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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2024

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024

Retrospectives

Programme

4 films · 3 reviews

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'I Know Where I'm Going!'

A woman who is planning to better herself by marrying money, finds love unexpectedly after being stranded on a Scottish island.

(Country: UK; Year: 1945; Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; Writer: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; Stars: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie, George Carney, Nancy Price, Catherine Lacey, Jean Cadell, John Laurie, Valentine Dyall, Norman Shelley)

Phantom Of The Paradise

Review preview for Phantom Of The Paradise

Again and again there are elements that will be echoed in later works, mirrors and masks and little friends, split screens and thrills and untimely ends.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music - but an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

(Country: US; Year: 1974; Director: Brian De Palma; Writer: Brian De Palma; Stars: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, George Memmoli)

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Suspiria (Dario Argento's Suspiria)

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Those who doubt the artistic potential of the horror genre should be nailed down and made to watch this.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A young ballet dancer uncovers a sinister conspiracy in this masterpiece of surrealist horror.

(Country: Italy; Year: 1977; Director: Dario Argento; Writer: Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi; Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Alida Valli, Udo Kier)

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The Untouchables

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Inspires a feeling of awe.

Josh Morrall · 5 out of 5
How the infamous Chicago gang boss, Al Capone, was brought down.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Brian De Palma; Writer: David Mamet; Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago)

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