Winners 2022 – Edinburgh International Film Festival Review

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Winners (2022) Director: Hassan Nazer Screenwriters: Hassan Nazer, Hamed Emami Starring: Parsa Maghami, Reza Naji, Hossein Abedini Imagine finding an Oscar statuette on the street. Do you keep it, hand it in, or try to track down its rightful owner? That moral knot forms the central premise of Winners, a 2022 drama directed by Hassan … Read more

Full Time (2021) Review from Edinburgh Film Festival

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Full Time (2021) Director: Eric Gravel Screenwriter: Eric Gravel Starring: Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich, Cyril Gueï Eric Gravel’s Full Time premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2021 and has since completed its festival circuit, with one of its later screenings taking place at the 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film … Read more

Full Time (2021) EIFF Film Review

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Full Time (2021) Director: Eric Gravel Screenwriter: Eric Gravel Starring: Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich, Cyril Gueï Premiering at the Venice Film Festival in September 2021, Eric Gravel’s acclaimed film Full Time concluded a successful festival run, including a screening at the 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film presents an intimate, urgent portrait … Read more

Axiom (2022) – Edinburgh International Film Festival Review

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Axiom (2022) Director: Jöns Jönsson Screenwriter: Jöns Jönsson Starring: Moritz von Treuenfels, Thomas Schubert Axiom, the sophomore feature from Swedish writer-director Jöns Jönsson, follows Julius, a charismatic young museum attendant whose small acts and evolving deceptions transform an otherwise ordinary group outing into a quietly unsettling character study. The film unfolds with a deliberate, observant … Read more

Axiom (2022) Review – Edinburgh International Film Festival

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Axiom (2022) Director: Jöns Jönsson Screenwriter: Jöns Jönsson Starring: Moritz von Treuenfels, Thomas Schubert Axiom, the compelling new feature by Swedish filmmaker Jöns Jönsson, follows Julius, a charming and articulate museum attendant who invites colleagues on a sailing trip. The premise is deceptively simple, but Jönsson steadily turns it into a subtle study of deception, … Read more

Cineworld Collapse: How Content Is Reshaping Cinema

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Imagine Manchester United vanished overnight—insolvent, their history erased, video archives sold, Old Trafford left to decay. For more than a century of memories, triumphs and heartbreaks, the club would become a hollow monument. Tens of thousands of supporters who visit that stadium would suddenly have nowhere to go. Local businesses—from cafés and pubs to hotels … Read more

Cineworld Is Dead: What Comes Next for Cinema and Content

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Imagine Manchester United suddenly going bankrupt and disappearing overnight. More than a century of history would vanish: archives sold off, trophies lost to collectors, and Old Trafford left to decay. The tens of thousands who gather there every other week would have no place to watch matches, local businesses would lose steady foot traffic, public … Read more

Cineworld Announces Plans to File for Bankruptcy Protection

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Cineworld Group Prepares for Bankruptcy Amid Continued Post-Pandemic Struggles Cineworld Group plc, the global cinema operator that owns Cineworld, Regal Cinemas and Picturehouse, is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy protection. The London-headquartered chain operates approximately 9,518 screens across 790 sites in ten countries and employs tens of thousands of people worldwide. Recent reports indicate … Read more

Cineworld Plans Bankruptcy Filing — What It Means for Moviegoers

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Cineworld Group plc, the world’s second-largest cinema chain and owner of Regal Cinemas and Picturehouse, is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection. Sources report that the London-based company, which operates 9,518 screens across 790 locations in ten countries, has engaged legal advisors and restructuring consultants to explore a bankruptcy filing. Such a move would put roughly … Read more

Sick of Myself (2022) Review: A Sharp Satire on Fame

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Sick of Myself (2022) Director: Kristoffer Borgli Screenwriter: Kristoffer Borgli Starring: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Elisabeth Bech Aschehoug, Sarah Francesca Brænne, Anders Danielsen Lie, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Guri Hagen Glans, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Matilda Höög Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself is more than a portrait of narcissism; it is a sharp, … Read more