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Kenneth Branagh On Moving From Shakespeare To Action-Comedy In ‘Mayday’: “I Thought Zach Galifianakis Should Play The Part, But I Was Very Pleased They Asked Me” – Edinburgh Film Festival
Actor-director Kenneth Branagh arrived in Edinburgh to accept the festival's inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award from festival director Paul Ridd and immediately joked that he would break it up into little pieces. "Actually, I wouldn't," he told the audience, "but if I did, I would…
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‘Douglas Gordon By Douglas Gordon’ Director Finlay Pretsell On His Portrait Of An Eccentric Genius: “This Is The Mind Of A Conceptual Artist” – Edinburgh Film Festival
On the face of it, Finlay Pretsell's first feature, Time Trial (2017), seemed like any other underdog sports movie, chronicling the last hurrah of disgraced Scottish cyclist David Millar in his last year as a professional rider at the Tour De France. Others might have taken the easy option and milked…
‘Borges And Me’ Review: Marc Turtletaub’s Hallucinatory ’70s Road Trip Is Smart, Literary And Playful – Edinburgh Film Festival
Sometimes it feels like the growing subset of films set in the stuffy British academic world of the early '70s deserve a genre all to themselves. It's a very interesting visual paradox; young people going out into the world to discover and further themselves in an environment that’s been stained…
Ewan McGregor: The Actor Opens Up About His Career, His Return To Scotland & Taking A Chance With Obi-Wan: “Deciding To Do ‘Star Wars’ Was Hard” – Edinburgh Film Festival
Ewan McGregor brought the house down at Edinburgh's Central Hall las night with a once-in-a-lifetime re-enactment of his 1992 performance in Joe Orton's play What the Butler Saw at Salisbury Playhouse. Fully clothed, the actor gave an athletic display of what occurred that fateful night, when, naked…
BFI CEO Ben Roberts Gives Keynote Address At Inaugural UK Film Conference: “The Missing Piece, For Me, Is Having Film Firmly In The Classroom” – Edinburgh Film Festival
In conversation with Clare Binns, managing director of Picturehouse Cinemas, at the Edinburgh Film Festival's inaugural UK Film Conference BFI CEO Ben Roberts was candid from the outset about the problems of working for a major public-funding body. Having previously worked for numerous UK…
‘South Park’ Vs. POTUS: Why It’s Always Funny In 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
It's hard to believe that South Park turns 30 next year, having run through 28 seasons — with a 29th incoming — since Comedy Central debuted "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" 29 years ago this week in 1997. Everyone knows the show's core characters — 10-year-old best friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski…
The Rise Of The Super Bowl: How Michael Jackson, Elvis Presto & The Apple Mac Changed The Face Of The Halftime Show Forever
Halftime shows have been a big deal in 2026. Just a few weeks ago, the FIFA World Cup celebrated the midway mark at the final in New Jersey with performances from BTS, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Coldplay and The Muppets' Electric Mayhem band, which jammed on a cover of the White Stripes' "Seven Nation…
Riz Ahmed: The Emmy-Nominated Actor On ‘Bait’, Bond Rumors & Opening For Wu-Tang Clan: “Nothing Carries The Cachet Of James Bond”
Riz Ahmed is used to taking chances. In 2012, he thought he was on the verge of a major breakthrough, having co-starred with James Gandolfini in the pilot for HBO's The Night Of series, playing an ostensibly clean-cut college student accused of a brutal murder. The following year, the Sopranos star…
‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Showrunner Ian Brennan On Our Enduring Fascination With The Psycho Who Changed The Face Of Movie Horror
Watchmen writer Alan Moore's 1989 graphic novel From Hell used the 1888-1891 crimes of London's Jack the Ripper as a bloody overture to the coming violence of the 20th century, and even now the serial killer's trail of carnage seems hard to top. Well, it was until November 16, 1957, when Wisconsin…
‘The Odyssey’: What Do The Fates Have In Store For Christopher Nolan’s Homeric Epic As Awards Season Gets Under Way?
After the near-ecstatic reviews from critics for The Odyssey, tiny cracks are starting to show in Christopher Nolan's record-breaking juggernaut, and a small but vocal faction of the audience appears to be begging to differ.
Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, the ever-controversial aggregate site is…
‘Black Money For White Nights’ Review: The Cost Of Living Crisis Bites Hard In This Incisive Bulgarian Drama – Karlovy Vary
Bulgarian-language cinema is enjoying a moment this year, starting with Valeska Grisebach's extraordinary crime drama The Dreamed Adventure, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes back in May. The similarly incisive Black Money for White Nights, by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, is very much cut…
Karlovy Vary Reveals Award Winners: Aung Phyoe’s ‘Fruit Gathering’ Wins The Crystal Globe
The 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival came to an end tonight after its starriest event for quite some time, doling out the famous Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema to the likes of Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, and cinematographer Robert Richardson…
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