Reviews and interviews from Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015.
Dir: Jamie Adams Black Mountain Poets is the latest film from Welsh director and screenwriter Jamie Adams, who brought us Benny & Jolene and A Wonderful Christmas Time. It’s a charmingly ramshackle comedy, starring Alice […]
Dir: Rick Famuyiwa You’d be forgiven for thinking Dope is a period piece. It opens with shots of Malcolm’s (Shameik Moore) room, filled with videotapes, a vintage Super Nintendo, Public Enemy posters. Dope also feels like […]
Dir: Helen Walsh There isn’t a lot of sunshine in grim Brit-flick The Violators. Fifteen year old Shelly lives in a run-down estate with her perpetually wasted older brother Andy, and their younger sibling Jerome. […]
Dir: Jake Gavin It may be surprising that a film about homelessness might be just as uplifting than it is depressing. There will be ample reason to come out of this film feeling grim about […]
Dir: Kevin Pollack Finally, a movie where comedians get to talk about themselves. Kevin Pollack’s documentary exploring the psyche of stand-up comedians is titled Misery Loves Comedy. From this you’d expect the film to delve deep […]
Dir: Shira Piven Welcome to Me is a strange one. It’s produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s company Gary Sanchez, and stars Kristen Wiig, but it’s far from a broad comedy. The film revolves […]
Dir: Paul Goodwin 2000 AD has been around so long that it has become an institution. That it survives at all, in the face of shifting trends, feuding egos, and the complete disappearance of the […]
Dir: Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen When little Riley opens her eyes for the first time, the first emotion that pops into her head isn’t, as you might imagine, panic, or confusion. It is […]
Dir: Robert Carlyle In the opening narration to Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut, Barney Thomson takes great pains to stress how boring he is. As a barber, he is average at best. He has ‘nae chat,’ […]
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