Irvine Welsh made his reputation with both the novel and the filmed version of Trainspotting, with the latter creating the cinematic language that has been borrowed by every adaptation of his work ...

Filth is, at its core, a combination of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant (1992) and Trainspotting (1996). Considering Filth is based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh, the author of ...

Jamie Bell and James McAvoy in "Filth." (Neil Davidson) "Filth" is a movie for people who thought "Trainspotting" was too soft, too much like Harry Potter and not enough like "Bad Lieutenant." It's ...

The Edinburgh police detective played by James McAvoy in “Filth” may seem like a bad lieutenant, but his problems run deeper than mere on-the-job debauchery. Indeed, that aspect of this manic but ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

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