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theguardian.com - Andrew Pulver - Edinburgh international film festival showcases a Scottish industry in rude health
Edinburgh international film festival showcases a Scottish industry in rude health
The Guardian

Now that its disastrous collapse and speedy rebirth is a trauma slowly receding in the rear-view mirror, the Edinburgh international film festival can set its sights on bigger things. Apart from its traditional role providing a showcase for the…

bbc.co.uk - Bernadette Allen - Edinburgh International Film Festival: 'I can die happy seeing my home town in film,' says Hope Street star
Edinburgh International Film Festival: 'I can die happy seeing my home town in film,' says Hope Street star
BBC

What happens when you bring together a group of friends desperate to escape their small town lives, a ceasefire and 1990s rave culture? The answer - Skintown, actor and author Ciarán McMenamin's debut novel which is about to hit the big…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Aaron Kwok films HKJC theme song MV for 18 hours in heat
Aaron Kwok films HKJC theme song MV for 18 hours in heat
The Standard

Hong Kong singer Aaron Kwok Fu-shing has released behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of his latest music video, Go Go Go, the Hong Kong Jockey Club's annual theme song, revealing an 18-hour shoot in sweltering weather. SCROLL TO CONTINUE…

theguardian.com - Simon Wardell - The Beast to Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
The Beast to Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
The Guardian

Inspired by a Henry James novella, Bertrand Bonello's anguished sci-fi romance crosses space and time to explore the loneliness, fear and desire that are all part of what makes us human. In 2044, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) is persuaded by the…

heraldscotland.com - Brian Ferguson - Scottish screen industry launches search for Gaelic feature films which can go global
Scottish screen industry launches search for Gaelic feature films which can go global
The Herald

Government film agency Screen Scotland, BBC Film, Gaelic channel BBC Alba and its operator MG Alba are aiming to create a new slate of films from “Gaelic storytellers with unique perspectives” which will have a “lasting popular…

bleedingcool.com - Tom Chang - Train to Busan Director on Horror Film's Legacy, 10th Anniversary
Train to Busan Director on Horror Film's Legacy, 10th Anniversary
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Horror, Interview, Movies | Tagged: train to busan Writer-director Yeon Sang-ho (Colony) spoke to us about the 10th anniversary of Train to Busan, how it shaped him as a filmmaker and more. Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho reflects…

collider.com - Diego Pineda Pacheco - The 10 Best Screenplays in Film History
The 10 Best Screenplays in Film History
Collider

A film can only ever be as great as its screenplay; because while it's perfectly possible to transform an unremarkable screenplay into a serviceable-enough movie, the only way for a film to go down in history as a truly legendary classic is if it's…

theguardian.com - Peter Bradshaw - Borges, ballet and BDSM: 10 must-see movies at Edinburgh international film festival
Borges, ballet and BDSM: 10 must-see movies at Edinburgh international film festival
The Guardian

George MacKay gives a viscerally intense performance in a new film from For Those in Peril 's Paul Wright. He plays a troubled restaurant worker called Dylan, who snaps during his asinine corporate “performance assessment” and heads…

bleedingcool.com - Kaitlyn Booth - Star Wars: Starfighter - IMAX CEO Praises The Film
Star Wars: Starfighter - IMAX CEO Praises The Film
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Lucasfilm, Movies, Star Wars, TV | Tagged: star wars: starfighter The CEO of IMAX, Rich Gelfond, has praised Star Wars: Starfighter, calling it 'a throwback to the Harrison Ford kind of Star Wars.' IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond praised Star…

bleedingcool.com - Ray Flook - Reacher: Alan Ritchson Checks In From Snowy-Summer Season 5 Filming
Reacher: Alan Ritchson Checks In From Snowy-Summer Season 5 Filming
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Amazon Studios, TV | Tagged: Reacher Reacher star Alan Ritchson took to social media to let fans know how he's feeling about filming Season 5 in the summer - when there's snow. Alan Ritchson checked in from Reacher Season 5 filming…

bookriot.com - Emily Martin - Martin Scorsese's Next Film is an Adaptation of WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT
Martin Scorsese's Next Film is an Adaptation of WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT
BOOK RIOT

Martin Scorsese is the Academy-, Golden Globe-, BAFTA-, and Emmy Award-winning director behind many critically acclaimed films over the past several decades. But we have yet to see Scorsese direct a horror movie. He's dipped a toe into the genre…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Busan Film Festival to Honor Founder Director Kim Dong-ho With Korean Cinema Award
Busan Film Festival to Honor Founder Director Kim Dong-ho With Korean Cinema Award
Variety

Kim Dong-ho, founding festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, has been named the recipient of the 31st BIFF's Korean Cinema Award. The honor goes to figures whose work has shaped Korean cinema and helped raise its profile…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Fukada Koji, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Boo Junfeng Films Win Busan Co-Production Fund
Fukada Koji, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Boo Junfeng Films Win Busan Co-Production Fund
Variety

The Busan International Film Festival ‘s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) has selected three international co-productions for its 2026 Co-Production Support Fund, backing films from directors Fukada Koji, Jakrawal Nilthamrong and Boo Junfeng with a…

afr.com - Michael Bodey - This film is a forgettable blip in an otherwise brilliant career
This film is a forgettable blip in an otherwise brilliant career
Australian Financial Review

Holy Days is an odd little curio from New Zealand starring two of Australia's best, Judy Davis and Jacki Weaver, and an adoptee, Miriam Margolyes.

theweek.com - The Week UK - The Silence of the Lambs: a 'thrilling' on-stage rendition of hit film
The Silence of the Lambs: a 'thrilling' on-stage rendition of hit film
The Week

Given the recent fashion for screen-to-stage adaptations, it was perhaps only a matter of time before someone turned their attention to Jonathan Demme's hit film The Silence of the Lambs (1991), said Nick Ferris in The Telegraph. Scripted by the…

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