The instant closures of Edinburgh Filmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival will have profound effects on wider culture, as explained in this personal essay from Mark Carnochan.
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Aardman Animation’s Netflix film ‘Robin Robin’ (2021), nominated at the Oscars in 2022 for Best Animated Short, is a quintessentially British film incomparable at any length. Review by Joseph Wade.
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The creative minds behind the “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” stage musical have adapted the story for the big screen in what may be 2021’s best movie musical. Mark Carnochan reviews.
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Marielle Heller’s ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ starring Oscar nominated Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant “should have been nominated for Best Picture”. Sam Sewell-Peterson’s review.
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‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ (2017), one of this Summer’s chart-topping action movies – starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson – has been reviewed by Joseph Wade.
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Katie Doyle has revisited her ‘Movies I Had A Religious/Spiritual Experience With’ series to bring a small Easter-themed update, with ‘The Miracle Maker’ the case study.
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‘Logan’ (2017) “is challenging and emotional more than it is exciting and awe-inspiring in the best of ways” according to Joseph Wade in his review.
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This week Francesca Militello has reviewed ‘Queen and Country’ (2014) starring Callum Turner and directed by John Boorman.
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The full list of winners from the 2023 British Independent Film