EIFF 2018: Calibre
Starring Jack Lowden (England is Mine, Dunkirk) and Martin McCann (The Survivalist ) as two old school friends on an ill-fated deer stalking trip to the Scottish highlands, Calibre is…
EIFF 2018: Ideal Home
Erasmus Brumble (Steven Coogan) and his partner Paul (Paul Rudd) are surprised when Erasmus’ grandson — who they didn’t know existed — turns up at an extravagant dinner party they…
EIFF 2018: Loveling
Growing up is the long and upsetting process of abandoning your parents. This abandonment comes in at least two guises: the change of your personality as you become an adult;…
EIFF 2018: Eaten By Lions
With their parents literally eaten by lions (‘ROAR BLIMEY’, reads a tabloid headline) and their grandmother and guardian also recently deceased, Omar (Antonio Aakeel) and Pete (Jack Carroll) are sent…
EIFF 2018: Cold War
Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski’s new film, begins in 1949: Wiktor (Tomasz Kot), a musician and composer, and producer Irena (Agata Kulesza) search through the Polish countryside for the sound of…
EIFF 2018: Incredibles 2
Incredibles 2 begins in such a way as to make the fourteen year wait for it redundant: the movie kicks off exactly where The Incredibles (2004) finished. Having bested Syndrome…
Highlights from EIFF’s The Young & the Wild Programme
The Young and the Wild is a strand of the Edinburgh Film Festival (EIFF) aimed at young people between the ages of 15 to 25 years old. From the 22nd…