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The Eagle

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by John Kennedy The Eagle Historical/Adventure/Drama. 2011. Cert.12A With Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ having cinematically defined our mind-set of how ancient Rome should be perceived, any worthy, subsequent sword...

Killing Bono

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by John Kennedy Killing Bono. Comedy/Rock Music. Dir. Nick Hamm. Based on Neil McCormick’s, ‘Killing Bono: I Was Bono’s Doppelganger’, aspiring wannabe Dublin rock-star in waiting, Neil McCormick,...

Scottish Documentary Institute offers screening opportunities for new Filmmakers

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Five new documentary filmmakers, nurtured through Scottish Documentary Institute’s annual Bridging the Gap scheme, have been selected to screen ...

Muppet Mania hits Edinburgh

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In association with the Jim Henson Legacy Foundation, Filmhouse is delighted to present an in-depth retrospective of work by Jim Henson, creator of the...

Review : Company Men

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by John Kennedy Company Men (2010) Drama USA Cert 15. Given that the essential conceit of this film is for an audience to empathise with a...

Review – Submarine

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by John Kennedy Adapted and directed by Richard Ayoade from Joe Dunthorne’s comic novel, Submarine is a bittersweet coming of age observation of teenage agonies...

Save our Cinema group step up campaign

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An open air film screening and firework display is the latest event organised in support of the former Odeon cinema in South Clerk Street. The...

Sunday Times 100 Must-See Films

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Hot on the heels of a great British success at The Oscars, this weekend The Sunday Times website will publish their definitive 100...

Review : True Grit

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by John Kennedy For those of a certain age any film re-make has potent misgivings, no more so when it involves the character of Rooster...

Danny MacAskill Documentary to Premiere in Edinburgh

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Edinburgh-based stunt biker, Danny MacAskill, will be sharing the premiere viewing of his new documentary 'MacAskill Conquers' with his fans. After releasing a video...

The Fighter : Review

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To make a boxing film without referencing Rocky or Raging Bull, is as difficult as avoiding sports clichés in a review of said film....

Scottish Documentary Institute – Three film-makers selected for Berlin

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Three award-winning female documentary filmmakers nurtured through Scottish Documentary Institute have been selected to attend the 9th Berlinale Talent Campus out of over 4000...

The Bell Rock Lighthouse – 200 years old today

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On 1 February 1811, The Bell Rock Lighthouse lanterns were lit for the first time. It had taken Robert Stevenson and his...

Edinburgh Schools short film competition launched

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The Edinburgh International Film Festival and Pilton Video today launched the Edinburgh Schools short film competition. Open to all pupils in nursery, primary and secondary...

Glass Bullet filming steam-punk in Edinburgh

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We have all heard about Jason Isaacs filming all over Edinburgh recently, but it is easy not to be aware of the small independent...

Black Swan : Review

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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,...

The 68th Annual Golden Globes

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By the time you get up on Monday morning it will all be over for another year - or at least until The Oscars....

Films about Edinburgh #2

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A film which got rave reviews at The Edinburgh Film Festival in 2003 was 16 Years of Alcohol, billed as a story of hope...

Review of The King’s Speech

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Without stutter or hesitation, Tom Hooper, director of The Damned United, explores the private life and difficulties of the reluctant King George VI (Colin...

How to win an iPad – and other competitions

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Scottish Book Trust are running a competition for all new media students, creative types, animators, film-makers and anyone handy with a video...

7 January 2011 – The King’s Speech is released today

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The Reporter is very much looking forward to the release of this film. It seems to have all the ingredients of a good story...

Films about Edinburgh

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We have just discovered the wonderful Panamint website where you can buy really old films about Edinburgh on DVD, and some of them are...

The New Victoria

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We spoke recently with the Artistic Director of The New Victoria Limited, Helen Raw. Helen is part of a three woman team trying very...

Christmas present idea number 4 – gift vouchers

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You should not be wary of gift vouchers. They are a really good idea of making it easy on you and giving the recipient...

Mum’s Birthday – 13 December

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Scottish independent film Mum’s Birthday, produced by Edinburgh Pilton Video as part of Creative Scotland’s Creative Identities programme, has been accepted into the Hollywood...

Cameo Night Of Horror – The Not Quite Live Blog

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10pm: Catch 27 bus to @CameoCinema 10.14pm: Make twitter vow that I’ll only travel after 10pm from now on.  It’s much quicker. 10.30pm: Observe crowd whilst...

Filming in Edinburgh

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We all know that a lot of films use Edinburgh as their backdrop. At the moment Jason Isaacs, the actor better known as Lucius...

The Filmhouse brings you films premiered at EIFF 2010

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This week Filmhouse is screening two films that premiered earlier this year at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye...

Star of ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ to visit Edinburgh Pub

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There is a spate of needlessly horrible films coming out at the moment (Saw 3D, anyone?) and, not to be outdone, Jekyll and Hyde’s...

Cameo is showing The Social Network

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The film about Facebook is actually less about Facebook, and more about its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, and his shortcomings as a friend. You cannot...

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