Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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Books
The Skinny Event - Chuck Palahniuk @ Charlotte Square Gardens, 16 Aug
Everything smart that Brad Pitt parroted in Fincher's Fight Club came straight from Palahniuk's keyboard Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Film
Elite Squad
A tough, uncompromising look at police corruption and street crime in the drug saturated favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Elite Squad blasts across the scr... Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Books
The Skinny Event - Shane Koyczan @ Charlotte Square Gardens, 22 Aug
Koyczan’s ‘We Are More’ is the only poem I’ve ever read that made me want to be a Canadian. Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
International
Jonathan Mills on what an international festival should be
Jonathan Mills was considered to have comparatively little experience when he took up the post of Director of the Edinburgh International Festival last year. The Skinny tends to favour the outsider, though, so RJ Thomson is pleased to find him abounding in ideas on how the face of the 61 year old institution is changing under his watch. Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Film
Man On Wire
On 7 August, 1974, Frenchman Philippe Petit spent 45 minutes walking on a high wire between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Centre. Though he... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Film
Man On Wire Interview - Edinburgh Film Festival
Man On Wire is the astonishing true account of how French high wire artist and performer Philippe Petit walked across a rope suspended between New York's Twin Towers. Its director James Marsh took some time out during the Edinburgh International Film Festival to speak to The Skinny. Read more »| 24 Jul 2008
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Film
The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema Of Dreams
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 ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Books
The Book Festival of Book Festivals...
The massive names sell out quickly, so here's a few others you might want to consider... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Film
Gloss: The Director's Cut
Billed as somewhere in the ballpark of a Russian Federate Ugly Betty - a Slavic cousin, perhaps, of The Devil Wears Prada - Gloss: The Directors' Cut was sup... Read more »| 14 Jul 2008 -
Film
The Visitor
Eternal supporting player Richard Jenkins revels in a rare starring role in The Visitor as Walter, a middle aged college professor who’s never really g... Read more »| 03 Jul 2008 -
Film
The Black Balloon
You could be forgiven for thinking that if you’ve seen What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, you’ve seen The Black Balloon. With its tale of a resen... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
Film
Very Young Girls
A harrowing look at child prostitution, the documentary Very Young Girls follows Rachel Lloyd and her staff at GEMS in New York, assisting girls who were int... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Film
EIFF launch: On the Carpet with Keira Knightley et al
When YoungScot contacted us to say that two of their members had been to the international premiere of The Edge of Love last week, we were impressed. When we read their report, and heard that these reporters were just 16 and 18 respectively, we were very impressed. Here are their impressions of the night... Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Film
Good Dick
Most guys would love to have a girlfriend who watches porn – it means she’s really in-tune with her sexuality and pretty much gasping for it 24/7... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
Film
Donkey Punch
Building a sense of genuine foreboding from the off, Olly Blackburn’s debut film sees three 'up-fer-it' Leeds lasses meet a group of posh boys working ... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008