Sing Sing review – Colman Domingo is larger than life in big-hearted prison drama
Lollipop review – impassioned, head-butting indictment of the social-care system
Edinburgh film festival 2024: 12 of the best movies on show
‘Rebuilt from scratch’: how Edinburgh international film festival got back on its feet
September 2023
Vanishing act: what happens when stars don’t show up for the red carpet?
As the Sag-Aftra strikes roll on, film schedules are being torn up and A-listers are ditching promotional duties. But what’s a film festival without the talent?
August 2023
The First Slam Dunk review – basketball is the universe in resplendent hit anime
Chuck Chuck Baby review – whimsy and realism combine in big-hearted romance
Scrapper review – impressively tender portrait of a girl’s precarious life
Silent Roar review – charming coming-of-age tale of existential angst and surfing
July 2023
Trainspotting producer Andrew Macdonald to take charge of Edinburgh film festival
Edinburgh film festival announces lineup after seeing off closure threat
June 2023
Reprieved Edinburgh film festival announces opening film
Debut feature Silent Roar, ‘a teenage tale of surfing, sex and hellfire’ takes the gala slot, marking a remarkable turnaround for the festival which appeared doomed to closure last October
March 2023
Edinburgh film festival to return this summer after shock closure
Scaled down version will run alongside Edinburgh’s other arts festivals, while panel considers reviving standalone event from 2024 on
October 2022
Cinemas aren’t considered ‘cultural spaces’. As we’ve seen in Scotland, this has consequences
Anna Bogutskaya
The loss of two Filmhouse cinemas and the EIFF shows how these important public venues have been devalued, says film critic Anna Bogutskaya
Edinburgh’s film festival changed culture. Its closure is a serious loss to cinema
Mark Cousins
Global film greats flocked to the festival because of its dedication to the art – and because they know great pictures are nothing without great picturehouses
Edinburgh film festival shuts down as organisers call in administrators
Parent body running festival says it had no choice amid a ‘perfect storm of sharply rising costs alongside reduced trade’
August 2021
‘I wouldn’t take my kids to this’: Star Wars’ Phil Tippett on his hellish animation Mad God
Streaming: the best of the Edinburgh film festival 2021
March 2020
Edinburgh film festival organisers submit plan for £50m movie centre
Centre for the Moving Image proposes 11-floor building with screens, learning spaces and auditorium
June 2019
Photograph review – restrained Mumbai romance never comes into focus
The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra returns with an enigmatic meditation on chance meetings and things unsaid
