Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2015
New work from established filmmakers.
11 films · 11 reviews
Shin Adachi’s script seeks to get past the gloss and into the reality of Japan’s “lost generation”.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Masaharu Take; Writer: Shin Adachi; Stars: Sakura Andô, Hirofumi Arai, Miyoko Inagawa, Yôzaburô Itô, Osamu Matsushige, Shinichirô Matsuura, Toshie Negishi, Yûki Okita, Tadashi Sakata, Saori, Shôhei Uno, Kaito Yoshimura)
UK premiere
There's no doubting the film looks good..But there's a feeling of both too much gloss and of glossing over details.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel; Writer: Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer, Fred Breinersdorfer; Stars: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow, Felix Eitner, David Zimmerschied, Rüdiger Klink, Simon Licht, Cornelia Köndgen, Martin Maria Abram, Michael Kranz, Gerti Drassl, Lissy Pernthaler, Valentina Repetto, Anna Unterberger)
UK premiere
The novel angle it takes is the best thing going for this film, and it is a smart twist to an rote story.
(Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: Tony Ayres; Writer: Blake Ayshford; Stars: Sullivan Stapleton, Jessica De Gouw, Alex Russell, Megan Holloway, Robert Morgan, Paul Moder, Jim Russell, Richard Anastasios, Syd Brisbane, Luke Elliot, Brett Swain, Kerry Walker, Christopher Bunworth, Jack Daye, Graham Jahne)
UK premiere
What makes this film so much more than a thriller is the very terrible human emotional territory it dares to venture in.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Amy Berg; Writer: Nicole Holofcener, based on the book by Laura Lippman; Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning, Diane Lane, Nate Parker, Colin Donnell, Bill Sage, Renee Goldsberry, Clare Foley, Julito McCullum, Tonye Patano, Lily Pilblad, Sarah Sokolovic, Jack Gore, Danielle Macdonald, Jason Pendergraft)
UK premiere
García's cautiousness clogs up the human drama.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Rodrigo García; Writer: Rodrigo García; Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ciarán Hinds, Tye Sheridan, Ayelet Zurer, Susan Gray)
UK premiere
Subaru gives a brilliant performance - including some excellent vocal takes - as an amnesiac whose only link to the world is his singing.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita; Writer: Tomoe Kanno; Stars: Subaru Shibutani, Sarina Suzuki, Katsumi Kawahara, Akainu, Shinji Imaoka, Motako Ishii, Suon Kan, Izumi Matsuoka, Masaki Matsuura, Takumi Matsuzawa, Shinsuke Michishita, Kirara Nakabayashi, Haruki Nakagawa, Fuminori Nakamura, Miho Nikaido)
UK premiere
Sarah Kernochan's screenplay is precise and doesn't shy away from the real-life absurdities we all encounter.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Isabel Coixet; Writer: Sarah Kernochan; Stars: Ben Kingsley, Grace Gummer, Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, John Hodgman, Sarita Choudhury, Samantha Bee, Matt Salinger, Daniela Lavender, Michael Mantell, Avi Nash, Jessie Nagpal, Jonathan C. Kaplan, Bryan Burton, Randy Graff)
UK premiere
Logan's writing fails to match Pacino's restraint, while Green's direction seems - like his central character - to be filled with a longing for more, yet being held back from going there.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: David Gordon Green; Writer: Paul Logan; Stars: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine, Natalie Wilemon, June Griffin Garcia, Lara Shah, Ted Ferguson, Edrick Browne, Rebecca Franchione, Kristin Miller White, Aj Wilson McPhaul, Sierra Scott, Jenee' Amore', Louis Moncivias)
UK premiere
Despite the lush colour this is bleak, even heart-breaking.
(Country: China, Taiwan; Year: 2014; Director: Doze Niu; Writer: Doze Niu, Li-ting Tseng; Stars: Ethan Juan, Jianbin Chen, Regina Wan, Ivy Yi-Han Chen, Bo-Chieh Wang, Davy Chan, Daniel Chen, Yu-Hsing Fan, Honduras, Chien-Wei Huang, Mei-Hsiu Lin, Kai Chi Liu, Ke-Li Miao, Ming-Shuai Shih)
UK premiere
It's so scattershot that one finds oneself inventing titles for the 'stories' within the anthology.
(Country: Brazil, US; Year: 2014; Director: Vicente Amorim, Guillermo Arriaga, Stephan Elliott, Sang-soo Im, Nadine Labaki, Fernando Meirelles, José Padilha, Carlos Saldanha, Paolo Sorrentino, John Turturro, Andrucha Waddington, César Charlone; Writer: Andrucha Waddington, Mauricio Zacharias, Paolo Sorrentino, Antonio Prata, Chico Mattoso, Stephan Elliott, John Turturro, Guillermo Arriaga, Sang-soo Im, Elena Soarez, Otavio Leonidio, Nadine Labaki, Rodney El Haddad, Khaled Mouzannar, Fellipe Barbosa; Stars: Basil Hoffman, Emily Mortimer, Rodrigo Santoro, Bruna Linzmeyer, Nadine Labaki, Harvey Keitel, Cláudia Abreu, Fernanda Montenegro, Eduardo Sterblitch, Hugo Carvana, Michel Melamed, Vincent Cassel, Marcio Garcia, Marcelo Serrado, Ryan Kwanten)
UK premiere
The cast are terrific, and the comic set pieces are handled with precision and impeccable timing, even if not all of the jokes hit home.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Peter Bogdanovich; Writer: Peter Bogdanovich, Louise Stratten; Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Hahn, Tatum O'Neal, Lucy Punch, Owen Wilson, Debi Mazar, Jennifer Esposito, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, Cybill Shepherd, Colleen Camp, Joanna Lumley, Illeana Douglas)
UK premiere
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