Theatre Preview: Corstorphine Road Nativity, 3 – 19 December, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

In case the new M&S advert hasn’t tipped you off already, Christmas is coming once again and it’s time to prepare for the various festive entertainment on offer.
First up we have The Corstorphine Road Nativity, set in the fictional Corstorphine Road Primary School in Edinburgh where all the parts in the annual school nativity play [...]

Audioboo: That Sinking Feeling DVD issues

Following the release of Scottish director Bill Forsyth’s first film, That Sinking Feeling, on DVD, I have my say:
“Bill Forsyth blethers” by jonathanmelville on audioboo.fm
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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Reality Chokes

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Punk rockers don’t die, they just put on weight, have midlife crises and wish they were 19 again. That’s the premise of Al Gregg and David Schaal’s new play which drops in on the reunion of ageing London punk band Sonic Generation, a group who haven’t played together for decades but who have been summoned [...]

Film Preview: Bill Douglas Trilogy, 19 August, Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Exciting news for fans of Bill Douglas/Scottish independent filmmaking/great films: August’s Made in Edinburgh screening at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse will be a three hour showcase of the visionary filmmaker from Newcraighall, the three short films known collectively as The Bill Douglas Trilogy, will be shown on 19 August at 5.45pm.

Tutti Frutti DVD review

Out today on DVD is Tutti Frutti  – my review is up now on this site’s sister blog, Adventures in Primetime.
Here’s a brief quote:

Watching the series today, it’s obvious that a crime has been committed in the BBC keeping it locked up for so long.
This isn’t just television, this is art: time and money may [...]

Reel Time column: Bill Douglas celebration

In today’s Edinburgh Evening News I devoted my Reel Time column to the work of Edinburgh director Bill Douglas, his much lauded trilogy set in Newcraighall and 1986’s near-forgotten Comrades.

Reel Time column, 12 June 2009, Edinburgh Evening News

Were you around for the first ever Edinburgh International Film Festival? Did you see ET: The Extra Terrestrial for the first time at the EIFF? Did you witness Sigourney Weaver hiding in the Cineworld toilets when too many fans chased her through the building?
Head over to my latest Reel Time column in the Edinburgh Evening [...]

Film Preview: Let the Right One In, 2 – 4 June, Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Fantastic news for anyone who’s seen it and wants to see it again or who missed it first time around and wonders what all the fuss is about: Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In is back on the big screen at the Filmhouse, but only for three nights…make that two now.

Blu-ray Review: BFI Flipside: The Bed-Sitting Room

Spun-off from the British Film Theatre’s unmissable (assuming you live in London that is) monthly Flipside film screenings, this new DVD/Blu-ray label is designed to “revisit and reappraise British films that have slipped through the cracks of cinema history.” Judging by first release The Bed Sitting Room (1969), we’re in for a fun ride.

Film Preview: Filmhouse May Programme, 1 May – 4 June, Filmhouse, Edinburgh

After an absence of a few months, the Filmhouse return with a new video preview of their May programme.
With an interesting look to it, Head of Programming Rod White introduces a selection of the cinema’s best films for the month.

Film Preview: Let the Right One In, 12 March, Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh

Just a quick mention that the mesmerising Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In is getting a preview tonight at Edinburgh’s Cameo cinema, a full month before it’s proper UK release.
Please pop over to my Let the Right One In review to find out what I thought, pausing only to watch this trailer:
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Film News: REC 2

I don’t usually do film news, at least not international film news, but following my review for the new DVD of Quarantine, a remake of Spanish chiller REC, I thought I’d make an exception with the trailer to the latter’s sequel, REC2.
Taking place a few hours after the events of the original, the film is [...]

Film Preview: Filmhouse March Preview

The new Filmhouse preview video is now up on their site and YouTube covering various films, including The Class, Young Victoria, Made in Edinburgh and the intriguing Age of Stupid…

Film Preview: Greek Film Festival, 20 Feb – 1 March, Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh

The Greek Film Festival returns to Edinburgh’s Filmhouse from Friday 20 February to Sunday 1 March, pride of place given to the Greek-Cypriot filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis, perhaps best known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek.

Friday Film Round-up: 30 January

A quick round-up of film themed goings on on itsonitgone.com, tying in to my weekly film column in the Edinburgh Evening News Guide section:

I took some time to watch a few films from the upcoming Middle Eastern Film Festival over at the Filmhouse
There were a few updates to the Bruce Campbell in Edinburgh post (still [...]

Film Preview: Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 18 January, Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh

Another great double bill at Edinburgh’s Cameo cinema this Sunday: The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (1994) (Terence Stamp is cast against type but is brilliant here) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).

Interlude: Edinburgh Day by Day

A quick mention of another Edinburgher whose blog I like to take a virtual wander over to once in a while – Edinburgh Day by Day.
Full of views and thoughts about Edinburgh, there’s always something worth seeing, especially if you enjoy watching the sunrise but don’t quite get up in time to look out the [...]

Theatre Review: Cockroach, 24 October, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Sam Holcroft’s new play, Cockroach at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, explores the effects of a long-running war on a class of pupils about to embark on their adult lives. It opens up for us the personal conflict of choices when society’s normal structure is suspended by something outside an individual’s control.
From the start there [...]

Theatre Preview: Sunset Song, 30 September – 4 October, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

Here’s a blast from the past: a new adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song, a book well-remembered by myself as a staple of English classes in High School, comes to Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre from Tuesday 30 September – Saturday 4 October.
The first of Gibbon’s A Scots Quair trilogy, Sunset Song provides an insight into [...]

Music Preview: The Other Other Hand, 7 – 8 August, Music Box, Edinburgh

Things are starting to get quite exciting now for the ramp up and launch of the Edinburgh Fringe. The recently developed Music Box at Stevenson College in Edinburgh is host to The Other Other Hand on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 August, a contemporary music and performing art piece developed by J. Simon van der [...]