EIFF 2013: ‘The Last Time I Saw Macao’
★★★☆☆ The critical success last year of Miguel Gomes’ Tabu (2012) and fresh appreciation for the works of Pedro Costa and Raoul Ruiz has seen […]
EIFF 2013: ‘Sofia’s Last Ambulance’ review
★★★☆☆ The Bulgarian capital of Sofia has an estimated population of just over two million – yet has only thirteen operational ambulances. At a time […]
EIFF 2013: ‘Gold’ review
★★☆☆☆ A German western starring the inimitable actress Nina Hoss, Gold (2013) follows up its Berlinale premiere with a showing at Edinburgh. A tale of […]
EIFF 2013: ‘Shooting Bigfoot’ review
★★★☆☆ The mockumentary has steadily evolved over the last 30 years, borrowing here and there from the found footage and talking head formats that have […]
EIFF 2013: ‘Taboor’ review
★★★☆☆ Pushing Iranian cinema into a new stratosphere, Vahid Vakilifar’s Taboor (2012) is a bleak and meditative study of a society rotting from the inside […]
EIFF 2013: Full programme unveiled
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 […]