Films seen so far this year: 220
Films seen this week: A Boy Called Dad, The Crimson Wing, The Maid, Crying With Laughter, Wide Open Spaces, Unmade Beds, Kicks, My Last Five Girlfriends, The Maiden Heist, Blood: The Last Vampire, Public Enemies, Am I Black Enough For You, Embodiment of Evil, Tenderness, Ice Age 3, Imagine That, Bandslam

RIP Karl Malden
Like film fans everywhere, I was saddened by the loss of screen actor Karl Malden this week, though …

Top Ten Edinburgh Film Festival Films
I was going to put the official EIFF awards as the first post on this blog, but let's face it, you probably know those by now. So without further ado, I present my own top ten Edinburgh Film Festival films, including films I saw in London that were part of the festival. The top three films all got five star reviews, the rest got four stars each.

1. Fish Tank
2. …

Films seen so far this year: 203
Films seen over the previous fortnight: Transformers 2: Electric Boogaloo, Beyond the Fire, Little Soldier, Elkland, The Hurt Locker, Big River Man, Mary and Max, Away We Go, Pardon My French, Modern Love Is Automatic, Black Dynamite, Fish Tank, High Life, Easier With Practice, My Year Without Sex, Turn It Loose, Jerichow, Fragments, Big Things, Mad, Sad & Bad, Humpday, The Missing Person, The Girlfriend Experience, AntiChrist, The September Issue, Boogie Woogie, For The Love of Movies, …

Edinburgh Film Festival 2009: The Story So Far
Well, another Edinburgh Film Festival is drawing to a close and, frankly, I'm a little bit disappointed with myself, because so far I've only seen 33 films. I've had several days where I've only seen two films per day and this is practically unheard of. To put this in context, my proudest (or saddest, depending on who you ask) achievement to date was watching 60 films in 11 days in tribute for the EIFF's …

Films seen so far this year: 168
Films seen last week: Red Cliff, Mid-August Lunch, Adam, New Town Killers, Moon

RIP David Carradine
Like many film fans, I was saddened by the death of David Carradine last week. The circumstances of his death are rather unfortunate, to say the least, though at age 72 and with over 220 screen appearances (both big and small) he certainly had a good …