 The beginning of a worldwide cyberwar in Alex Gibney's informative and thrilling documentary Zero Days
Chairman Mao loves the people, he is our guide, to a big, dumb, tomb-raiding ride. Hurrah! Lead us forward to fantasy-adventure Mojin: The Lost Legend [read more]
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 Bloody revenge becomes as difficult as spelling Aberystwyth in great Welsh-language thriller The Library Suicides
Hollywood tragedy Kevin Smith insults Canadians, critics and his own child with horror-comedy that is neither scary nor funny in Yoga Hosers Didn't think I'd see a film worse than Macbeth Unhinged at EIFF. So, congratulations to Kevin Smith, I guess. Quite the achievement. Read more at The 405 here  Two films reviewed from the Best of British strand of EIFF 2016
A break-up shake-up comedy that makes you think about every bad relationship you ever had in Brakes A Welshman, a Scotsman, and an Irish Manic Pixie Dream Girl take a trip to find the punchline to that joke, in the endearing but clumsy drama Moon Dogs Read more here at The 405  Reviews from the third day of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Things pick up considerably after a rather mixed start, with two of the most imaginative and precise cinematic visions I've seen in years.
Surreal phone games open up an introverted detective and world of shared fantasy in Aloys | A timid tomboy boxing student faces an inexplicable gendered illness when she becomes a dancing Lioness in The Fits. [read more] 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival - Day Two: Macbeth Unhinged, Seoul Station & The Model16/6/2016  Barmy Bard-baiting in Macbeth Unhinged | Tokyo Godfathers but with zombies in Seoul Station | It only takes a camera to crack her mind in The Model
Reviews from the second day of EIFF 2016 Read more at The 405 here  First daily report from the Edinburgh International Film Festival, with a review of the opening film Tommy's Honour. Not a great start.
Read more at The 405 here  After his detour to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Iron Man 3, the king of the postmodern action-comedy, Shane Black, returns to knockabout noir with The Nice Guys Read it at The 405 here  Incongruously placed in the corner of the Fargo-Moorhead Visitors Center, past leaflets advertising such local treats as the Rookery Rock Winery and the Buffalo River Pumpkin Patch, is a rusted-yellow Yard Shark wood chipper. Visitors come from all over America to don a bomber hat, grab the kindly provided fake leg - complete with authentic white wool sock - and reenact the most famous body-disposal scene in Hollywood history.
Such is the enduring legacy of the Coen brothers' Fargo, which cemented them as America's foremost re-inventors of the crime drama. In 2006, ten years after it's release and two Oscars later, Fargo was inducted into the US National Film Registry, one of just five films in the registry to have been awarded a place on the first year they were eligible - an honour shared withGoodfellas, Raging Bull, Toy Story and Do the Right Thing. Now, ten years later, Fargo is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Read more at the 405 here 
Based on Kim Barker's equally caustic and comic memoir of her experiences covering Operation Enduring Freedom, The Taliban Shuffle, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot explores the particular thrills and challenges encountered by a female war correspondent.
Read more at The 405  Demolition is frequently funny, sometimes touching and occasionally surprising, but constructs a wall of metaphors and quirks rather than knock down the artifice to deal with grief in a truly effective way. Enjoyment of the film depends very much on a viewer's willingness to accept the hack symbolism and surfeit of schmaltz, and just appreciate what works.
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