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Edinburgh Film Festival 2012 programme launched
30 May 2012
Can EIFF 2012 pick itself up with an extensive world cinema programme?
This year the Edinburgh International Film Festival's new director, Chris Fujiwara, has promised the red carpets will once again be unrolled in an attempt to return the festival to its former glory. However it will continue with the altered format it…
Top 5 presidents on film
30 May 2012
In honour of Bill Murray's FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson, we look at the finest screen presidents
After his near miss at a Best Actor Oscar for 2003's Lost in Translation (seized by Sean Penn in Mystic River), Bill Murray appears to be taking another swipe at the wee gold fella with this portrayal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Given America's love…
Cannes 2012: Amour
28 May 2012
Deeply sad and affecting film from Michael Haneke, and winner of the 2012 Palme D’Or
Unlike The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke’s Palme D’Or winning film from 2009), which stands out for its thematic and narrative complexities, Amour sees the Austrian director take a far simpler approach to filmmaking, with an intimate story of an elderly…
Cannes 2012: Holy Motors
28 May 2012
Hugely satisfying and inventive celebration of cinema from Leos Carax
Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant) is picked up by his driver Celine (Edith Scob) for a day’s work - 9 appointments that will take him across Paris and into the paths of an array of characters. If that sounds vague, it’s deliberate - to say anymore would…
Interview: Emile Hirsch on Killer Joe
25 May 2012
William Friedkin’s violent thriller set to open 2012 Edinburgh International Film Festival
‘Oh man, the human punching bag is here!’ laughs Emile Hirsch, as he walks into the room. Don’t worry, though the 27-year-old star of Speed Racer and Into The Wild is not covered in bruises (unless you count a bruised ego). He’s recounting his time on…
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