Re:View – The Illusionist

The opening night of the Edinburgh Film Festival was Sylvain Chomet's triumph of old-school detailed animation over the eye-searing primary colours and waxy-looking cyborgs of computer graphics.

The director's first feature, 'Les Triplettes De Belleville' was a quirky, slapsticky pleasure about kidnapped cyclist. 'The Illusionist' is a step forward both visually and in terms of [...:]