The Review at the End of the Universe
The 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival begins with Ninian Doff’s Boyz in the Wood; the comedic tale of a group of wayward teens venturing into the Highlands to complete the Duke of Edinburgh award. At its core this is a coming of age story focusing on four young boys who are ultimately fairly directionless in…
The 70th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival closes with Gillies MacKinnon’s Whisky Galore; the true life adaptation of the island of Todday’s great Whisky heist after a ship carrying several thousand crates runs aground. Whisky Galore is a remake of a 1949 film of the same name and is set during World War II which…
,The 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) kicked off for me with The Legend of Barney Thomson, the first feature film to be directed by Robert Carlyle. Carlyle also takes the lead as an unassuming barber named Barney Thomson who is heavily unappreciated in his job. An opening monologue relays that he would rather just…
