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Last month saw the release of the full lineup for the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival. In his second year as artistic director, Chris Fujiwara will be hoping to build on the success of 2012’s resurgent incarnation of the festival. Whilst boasting eye-catching heavyweights such as opening night drama Breathe Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ The opening film of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, Drake Doremus’ sophomore effort Breathe In (2013) is the discreetly anticipated follow-up to 2011’s Like Crazy. Reuniting Doremus with Felicity Jones (who’s performance here marks a striking surge in maturity), the film also stars Guy Peace in one of Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Before Midnight (2013) is the final part of an extraordinary trilogy, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. For those who have watched the previous two films, Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004), it will feel as though you have grown and aged with Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ British make-up effects maestro Paul Hyett turns his hand to directing with The Seasoning House (2012), a technically meticulous effort that certainly tries hard, but ultimately can’t quite deliver the goods. Hyett’s near-wordless opening fifteen minutes set a harrowing tone as young deaf mute girl Angel (Rosie Day) traipses Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ It would seem that 2013 is shaping up to be the true second coming of legendary Manchurian outfit The Stone Roses. Following triumphant reunion gigs and an equally lauded documentary, Made of Stone, into the mix comes Roses-tinged teen tribute-cum-standalone rites of passage tale Spike Island (2012). It’s the Continue Reading