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Day 11 - Oliver Stone; Harvey Pekar; I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
by Claire Sawers
Commandante - Oliver Stone meets Fidel Castro, Harvey Pekar insults the fair citizens of Cleveland and male eye-candy in the form of Clive Owen and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.
Day 10 - Elaine Friedman Q&A; Party Monsters; 16 Years of Alcohol.
by Claire Sawers
Capturing the Friedmans makes a serious dent in the lineup, while the photocalls and parties take their toll.
Day 9 - Sean Connery; American Splendor's Pekar; One For the Road.
by Claire Sawers
Paul Giamatti does sight-seeing, and Sean Connery gives a rare Q&A for schoolchildren!
Day 8 - Barry Norman; surprise movie; Sean Connery in town.
by Claire Sawers
Just to save you reading further - Surprise Movie is the joyous Spirited Away.
Day 7 - Terence Davies makes director's cuts; Afterlife premiere.
by Claire Sawers
Masterclasses ahoy with Terence Davies and Aidan Quinn, while Afterlife charms our critics.
Day 6 - Jonas Akerland
by Claire Sawers
Standard Life Audience Award & Best of Fest updates.
Day 5 - Lovely Ludivine; "Raggy Boys" Aidan Quinn & Iain Glen.
by Claire Sawers
Smack My Bitch Up director chats about his controversial works, while the Raggy Boys tackle child abuse
Day 4 - Charlie Chaplin doc, Irish cast & crew of Intermission.
by Claire Sawers
The Little Tramp is dissected, while ensemble Irish madhouse caper makes an impression.
Day 3 - Meeting the cast & crew of Wilbur (Wants To Kill Himself)
by Claire Sawers
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, but Lone Scherfig should be Very Proud of Herself
Day 2 - 16 Years of Alcohol, Samantha Morton and "Jimmy" Sheridan.
by Claire Sawers
Hangover or no hangover, film fest events started with a press conference early this morning from the makers of 16 Years of Alcohol.
Day 1 - Young Adam premiere opens eiff 2003.
by Claire Sawers
Day 1 of the 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival and the opening night premiere of Young Adam.
EIFF 2003 Preview
by Claire Sawers
Gearing up for the film frenzy...
Look whoo-hoo's talking
by Ben Sillis
Just a couple of weeks to go until the release of The Simpsons Movie, we drop in on a Q&A session with Matt Groening and Al Jean and take a sneak peek at some snippets from the movie.
Flight of imagination
by Jennie Kermode
Hassan M Nejad, director of Asylum Birds reveals his inspiration.
Refugees speak out on film
by Jennie Kermode
We talk to GMAC 's Beth Armstrong and Lindsay Goodall, organisers of the Refugee Week Film Festival.
They're taking a liberty
by Jennie Kermode
With his controversial documentary Taking Liberties, director Chris Atkins tells Eye For Film why it matters so much.
Weekenders
by Jennie Kermode
Dave Rattray and Matthew Mckenzie chat with Eye For Film about the genesis and gestation of their low-budget Scottish movie.
Tribeca Film Festival Diary: Day nine and beyond
by Amber Wilkinson
Festival wrap-up, the audience award and a Mexican gem.
Tribeca Film Festival Diary: Days 7 and 8
by Amber Wilkinson
Numb with Matthew Perry, a good time with James Franco, cake with Mary Stuart Masterson, plus a daliance with Taxidermia.
Tribeca Film Festival: Day Six
by Amber Wilkinson
Lucy Liu the vamp, Sarah Michelle Gellar the pop star and what to do in the event of choking.
Tribeca Film Festival: Days Four and Five
by Amber Wilkinson
Creature features, Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns Suburban Girl and Salman Rushdie sighted.
Tribeca Film Festival Days 2 and 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Award-winning films and a clash with a critic.
Tribeca Opening Night: A tale of rain, rubbed heels and rubbing shoulders with stars.
by Amber Wilkinson
Al Gore opens festival with save the planet showcase, while our diarist has trouble saving her soles.
Tribeca Film Festival Day One
by Amber Wilkinson
Brando bigged up, while our diarist gets lost in translation and lost in Beijing.
