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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2012

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012

Films on Film

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5 films · 5 reviews

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Anton Corbijn Inside Out

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Every time the film brings out [...] his photographs, I found myself leaning forward - drinking in their beautiful details.

Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
Documentary following the work and life of an extraordinary photographer

(Country: Netherlands / Belgium / Ireland; Year: 2012; Director: Klaartje Quirijns; Writer: Klaartje Quirijns, Thomas den Drijver; Stars: Anton Corbijn, Bono)

Don't Expect Too Much

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Offers us an important last look at the man Jean-Luc Godard held personally responsible for cinema.

Robert Munro · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary on the life of Nicholas Ray’s, featuring his partner Susan Ray on the director's attempts to finish We Can’t Go Home Again.

(Country: USA; Year: 2011; Director: Susan Ray; Stars: Nicholas Ray, Walter Murch)

Sodankylä Forever: The Century Of Cinema (Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata)

Review preview for Sodankylä Forever: The Century Of Cinema

The weight of history lies heavy on the shoulders of these filmmakers.

Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
The Century of Cinema is a documentary which focusses on World War II in relation to filmmaking.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2010; Director: Peter von Bagh; Stars: Peter von Bagh, Milos Forman, Ivan Passer, Jerzy Skolimowski, Angieszka Holland, Elia Suleiman, Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami, Michael Powell, Francis Ford Coppolla, Jacques Demy, John Boorman, Robert Fleischer, Joseph H. Lewis, Sam Fueller)

We Can't Go Home Again

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Truth be told, it is annoying as hell and becomes very tired, very quickly.

Robert Munro · 1.5 out of 5
A companion piece to Don't Expect Too Much, We Can't Go Home Again is an experimental vision of disillusioned American youth in the Seventies.

(Country: USA; Year: 1976; Director: Nicholas Ray; Writer: Nicholas Ray, Susan Schwartz; Stars: Nicholas Ray, Tom Farrell, Leslie Levinson, Richie Bock)

What Is This Film Called Love?

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Like the pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer (who Cousins speaks of almost as if he were a guru), Cousins can be inspiring, his enthusiasm contagious; even if some of his details don’t seem to stand up well to scrutiny.

Chris · 3 out of 5
Together with Sergei Eisenstein, his imaginary companion on a walking tour of Mexico City, Mark Cousins contemplates historical change, shot composition, and his own identity.

(Country: Mexico, USA, UK, Canada, Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Mark Cousins; Writer: Mark Cousins)