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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: Surprise Movie candidates
18 Jun 2013
The EIFF Surprise Movie is a closely guarded secret - here's what we think could be showing
Filth The James McAvoy-starring Irvine Welsh adaptation is a bit of a long shot, considering it isn't scheduled for general release until October. That said, the news broke recently that Filth was coming out in Scotland a week before anywhere else in…
Danny Brown – The Arches, Glasgow, Sat 15 Jun 2013
18 Jun 2013
Energetic show from bizarre Detroit rapper fails to keep crowd’s attention
By no means the sole hot ticket of Glasgow’s gig scene this evening (The Stone Roses are performing just along the road), an appearance from Detroit rapper Danny Brown at the Arches nevertheless generates a certain level of excitement among the…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: the best documentaries
17 Jun 2013
Dummy Jim, Lunarcy and Shooting Bigfoot among the 10 finest real-life stories at EIFF 2013
Dummy Jim Not an out and out documentary this one, as there's some fictitious/dramatised elements mixed in (a theme that crops up elsewhere in the programme), but filmmaker Matt Hulse was inspired by a true story: that of James Duthie, a deaf-mute…
LeithLate - various venues, Edinburgh, Thu 13 Jun 2013
17 Jun 2013
Sterling art and music evening based on and around Leith Walk
If there’s one criticism of LeithLate, it’s that there’s not enough time to take it all in. With performances and exhibitions taking place in 17 venues on and around Leith Walk, three hours is nowhere near enough time to get a taste of everything. You…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: the best action films
17 Jun 2013
Car chases, kidnappings and counter-espionage thrills at the EIFF
Days of Grace With a frenetic pace and a full-on soundtrack to match (featuring Nick Cave and Bad Seeds/Grinderman cohort Warren Ellis), this Mexico City-set thriller uses the confusion and bustle of three World Cup football matches (in 2002, 2006 and…
New trailer for Scorsese and DiCaprio’s The Wolf of Wall Street
17 Jun 2013
Strutting new production also starring Jonah Hill, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler and Matthew McConaughey
The trailer has just arrived for Martin Scorsese’s next directorial effort, The Wolf of Wall Street. Based on the memoir of the same name by criminal stock broker Jordan Belfort, it tells the story we’re only too well acquainted with in the days of…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: the best family films
14 Jun 2013
Monsters University, Fantastic Voyage & Jurassic Park 3D among the EIFF's family friendly screenings
Monsters University The Edinburgh International Film Festival has a history of fruitful collaboration with Pixar - the fest was where Wall-E, Toy Story 3 and Brave received some of their earliest UK screenings. That tradition continues with this…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: the best horrors
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13 Jun 2013
The Conjuring, Frankenstein's Army and Outpost 3 among our best bets for horror at EIFF 2013
The Conjuring Having reconfigured the modern horror template with Saw back in 2004, James Wan turned his attention to ghost stories, first with the less-than-perfect Dead Silence, then with the more successful (but still a bit iffy) Insidious. The…
New trailer for Diana starring Naomi Watts
13 Jun 2013
The film tells the story of the Princess of Wales' relationship with Dr Hasnat Khan
A trailer for Diana, a biopic of the Princess of Wales starring Naomi Watts, has just been released - have a watch below. The film focuses on Diana's relationship with Dr Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews), a British-Pakistani doctor who met the Princess…
New trailer and stills for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
13 Jun 2013
Steve Coogan's comic creation is caught up in a siege in his first big screen adventure
The trailer for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa has just dropped, giving us the first glimpse of the comedy character’s first big screen outing - and from the trailer it appears he has a lot of work to do. The bumbling Norfolk radio DJ (played by Steve…
New trailer and picture gallery for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
12 Jun 2013
The second part in Jackson's second Tolkien trilogy features Bilbo, Gandalf, Legolas... and a dragon
The trailer for the next instalment of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy has been released, and it's a bit of a doozy. As with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Jackson's been fairly liberal with what's in the original book and what he's added in from…
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: the best comedies
11 Jun 2013
Frances Ha, Oh Boy and Old Stock among our top picks for comedy at EIFF 2013
Frances Ha This being a film by Noah Baumbach (Greenberg, The Squid and the Whale), you'd probably expect this to be a comedy of the 'bittersweet and poignant' vein rather than, say, all-out slapstick. And you'd probably be right to a certain extent…
