Film Review – God’s Own Country (2017)
Francis Lee's naturalistic drama God's Own Country is one of the more assured debut features of the year. This is...
2017 Edinburgh Film Festival
EIFF 2017 Review – The Little Hours (2017)
Boccaccio's seminal text The Decameron gets a contemporary facelift by writer-director Jeff Baena, who previously brought us inventive zombie-comedy, Life...
EIFF 2017 Review – Strange Weather (2017)
Holly Hunter is the beating heart of Katherine Dieckmann's Strange Weather - an offbeat Southern road trip drama. Strange Weather...
EIFF 2017 Review – Romans (2017)
Ludwig and Paul Shammasian previously brought starring James Cosmo drama, The Pyramid Texts, to the Edinburgh International Film Festival so...
EIFF 2017 Review – Sister Of Mine (2017)
Pedro Aguilera explores reversion to a more atavistic persuasion in voyeuristic thriller, Sister of Mine (Demonios tus ojos). Stars Ivana...
EIFF 2017 Review – The Midwife (2016)
French screen queens Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot are paired in Martin Provost's The Midwife (Sage femme), a quietly touching...
EIFF 2017 Review – Sweet Virginia (2017)
Jon Bernthal leads slow-burning small town noir, Sweet Virginia, which helps assert him as a captivating leading man. The project...
EIFF 2017 Review – Song To Song (2017)
There's a poetic visual power in Terence Malick's Song to Song, yet without the narrative backing, it is never quite...
EIFF 2017 Review – Animals (2017)
Greg Zlinksi directs and co-writes Animals (Tiere), a Polish surrealist thriller exploring the dynamic of an unhappily married couple. Whilst...
EIFF 2017 Review – Pilgrimage (2017)
Before Tom Holland hits the A-List as the new Spider Man, he stars in 13th-century set Irish indie action-drama, Pilgrimage....
EIFF 2017 Review – Tom Of Finland (2017)
Dome Karukoski directs Tom of Finland, a biopic centred on Touko Laaksonen, who would become a celebrated figure in the...
EIFF 2017 Review – Fog In August (2016)
Kai Wessel directs Fog in August (Nebel im August), a German drama that explores the full horror of the Nazis...
EIFF 2017 Review – Edie (2017)
Sheila Hancock delivers an acting master class in Edie, an inspiring tale of strength, courage and refusing to bow down...
EIFF 2017 Review – The Dark Mile (2017)
Scottish horror, The Dark Mile, from director Gary Love makes its debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. This intriguing...