Ten to see at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival
We suggest ten films to seek out at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival
Andrew Haigh's last film, Weekend, was a deeply felt story of a fledgling gay romance. In this one, a hit at the Berlinale, he's examining a hetrosexual relationship where the passions have cooled.
19 & 21 Jun
Fresh from Cannes, Asif Kapadia follows up his extraordinary Senna with another sensitive doc about a fierce talent (Amy Winehouse) who died tragically young.
18 & 20 Jun
Jon Watt’s thriller is reportedly B-movie gold, but we’re most looking forward to seeing Kevin Bacon in something that’s not advertising a mobile phone provider.
19 & 24 Jun
Iona
EIFF’s closer will hopefully be as powerful and poignant as its writer-director (Scott Graham)’s first film, Shell.
28 Jun
Arnold Schwarzenegger in a zombie movie. Need we say more?
20 & 23 Jun
Meet Me in Montenegro
Alex Holdridge last movie was the glorious In Search of a Midnight Kiss, from almost a decade ago. What’s he been up to since? Making this film, about a filmmaker who last made a movie around a decade ago.
26 & 27 Jun
Director Leslye Headland describes her new film as “When Harry Met Sally for A-holes.” As one of the A-holes who adored her much maligned acid-in-your-face debut, Bachelorette, I’ll be first in the queue.
18 & 27 Jun
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Easier with Practice director Kyle Patrick Alvarez brings another based-on-reality tale to EIFF, this time a gripping dramatisation of the notorious 1971 behaviour test of the title.
18 & 21 Jun
A woman with a personality disorder goes off her meds, wins the lottery, and uses the cash to broadcast her own Oprah-style talk show. There are two movies at this year’s festival featuring Kristen Wiig (aka the funniest woman on the planet), the other being The Diary of a Teenage Girl, but this one’s outlandish premise tickles us more.
21 & 23 Jun
The Wolfpack
This great-looking doc follows six teenage brothers who’ve never stepped foot outside their parent’s Manhattan flat, where they spend their days watching DVDs and remaking their favourite movies, casting themselves as the stars.
26 & 27 Jun