Rubylux, Caan and iAM1 to perform at next ListLive event
10 Jun 2013
Our next London-based live music showcase spans anthemic indie, electro-noir and rap/acoustic/spoken
Following a great turn-out at our debut ListLive event, we're looking forward to the next gig at The Purple Turtle, London on Fri 21 Jun. It's another varied line-up of some of the most exciting bands and artists on the rise at the moment, including…
Vasquez – Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 24 May 2013
10 Jun 2013
Instrumental post-rock, with support from Alright the Captain, Billy Ray Osiris and Crusades
Prior to the arrival of headliners Vasquez onstage tonight, it’s easy to align the other hard-rocking acts on the bill to various parts of the body. Alright the Captain are undoubtedly the brain: from a bank of guitar pedals and a split-level synth…
New trailer for Not Another Happy Ending starring Karen Gillan
7 Jun 2013
The Glasgow-shot romcom features the Doctor Who star as an author suffering from writer's block
Following the announcement that quirky indie romcom Not Another Happy Ending will be the closing gala film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, we've just been given a first glance at the trailer. Not Another Happy Ending features the big…
5 things you didn't know about Michael Douglas
6 Jun 2013
Some lesser known tidbits about the Behind the Candelabra star
The Behind the Candelabra star recently revealed he contracted throat cancer from cunnilingus. Here are a few other things you might not have known. 1 12 years before he won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, he…
Top 10 piano moments in film
5 Jun 2013
As Behind the Candelabra gears up for release, we look back on The Pianist, Casablanca and more
Behind the Candelabra depicts the true story of one of the most eccentric characters ever to tinkle the ivories: Liberace (played in this instance by Michael Douglas). Here are 10 more of our favourite piano-based scenes in film.
The Film Formula: After Earth
4 Jun 2013
We discover the elements behind the post-apocalyptic survival film starring Will and Jaden Smith
Coming so soon after Tom Cruise-starrer Oblivion, it's hard not to tar After Earth with the same brush. Both come bursting with nifty CGI-aided technology; both feature isolated, jumpsuited protagonists making their way across post-apocalyptic Earth…
The Bling Ring: 5 films adding glitz, gold and glamour to EIFF 2013
4 Jun 2013
Edinburgh International Film Festival features The East, The Way We Dance and The Great Hip Hop Hoax
As evidenced by Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, this year's EIFF isn't all Kurdish family dramas and Scandic austerity. Here we take a look at five films that add a touch of glitz, gold and glamour to the EIFF programme *1The East *2At first glance…
New pics from Man of Steel
4 Jun 2013
The new Superman images feature Henry Cavill, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon and Amy Adams in action
The drip feed of info from the much-hyped Man of Steel is accelerating as the film nears its release date (Fri 14 Jun). Today's instalment of supernews brings with it 13 new pics from the film, including shots of all the principal cast in…
Top 5 most outlandish potential Timelords
3 Jun 2013
With Matt Smith set to leave Doctor Who, we imagine who could fill his shoes
Following the news that Matt Smith it set to leave Doctor Who, speculation has been rife about who’ll occupy the Tardis next. Idris Elba, David Harewood and Ashley Walters have been touted as possiblities as a first black Doctor, while Helen Mirren…
The Film Formula: World War Z
3 Jun 2013
We discover the different elements behind Brad Pitt’s zombie apocalypse movie
One of the comparisons applied to one of World War Z’s initial scripts (by Ain’t It Cool, among others) was to dramatic thriller Children of Men. Like Pitt’s character Gerry Lane in WWZ, Theo (Clive Owen) is tasked with helping end a worldwide threat to…
Top 5 movie magicians
3 Jun 2013
A celebration of sleight-of-hand, featuring Now You See Me, The Prestige and The Illusionist
Now You See Me It's a bit risky putting a film that's not been reviewed yet in a Top 5 list, but we're so taken with the cast and concept behind Now You See Me, we're willing to go out on a limb. Jesse Eisenberg heads up a group of magicians who call…
Top 5 Sofia Coppola soundtrack songs
31 May 2013
The director of The Bling Ring has a history of choosing great tunes to accompany her films
When the trailer for The Bling Ring hit the internet a month or so ago, there was one one stand-out element that kept cropping up in the comment threads. Well, ok, there were two elements, but Emma Watson's dancing has already been discussed elsewhere…
Blood
29 May 2013
One-note BBC-adapted cop drama starring Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham and Brian Cox
Brothers Joe (Paul Bettany) and Chrissie (Stephen Graham) are two cops tasked with helping solve a particularly gruesome crime in their seaside hometown. When they track down a likely-looking suspect (a suitably creepy Ben Crompton), they’re inspired by…
