Posted on 30 November, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
I don’t need many any excuses to get a Muppet banner image on this blog, so thank you to Edinburgh’s Filmhouse for arranging a short season of Christmas-themed films in December, one of which is surely the ultimate telling of Charles Dickens’ tale: A Muppet Christmas Carol.
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Posted on 19 November, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Edinburgh celebrates St Andrew’s Day weekend 2009 on Sunday 29 November with a programme of events featuring traditional and contemporary live music and family entertainment.
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Posted on 18 November, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Featuring as part of the Filmhouse’s French Film Festival, the Jacques Tati Season may have started a few days ago but there’s still plenty of time to see some of the director/actor’s finest work.
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Posted on 18 November, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
The Rocky Horror Picture Show returns to the Cameo Cinema again, this time raising money for the refurbishment of the Cinema.
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Posted on 18 November, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
John Shuttleworth, star of Radio 4 and Sheffield’s favourite son, is back with a new film, Southern Softies, coming to Edinburgh’s Cameo Cinema on Wednesday 25 November.
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Posted on 16 November, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Ways of Viewing: The Wooden Lightbox and The Audible Picture Show (Thursday 26 November) draws from turn of the century cinematic prototypes and long forgotten ideas surrounding the moving image and its early promise.
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Posted on 28 October, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Diversions Film Festival 2009
Returning to Edinburgh’s Filmhouse for a second year, the Diversions Film Festival (Friday 6 – Sunday 8 November), aims to provide an educational introduction to historical works and a glimpse into ongoing dialogues at the edge of moving image production.
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Posted on 20 October, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Africa in Motion (AiM), the UK’s largest African film festival, returns to Edinburgh’s Filmhouse for its fourth year from 22 October to 1 November.
Providing a platform to challenge, engage with and explore issues surrounding the African continent and its films, the festival includes a range of over 50 classic and contemporary films – long, short, [...]
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Posted on 19 October, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
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.”
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Posted on 18 October, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Tomorrow night at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh there’s a rare showing of 1970 sci-fi chiller Colossus: The Forbin Project from 6pm.
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Posted on 15 October, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Terry Gilliam fans in the UK should be very excited right about now as the cult director’s latest, much discussed, film The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus is now in a cinema near you.
Well, it’s hopefully near you. A strangely subdued marketing campaign has been given to the film, as well as a staggered release schedule [...]
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Posted on 11 October, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Here’s a treat and a surprise: as part of their Introduction to European Cinema course, Edinburgh’s Filmhouse are this Tuesday screening Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 film Vampyr, a film I’ve wanted to see for years.
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Posted on 28 September, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Coming soon at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse is a rare chance to see The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, filmed by the BBC in 1974 as part of their Play for Today strand and an adaptation of the infamous Scottish play of the same name.
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Posted on 18 September, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
The trailer for Michael Caine’s next film, Harry Brown, is out today, and it looks like it could be something worth looking forward to.
Harry Brown (Caine) is an ex-military man living on a council estate overrun by violence and disorder. When his best friend (David Bradley) is killed, Brown turns vigilante, taking revenge on the [...]
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Posted on 14 September, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
The Cameo have done it again. Not content with bringing cult movie favourites Bruce Campbell and Lloyd Kaufman to the city, they’re now about to host another special event in conjunction with local shop Cult Fiction and Arrow Video: screenings of Dawn of the Dead (1978) with a Q&A from star Ken Foree and Day [...]
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Posted on 8 September, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
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.
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Posted on 3 September, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
This Sunday and Monday sees Edinburgh’s Filmhouse screen the final selection of short silent films from the BFI Mediatheque on Tour, Big Smoke.
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Posted on 1 September, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Showing exclusively at Vue Cinemas on Tuesday 29 September, Monty Python: Almost the Truth will retell the Python phenomenon from start to finish.
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Posted on 28 August, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
Released on 18 September in the UK, Edinburgh’s Cameo Cinema will be hosting a preview of Sam Mendes’ new film Away We Go on Monday 14 September, complete with live satellite Q&A with Mendes following the screening.
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Posted on 22 August, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
There’ll be a rare screening of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times on Tuesday 22 September at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse.
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