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Kiss 'N' Tell
by Brian Pendreigh
Atta Yaqub, the previously unknown leading man in Ken Loach's sexy romance Ae Fond Kiss, flirts with fame.
Getting To Know Paul McGuigan
by Brian Pendreigh
Gangster No.1 and Wicker Park director is virtually unknown in his native Scotland.
Q&A: Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock
by Syndicate
The burger-king on why he made a documentary charting his super-sized McDonald’s binge
EIFF 2004 Diary: Closing Day
by Douglas Bell
Celebratory mood as EIFF ends.
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Eleven
by Douglas Bell
A view from the projection room; Breillat's Rocco horror show.
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Ten
by Douglas Bell
Gerry Butler's famous, sort of; EIFF ticket prices.
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Nine
by Douglas Bell
HD vs 35mm debate rages at "fringe film festival".
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Eight
by Douglas Bell
New British filmmakers enter the fray.
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Seven
by Douglas Bell
Aaron Barschak, Rebel Without Applause
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Six
by Douglas Bell
An intro to festival networking.
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Five
by Douglas Bell
Edinburgh's fringe film festival
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Four
by Douglas Bell
Learning to be a pro at fest workshops.
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Three
by Douglas Bell
Ooh, Colin Firth!
EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Two
by Douglas Bell
Super Size Me is extra-large hit and the director, super nice.
EIFF 2004 Diary: Opening Night
by Douglas Bell
Director is elusive at opening night film, The Motorcycle Diaries.
Village Rebel
by David Haviland
Spookmeister M. Night Shyamalan on the inspiration for "punk period" film The Village.
Cheering on the Boys
by John Millar
Amy Smart says she enjoyed getting into the guy-centric, Seventies vibe for Starsky and Hutch remake.
Aisling Walsh’s Raggy Boy
by Gary Duncan
Aisling Walsh explains how she managed to complete Song For Raggy Boy, a film exposing Irish Reform School abuses, that initially “nobody wanted to touch”.
Eternal Struggle of the Creative Mind
by David Haviland
Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman on the challenge of delivering your best ideas
Songs of Struggle
by David Haviland
Lee Hirsch's moving documentary Amandla! looks at how the music of protest developed during Apartheid in South Africa
Industry gets animated about the best
by Amber Wilkinson
The winners of the British Animation Awards 2004 - a showcase of which toured the country earlier this year - have now been announced.
Days in the Life of a Brazilian Hijacker
by David Haviland
Documentary maker José Padilha felt compelled to tell a hijacker's story because the Brazilian media wouldn't
Mrow! It’s Halle Berry
by David Haviland
Halle Berry - Bond girl, Oscar-winner, and Catwoman – has suffered “freaky” accidents and “supernatural” experiences on set. No wonder she says she spooked herself while playing an incarcerated psychologist in Gothika.
Portrait Of A Provocative Mind
by Mostic
Danish director Nicholas Winding Refn taps fear of the unknown in psychological thriller Fear X
The Wolf Awards 2003
by Angus Wolfe Murray
From Best Film to Worst Remake of the Year
Trainspotting star gets teeth Into Scottish werewolf movie
by Brian Pendreigh
A tale of a group of soldiers doing battle with wild dogs in the Scottish highlands could be the best British horror in years. Brian Pendreigh meets the director and star.
Sharp Shooter
by Brian Pendreigh
Alan Sharp, the man who wrote the scripts for Rob Roy, the recently rereleased The Hired Hand and a new film about Scotland's national bard, Rabbie Burns, calls his work "pastiche".
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