When a group of 20-somethings gets stuck at a remote mansion during a hurricane, a party game gone very, very wrong ends with a dead body on the ground and fake friends at every turn as they try to find the killer among them. From Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn in her English-language debut, Bodies Bodies
Before Clueless, Amy Heckerling directed this bold comedy which insightfully kicked off a decade of legendary 80s teen flicks. Starring early performances from Pheobe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Cage, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a throwback to tubular times. Celebrate 40 years of Fast Times by seeing it on the big screen!
249’s ramshackle queer party for all. Showcasing an array of local talent including a live band, dance performance, musical collabs, open mic, drag and 2 progressive DJ’s to round up the night. Following 2 sell out parties in Leith, 249 have found a new home and monthly spot in the Dissection Room at Summerhall. This
Before Clueless, Amy Heckerling directed this bold comedy which insightfully kicked off a decade of legendary 80s teen flicks. Starring early performances from Pheobe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Cage, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a throwback to tubular times. Celebrate 40 years of Fast Times by seeing it on the big screen!
When a group of 20-somethings gets stuck at a remote mansion during a hurricane, a party game gone very, very wrong ends with a dead body on the ground and fake friends at every turn as they try to find the killer among them. From Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn in her English-language debut, Bodies Bodies
Directed by John Huston and scripted by her then husband Arthur Miller, The Misfits stars Marilyn Monroe as Roslyn, a woman who travels to Reno to seek independence from a loveless marriage but falls in love with the rough cowboy Gay (Clarke Gable). Offering a nuanced performance in her final role, The Misfits is a
Les Magnétiques (15) The early 1980s: there’s a burst of post-punk creativity in the cultural landscape of 1980s Brittany – a rebellious energy which seeps into everything from rock music to publishing to pirate radio which provides an outlet for brothers Philippe (Thimotée Robart) and Jérôme (Joseph Olivennes, son of actress Kristin Scott Thomas), and
Bruno Dumont’s eleventh feature stars Léa Seydoux as a celebrity journalist who falls out of love with fame after a freak car accident. Penned by Dumont, the story chronicles the frenetic life of a famous TV star and journalist who becomes caught in the trappings of celebrity and subsequently overcome by a spiral of events
When a group of 20-somethings gets stuck at a remote mansion during a hurricane, a party game gone very, very wrong ends with a dead body on the ground and fake friends at every turn as they try to find the killer among them. From Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn in her English-language debut, Bodies Bodies
Undertow Overflow is a new collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Amy Duncan and award winning director and writer Ben Harrison. Amy and Ben promise an evening of emotionally charged, surprising and uplifting performance combining Amy’s music with Ben’s short stories Join them at this openhearted exploration of the strangeness of human love and loss, filled
In this darkly comic horror, Megan Fox stars as a demonically possessed high-school girl who feasts on her male classmates much to the dismay of her best friend Needy played by Amanda Seyfried. Hailed in more recent years for its radically feminist edge and queer sub-plot, Jennifer’s Body is a modern masterpiece in the horror
Moonage Daydream documents the life, career, and creativity of David Bowie from the 1970s to the year 2000. Defying the documentary genre, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen paints Bowie through a collage of archive footage, live material, film clips, paintings, and music. With access approved by the Bowie estate, the film features never-before-seen archive footage of
Famously labelled as “an agonizingly bad vampire movie” by Roger Ebert upon its initial release in 1983, The Hunger has since claimed its place in the cult underground. David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve star as stylish vampire lovers biting their way through the NYC club scene. When John (Bowie) begins to show signs of rapid
It’s been nearly a year since Optimo graced Summerhall with their presence – The duo of JD Twitch and JG Wilkes return to the Dissection Room with another eclectic and euphoric session which has made them legends in the Glasgow and international club scene, now into their 25th year – Optimo (Espacio) is still throwing
Moonage Daydream documents the life, career, and creativity of David Bowie from the 1970s to the year 2000. Defying the documentary genre, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen paints Bowie through a collage of archive footage, live material, film clips, paintings, and music. With access approved by the Bowie estate, the film features never-before-seen archive footage of
(Canción sin nombre, 2019) Peru, 1988. The country is in the grip of a devastating political crisis. Georgina, a young woman from the Andes, has her newborn daughter stolen, after giving birth at a fake health clinic. The desperate search for her baby leads her to Pedro, a young and tenacious investigative journalist who will
Famously labelled as “an agonizingly bad vampire movie” by Roger Ebert upon its initial release in 1983, The Hunger has since claimed its place in the cult underground. David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve star as stylish vampire lovers biting their way through the NYC club scene. When John (Bowie) begins to show signs of rapid
Three glorious hours to settle into drawing one single pose (with a few warm-ups at the start). 360 views of the model in a gorgeous, spacious room, dreamy tunes and warm company. I’ve decided to run long pose sessions in the beautiful Main Hall at Summerhall on every 2nd Sunday of the month. “Long” in
Moonage Daydream documents the life, career, and creativity of David Bowie from the 1970s to the year 2000. Defying the documentary genre, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen paints Bowie through a collage of archive footage, live material, film clips, paintings, and music. With access approved by the Bowie estate, the film features never-before-seen archive footage of
Sumptuous costume adaptation from the oft filmed novel by Honoré de Balzac. Félix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugénie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favourable view of the handsome suitors who rush to ask for his daughter’s hand. Nothing should
Authentik (Suprêmes) In 1989 a group of friends finds a means of expression thanks to the hip-hop movement newly arrived in France. After dancing and graffiti, JoeyStarr and Kool Shen began to write rap lyrics imbued with the anger that simmered in the suburbs. Thus, iconic hip-hop band Suprême NTM was born. Their feverish rhythms
The CineSkinny Film Club, from the team behind The Skinny magazine, presents a retrospective of transgressive short films from prolific Glasgow filmmaker Bryan M Ferguson, one of the most distinctive voices on the Scottish film scene. We’re showing a selection of Ferguson’s most recent shorts and music promos, alongside a few of his older films.
The CineSkinny Film Club, from the team behind The Skinny magazine, presents David Robert Mitchell’s gorgeous horror It Follows. The premise is simple but delicious: a group of teens are being terrorised by a sexually transmitted curse that causes a monster to follow its victims to the death, assuming any form, visible only to the
(La chica nueva, 2021) Jimena travels to Río Grande, in the Argentinian island of Tierra del Fuego, to join her half-brother Mariano. With almost no money, she manages to arrive there with the hope that she will do better. The wind, the cold and the complex context of economic crisis will make Jimena develop her
