Andrew McArthur

Obsessed with all things film, television, and pop music. Worshipper of John Waters, Roman Polanski, and classy French actresses.

Andrew McArthur 14 July 2016

The fifteenth entry into Peccadillo Pictures long-running gay anthology series, Boys on Film, dubbed Time and Tied makes its way...

Andrew McArthur 1 July 2016

Adapting a television sitcom to film is not an easy challenge. Just ask Are You Being Served? and The League...

Andrew McArthur 29 June 2016

"I'm the love witch. I'm your ultimate fantasy" glamorous Elaine seductively exclaims in Anna Biller's gorgeously lavish occult film, The...

Andrew McArthur 25 June 2016

Film festivals are great for providing us with marvellous little curiosities like Guillaume Nicloux's The End in which he re-teams...

Andrew McArthur 25 June 2016

An adaptation of any existentialist novel is bound to be a challenge for even the most experienced of filmmakers, let...

Andrew McArthur 25 June 2016

Polish fairytale The Lure is quite unlike anything else to be shown at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival or...

Andrew McArthur 25 June 2016

The first of two new Gerard Depardieu films to play the Edinburgh International Film Festival this year is Saint Amour,...

Andrew McArthur 23 June 2016

Isabel Coixet's Endless Night (Nadie quiere la noche) pits a woman against the Arctic elements in this inconsistent yet entertaining...

Andrew McArthur 23 June 2016

Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel's The White King feels like it is aiming somewhere between The Hunger Games and Stand...

Andrew McArthur 23 June 2016

Jamie M. Dagg's first time feature as both writer and director, River, shows promise of great things from the filmmaker....

Andrew McArthur 23 June 2016

The benefit of horror anthologies is that for every segment that you don't like, there's hope that you will connect...

Andrew McArthur 23 June 2016

Meg Ryan directs and takes a supporting role in Ithaca, an adaptation of William Saroyan's The Human Comedy - her...

Andrew McArthur 23 June 2016

Emma Watson and Daniel Bruhl head The Colony, a 1970s set cult thriller from filmmaker Florian Gallenberger based on Chile's...

Andrew McArthur 22 June 2016

Tobias Nölle writes and directs Aloys, a Swiss-French existential drama examining isolation and grief amongst other issues. This subdued watch...