Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013

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C.O.G. and Upstream Color
The Bling Ring (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Sofia Coppola; Writer: Sofia Coppola; Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga, Georgia Rock, Leslie Mann, Carlos Miranda, Gavin Rossdale, Stacy Edwards, G. Mac Brown, Marc Coppola, Janet Song, Annie Fitzgerald, Lorenzo Hunt)
A group of teenage fans monitors celebrities' activities over the internet in order to rob their homes.
C.O.G. (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez; Writer: Kyle Patrick Alvarez; Stars: Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Corey Stoll, Dean Stockwell, Casey Wilson, Troian Bellisario)
A student takes time out in Oregon and learns some life lessons.
The East (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Zal Batmanglij; Writer: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling; Stars: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Patricia Clarkson)
A spy who has infiltrated an eco-terrorist group, finds her loyalties tested.
Frances Ha (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Noah Baumbach; Writer: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig; Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, Patrick Heusinger, Teddy Cañez, Hannah Dunne, Grace Gummer, William Todd Levinson, Marina Squerciati, Finnerty Steeves)
Lightning-in-a-bottle, Noah Baumbach’s love poem to his star and co-writer Greta Gerwig recalls Godard’s early celebrations of Anna Karina, but, as a New York movie, it’s beautiful in a brand new way.
Magic Magic (Country: US, Chile; Year: 2013; Director: Sebastián Silva; Writer: Sebastián Silva; Stars: Michael Cera, Juno Temple, Emily Browning, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Augustín Silva)
A young American starts to unravel on a trip to Chile.
Frances Ha Frances Ha
Frances Ha and Magic Magic
This is Martin Bonner (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Chad Hartigan; Writer: Chad Hartigan; Stars: Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan, Robert Longstreet, Demetrius Gross)
Two men embark on an unlikely friendship.
Upstream Color (Upstream Colour) (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Shane Carruth; Writer: Shane Carruth; Stars: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins)
A man and woman are drawn together as they try to reassemble their wrecked lives.
What Maisie Knew (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel; Writer: Nancy Doyne, Carroll Cartwright, Henry James; Stars: Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Onata Aprile, Joanna Vanderham, Steve Coogan, Sadie Rae, Jesse Stone Spadaccini, Diana García, Amelia Campbell, Maddie Corman, Paddy Croft, Trevor Long, Emma Holzer, Nadia Gan, Samantha Buck)
A divorce and custody battle from the perspective of a young girl.
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