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The Skinny's guide to Edinburgh International Film Festival. Film reviews, interviews, opinion and comment from this year's festival, taking place this August. EIFF is the longest continually-running film festival in the world, and The Skinny are proud to be official media partners.
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The King of Pigs
The King of Pig's brutal animation smoulders but its characters remain flat Read more »| 24 Jan 2013 -
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Pusher
This Blighty remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's debut is repetitive, silly and puerile Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
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Tabu
Tabu explores the interlaced nexuses between memory, cinema and fable Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Berberian Sound Studio
Director Peter Strickland toys with the audience as a cat would with a mouse in this mysterious film dealing in horror and nightmares Read more »| 27 Aug 2012 -
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Shadow Dancer
A taut, sinewy thriller from Man on Wire director James Marsh Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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The Imposter
Deception and denial go hand-in-hand in this haunting documentary Read more »| 20 Aug 2012
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Interview: Bryn Higgins and the cast of psycho-drama Unconditional
Bryn Higgins, Christian Cooke and Harry McEntire are the director and two leads of Unconditional, a British psycho-drama that asks, what will one young man do for a chance at true love? Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Smashing Pumpkins (and other fruit and veg): Peter Strickland on Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Strickland speaks to The Skinny about his new feature film, Berberian Sound Studio, and the dark art of movie making Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Subdued Suspense: James Marsh on Shadow Dancer
Not all spy films feature secret lairs, giant lasers and hover-gondolas. Director James Marsh talks to The Skinny about Shadow Dancer, a psychological thriller set against the Troubles in Northern Ireland Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: California Solo
A powerful, despair-laced central performance from Robert Carlyle elevates Marshall Lewy’s at times ponderous look at an alcoholic former rocker attemp... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Here, Then
In a rural Chinese town a young couple sit silently facing each other. It is a good few minutes before sparse words are spoken. The frigid atm... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
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EIFF blog: Natural Forces – The Philippine New Wave
As I sit deep within the Cimmerian sweatbox of Edinburgh’s Traverse theatre 2, the past, present and future of Philippine cinema collide. Manuel Conde ... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
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EIFF blog: Five Ways EIFF Could Improve for 2013
Five suggestions as to how Edinburgh Film Festival could be even stronger in 2013 Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
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EIFF blog: All Aboard the Night Train
A roundup of Edinburgh International Film Festival blood splattered Night Moves strand Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Unconditional
A rare beast: a British film that tackles a challenging subject with confidence and nous, identifying major talent behind and in front of the camera. Read more »| 03 Jul 2012