Amber Wilkinson

Being editorial director of Eye For Film means that Amber gets to go globetrotting to festivals quite often. While that may periodically limit her access to popcorn movies, it's probably better for her waistline that way, and she gets to watch a vast amount of world and independent cinema that everyone else would love, too, if only they gave it a go. She secretly likes to watch The Man With Two Brains and Blazing Saddles late at night to unwind.

Amber is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, and FIPRESCI, the international federation of film critics and has served on its juries in Seattle, Palm Springs, San Sebastian and Gijon. She attended the first FIPRESCI colloquium on Russian Film in St Petersburg and has tutored young critics in workshops at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival and Miskolc Cinefest. She has recently be on the juries for the annual East - West. The Golden Arch Eurasian film awards and the Arab Cinema Centre Critics' Awards.

She is a Tomatometer critic at Rottentomatoes, and has written on film for outlets including The Times, The Telegraph and The Daily Record in the UK, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in Australia, The National in Abu Dhabi and Filmmaker Magazine in the US, the Radio Times, plus film trade magazine Screen International.

In addition to written criticism, she also talks about film from time to time on BBC Radio Scotland.

You can also find her rambling (twambling?) over on Twitter (@NinjaWorrier) and LinkedIn. Email her (while taking her hat off) amber(chapeau)@eyeforfilm.co.uk

We have 2704 reviews by Amber Wilkinson in the database: read them here

Latest Film Reviews

The Boy With Pink Pants
Film based on the story of a real cyberbullying incident in Italy.
Pink Lady
An ultra-Orthodox couple try to save their marriage after the husband is blackmailed for being gay.
Drowning Dry
Two familes try to cope with trauma after a weekend getaway turns sour.
Spilt Milk
A wannabe detective's hunt for his older brother reveals a dangerous side of Eighties Dublin.
Gladiator II
A man seeks vengeance as a gladiator in Rome after his wife is killed in a raid.
Gekas
A young boy's dad is determined that he learns how to hunt.
Concrete Rodents
A group of friends embark on a risky plan.
Black Box Diaries
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.
The Low End Theory
An ex-marine, who money launders for a drug lord feels the heat after falling for a femme fatale.
Since Yesterday: The Untold Story Of Scotland's Girl Bands
Documentary about the history of Scottish girl bands from the Sixties to the present.

Features

Films to catch on TV or stream this week
18 Nov 2024
Films to catch on TV or stream this week
Leonardo van Dijl on the importance of silence Belgian Oscar nominee Julie Keeps Quiet
15 Nov 2024
Leonardo van Dijl on Belgian Oscar nominee Julie Keeps Quiet
Lidia Duda on the challenges of making refugee crisis documentary Forest
12 Nov 2024
Lidia Duda on the challenges of making refugee crisis documentary Forest
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
11 Nov 2024
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
'I wanted it to be meditative and poetic' - Thea Hvistendahl
09 Nov 2024
Thea Hvistendahl on her very different approach to zombies in Handling The Undead

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News Stories

French Film Festival teases programme
24 Oct 2024
Guests to include Matheiu Amalric and Claire Simon
Memoir Of A Snail takes top prize in London
21 Oct 2024
On Falling and Mother Vera among winners
Kris Kristofferson dies at 88
30 Sep 2024
Tributes to: 'a peacenik, a revolutionary, an actor, a superstar, a sex symbol, and a family man'
Serra takes Golden Shell in San Sebastian
29 Sep 2024
Spanish director's bullfighting doc wins top prize
Pedro Almodóvar receives Donostia Award
27 Sep 2024
Director honoured in San Sebastian 44 years after first appearance

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Galleries

Brave Edinburgh launch
02 Jun 2012
EIFF opening night 2012
21 Jun 2012
Photos from French Film Festival UK launch of Mobile Home and Asterix and Obelix
12 Nov 2012
Films seen at Sundance 2013
20 Jan 2013
Sylvain Chomet attends Attila Marcel French Film Festival Gala Night
09 Nov 2013
British Independent Film Awards 2014 in pictures
08 Dec 2014
Sundance 2015: US Documentary Competition in pictures
15 Dec 2014
Sundance 2015: US Dramatic Competition in pictures
15 Dec 2014
Sundance 2015: World Cinema Dramatic Competition in pictures
15 Dec 2014
Sundance 2015: World Cinema Documentary Competition in pictures
15 Dec 2014
Sundance 2015: NEXT <=> in pictures
16 Dec 2014
Sundance 2015: Premieres in pictures
18 Dec 2014
The Mafia Only Kills In Summer director Pif attends Italian Film Festival opening gala
07 Mar 2015
Matteo Oleotto presents Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot
08 Mar 2015
Cannes Un Certain Regard 2015 gallery
05 May 2015
Cannes Directors' Fortnight Gallery 2015
08 May 2015
Cannes 2015 Competition Gallery
12 May 2015
Sundance 2016: US Dramatic Competition in pictures
04 Dec 2015
Sundance 2016: US Documentary Competition in pictures
06 Dec 2015
Sundance 2016: World Cinema Dramatic Competition in pictures
06 Dec 2015
Sundance 2016: World Cinema Documentary Competition in pictures
07 Dec 2015
Sundance 2016: NEXT in pictures
08 Dec 2015
Sundance 2016: Midnight in pictures
09 Dec 2015
Sundance 2016: Premieres and Documentary Premieres in pictures
11 Dec 2015
Sundance 2017: World Cinema Dramatic Competition in pictures
04 Dec 2016
Sundance 2017: World Cinema Documentary Competition in pictures
05 Dec 2016
Sundance 2017: US Dramatic Competition in pictures
05 Dec 2016
Sundance 2017: US Documentary Competition
06 Dec 2016
Sundance 2017: NEXT in pictures
06 Dec 2016
Sundance 2017: Midnight in pictures
06 Dec 2016
Sundance 2017: Premieres and Documentary Premieres in pictures
12 Dec 2016
Jeanne Moreau - A life in pictures
31 Jul 2017
Danielle Darrieux - A life in pictures
19 Oct 2017
First images of Rob Brydon's Swimming With Men
01 May 2018
San Sebastian releases 2018 posters
03 May 2018
Christopher Lee archive donated to BFI
23 May 2019
Artist's impressions of £50m Edinburgh Filmhouse plan
11 Mar 2020
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