Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2009
Showcasing the latest in film technology, or specifically highlighting social movements in movies in screenings of very special classics or one-off previews.
17 films · 8 reviews
The main horror element is a deep psychological manipulation that stays with you for days afterwards.
(Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland; Year: 2009; Director: Lars von Trier; Writer: Lars von Trier; Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: India; Year: 1960; Director: Ritwik Ghatak; Writer: Ritwik Ghatak, Shaktipada Rajguru; Stars: Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Niranjan Ray, Gita Ghatak, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Dwiju Bhawal, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Ranen Ray Choudhury, Abhi Bhattacharya)
Nigh-on unmissable.
(Country: India; Year: 1971; Director: Satyajit Ray; Writer: Manisankar 'Sankar' Mukherjee, Satyajit Ray; Stars: Barun Chanda, Parumita Chowdhury, Sharmila Tagore)
(Country: UK; Year: 1986; Director: Bill Douglas; Writer: Bill Douglas; Stars: Keith Allen, Dave Atkins, Stephen Bateman, Katy Behean, Mark Brown, Michael Clark, Lynette Curran, Joanna David, Philip Davis, Arthur Dignam, Patrick Field, Jeremy Flynn, James Fox, William Gaminara, John Hargreaves)
(Country: India; Year: 1970; Director: Satyajit Ray; Writer: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Satyajit Ray; Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal, Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Robi Ghosh, Samit Bhanja, Aparna Sen, Pahadi Sanyal)
(Country: India; Year: 1960; Director: Satyajit Ray; Writer: Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee, Satyajit Ray; Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Purnendu Mukherjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Arpan Chowdhury, Anil Chatterjee, Kali Sarkar, Mohammed Israil, Khagesh Chakravarti, Nagendranath Kabyabyakarantirtha, Santa Devi)
The heavily compressed timescale does not compromise the feel of the talented cast locked into their grungy grooves
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Shane Meadows; Writer: Shane Meadows, Paddy Considine; Stars: Paddy Considine, Scor-Zay-Zee, Olivia Coleman, Richard Graham, Shane Meadows, Seamus O'Neil, The Arctic Monkeys)
This is a lovely film. Almost no moment of it is without some kind of sincere affectionate pleasure of its own creation.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Matt Hulse; Writer: Matt Hulse) , Official site
The Friday Night With Jonathan Ross chat show is Pulitzer Prize material by comparison.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Gerald Peary; Writer: Gerald Peary; Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Roger Ebert, Harry Jay Knowles, Mike Szymanski, A.O. Scott) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: India; Year: 1956; Director: Tapan Sinha; Writer: Tapan Sinha, Rabindranath Tagore; Stars: Kali Bannerjee, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Chhabi Biswas, Jiben Bose, Nripati Chatterjee, Asha Devi, Manju Dey, Jahar Ray, Tinku Thakur)
(Country: # UK, Bangladesh, India; Year: 2002; Director: Anup Singh; Stars: Shibu Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Shami Kaiser, Supriya Choudhury, Abhanish Bandopadhyay)
(Country: India; Year: 1963; Director: Tapan Sinha; Stars: Anil Chatterjee, Bharati Devi, Chhaya Devi, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Renuka Roy, Sharmila Tagore)
(Country: India, Bangladesh; Year: 1973; Director: Ritwik Ghatak; Writer: Advaita Malla Burman, Ritwik Ghatak; Stars: Fakrul Hasan Bairagi, Narain Chakraborty, Banani Choudhury, Kabari Choudhury, Chetana Das, Ritwik Ghatak, Shafikul Islam, Sirajul Islam, Roushan Jamil, M.A. Khair, Prabir Mitra, Golam Mustafa, Sufia Rustam, Rosy Samad, Rani Sarkar)
The dance sequences are brilliantly performed and well worth watching the film for in their own right.
(Country: UK; Year: 1948; Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; Writer: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger and Keith Winter, based on the book by Hans Christian Andersen.; Stars: Marius Goring, Jean Short, Gordon Littmann, Julia Lang, Bill Shine, Léonide Massine, Anton Walbrook, Austin Trevor, Esmond Knight, Eric Berry, Irene Browne)
A new digital restoration - complete with prior panel discussion.
There's a powerful idea at the heart of Shirin, and it's unfortunate that it found expression in the form of a feature film.
(Country: Iran; Year: 2008; Director: Abbas Kiarostami; Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Mahnaz Afshar, Taraneh Alidoosti, Juliette Binoche, Niki Karimi)
Danny Boyle directs with the right balance of tension and wit, never forgetting that violence begets violence as one thing leads to another.
(Country: UK; Year: 1994; Director: Danny Boyle; Writer: John Hodge; Stars: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott, Keith Allen, Colin McCredie, Victoria Nairn, Gary Lewis, Jean Marie Coffey, Peter Mullan, Leonard O'Malley)
Digitally remastered for its 15th Anniversary
(Country: India; Year: 1994; Director: Tapan Sinha; Stars: Arjun Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Laboni Sarkar)
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