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Dirty Dancing

Top Film Events for December

Film :: Preview 25 Nov 2008

Gail Tolley: There's a whole host of film treats happening across Scotland in December. If you're looking to indulge in some Christmas nostalgia head to the Glasgow Film Theatre for two festive classics: It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas. Whilst in Edinbu...

Dziga Vertov - Man with a Movie Camera

New Video Art Night: As We Speak

Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 25 Nov 2008

Michael Gillespie: Dziga Vertov, one of the true pioneers of experimental cinema (he made Man With A Movie Camera, after all), was once quoted as saying that the analysis of narrative cinema was comparable to the analysis of the “contents of one’s own arse&r...

Un chant d'amour

The Magic Lantern's Merry XXXmas

Deviance :: Film :: Preview 19 Nov 2008

Sarah Nisbet: The Magic Lantern promises to steam things up a bit this winter with its independent Christmas film programme, XXXmas. The event, held for one night only at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, will examine the representation of sex in cinema,...

Beautiful Losers

Inverness Film Festival 2008

Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 11 Nov 2008

Gail Tolley: If you’re planning to heard north this month you’d be wise to check out this year’s Inverness Film Festival. Now in its fifth year, it offers a varied programme with a focus on top British talent. The bill includes several Scottish ...

Luscophone Africa Film Festival

Lusophone Africa Film Festival @ Gilmorehill G12, 31 Oct - 2 Nov

Film :: Preview 31 Oct 2008

Andrew McWhirter: The late Ousmane Sembène is not the only one who can unite African cinema and its worldly audience. Lusophone (Portuguese speaking) countries in the Dark Continent are beginning to develop a rich cinematic heritage they wish to share with the gl...

Tears of Wayronco

Document 6 Human Rights Film Festival @ CCA, Glasgow, 15-19 Oct

Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 16 Oct 2008

Dave Hynes: This week sees the sixth year of the Document film festival at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (Wednesday 15 to Sunday 19 October). Document is the UK’s only human rights documentary festival, one of only 18 of its kind in the world....

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys To hit Select Scottish Cinemas Tomorrow

Film :: Heads Up :: Preview 13 Oct 2008

Jason Morton: After conquering the charts and capturing the hearts of music-lovers nationwide, the next stop for the Arctic Monkeys will be your local cinema. For one night only, select cinemas in Scotland – the Cameo in Edinburgh, The Glasgow Film Theatre an...

Rita Ray

Afro-Scottish Connections Club Night @ The Bongo Club

Film :: Heads Up :: Clubs :: Preview 07 Oct 2008

Lizzie Cass-Maran: In association with Africa in Motion: the Edinburgh African Film Festival - see our preview in the Film section - The Bongo Club are playing host to the legendary Rita Ray. Ray is a world-class DJ and top buff of Afrobeat, desribed as a "combination o...

Zina Saro-wiwa

Africa In Motion 2008

Film :: Preview 01 Oct 2008

Alastair Roy: The Africa in Motion festival comes to Edinburgh for its third year, showcasing film from around the continent, free from BBC news reports and ranting pop stars. Over 40 films from 22 countries capture the kaleidoscope of forms, themes and styles that...

Suddenly Last Summer, one of the Tennessee Williams films on at Glasgay! this year

Glasgay! and theTennessee Williams Film Festival 2008

Film :: Feature :: Preview 26 Sep 2008

Djuna Bee: In one of her strips, American cartoonist and out lesbian Alison Bechel claimed she had a rule about whether she’d watch a film or not. The film must: 1. Feature at least two women 2. Who talk to each other 3. About something other than men It...

Amy Lamé

Glasgay! 2008, 1 Oct - 9 Nov

Deviance :: Film :: Theatre :: Art :: Clubs :: Preview 23 Sep 2008

Margaret Kirk: There is plenty of queer work these days that tickles mainstream tastes: like a larger than life character on Big Brother, or a token edgy story-line on your favourite daytime soap, sexuality is a useful signifier of exoticism that can actually work to...

Mela Logo

Mela Festival - 2 for 1 for Skinny readers

Fashion :: Film :: Theatre :: Heads Up :: Preview 25 Aug 2008

Lizzie Cass-Maran: Everyone knows about the Edinburgh Mela, right? So hands up who has actually been? Well the good news is, whether you’re an old hand or a new recruit, this year’s event is bigger and better than ever before. Ocean Terminal will be crawlin...

That's Nairn down there, that is

The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema Of Dreams

Film :: Heads Up :: Travel :: Feature :: Preview 23 Jul 2008

Jaco Justice: Move over Cannes, Edinburgh and Co - prepare to have the glam replaced by jam. In August the North East town of Nairn hosts a new film festival, inspired by childhood big-screen epiphanies, over eight and a half magical days celebrating the romanticism...

Cockettes

QueerMutiny: Queer-A-Go-Go, Aug 2008

Deviance :: Film :: Preview 14 Jul 2008

Jess Travis: QueerMutiny has been radicalizing Edinburgh's gay scene with its 'Do-It-Yourself, Doing-Each-Other, Diversity and Perversity' attitude since January of this year. This 'non-hierarchical kollective' offers an autonomous space free from sexual and gender...

The Edge of Love

French Film Festival

Film :: Preview 06 Mar 2008

Katie Smyth: Wow, wow, wow, wow. No, it's not another BAFTA acceptance speech from La Vie en Rose star Marion Cotillard, but an appreciative musing on the recent offerings of French cinema. La Vie swept the board at last month's BAFTAs and Cotillard again looks set...

Africa In Motion

Film :: Preview 13 Oct 2006

Leonora Wood: Despite the depth and breadth of filmmaking on the African continent, African cinema remains one of the most under-represented worldwide. Opportunities to see African films in Britain are very rare, yet some of the most evocative and imaginatively orig...

Stormbreaker

Film :: Preview 15 Jul 2006

Nick Mitchell: By all accounts, 'Stormbreaker' could be the beginning of another hysteria-inducing, ubiquitous franchise to rival the 'Harry Potter' films. Based on the first book in Anthony Horowitz's popular teen spy series, it features Alex Rider (played by adoles...

Edinburgh Film News

Film :: Preview 15 Jul 2006

Colan Mehaffey: Following success in the Scottish BAFTAs, it seems that graduates of Edinburgh's academic institutions can't stop picking up awards. This time around a graduate of Edinburgh's College of Art, Joseph Feltus, managed to scoop two awards in one month for ...

Glasgow Film News

Film :: Preview 15 Jul 2006

Keir Hind: It's Summer, so the month's big films are blockbusters which will recoup their enormous budgets through aggressive marketing, a need to sit in air-conditioned rooms for two hours, and lack of competition. You guessed it, there aren't many film events i...

Glasgow Film News

Film :: Preview 15 Jun 2006

Paul Gallagher: The annual West End Festival is the main event in the city this month, and while its film arm is always a bit of a gamble, this year sees quite a strong line-up, mainly taking place at Ashton Lane's plush little Grosvenor Cinema. The highlight is two s...

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