Interlude: Pontypool needs you!

A worrying message was issued by Edinburgh’s Cameo cinema today via their Twitter feed, stating that: “It seems the poor reviews have killed Pontypool. A real shame as it’s one of the more original films out there. Creepy and humorous.”

Film Event: University of Edinburgh Open Studies Film Courses, September – December 2009

It’s been a few years since I last enrolled on a course at the University of Edinburgh as part of their Open Studies series, but I’m tempted to head back this Autumn as the new Film, Media & Contemporary Cultures programme is announced.

Terry Gilliam and Movie-Con II

It’s been a bit quiet on here the last few days, mainly because I escaped the madness of Edinburgh over the weekend and took off to London for a double whammy of film-related fun: to hear Terry Gilliam in conversation and attend Empire magazine’s Movie-Con II.
Though I’m not planning to go into detail here about [...]

Film Event: Anger Management – the life of Kenneth Anger, 19 March, Napier University, Edinburgh

An email dropped into my inbox yesterday from a one-time lecturer of mine who teaches various film related courses in Edinburgh, David Melville Wingrove (no relation), all about a special event he’s co-hosting on Thursday about Dr Kenneth Anger entitled Anger Management.
Describing Anger as “Black Magic Guru, Lord of the Underground, Gay Messiah, High Priest [...]