Billing itself as “the world's longest continually-running film festival,” the Edinburgh International Festival opens its 71st edition today with Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country, one of five films Alistair Harkness recommends from the lineup in the Scotsman: “Already described as ‘the British Brokeback Mountain,’ this year’s opening night film will hopefully transcend such reductive labeling with its tale of a repressed Yorkshire sheep farmer (Josh O’Connor) whose isolated life is transformed when he falls for a Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu).”
The Edinburgh Reporter’s Matthew Farnham notes that this year’s edition will close on July 2 with Mark Gill’s England is Mine, “bookending 151 features from 46 countries ranging from big budget movies to independent films.” Among those attending will be Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, Oliver Stone, and Stanley Tucci. “Richard E. Grant also appears as part of The Future is History retrospective delivering a range of exclusive events and screenings as the EIFF takes a look back to the 1970s/1980s to explore questions of identity in a world where seismic changes are taking place in both social and political landscapes.”
England Is Mine is one of ten films William Carroll recommends at Little White Lies: “An unauthorized biography of Steven Patrick Morrissey, one of music’s most incendiary figures, is always going to turn heads. England Is Mine seeks to do just that, offering up an intimate portrayal of the Smiths frontman that explores his ambitions, disappointments, and creative coming-of-age as a teenager in Manchester.”
Writing for the BFI, Stephen Dalton has twenty recommendations, including That Good Night: “A terminally ill writer aims to make peace with friends and family before the final curtain falls in this poignant Edinburgh world premiere from director Eric Styles. That Good Night was a striking choice of swansong project for the late John Hurt, who filmed this final star performance while undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.”
As reviews of note appear throughout the festival’s run, we’ll be flagging them here.
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