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Privilege, The Squeeze and Private Road among highlights of EIFF After the Wave retrospective

Privilege, The Squeeze and Private Road among highlights of EIFF After the Wave retrospective

10 Jun 2010

Paul Dale rediscovers the unappreciated strangeness of 70s UK cinema through the After the Wave retrospective

EIFF launches its 2010 programme

EIFF launches its 2010 programme

1 Jun 2010

On the miserable wet morning of Tue 1 June at Filmhouse in Edinburgh, the good the bad and the ugly of Scottish media gathered in surprising numbers for the later-than-usual-launch of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's 2010 programme. In…

Punishment Park

Punishment Park

(5 stars)18 Feb 2010

(15) 88min 'Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.' Abbie Hoffman (1936 --1989) American political activist and author; co-founder…

Glasgow Film Festival 2010 highlights

Glasgow Film Festival 2010 highlights

17 Feb 2010

Applause. Powerful Danish drama about an alcoholic actress and mother starring mighty Dogme poster girl Paprika Steen. Cineworld Renfrew Street, 1.15pm, Fri 19 and 6.30pm, Sat 20 Feb. The Girl on the Train Racism and suburban snobbery in modern…

Privilege

Privilege

(4 stars)15 Jan 2010

(15) 99min (BFI) Long overdue high definition DVD release of Peter Watkins’ remarkable satire on the cult of celebrity. Best known for his controversial mockumentaries The War Game and Culloden and his little seen but much admired adventures in…

Playlist

21 May 2007

The revolution will not be televised, it will be digitised; this issue’s PlayList bangs on your door in the middle of the night to evoke memories of the Eastern Bloc and consider what life would be like under the yolk of a repressive and uncaring…

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