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The Edinburgh Reporter in Conversation with James Ward Byrkit, the director of Coherence
On a warm night in June at the Edinburgh Film Festival, I sat down, admittedly shattered, to watch a film I hadn't heard much...
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Still Alice (2015)
There isn't a critics circle or academy around that have doubted the heart rending latest performance from Julianne Moore. The American actress has, deservedly...
Glasgow Film Festival 2015 – Monsters: Dark Continent (Tom Green, 2015)
When Monsters was released almost five years ago, it received such high praise that Warner Brothers practically gave director Gareth Edwards the opportunity to...
Review – On DVD/Blu-Ray: If I Stay (R.J. Cutler, 2014)
'Teen weepies' are so prevalent nowadays they have almost become a genre of their own. When the manic John Green fans screamed to the...
Review: Beyond Clueless (Charlie Lyne, 2014)
It reminded me of being a child again, and hauntingly, how I am today. On both occasions, my visions of high school teens were...
The Edinburgh Reporter in conversation with Charlie Lyne Director of Beyond Clueless
At just 24, Charlie Lyne holds an enviable position in the fast paced world of both film and journalism. The man behind 'Ultra Culture',...
On DVD/Blu-Ray: Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
Every decade or so, there comes a film that can be considered truly quintessential viewing. Whilst we’re treated to great cinema on a much...
Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival has a packed programme
What is possible? That’s the key question being posed by the 12th Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival, which runs Friday 6 – Sunday 8 February....
On DVD/Blu-Ray: Lucy (Luc Besson, 2014)
Whilst many consider the past couple of years the time of the McConaissance (a term coined to describe a great run by usually duff...
Effie Gray at The Filmhouse
The film that Douglas Greenwood reviewed earlier in the year is now showing at The Filmhouse today and tomorrow.
In the review Douglas was generous...
Top 5 films of 2014 – a personal selection
Having moved back into Edinburgh from the wilds of the countryside in February, I've seen more films in past ten months than I'd managed in...
Hayao Miyazaki: The Master of Animation
There are very few directors who have a firm grasp on both reality and fantasy quite like Hayao Miyazaki does. Creating kinetic castles, bear...
Hidden Stories at the Museum of Edinburgh
On display until 28 January, four Hidden Stories created by Red Kite Animation and young animators are being featured in the Museum of Edinburgh’s temporary exhibition space.
The inspiration for...
On DVD/Blu-Ray: The Congress (Ari Folman, 2014)
In the transition from the steel grey dystopian future to the lurid animated society, The Congress makes a stark visual change but little in...
EIFF looking for documentaries
Ahead of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) next year the search is already on for a daily documentary film to be featured at the...
Review: Open Bethlehem (Leila Sansour, 2014)
When ‘Christmas spirit’ is being forced down your throat on a daily basis, it’s easy to forget the conflict that still resonates in the...
First and Only Funding almost there with its crowdfunding campaign
Big Success For First And Only Film Funding Campaign - but there is still time for you to put your money where your mouth...
Crowdfunding for a movie to be made in Edinburgh
Film Director, Magnus Wake is hoping to make a new movie in Edinburgh next year but he needs just over £1m to enable him to...
On Blu-Ray: Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2014)
When observing every colourful sketch and stroke upon the screen, it is almost unbelievable that Ghibli's famed masterpiece is older than its protagonist. In...
Ruskin letters sold for double estimated price
Yesterday Bonhams in London sold letters sent by John Ruskin to his wife Effie Gray, who provided the inspiration for Emma Thompson's new film,...
McLaren 2014 project
The centenary of pioneering animator, artist, and musician Norman McLaren has been marked by the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) in conjunction with...
On DVD/Blu-Ray: The Fault in Our Stars (Josh Boone, 2014)
I have a terrible confession to make. When I first experienced Josh Boone’s cinematic version of the teen fiction sensation, ‘The Fault in Our...
Scottish BAFTA nomination for Screen Education Edinburgh
Screen Education Edinburgh's first drama produced under their production arm Screen Productions, COLOURS, has been nominated for Best Short Film at this year’s British...
Film Review: The Way He Looks (Daniel Ribeiro, 2014)
Modern interpretations of love are rarely subtle. Whether that's the lucid, fantastical erotica of 50 Shades of Grey or the incredible, if wildly explicit...
Film review: The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
Horror sets its roots in East Asian concepts with American execution. Anything outwith these countries is seen as abnormal, and yet on almost every...
Edinburgh Loves Anime 2014
Celebrating its 5TH year with new categories and incredible guests
13–19 October @ Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Scotland Loves Animation are excited to announce the return of the...
Film Review – on DVD this week: Salvo
The greatest of Mafia films stem from the country that bred the infamous culture itself: Italy. Salvo, in all its slick glory, is a...
Review : The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, 2014)
Masters of animation Studio Ghibli are on irrefutable top form once again with their latest release, The Wind Rises. The touching biography of Japanese...
Film Review – Life of Crime (Daniel Schechter, 2014)
On paper, Life of Crime looks like another sappy addition to the Jennifer Aniston collection of 'so-so' movies. In part, this is true. Life...
Film Review – Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2014)
Even before the shattering moment hits, Night Moves carries a startling, eery silence with it. Kelly Reichardt has returned with this daunting, eco-terrorism thriller...
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