Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmEIFF 2009: Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land is a formidable debut from Australian director Jonathan Auf Der Heide. This is the glacial true story of Alexander Pearce (played by thespi... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF Interview: Alvarez and Geraghty on Easier with Practice
Phone sex with a killer soundtrack. What's not to love? Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
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It's Book Festival Time Again...
Next month it’s time again for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which runs 15 – 31 of August. Tickets are on sale now, so with that in mind, here’s our handy guide to the best at the fest. Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
FilmEIFF 2009: Giallo
Dario Argento's latest film, Giallo, sees the director return to his roots. It is reminiscent of his works during the seventies, such as Suspiria, but lacks... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Spread
The Hollywood debut of EIFF alumnus David Mackenzie, Spread is a surprisingly entertaining parable about a vacuous but louche LA hustler. The supremely cynic... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Rudo y Cursi
Beto dreams of being a singer. Tato dreams of being a goalie. One day a man in a loud shirt wearing too wide a smile enters their lives and offers them a cha... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009
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FilmEIFF 2009: Big Things
Standing in a wheelie bin, hiring a fat guy to play an athlete and wiping faeces off your front door are apparently just some of the lengths that aspiring fi... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Birdwatchers
Cowboys and Indians are two of the oldest film archetypes. As we all know, however, Hollywood's tendency to portray one as "good" and "the other" (appropriat... Read more »| 22 Jun 2009 -
FilmEIFF 2009: The Last Heroes of the Peninsula
In the 1970s, the city of Mérida, in the Mexican peninsula state Yucatán, delivered a series of compact gladiators who conquered the world of b... Read more »| 20 Jun 2009 -
FilmEIFF 2009: The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow takes on the war genre, in this excellent film about a bomb disposal unit in Iraq. Like many films dealing with similar subject matter (for e... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: White Lightnin'
Based on the semi-biographical story of Jesco White, White Lightnin' is a brutal and uncompromising example of the trials and tribulations of hillbilly life.... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Little Soldier
Traumatised by her experiences as a soldier in Iraq, Lotte (Trine Dyrholm) returns to Denmark, where she drifts and drinks until she gets a job as a driver a... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Nollywood Babylon
What’s the third largest film industry in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood? No? Nollywood, of course. In less than twenty years, using cheap dig... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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Falkirk talents set to launch debut film at EIFF
The Shutdown is a new short film written and narrated by Scottish author Alan Bissett, known for his novels and plays that have recently been successful acro... Read more »| 10 Jun 2009 -
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Arctic Monkeys to appear in Shane Meadows film at EIFF
Arctic Monkeys make an appearance in Shane Meadows’ new movie, Le Donk, which is set to be premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival later... Read more »| 08 Jun 2009