Reaping the benefit
by Amber Wilkinson
The Reaping star David Morrissey talks about his latest film, faith and football.
Shooting for the stars
by Amber Wilkinson
Producer Andrew Macdonald on success, Sunshine, sibling Kevin.. and why he's hoping for a brolly good Easter.
Bunnies big at the box office
by Jennie Kermode
"Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?" To celebrate Easter, we take a look at rabbits on the big screen.
Sunshine Superman
by Amber Wilkinson
Druggies in Trainspotting, zombies in 28 Days Later, astronauts in Sunshine . . . whose world will Danny Boyle visit next? How about the tiny realm of Terry Pratchett’s Truckers? He reveals all in our exclusive interview.
The courage to care
by Amber Wilkinson
Documentary-maker Sam Lawlor reveals why he and co-director Lindsay Pollock made a film about the Romanian families living with the 'Ceausescu baby' legacy of HIV and Aids.
I'll drink to that!
by Jennie Kermode
We raise a glass to a history of alcohol in the movies.
No flash in the Pan
by Amber Wilkinson
The actresses behind Wendy and Tinker Bell tell us why Peter Pan is such an enduring classic.
East Of Havana a long way from truth?
by Chris Docker
Press conference concerns about the bias in Cuban rap documentary.
Martin Compston Q&A
by Amber Wilkinson
Scots star talks about his role in A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
And the Oscar for glamour goes to...
by Chris Docker
Who shone on the red carpet?
Glasgow Says Goodbye
by Jennie Kermode
Film fans say their farewells as this year's Glasgow Film Festival comes to an end.
How well do you know your famous films?
by Chris Docker
Here are some famous lines from Oscar-nominated movies. See if you can guess the movies, the characters and the actors who said them.
Oscars wild
by Chris Docker
We take a look at the history of the Academy Awards and look forward to this year's glitzy bash.
Racism and rights of passage
by Jennie Kermode
Actor Stephen Graham discusses his role in this year's most talked-about British film, This Is England.
The Fox And The Hound - lost and found
by Amber Wilkinson
How Disney's film came to represent a changing of the animation guard at the corporation
Fast Food and fierce film
by Jennie Kermode
Having enjoyed considerable success on the festival circuit, Fast Food Nation is due to open in British cinemas March 23. Eye For Film caught up with producer Jeremy Thomas during a question and answer session at the <a href="/festivals/glasgow/">Glasgow Film Festival</a>
Getting kids into cinema
by Chris Docker
Glasgow Film Festival director Allison Gardner talks about her plans to make films more popular with youngsters.
Taking Cinderella back to her roots
by Tony Sullivan
David Kaplan talks about his rotoscope-animation of the fairytale, based on a Chinese version of the story, at the Sundance 2007 premiere of the film.
Forbidden Love
by Jennie Kermode
This Valentine's Day we celebrate cinema that breaks boundaries.
Fighting for The Fountain
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Darren Aronofsky and star Rachel Weisz reveal the struggle to make The Fountain - and explain why its central themes are so important.
Biggerstaff hits the big-time
by Jennie Kermode
With supermarket-set romance Cashback opening this year's Glasgow Film Festival, young Scottish Star Sean Biggerstaff, perhaps best known as Oliver from the Harry Potter films, seems perched on the brink of a brilliant career. Eye For Film caught up with him to ask a few questions.
2006 - How was it for you?
by Jennie Kermode
We tot up your votes for last year's cinematic hits and misses.
Sundance 2007 : Day Ten
by Amber Wilkinson
The final day of Eye For Film's coverage leads us to black comedy - The Savages. And the Awards are dished out.
Sundance 2007 : Day Nine
by Amber Wilkinson
Sexual deviancy explored, black comedy with Martin Freeman, and the hugely controversial Hounddog.
Sundance 2007 : Day Eight
by Amber Wilkinson
Van Der Graff generator bedclothes, Away From Her starts the waterworks, and Donovan serenades Eye For Film. (And - IMDB user Rotary Girl, we're not worthy!!)
Sundance 2007 : Day Seven
by Amber Wilkinson
Eye For Film joins Garth Jennings for a chat, and turns up to the Filmmaker's party. Waitress and Weapons are the movies du jour.
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