Matin Cheung
Reviews: 31
Other Articles: 5
Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026 Dispatch
Impressive series of films dealing with trauma makes the ordinary extraordinary
Hassan Nazer
‘It’s not about the political, it’s about the social issue,’ We talk Kiarostami, permission, and Iran with the director of Without Permission
Alice Winocour
‘We were creating [the character] with different aspects of our personalities’. The director of Couture tells us about sharing experiences with Angelina Jolie to create the movie’s protagonist
The Richest Woman in the World
An ambitious premise reduced to melodramatic clichés
Palestine 36
An earlier occupation provides a sweeping historicity but lacks the texture of more intimate works on Palestine
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Despatch
Reviewer Matin Cheung reports from a varied EIFF
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
The magic of live theatre exemplified by an almost full nude clown
Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x)
Jade Franks’s play on social class is sharp, funny and painfully true
DYKE Systems Ltd
Messy, sharp, and unexpectedly touching with an exuberantly queer finale
Paul Williams: Don’t Look at Me
Lighthearted Fringe delight from the star of Taskmaster New Zealand
Breaking Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Kim Brandstrup deliver an evening with fresh and unforgettable energy
Interview: Sepideh Farsi
The director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk tell us about the film and its late subject, the late Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouna
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025: Gems from Cannes, Berlinale and Sundance
Selection of film screened at EIFF after premiering at other festivals