ROTTEN TOMATOES: Edinburgh 2008: What to Watch

Edinburgh 2008: What to Watch

We share twenty of the best movies screened.

by RT Staff | July 01, 2008

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The Edinburgh International Film Festival is well underway in the Scottish city, screening hundreds of brand new films and cramming A-listers into posh hotel suites. This year, Rotten Tomatoes is proud to be an official media partner of the festival, and we'll be presenting an award to one of the films in the programme. Click here for more information.

Edinburgh Castle

The festival has, in the past, played home to the world premiere of Serenity and the European first-show for Clerks II. Its programme is open to the public, and provides a wide variety of home-grown, European, American and international cinema. Last year's festival saw two of the freshest movies of the year play to UK audiences for the first time - Knocked Up and Ratatouille - and they were joined by the indie likes of Hallam Foe and French warbler Les Chansons d'Amour.

In short, there's something for everyone of every age, gender and nationality, and it's probably one of the most relaxed and, in turn, exciting festivals on the calendar. It's also a good place to start or join in that ever-exciting early awards buzz, and with that in mind we thought it'd be a good idea to let you know what we think of the films on display so you can add them to your wish-list.

We've picked twenty interesting films from the programme so far to tell you all about. If you didn't make it to the festival, this is your guide to the hot films to look out for in the coming months!

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jun 23 2008 12:23 PM

The Wackness was already shown and won an award at Sundance. I wish festivals would stick to films that have yet to be released or shown at a festival. . .There's tons of small REAL independant films that could use the push an award or just being played at a festival would garner.

I seriously doubt any of these films will be shown at a theater near where I live, except possibly The Wackness.

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Joe Utichi writes:
on Jun 23 2008 01:24 PM

Tom: that's kind-of the point of festivals like Edinburgh. The programme is aimed at the moviegoing public and affords them the opportunity to see the smaller films, many without distribution in the UK. So if the bigger ones like WALL-E and The Edge of Love - which still adhere to strong quality standards - allow those festivals to exist and keep making money, you can't really begrudge them those programming choices.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jun 23 2008 01:31 PM

Sigh. You're right. Sigh.

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Joe Utichi writes:
on Jun 23 2008 04:40 PM

Wow, I don't think I've ever been more bummed about being right all of a sudden... :P

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Jun 24 2008 08:57 AM

There is some good stuff here, I was already looking forward to The Edge of Love(to bad it wasn't liked more, and the Wackness. But now I think I'm looking forward to Summer just as much if not more, good to hear that Carlyle's got himself a nice role.

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freakyfriend writes:
on Jul 07 2008 04:00 PM

Alone in Four Walls was one of the most boring cinema experiences I've had in a long, long time. I saw 16 movies during the festival and this was by FAR the worst.

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