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Scarlett Johansson kicks arse in this exhilarating opening scene from the upcoming live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell The opening scene from the m... Read more »

Last weekend, in a ramshackle old snooker hall above a Cantonese restaurant in the centre of the world’s smallest Chinatown, the curtain came down on o... Read more »

In Christopher Smith’s sun-baked spin on Strangers on a Train, law student Harper (Sheridan) shares a beer with a charismatic hardman (Cohen) in a seed... Read more »

It’s 60s London. How can we tell? Because director Robert Mullan throws every conceivable period film cliche – psych-rock soundtrack, nicotine ha... Read more »

Richard E Grant is looking angelic. The 60-year-old Swazi-English actor is sitting framed inside a huge arched window of an empty dining room in Edinburgh&rs... Read more »

Stanley Tucci loves his job. But then, of course, if you’ve seen any of his films, you don’t need to be told that; his joy radiates off the scree... Read more »

Peter Mullan’s films feel big. They’re filled with grand gestures and bold symbolism. Take his 1997 directorial debut, Orphans, easily one of the... Read more »

Micky Ward (Wahlberg) is a plucky welterweight who’s been given a rough deal in life – his family. His manager/mother Alice (Leo) and his trainer... Read more »

When did that happen? One day you’re having your head flushed down the toilet for wearing a set of home-made adamantium claws fashioned from six of you... Read more »

David Mackenzie, the award winning director of Hallam Foe and Young Adam, cuts a rather unassuming figure. Meeting him for the first time you might guess he&... Read more »

Inadvertently inventing torture-porn can’t be the proudest moment in the careers of James Wan and Leigh Whannell, respectively the director and writer ... Read more »

Glasgow’s Southside – as well as being home to two of the city’s cultural jewels, Tramway and The Burrell Collection – has a strong f... Read more »

Uni is a time for self-discovery, a place to ‘find yourself’. You’ll sample enough sensory pleasures over the next few years of studentdom ... Read more »

Director Chris Weitz has one of the strangest CVs in Hollywood. Name a genre and likely he’ll have dipped in his filmmaking toe. Teen comedy? See his p... Read more »

You are currently trapped in the biggest arts festival on the planet. Over the next three weeks you’ll see weird and wonderful events, encompassing th... Read more »

There’s no such thing as bad publicity, so they say. Tell that to James Mullighan. Since his appointment as director of Edinburgh International F... Read more »

If you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing a Gregg Araki movie, then his latest, Kaboom, is an excellent place to start. It’s like a greate... Read more »

You’d be foolish to think that an actor’s real life demeanour matched any of his/her film roles, but in the case of some performers their onscree... Read more »

Mark Kermode likes to talk. A lot. At length. The good doctor’s answer to the first question posed by Hannah McGill, tonight’s host, takes up abo... Read more »

“No one’s going to come and see it because it’s about gay sex. The gays will only come because they want a glimpse of cock, and they’... Read more »

FILM OF THE FESTIVAL The Kid with a Bike: The Dardenne brothers' most accessible film to date is also one of their best. Runner-up: This Is Not a Film DOC O... Read more »

Let me tell you a story about a man with the initials JC. True of heart, he came from the heavens and used his superhuman powers to unite a humble people, gi... Read more »

On 25 January, 2006, the remains of Joyce Vincent, a 38-year-old former secretary, were found slumped on the couch of her London flat, the telly still blarin... Read more »

It’s never a good sign when your interviewee keeps their outdoor clothes on during the interview, especially when it takes place in a cosy bar, but I w... Read more »

My favourite way to consume cinema is to gorge. When I get the taste for a certain filmmaker, to not devour his/her entire oeuvre is like not finishing a tub... Read more »

Like a delightful sci-fi mutation, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has some tantalising additional film events protruding from its excellent main p... Read more »

This week UK cinephiles will be looking south across the channel as the world’s most ostentatious celebration of cinema kicks off on the French Riviera... Read more »

Girimunho opens out of the gloom and into light. Our indefatigable octogenarian protagonist, Bastú, goes on a similar journey. The film begins with B... Read more »

Last month, while thumbing through the GFT’s July/August programme, I let out a small squeal of delight. This was nothing unusual, there’s always... Read more »

PARTYING Don't: National Lampoon's Animal House (John Landis, 1978) I’ve never seen the appeal of Animal House. Don’t get me wrong, these boys ... Read more »