Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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BooksRyan Gattis brings Sounds of the City to Jura Unbound
Ryan Gattis hollers the sound of one famous city - LA - engulfed by fear and fire in '92. Here he discusses his novel All Involved and the visceral vignettes he will bring to Jura Unbound, alongside fellow authors Marlon James and Lisa McInerney. Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
BooksWhat's On at Jura Unbound 2015
Your guide to the late night events of Edinburgh International Book Festival, starting at 9pm every night in the Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens. And they're all free! Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Late Night Horror Magic Show, Colin Cloud and Magic Quest @ Edinburgh Magic Festival
For just over a week, the sixth Edinburgh International Magic Festival has hypnotised and contorted Summerhall into thinking it’s an enchanted forest. Our magical mentor Jenni Ajderian is here to lead us through it. Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
FilmPet Sights and Sounds: Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy tells the story of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson without falling back on the many cliches of the music biopic. Director Bill Pohlad reveals how he brought the life of this troubled genius to the screen Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
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Chasing Amy: Asif Kapadia on his Amy Winehouse documentary
Asif Kapadia's latest documentary charts the rise and premature demise of controversial soul singer Amy Winehouse. We talk to the sharp-eyed director about the film’s genesis and challenges ahead of its UK premier Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
FilmEIFF 2015: Scottish Mussel
Scottish Mussel follows Martin Compston as a Glaswegian schemer moonlighting as an illegal pearl fisher in the Highland streams, with the help of his bu... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015
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FilmEIFF 2015: Liza, the Fox-Fairy
The directorial debut of Károly Ujj Mészáros, Liza, the Fox-Fairy, plays like a Hungarian cocktail of Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Roy Ander... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015 -
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45 Years and Ainslie Henderson win Edinburgh Film Festival awards
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years has won the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Michael Powell Award for Best British Film, with the 2015 Festival aw... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015 -
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Edinburgh Film Festival announces Best of the Fest line-up
The list of films for the annual Best of the Fest screenings to conclude the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival has been revealed, ahead of the Festi... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
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Book Around You: Our Edinburgh Book Festival Highlights
Tickets for the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival went on sale this week, ahead of this year's festival which runs from 15-31 August. Hot tickets f... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
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Jake Gavin’s debut feature is a standard ‘elderly man sets out in search of forgiveness and redemption’ narrative, but with added British i... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
Videos
Bill Pohlad on his Brian Wilson biopic 'Love & Mercy'
Director Bill Pohlad discusses new film Love & Mercy, which portrays the life and music of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Pohlad discusses how he appro... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
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EIFF 2015: Inside Out
With Inside Out, their 15th animated feature, animation house Pixar take a detour to avoid some of the visual and storytelling beats that have made even thei... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
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EIFF 2015: Brand New-U
In the age of Charlie Brooker’s excoriating, insightful Black Mirror series and Dennis Kelly’s sinisterly gleaming Utopia, writer-director Simon ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2015 -
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EIFF 2015: Beyond the Lights
Rising superstar Noni (Belle’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is feeling the pressures of fame and finds herself on the literal edge, almost perishing in a suicide j... Read more »| 23 Jun 2015