Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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BooksUnbound 2012: The Events
Become Unbound every night from 12-27 August in The Guardian Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square Gardens, as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. A... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012 -
BooksKohl Publishing: At the Kohl-Face
New event, new publisher, new book... what's going on? Read more »| 09 Jul 2012 -
FilmEIFF 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 -
FilmEIFF 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 -
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EIFF blog: For your (re) Consideration
It's not about the winning, it's the taking part – unless you win that is. Here are the filmmakers who walked away with silverware at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012 – An Introduction
Last year at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, James Robertson aired his Megrahi conspiracy, former CIA officer Michael Scheuer was heckled by a pro... Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: God Bless America
Bobcat Goldthwait, one of USA's most adventurous directors, is back with a biting satire on American culture Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
FilmEIFF 2012: Brake
A mildly impressive joyride, but some staggeringly stupid twists put on the brakes Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
While we don’t know for sure how Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal was pitched to investors, we’d like to think it was something along the lines o... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: The Search for Emak Bakia
Taking Man Ray’s inscrutable cine-poem Emak-Bakia (1927) as inspiration, The Search for Emak Bakia sees director Oskar Alegria walk the Basque coast wi... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
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Reel Talk: EIFFing good festival
It's roughly the mid-point of the 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival. I’m sitting in the Filmhouse bar, the festival's main hub, and I feel env... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012