10 years of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF) is back and bigger than ever before, bringing Spanish cinema to Edinburgh and beyond
Beth Blakemore/2 October 2023
film
Shane Meadows
'Nine out of 10 people who I ever talk to, Dead Man's Shoes is almost annoyingly at the top of everyone's list!' We speak to Shane Meadows ahead of the EIFF screening of his iconic revenge thriller
Past Lives
A melancholy and aching sleight of emotional hand that signals the arrival of a major new voice
Ira Sachs
'I think that there is a sexless quality to people wearing lycra'. We speak to the filmmaker about his new film Passages ahead of its screening at EIFF
Silent Roar
A terrific metaphysical opener for the resurrected film festival
Hope Dickson Leach
We spoke to the filmmaker about the film adaptation of her theatrical take on Stevenson's classic The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ahead of its World Premiere
Mission: Impossible
Dead Reckoning Part One
Frantic and thrilling action isn't up to the highest standards of the franchise
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
A poor swan-song for a much-loved character
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan delivers a spell-binding biopic that excels on all levels
Barbie
One half of the cinematic event of the year. Just as subverted, existentialist and candy-coated as expected
10 Films to See at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023
We take a look at some potential highlights of the resurrected Edinburgh International Film Festival
Pamfir
Surfeit of distractions in muddied waters
Medusa
Visually intense piece challenges religious hypocrisy and sexism in contemporary Brazil with righteous fury