Film Opinion
Opinion pieces from our film writers looking at key debates and discussions around films, directors, actors, and cinematic trends. Here you can also find insight to stay current with coverage of booming film festivals.
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OpinionZOMBIE INVASION HITS EDINBURGH! (for the 16th time)
DEAD BY DAWN’s finally here! Adele Hartley’s blood splattered labour of love is back in the city for four days of the best horror shorts and in... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
OpinionHappy Birthday GFT!
If you tend to prefer your cinemas with a little charm and magic, without overt corporate sponsorship and pesky multiplex convenience, you may also like to k... Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
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Building Rome in a Day: The 48 Hour Film Project 2009
Some quarters of common knowledge suggest that Julius Caesar didn’t build Rome in a day and it took God nearly a week to create the Earth. A widely he... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
OpinionA Short Success
Catriona McInnes’ graduation short I’m in Away from Here has been garnering attention from film festivals across the world. Gail Tolley catches up with the local filmmaker. Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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A Penne In The Neck
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, is as dogged as he is controversial. Embedded onto the collective consciousness of Italian politics like the ... Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
OpinionThe Skinny Guide to Oscar Party Season
Love it or loathe it, Oscar season is here; you can try to avoid the pics of weeping starlets and triumphantly returning has-beens...or you can throw in the towel and host your own Oscar party, with our how-to guide. Read more »| 27 Jan 2009
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"My name is Harvey Milk. And I'm here to recruit you."
The release of Milk, the new biopic on the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the US, isn’t a story to be resigned to history. Gail Tolley discusses. Read more »| 13 Jan 2009 -
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From the Mat to the Big Screen
As Darren Aronofsky’s new film The Wrestler opens at cinemas, Becky Bartlett looks at the strange trend of wrestlers on the big screen. Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
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On Location: A Scottish Film Travel Guide
Nothing adds romance to a location like an association with the silver screen. Gail Tolley and Michael Gillespie recommend some of the best drama-spots in Scotland Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
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Oh My Gort! Another 50s Remake?
With the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still hurtling towards our cinema screens Becky Bartlett investigates the trend of the 1950s remake. Read more »| 05 Dec 2008 -
Festivals
EIFF 2008 round-up, the overview
Well, the end credits have finally rolled on the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Over 130 films have been and gone while directors, actors, produ... Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
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The Man Who Would Be King
As the latest Stephen King adaptation arrives in cinemas in the shape of The Mist, a genuinely creepy film derived from a 1980 King novella by writer/director Frank Darabont, Jonathan Melville gets strapped into the electric chair and is forced to watch ten films from the King back catalogue - some brilliant, some utter toilet. Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
EIFF 2008 round-up, part the first
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 gla... Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
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Turning the tables on classical music
Prepare to have some preconceptions shattered in June as hip-hop and house collide with classical and concert hall for a unique, one-off performance in Glasg... Read more »| 14 May 2008 -
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A Bloody Good Weekend
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... Read more »| 02 May 2008