The Review at the End of the Universe
Jonathan Teplitzky’s Churchill follows Wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the 96 hours before the D-Day landings that heralded the end of World War II. The biggest problem with biographical films is that the cradle to grave approach can be very limiting from a storytelling point of view. With a lifetime to cover it inevitably…
Luke Scott -Son of Ridley- takes a stab at the well travelled idea of artificial life and the implications of creating it. There’s a reason that fiction continues to come back to this idea and it’s a simple one. Basically it’s interesting and topical since the advances in computers and robotics are starting to make…
Now that I’ve finally finished all of my Edinburgh International Film Festival reviews I thought I would cap it all off by sharing my 5 personal favourites from my time at the festival. I saw a lot of films and had so many great experiences but there are 5 that stand out. There is a…
Brian Cox stars as a retired Shakespearean actor suffering from ill health in his old age and pining for the glory days while people tend to his every need in János Edelényi’s The Carer. There are certainly other people in Sir Michael Gifford’s (Brian Cox) life as we see throughout the film but the majority…
