Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Films & Comedy Editor
@weaklemondrink
Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.
851 articles

Chuck Chuck Baby

Flawed but charming and sweet musical romance is ultimately a tonic

21 August 2023

Property

A tense and brutal Brazilian thriller with much on its mind

21 August 2023

Past Lives

A melancholy and aching sleight of emotional hand that signals the arrival of a major new voice

21 August 2023

Is There Anybody Out There?

A wonderful personal journey towards self-acceptance that also seeks to reframe how we view disability

20 August 2023

Rhiannon Shaw: Wedding Night

A weird and sometimes wonderful batch of colourful characters appear at this most awkward of weddings

19 August 2023

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

19 August 2023

Silent Roar

A terrific metaphysical opener for the resurrected film festival

19 August 2023

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

18 August 2023