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You know you’re properly in the swing of a film festival when you have neither the time nor the clarity to actually write about the day’s events. And so it is today: after four back-to-back screenings, one panel discussion and a whole lot of trekking back and forth between the festival’s rather widely dispersed theaters, I [...]
Festival frenzy
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:41 pm · June 18th, 2009
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EDINBURGH: Away they go
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:44 pm · June 17th, 2009
Tuesday dawned gray, gusty and rain-spattered here in Edinburgh – the kind of morning where there’s nothing for it than to bury oneself in the comforting recesses of a dark movie theater – which, handily enough, is all that I had on my agenda for today. After formulating a strategy over breakfast as to which [...]
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Play it again
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:34 pm · June 17th, 2009
As a younger film lover, there are few thrills greater than seeing a title you’ve always loved through the medium of television and DVD (and, at the risk of dating myself, home video) given new life on a cinema screen, the way nature, or the filmmaker at least, originally intended. A big-screen reappraisal can heighten [...]
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EDINBURGH: Animated pleasures
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:25 pm · June 17th, 2009
Today’s Edinburgh talk may have centered on festival opener “Away We Go” (more on that to come), but the day’s real delight was “Mary and Max” (***1/2), an alternately disarming and disconcerting feature debut from claymation maestro Adam Elliot, who won a 2003 Academy Award for his short “Harvey Krumpet,” and carries that film’s decidedly [...]
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REVIEW: “The Hurt Locker” (****)
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:08 am · June 17th, 2009
(Edinburgh International Film Festival) Put in the most glib possible terms, the longstanding industry perception of Kathryn Bigelow is that she’s something of an artistic tomboy: the girl who likes to play in the boys’ sandbox — and play roughly, at that. While true to a large extent, it’s a reputation that is rooted in [...]
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EDINBURGH: ‘Antichrist’ added to lineup, and first day jitters
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:25 pm · June 16th, 2009
After wrestling with dodgy wireless setups for the better part of the evening, I am happy to tell you that I’m comfortably installed in an Old Town coffee shop with an immaculate connection, so I can fill you in on the day’s doings. Outside, it’s one of those balmy Scottish summer evenings with woozy, disconcertingly [...]
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Edinburgh calling
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:25 pm · June 15th, 2009
In a little over an hour, I’ll be hopping on a (very) early morning train and making the 300 mile journey up north to Edinburgh. Ordinarily, this alone would be cause for excitement — for me, Scotland’s capital, with its curious combination of twisty Medieval quirk, stately academia and cooler-than-thou cultural swagger, is one of [...]
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6/11 Web Round-up
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:39 am · June 11th, 2009
• Nathaniel Rogers and Katey Rich offer an early rundown of the best of 2009 thus far. [The Film Experience] • Breaking down the world premieres at the Edinburgh Film Festival, which yours truly will be covering. [Screen International] • Shia LaBeouf calls the “Transformers” sequel “literally the biggest movie ever made.” What a shame [...]
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6/1 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:40 am · June 1st, 2009
• Did you miss Eminem’s close encounter with Sacha Baron Cohen’s bare ass? Never fear. [The Guardian] • Pixar’s “Up” reminds of the lonely sport of cluster ballooning. [Los Angeles Times] • Was Universal going for scary or sexy with the “Drag Me to Hell” poster? [The Big Picture] • Eric Snider notes the failure [...]
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