Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmEIFF 2013: A Long Way from Home
Among things a young woman never wants to hear from a septuagenarian male acquaintance, “You can come over and use our pool any time” ranks highl... Read more »| 19 Jun 2013 -
FilmEIFF 2013: Breathe In
Music teacher Keith (Pierce) is fighting suburban suffocation. He sneaks guilty cigarettes and regretful pauses as he considers what might have been if he ch... Read more »| 19 Jun 2013 -
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EIFF 2013: I Am Breathing
With composure and compassion, I Am Breathing documents the final months of husband and father Neil Platt, diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease at the age of ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
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EIFF 2013: The Retrospectives
Chris Fujiwara, Edinburgh Film Festival’s artistic director, tells us about this year's two EIFF retrospectives: one celebrates a forgotten master (Jean Grémillon), the other makes the case for auteur status for a journeyman director (Richard Fleischer) Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
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EIFF 2013: Drake Doremus on Breathe In
The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with Drake Doremus's intimate family drama Breathe In. The Skinny spoke to the director ahead of his film's European premiere at EIFF Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
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EIFF 2013: Noah Baumbach on Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach speaks to The Skinny about Frances Ha, his latest collaboration with Greta Gerwig, ahead of the film's UK première at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 07 Jun 2013
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FilmEdinburgh International Film Festival 2013: The Picks
The brochure for the 67th Edinburgh Film Festival is hot off the presses and Chris Fujiwara and his team's selection has proved as eclectic and exciting as last year's programme. Here's what we're most looking forward to... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
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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 -
FilmPusher
This Blighty remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's debut is repetitive, silly and puerile Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
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Wonderland @ The Royal Lyceum Theatre
Wonderland does not take its main influence from Lewis Carroll but from tales of sexual exploitation and mistreatment. This approach sets precedence for the ... Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
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Juilliard Dance Triple Bill @ Edinburgh Playhouse
The prestigious Julliard Dance School in New York has been nurturing young talent since merging its music and dance departments in 1951. Opener The Waldstein... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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Tabu
Tabu explores the interlaced nexuses between memory, cinema and fable Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Irvine Welsh
When Doug Johnstone opened Irvine Welsh's talk he acknowledged the difficulty of introducing an author that needs no introduction. And he doesn't - whil... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: John Burnside
John Burnside's appearance at The Edinburgh International Book Festival was instantly noteworthy for the fact that he was not here to discuss new or pas... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin’s work has kept the lives of many of the greatest writers in the public eye of the contemporary world. Her bestseller status is unusual ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012