Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2012: Dr Seuss' The Lorax
The Lorax continues the trend of poor cinematic adaptations of Dr Seuss Read more »| 24 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2012: Maja Borg on Future My Love
Maja Borg's Future My Love is competing for the coveted Michael Powell award at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival. We spoke to the filmmaker about her film, a poetic blend of doc, road trip and love story Read more »| 24 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Exit Elena
This highly accomplished, micro-budget drama from Nathan Silver offers a rich study of loneliness and its different effects. Newly qualified nurse Elena (Kia... Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2012: Girimunho
An evocative portrait of life in rural Brazil Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF blog: Unique Voices, Distant Lives
After the first few days of screenings at EIFF, a number of distinct cinematic points-of-view are emerging Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: Here, There (Zheli, nali)
An elegant meditation on Chinese Diaspora Read more »| 23 Jun 2012
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Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus
Fun doc about the world's finest eight legged football pundit Read more »| 22 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2012: Kid-Thing
We are introduced to Kid-Thing’s titular tyke via a pair of scenes that effectively distil the film as a whole. In a dream-like opening, Annie (Sydney ... Read more »| 21 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: Sleepless Night
A tender, emotionally raw study of marriage from Jang kun-jae Read more »| 21 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: Lovely Molly
Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sánchez struggles to keep the wire of terror and suspense taut in this impressive but flawed horror Read more »| 20 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Killer Joe
Veteran director William Friedkin delivers a tough, uncomfortably funny thriller with some surprise star turns from Matthew McConaughey and Gina Gershon. Read more »| 20 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012: Top Ten Picks
Ten (plus) films to see at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012 Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Dance Dance Revolution: Big Dance Edinburgh 2012
The Scottish Government have challenged the nation to get fit by dancing; Dance Base have responded with the mini-festival Big Dance Edinburgh Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Edinburgh International Magic Festival 2012
Magic is considered by many to be an outdated and tired form of entertainment; but over the last three years Magicfest has sought to make us think again abou... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Killer Opener: William Friedkin on Killer Joe
The 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival will open with a punch to the gut on 20 Jun with Killer Joe, William Friedkin's blackly comic slice of American gothic. We spoke to the New Hollywood firecracker ahead of his trip to Auld Reekie Read more »| 04 Jun 2012