2021 Edinburgh Film Festival

Bradley Fielding 17 September 2021

“Un film de Quentin Dupieux”. Five words you'll read on-screen and either beam with jubilation or roll your eyes at...

Freda Cooper 25 August 2021

There’s a reassuring familiarity that accompanies Billy Crystal’s name on a film. The warmth that goes with classics like When...

Bradley Hadcroft 24 August 2021

An intrepid operative on a sabotage mission enters a rudimentary capsule and is lowered for miles into a depraved world...

Freda Cooper 22 August 2021

Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji’s The Deer King may not be the only animation at this year’s EIFF, but it...

Freda Cooper 20 August 2021

The Beta Test is the latest from that most independent of independent film makers, Jim Cummings. After his portrait of...

Freda Cooper 20 August 2021

It’s become something of a cinematic tradition, one close to a cliché. The expectation that goes with a Nicolas Cage...

Bradley Hadcroft 20 August 2021

Leah is a ten-year-old vicar's daughter who feels strangely ostracized by her own family. Playing second fiddle to the needs...

Freda Cooper 19 August 2021

“I need you to keep fighting,” says the paramedic in the ambulance. “You’re a fighter.” She’s not wrong. She’s talking...

Paul 19 August 2021

Genre streamer Shudder have sent us the unsettling Trailer for their upcoming British ghost story chiller, Martyrs Lane. The film...

Freda Cooper 17 August 2021

Horror fans are in their element this week, with the arrival of two atmospheric, psychological outings – Prano Bailey-Bond’s highly...

Paul 17 August 2021

'John Wick with a pig' wouldn't be too far off the description for Nicolas Cage's upcoming film, Pig. Like the...

Paul 13 August 2021

When it comes to oddities, you can do no wrong by looking at Quentin Dupieux's filmography. If you haven't got...

Paul 10 August 2021

It was great to see Cannes Film Festival back in business and it unearthed so truly fantastic films. One of...

Paul 3 August 2021

Leo Penn's dazzling musical drama A Man Called Adam starring Sammy Davis Jr, is set for a 4K Restoration later...