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The Week in Film 28 November – 4 December  »

Mon 01 Dec 2008

The Changeling

Jonathan Melville: A brief round-up of cinematic happenings around Scotland this coming week: At Edinburgh Filmhouse there’s a tribute to Japanese director Jun Ichiwaka in a screening of Tony Takitani. The 2004 film is about an unemotional loner who works as ...

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The Week in Film 21 – 27 November  »

Wed 26 Nov 2008

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Jonathan Melville: This week’s biggie is Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan, leading to a cultural and moral cla...

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The Week in Film 14 – 20 November  »

Fri 14 Nov 2008

For A Few Dollars More

Jonathan Melville: With Bond still leading the pack at the box office his competitors are avoiding the multiplex for the moment. Probably the biggest release of the week (besides Max Payne) is the new Kevin Smith film Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Starring Seth Rogen and El...

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The Week in Film 31 October – 7 November  »

Sun 02 Nov 2008

James Bond

Jonathan Melville: Bond is most definitely back this week, still minus Q and Miss Moneypenny and full of grit and grimaces. With the trademark humour gone this is basically Bourne...again. Edinburgh Filmhouse Halloween hits the Filmhouse on Friday with a double bill of...

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The Week in Film 24 - 30 October  »

Tue 28 Oct 2008

Dracula

Jonathan Melville: This week sees Saw V cut a swathe out of cinema takings in the UK as the latest film in the franchise is unleashed. Having not seen any of the previous films I’m unable to pass comment on this one, though the suspicion is that people die. Horribly...

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The Week in Film 17 - 23 October  »

Wed 22 Oct 2008

Burn After Reading

Jonathan Melville: Glasgow Film Theatre Film of the moment Gomorrah – the Italian story of various nefarious goings on by the mafia, or Camorra – comes to the GFT this week, fresh from the scandal it caused in its home country. Less controversial is the new C...

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The Week in Film 10 – 16 October »

Thu 09 Oct 2008

Gomorra

Jonathan Melville: A quiet week in blockbuster land sees Kiefer Sutherland’s slightly suspect attempt at 24-meets-gory-horror, Mirrors, opening alongside City of Ember, a fantasy adventure filmed in and around the UK. EdinburghOn a smaller scale is Time and Winds at th...

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The Week in Film 3 - 9 October »

Thu 02 Oct 2008

A Streetcar Named Desire

Jonathan Melville: A couple of big hitters arrive at cinemas around the country this week. The new version of Brideshead Revisted, based on Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel, is first up. Slightly shorter than the 11-hour 1980s TV series, the movie stars Matthew Goode as...

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The Week in Film 26 September – 2 October  »

Mon 29 Sep 2008

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Jonathan Melville: Instead of the usual blockbusters taking centre stage at the multiplexes, we’ve handpicked a few of the smaller films showing this coming week that deserve your attention… Glasgow Film Theatre The GFT screens two films currently on limited...

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The Week in Film: 22 – 28 August »

Mon 25 Aug 2008

Hellboy II

Jonathan Melville: Hellboy’s back this week in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Guillermo Del Toro’s latest is a superhero movie with a twist, which you’ll know if you saw the original a few years back. This time a mythical world decides to invade Earth and it&...

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August Film News »

Mon 11 Aug 2008

Seven Samurai

Jonathan Melville: The Filmhouse Edinburgh’s Filmhouse is going retro this August with a fantastic chance to see many of those films you know you really should have done but never quite got around to. Starting with a retrospective to mark the centenary of the birth...

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The Week in Film: 18 - 24 July 2008 »

Fri 18 Jul 2008

Jonathan Melville: WALL-E hits cinemas this week after huge success in America and sustained hype over here. And, for once, the hype is right. Set 700 years in the future, WALL-E is the last robot on Earth, his mission to ready the planet, one tin can at a time, for the retu...

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The Week in Film: 11 - 17 July »

Thu 10 Jul 2008

Jonathan Melville: It’s a quieter week for the humble blockbuster, with Mamma Mia! the biggest film hitting town. The adaptation of the ABBA musical, about a bride-to-be who tries to find her real father, stars Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep.Brendan Fraser mugs for...

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EIFF 2008 round-up, the overview »

Tue 08 Jul 2008

Jonathan Melville: Well, the end credits have finally rolled on the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Over 130 films have been and gone while directors, actors, producers, writers and maybe even a gaffer and best boy or two from around the globe have jetted back ho...

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The Week in Film: 4 - 10 July »

Thu 03 Jul 2008

Before Sunrise

Jonathan Melville: Currently plastered on the sides of buses everywhere, Hancock opens this week and tells of hard-living superhero John Hancock (Will Smith) whose public image is at rock bottom, leading to a drinking binge and a trail of destruction around his hometown. It&...

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EIFF 2008 round-up, part the first »

Thu 19 Jun 2008

Jonathan Melville: With the opening night film now screened to a paying audience, the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is now officially underway. A bit of glamour on Wednesday at Cineworld in the shape of Keira and Sienna (and a few Skinny folk somewhere in...

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The Week in Film: 13-19 June »

Mon 16 Jun 2008

Jonathan Melville: Probably the biggest hitter at the box office this week is The Incredible Hulk, the much-hyped sequel to 2003’s Hulk. This time around Ed Norton dons those shorts for some of the runtime while Liv Tyler and Tim Roth lend support. Watch out for a came...

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The Week in Film: 6 - 12 June 2008 »

Thu 05 Jun 2008

Jonathan Melville: Still on general release this week and continuing to make their mark at the box office are Indiana Jones and the Ludicrously Long Title and Sex and the City.  Joining Indy and Carrie is the long-delayed, Ben Affleck directed, Gone Baby Gone. This tale...

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A Bloody Good Weekend »

Fri 02 May 2008

Jonathan Melville: I’ve spent this past weekend in the company of Nazi zombies, crazed killers and some mutants from another dimension. While that may sound like a normal Saturday down the Grassmarket, it was in fact Dead by Dawn, Scotland’s biggest horror film f...

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Yet Another 48 Hours »

Fri 25 Apr 2008

Jonathan Melville: Could you make a film in just 48 hours?   Put all memories of Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte’s 1982 actioner far behind you. Come May 16, The 48 Hour Film Project arrives in Edinburgh, offering amateur filmmakers from around the country the chan...

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Putting the accent on success »

Mon 21 Apr 2008

Jonathan Melville: With two new Spanish films about to scare and delight UK audiences, Jonathan Melville wonders if every decent foreign film really needs to be remade by our American cousins...  The history of English language remakes of foreign language films is a l...

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