London-based producer Ryan Lee West better known under the name Rival Consoles, is notable for making synthesisers sound human and atmospheric. Over the course of a critically acclaimed fifteen-year career, Rival Consoles’ music has diversified from the challenging electronic output of his early EPs to gradually become more conceptual and metamorphic, such as Articulation (2020) which
Alli Haapasalo’s Girls Girls Girls focuses on the lives of three Finnish teens as they navigate love, pleasure, and friendship in this touching and funny coming-of-age drama. Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö work together at a smoothie kiosk in a mall, filling their shifts with gossip and jokes. After a haphazard first encounter, Mimmi strikes
Jonas Mekas 100! features two landmark works by Mekas: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1976), which depicts Jonas and his brother Adolfas’s return journey to their homeland after several decades in the United States, and was inducted into the United States National Film Registry in 2006; and a new digital restoration of As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, an epic, 4.5 hour-film that premiered at the 2000 London Film Festival and is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary film on Letterboxd.
Jonas Mekas 100! features two landmark works by Mekas: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1976), which depicts Jonas and his brother Adolfas’s return journey to their homeland after several decades in the United States, and was inducted into the United States National Film Registry in 2006; and a new digital restoration of As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, an epic, 4.5 hour-film that premiered at the 2000 London Film Festival and is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary film on Letterboxd.
Stina Marie Claire is the new solo project of singer/songwriter Stina Tweeddale aka Honeyblood. She revealed the new project in August 2021, developed with the support of her fans throughout 2020 while she was unable to tour and record with her supporting live band. A significant departure from her usual rock-pop sound, Stina Marie Claire delivers heart-wrenchingly poignant bedroom pop; returning to her DIY roots and looking inwards to present songs fuelled with vulnerable, tender lyrics which are fitting of current times.
La Promesse de l’aube This riveting biopic follows acclaimed novelist Romain Gary, the only writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature twice. Beginning with his childhood in Poland, via growing up in Nice and Paris and his time training as a pilot during the Second World War, the film will appeal to
As a young woman growing up in the working-class Paris suburb of Creteil, Neïla Salah (Camélia Jordana) dreams of becoming a lawyer. Enrolled at the renowned Assas Law School in Paris, on her first day she runs up against Pierre Mazard (Daniel Auteuil), a professor known for his provocative behaviour and misconduct. To redeem himself,
Curated by Tom Krasny. Part of CinemaAttic’s LADS: TOXIC MASCULINITY, a programme that denounces toxic masculinity attitudes in communities around the world. This programme explores queer and kinky elements in three artists’ moving image works. The main curiosity will be directed at the body as a meeting point between subjectivity and social expectations and restrictions.
The world renowned Edinburgh Ceilidh Club brings you the very best in Scottish ceilidh dancing, featuring Scotland’s top ceilidh bands. Brilliant live music and dancing for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers.
Join warm and welcoming Reconfigure for an evening of untutored life drawing. With themes, narrative and props for extra juicy inspiration, eclectic tunes, and help if you need it! Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen, we welcome all ages and all abilities – ESPECIALLY those
A festive themed special, feat all your favourite timeless Motown and Soul classics, performed by the full 16-piece Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir, their full band, brass section, and DJ Tommy Caulker.After a sell-outs at Summerhall Fringe in 2019 & again this Summer, this authentic and powerful soul revue returns for a Xmas Special, with
Summerhall’s annual Christmas Market returns in December 2022, and this year’s market will be bigger than ever! Taking place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December, the Christmas Market will include indoor and outdoor stalls featuring some of Edinburgh and Scotland’s best independent makers as well as tasty food stands and entertainment throughout the day. On Saturday
Come along for song and verse in Summerhall, as winter comes for creatures small – and larger ones then after, kindly, do disperse. After winning a Lustrum award for his Edinburgh Fringe show, poet John Hegley returns with his mandolin for much amusement and a bit of mild melancholy. Alongside the rhymes, there will
Scottish quartet Modern Studies unite pastoral chamber pop and folk with a subtly experimental spirit. Blending lush vocal harmonies, kosmische-tinged rhythms and intricate arrangements, the band have released three critically-acclaimed LPs since 2016. Modern Studies formed in 2015 around the songwriting of Glasgow-based musician Emily Scott. Having recently written a set of songs on an
Come along for song and verse in Summerhall, as winter comes for creatures small – and larger ones then after, kindly, do disperse. After winning a Lustrum award for his Edinburgh Fringe show, poet John Hegley returns with his mandolin for much amusement and a bit of mild melancholy. Alongside the rhymes, there will
Les Enfants du Paradis (PG) Screening as part of the 30th edition of the French Film Festival UK. Cited at Cannes as the greatest French film of all time. Set in the 1840s Parisian theatrical world, Jacques Prévert’s screenplay depicts four men in love with the mysterious Garance. Each loves her in his own way,
For access bookings, please contact the venue directly. As part of our Big Christmas Weekend, the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club are coming to the Gallery Bar for a special festive evening of reeling. Come and enjoy a taste of the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club’s high quality line up of bands and tuck into a mince pie (or
Compartiment Tueurs (15) This first feature by Franco-Greek director Costa-Gavras was adapted from a novel by Sébastien Japrisot and is a humorous, visually punchy take on the murder mystery. Red herrings abound and the twists and thrills are masterfully executed with a dream cast including the late, great Michel Piccoli. Director Costa-Gavras Cast Michel Piccoli,
In the Magway region of Myanmar, a country home to one of the oldest petroleum industries in the world, live husband and wife Thein Shwe and Htwe Tin. Running an unregulated oil field, they produce a barrel every few days. They wish above all else to see their youngest son succeed, to break the cycle
Filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky will take participants through a non-academic, irreverent, multi-media exploration of ‘absence’ as an essential creative and political component of radical / experimental documentary filmmaking. Journeying through music, literature, dance, film and architecture, Saeed will examine how certainty and presence – requirements of capitalist, industrial filmmaking – can be challenged and contradicted
The world renowned Edinburgh Ceilidh Club brings you the very best in Scottish ceilidh dancing, featuring Scotland’s top ceilidh bands. Brilliant live music and dancing for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers.
Join warm and welcoming Reconfigure for an evening of untutored life drawing. With themes, narrative and props for extra juicy inspiration, eclectic tunes, and help if you need it! Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen, we welcome all ages and all abilities – ESPECIALLY those
FEATURING: SPOKEN WORD, MUSIC & DREAMDUST YES, THE GREEDY FIFTH PLATE FULL — FRESH FROM LAST YEAR’S SELL-OUT. Paul Smith (Maxïmo Park) is a Newcastle-based musician best known as the singer for the British alternative rock group Maxïmo Park, who released their debut album on Warp Records in 2005. Smith continues to perform and record
