Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmVarda by Agnès
The final film from French New Wave pioneer Agnès Varda is touching, but there's little new to be gleaned from it Read more »| 22 Jun 2019 -
FilmGwen
A gritty performance by Maxine Peake and richly bleak photography by Adam Etherington are more than enough to recommend folk horror Gwen Read more »| 21 Jun 2019 -
FilmAngus Macfadyen on Robert the Bruce
You wait years for a Robert the Bruce film... and then two come along at once. Hot on the heels of Outlaw King, Angus Macfadyen reprises the role he played in Braveheart and tells us why he felt compelled to write an anti-war version of the Bruce legend Read more »| 21 Jun 2019 -
FilmHurt by Paradise
Female friendship is at the heart of Greta Bellamacina's debut feature, although she sometimes lets her visual style get in the way of her charismatic characters Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
FilmGet Duked!
Eddie Izzard plays a murderous aristocrat tracking four working-class teens hiking in the Highlands in this wildly comic class satire from music video director Ninian Doff Read more »| 19 Jun 2019 -
FilmWhy are there so many zombie comedies?
What's so funny about the walking dead? With Jim Jarmusch's star-studded zombie comedy The Dead Don't Die about to hit cinemas, we look back at the horror movies that make gags out of these undead ghouls Read more »| 17 Jun 2019
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FilmWhy Pauline Kael still matters
Rob Garver’s eloquently-crafted documentary about The New Yorker critic – What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael – is a timely reminder of Kael's importance Read more »| 17 Jun 2019 -
FilmThe great Leonard Cohen moments in film
To mark the release of Nick Broomfield's Leonard Cohen doc Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, we highlight some of our favourite movie needle drops featuring the music of the much-missed Canadian singer-songwriter Read more »| 17 Jun 2019 -
FilmEdinburgh International Film Festival: Ten Films to Seek Out
Our film editor picks out ten under-the-radar films to catch at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 14 Jun 2019 -
FilmA new Ghibli? The Dawn of Studio Ponoc
As a collection of shorts from Studio Ponoc heads to Edinburgh International Film Festival, we ask if the anime house can fill the void left by Studio Ghibli Read more »| 13 Jun 2019 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival: The stars coming to 2019's festival
Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss and Scottish star David Hayman join the already announced Icíar Bollaín, Timothy Spall, Danny Boyle and Jack Lowden Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival Launches 2019 Programme
Eddie Izzard, Harry Hill, Deborah Levy and Roddy Doyle are among those heading to this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, which launches under the banner 'We Need New Stories' Read more »| 06 Jun 2019 -
FilmJamie Adams on Biffy Clyro and Balance, Not Symmetry
Glasgow-set Balance, Not Symmetry sees indie director Jamie Adams collaborate with Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro for a film about a young woman working through grief; we speak to Adams ahead of its People's Gala screening at Edinburgh Film Festival Read more »| 30 May 2019 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival announce 2019 programme
New films from Joanna Hogg, Jim Jarmusch and the late Agnes Varda are among EIFF's 2019 programme highlights, while Danny Boyle, Jack Lowden and Pollyanna McIntosh are some of the guests heading to town Read more »| 29 May 2019 -
FilmAu revoir, Agnès: EIFF's Agnès Varda retrospective
Edinburgh International Film Festival says goodbye to the great French filmmaker Agnès Varda with a season of her films, including her swansong Varda by Agnès, released only a few months before her death Read more »| 27 May 2019