EFG related pages and posts
This Twenty-First Anniversary Retrospective offers an invaluable overview of the Edinburgh Film Guild’s activities from 1930 to 1950. This retrospective including a comprehensive listing of all screenings, exhibitions, discussions and lectures held during the Guild’s first 20 years. Contents: History…
Photos (left to right): PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, EYES WITHOUT A FACE, A SEASON IN FRANCE THE SEASON. This was the Edinburgh Film Guild’s 94th season and the 2nd full season of screenings at the Institut francais d’Écosse,…
Below: Links to articles providing further information on Jacques Becker’s ‘Edward and Caroline’ (1951), which screened 11 April 2025 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Director Jacques Becker and actress Anouk Aimee on set. Édouard et Caroline (Edward and Caroline) Review…
La vérité: Women on Trial (Ginette Vincendeau, Feb 12, 2019, Criterion Essays) Henri-Georges Clouzot (David Hudson, 08 December 2011 | A retrospective is on at MoMA through Christmas Eve and at the Harvard Film Archive) La vérité (Blu-ray.com review) La…
An exhibition by the Edinburgh Film Guild held at the National Gallery of Scotland, August 27th to September 18th 1943 “Allocation of credit for a good film and blame for a bad one has always been difficult in the cinema,…
Images: BLUE COLLAR (main) and (left to right) AUTUMN SONATA, THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE LACEMAKER THE SEASON. The Edinburgh Film Guild celebrated its 50th Anniversary during its 1979-1980 season. This was the second year of screenings at ‘Filmhouse’,…
Photo (left to right): KWAIDAN, THE COMEDY OF TERRORS, WHO SAW HIM DIE THE SEASON. The Edinburgh Film Guild celebrated its 40th Anniversary during its 1969-1970 season. THE SCREENINGS took place in the Guild Cinema at ‘Film House’, 3 Randolph…
Photos: (main) FUNNY FACE (left to right) REAR WINDOW, THE GRASSHOPPER, FOUR CHIMNEYS THE SEASON. The Edinburgh Film Guild celebrated both its 30th Anniversary and its move to a new ‘Film House’ during the 1959-1960 season. SCREENINGS The main performances…
Photos: (main) L’ETERNAL RETOUR poster and (left to right) HETS (TORMENT, FRENZY), IVAN THE TERRIBLE, CITIZEN KANE THE SEASON. “The 17th Season of the Edinburgh Film Guild opens at a time of new ideas and new opportunities. The season will…
Images (left to right): TAQDEER, LERMONTOV, RAMUNTCHO THE SEASON. “The 16th Season of the Edinburgh Film Guild opens at the beginning of a new age. During the difficult years of war, we composed our programmes as best we could to…
