Indie films, you say? What, consistent characteristics being that they are independently made, with low budgets and unknown actors, directors and writers? No, no. They’ve got Michael Cera in, mate.

From the 15th-26th June, the Edinburgh Film Festival will return for its 65th year. Endeavouring to reinvent itself for the 2011 ceremony in spite of recent budget cuts, a slew of cinematic events and a strong selection of shorts, feature films and documentaries stand this year’s festival in good stead to be the best yet.

Never mind PC or Mac, the real question is are computers controlling us or vice versa? Movies are a handy tool for showing the evolution of computers as part of our lives. Take a look at how we moved from supercomputers to social networks in but 50 short years.

Wednesday! Lemons! X-Men! Oranges! McAvoy! Oranges! Fassbender! Lemons! Half price! Citrus! Other films! Maybe! X-MEN! We really are quite excited, you know.

There’s no such thing as a predictable superhero casting – all the best Avengers, X-Men and otherwise pumped-up persons are unlikely characters who stumble into their crime-fighting alter egos just as unexpectedly as do the actors cast to play them. With so many A-list actors now boasting a brush with superheroism on their CVs, we’ve come up with a few new suggestions…

We’ve been raving about the phenomenal Life, Above All for months now – you’ve not really got any excuse for not having seen it, but just in case you’re still dragging your heels we’ve got a treat for you. We met up with Oliver Schmitz, director of the Oscar-nominated drama, to discuss orphans, amateurs and executioners.

This week we’ve decided to give the much under-appreciated Michael Fassbender a little cheat sheet of his own. The multi-accented, bi-lingual, self-starving (only for a role) actor is having a pretty good time of it at the moment, so it’s time to see how he’s got there, and where he’s going.

Film classification has come a long way since a Birth of a Nation was banned in several American cities in 1915. However, with recent decisions bringing censorship back into the spotlight, it begs the question of whether it’s still relevant or tenable in its current form.

Bestforfilm.com’s Hollywood Haikus 2011 competition has now closed. We pick the winner, second place and 10 x runners-up. Read their haiku entries and visit their blogs!

When I was told to have a cinematic look at Europe’s capital cities, I grabbed my passport and my rusty camcorder and rushed eagerly towards Heathrow. But it turns out they just wanted me to tell you about the best films featuring those cities. Cheapskates.