Chris Fujiwara came to Edinburgh in January to run the 2012 offering of films. He has had his work cut out for him as...
Edinburgh lecturer’s film to be shown at Cannes
A lecturer from QMU, who has just won a prestigious short film award, is now to have his film screened at the Cannes Film...
Film Review – The Avengers
by Ryan McNeely
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble
Or, you know, The Avengers.
Loki has come to Earth to subjugate all of humanity. All that stands in his way...
VisitScotland announce marketing campaign for ‘Brave’
VisitScotland, Scotland’s tourism organisation, and The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East & Africa announced a unique global marketing campaign to promote Scottish tourism...
Edinburgh filmmaker shortlisted for Gaelic awards
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Edinburgh author and screenwriter, Alison Lang, has been shortlisted for three awards in the Gaelic film competition, FilmG.
Taistealachd – which translates as “Pilgrimage” –...
Film Review – Silver Surfers Curry Favour
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2011 (12A)
Director John Madden
Screenplay Ol Parker (based on the novel by Deborah Moggach)
Comedy/Drama
124 mins
A senior ensemble cast lends some dignity,...
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