Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2015
New work from the US.
19 films · 12 reviews
If the male characters are on the flimsy side, at least it makes a change from the women being relegated.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jamie Babbit; Writer: Karey Dornetto; Stars: Natasha Lyonee, Judy Greer, Aubrey Plaza, Fred Armisen, Molly Shannon)
European premiere
Richard Gere is exceptional.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Andrew Renzi; Writer: Andrew Renzi; Stars: Theo James, Dakota Fanning, Richard Gere, Clarke Peters, Brian Anthony Wilson, Andrea Havens, Dennisha Pratt, Derrick T. Lewis, Michele Everwine, Lyssa Roberts, Jayson Williams, Mihir Pathak, Jeffrey Mowery, Marc Bicking, Michelle Santiago)
UK premiere
It's not awful, it's just not good.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Evangelos Giovanis, George Giovanis; Writer: Evangelos Giovanis, Evangelos Giovanis; Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Jane Seymour, Keith Carradine, Vinessa Shaw, Mike Doyle, Mike Starr, Ethan Embry, George Giovanis, Rachel Eggleston, Hannah Cowley, Christine Kelly, Chris Papavasiliou, Kyle T. Heffner, Paul Moreno, Anthoula Katsimatides)
European premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood; Writer: Gina Prince-Bythewood; Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Machine Gun Kelly, Danny Glover, Darryl Stephens, Elaine Tan, Isaac Keys, Tyler Christopher, Benito Martinez, Aisha Hinds, India Jean-Jacques, Deidrie Henry, Estelle, Malieek Straughter)
UK premiere
This is a tense and enjoyable genre picture, and one which gets terrific central performances from all involved.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jon Watts; Writer: Christopher D Ford, Jon Watts; Stars: Kevin Bacon, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford)
International premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Marielle Heller; Writer: Phoebe Gloekner, Marielle Heller; Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni, Margarita Levieva, Quinn Nagle, Madeleine Waters, Austin Lyon, Miranda Bailey, Giovanni Miller, Samantha Hyde, David Fine, Natalie Stephany Aguilar, Drew Benda, Davy Clements)
UK premiere
The film has charm, due in most parts to Shameik Moore's performance
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Rick Famuyiwa; Writer: Rick Famuyiwa; Stars: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoë Kravitz, Kimberly Elise, A$AP Rocky )
UK premiere
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2015; Director: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel; Writer: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel; Stars: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike White, Kyle Bornheimer)
International premiere
Pohland - working with an impressive script by Oren Moverman and Michael A Lerner - manages to orchestrate a musical path between the double storyline that finds unity through the creative process.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Bill Pohlad; Writer: Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner, Brian Wilson; Stars: Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Jake Abel, Kenny Wormald, Joanna Going, Dee Wallace, Graham Rogers, Tyson Ritter, Brett Davern, Nikki Wright, Erin Darke, Diana Maria Riva, Max Schneider)
UK premiere
The pleasantly surprising performance of Schwarzenegger grounds the film with an emotional heft.
(Country: US, Switzerland; Year: 2015; Director: Henry Hobson; Writer: John Scott 3; Stars: Abigail Breslin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette, Raeden Greer, J.D. Evermore, Dana Gourrier, Denise Williamson, Aiden Flowers, Amy Brassette, Taylor Murphy, Wayne Pére, John L. Armijo, Christine Tonry, Rachel Whitman Groves)
International premiere
The inevitable schmaltz may be a little too saccharine for some, but the premise is unique and the situations dynamic enough to elevate this a little higher than it seems at first glance.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: J Davis; Writer: J Davis; Stars: Jay Duplass, Linas Phillips, Leonora Pitts, Adam Chernick, Tobin Bell, Davie-Blue, Suzanne Ford, Ray Laska, Danette Wilson, Eddie Driscoll, Brent Alan Henry, Matt Bennett, Isaac Reardon Berger, Justin M. Rasch, Jonathan Brooks)
European premiere
(Country: US, Germany, Norway, UK, Serbia and Montenegro; Year: 2014; Director: Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen; Writer: Linnea Saasen, Alex Holdridge; Stars: Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen, Rupert Friend, Jennifer Ulrich, Stuart Manashil, Mia Jacob, Ben Braun, Lena Ehlers, Deborah Ann Woll, Kate Mackeson, Mathieu van den Berk, Jules Armana, Rod Ben Zeev, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Twink Caplan)
UK premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Andrew Droz Palermo; Writer: Andrew Droz Palermo, Neima Shahdadi; Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Timothée Chalamet, Elizabeth Reaser, Grant Bowler, Kyle Bell, Zachary Dylan Brown, Chantey Colet, Monica Crumpler, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Dale Girard, Saia Grayson, Albert Guzman, Julie Haught, Robert Haulbrook, Corey Maher)
UK premiere
Resembles the first 15 minutes of a porn flick
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Patrick Brice; Writer: Patrick Brice; Stars: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Judith Godrèche)
UK premiere
The clashes between characters give this film plenty of catalysts for interesting discussions, and it is refreshing that these discussions are not framed as anything other than three young adults connecting.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Gren Wells; Writer: Gren Wells; Stars: Zoë Kravitz, Dev Patel, Robert Patrick, Robert Sheehan, Kyra Sedgwick, Ali Hillis, Matt Riedy, Cooper Roth, Eric Matheny, Ross Gallo, Louisa Kendrick, Jayce Dempsey)
UK premiere
If this is romance, it's dead.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Leslye Headland; Writer: Leslye Headland; Stars: Alison Brie, Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Peet, Natasha Lyonne, Adam Scott, Marc Blucas, Jason Mantzoukas, Andrea Savage, Daniella Pineda, Remy Nozik, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Megan Guinan, Sawyer Shipman, Jordan Carlos, Jamil Mena) , Trailer
UK premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez; Writer: Tim Talbott, Philip Zimbardo; Stars: Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Moises Arias, Nicholas Braun, Gaius Charles, Keir Gilchrist, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Mann, Ezra Miller, Logan Miller, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, James Wolk, Nelsan Ellis, Olivia Thirlby)
International premiere
The surface detail may be uncanny, but there’s a truly different film under the skin here.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Matthew Leutwyler; Writer: Shahin Chandrasoma; Stars: Mark Webber, Lucy Griffiths, David Clayton Rogers, Rainn Wilson)
UK premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Shira Piven; Writer: Eliot Laurence; Stars: Kristen Wiig, Wes Bentley, Linda Cardellini, Joan Cusack, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Thomas Mann, James Marsden, Tim Robbins, Alan Tudyk, Kulap Vilaysack, Mitch Silpa, Anelia Dyoulgerova, Joe Roland, Joyce Hiller Piven)
European premiere
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