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FILM IN THE CITY Get ready for Edinburgh Film Festival with these outdoor screenings
Festival month
J une is now firmly established as Film in Edinburgh and this year, more than ever, the films and filmmakers are coming out of the cinemas and into the open air.
Nicely timed to counter-programme the World Cup kick-off, the weekend of 13–15 June will see the return of the big screen to St Andrew Square, showing a selection of solid gold classics. The organisers have put together a first-rate lineup, including a double-header of Bill Forsyth’s finest, Gregory’s Girl and Local Hero, and 80s high school genre-definer Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as well as one of the finest animated films of recent years, How to Train Your Dragon. And cineastes are catered for too, with a Saturday screening of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in its spectacular Giorgio Moroder-soundtracked 1984 edition. On the following weekend, once the Film
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Festival proper has begun, the outdoor action moves to Festival Square with the focus shifting from watching to making. A special covered area will host free filmmaker Q&As and animation workshops, the latter as part of McLaren 2014, the centenary celebrations around pioneering Scottish animator Norman McLaren. Andy Neal from This is Edinburgh says, ‘Edinburgh always has an incredible energy during the EIFF. Film in the City aims to build on that buzz and create some new, exciting, free events that everyone can come along and enjoy.’ Film fans should check the website for the latest additions to the continually growing programme, then pray for sunshine. (Paul Gallagher)
Outdoor screenings, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Fri 13–Sun 15 Jun; Film Hub at Festival Square, Edinburgh, Fri 20– Sun 22 Jun.
HITLIST THE BEST FILM RELEASES & EVENTS
✽ Belle Witty historical drama about race, gender and class in 18th-century England
starring well-kent faces Tom Wilkinson, Matthew Goode and Emily Watson. See review, page 59. General release from Fri 13 Jun.
✽ Film in the City See preview, left. St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Fri 13–Sun 15
Jun; Film Hub at Festival Square, Edinburgh, Fri 20–Sun 22 Jun.
✽ Mistaken for Strangers
Documentary by Tom Berninger, brother of Matt Berninger, frontman of indie rock darlings the National. Berninger junior captures the siblings’ fractious relationship as the band go on tour. See review, page 58. GFT, Glasgow, Sat 14 Jun.
✽ Edinburgh International Film Festival 122 new films from almost 50
countries will be shown over 10 days this June. Whet your appetite with our feature, page 11, and listings highlights, page 62. Various venues, Edinburgh, Wed 18–Sun 29 Jun.
✽ Chef Jon Favreau stars, writes and
directs this likeable drama about a chef who quits his job at a swanky restaurant to run his own food truck. With top performances from Favreau himself as well as Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey Jr. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 27 Jun.
✽ The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out The Window and
Disappeared Black comedy adapted from the book by Jonas Jonasson. See review, page 57. Selected release from Fri 4 Jul.
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