Amber Wilkinson

Edinburgh

Eye For Film co-founder, film critic, sub-editor, travel writer. Sometimes on the wireless - [email protected]. Also at @ninjaworrier.bsky.social

Articles

Cuba & Alaska (2025) Movie Review from Eye for Film

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

Yegor Troyanovsky’s documentary is the latest from Ukraine to take us to the frontline of the war with Russia. He embeds us with medics Yulia and Olexandra – known as Cuba and Alaska to their friends. Body cameras put us on the ground with the pair and their comrades, capturing not only the immediate and deadly nature of the conflict but also the gallows humour and camaraderie their unit employs to help get them through it.
Yegor Troyanovsky

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

Cuba, left, and Alaska. Director Yegor Troyanovsky: 'The story is true and we just put it together' Photo: Courtesy of Sheffield DocFest/2BRAVE PRODUCTIONS/TAG FILM/CLIN D’OEIL FILMS Cuba & Alaska transports us to the frontline of Ukraine’s war with Russia in the company of two female paramedics, Yulia and Olexandra – known to their friends as Cuba and Alaska.
Natchez (2025) Movie Review from Eye for Film

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

“Behind the big house is the rest of the story,” says one of the contributors to Suzannah Herbert’s intelligent and observant documentary, which was a deserving winner of the Best Documentary award at Tribeca and plays at Sheffield DocFest. Narratives and who controls them are a part of what might be viewed as a civilised war in Natchez, Mississippi.
Films to watch on TV or stream this week

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

Riefenstahl Photo: © Bayerische Staatsbibliothek/Bildarchiv; Inset photo below: © CBC Riefenstahl, Apple TV, Sky Store and other platformsAndres Veiel's portrait of Leni Riefenstahl, whose career will forever be linked to Adolf Hitler's Nazis, is a fascinating psychological dig into her mindset, featuring a wealth of interviews.
Space Cadet (None) Movie Review from Eye for Film

2 weeks ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

In a world of high volume, gag-a-minute, candy coloured, sugar-fuelled adventures, Space Cadet arrives like a gentle cloud of fresh air. Eric San (aka Kid Koala) employs a pastel-rich colour palette and uncluttered style for his sweet animation about a little girl and her guardian robot buddy.
Films to stream or watch on TV this week

2 weeks ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

The Battle For Laikipia Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute The Battle for Laikipia , BBC iPlayer streaming now As this year’s Sheffield DocFest draws closer, treat yourself to one of the best of the films that screened there last year.
Félix Dufour-Laperrière on the concept, contradictions and colours of Death Does Not Exist

3 weeks ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

The latest animation from Quebecois filmmaker Félix Dufour-Laperrière takes us into the headspace of a young activist in the wake of a failed armed attack in which she found herself unable to shoot as required. Death Does Not Exist (La Mort n’Existe Pas) sees Hélène (voiced by Zeneb Blanchet) re-encounter one of her slain comrades, Manon (voiced by Karelle Tremblay), who tells her she has the chance to redeem herself.
Eye For Film: Dual identity

4 weeks ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

Evgenia Dodina and Martin Ogbu in Mama. Or Sinai on the migrant workers she spoke to when researching her script: 'They build these temporary identities – her life is full, even in Israel' Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival The two worlds of a Polish migrant worker are explored in Or Sinai’s impressive debut film.
Greek summer focus for 4th Evia Project

1 month ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

The programme for the 4th Evia Project has been announced. The green initiative, run by Thessaloniki Film Festival, will run on the Greek island from June 17 to 21 and this year has the notion of the Greek summer at heart. The event, which was originally started in response to a devastating wildfire on the island continues to have a focus on sustainability and the environment.
Dandelion's Odyssey - Film Review - Eye For Film

1 month ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

Animation has been taking a very dim view of mankind lately. Humans are barely present – and in no way positive – in The Wild Robot, and they appear to have completely fallen to environmental disaster in Oscar-winner Flow. Dandelion's Odyssey goes one step further and actually shows the Apocalyptic moment we destroy ourselves, via a giant mushroom cloud. This event is witnessed by four dandelion seeds which, despite the devastation, are still determined to find somewhere to put down their roots.