International Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny international festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and 2019 line-up information for international festivals such as Primavera Sound, Le Guess Who and Toronto Film Fest.
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Music
Primavera Sound: Going global or selling out?
With global expansions of the Barcelona festival's brand amidst the hip dystopia of commodified identity politics, we look back on the 2019 edition of Primavera Sound Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
Music
Mogwai to play Portugal’s NOS Alive festival in July
Mogwai are set to join The Cure, Robyn, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend and Sharon Van Etten for the 2019 edition of Portugal's NOS Alive festival Read more »| 07 Jun 2019 -
Cannes
The Best Films at Cannes Film Festival 2019
With another Cannes in the rearview mirror, we look back at the films that delighted us from this year's edition, including Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Xavier Dolan's Matthias & Maxime and worthy Palme d’Or winner Parasite Read more »| 28 May 2019 -
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Parasite
The great Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho returns with a thrilling and moving satire concerned with two families at opposite ends of the social spectrum Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
Film
Matthias & Maxime
Xavier Dolan's last few films have been disappointments, but he's back to his best with this tender study of a male friendship which may be developing to something more romantic Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
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The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse is a relentless piece of maritime madness, with transcendent performances from Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe Read more »| 23 May 2019
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Film
Cannes 2019: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood sees the Pulp Fiction director at his most emotional and reflective in a film that intersects the life of a TV actor with the Manson Family in the Hollywood of 1969 Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
Cannes
Cannes 2019: Little Joe
Little Joe is an unnerving horror movie about a flower that's been designed in a lab to help curb depression, but it turns out to have sinister side-effects Read more »| 20 May 2019 -
Cannes
Cannes 2019: The Dead Don't Die
The star-studded The Dead Don't Die is exactly the kind of zombie movie you would expect from Jim Jarmusch, for better or for worse Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
Venice Biennale
Tracking Shot: Charlotte Prodger on their Venice Biennale work
Charlotte Prodger's new work is a development of their enquiries into experimental artistic film movements, while at the same time prioritising queer subjectivity within a constellation of aesthetic, political, social and personal narratives Read more »| 07 May 2019 -
Venice Biennale
Charlotte Prodger’s Venice Biennale work to tour Scotland
Charlotte Prodger’s new Scotland + Venice Biennale work will tour Scotland at the same time as it premieres at the 58th International Art Exhibition Read more »| 01 May 2019 -
International Festivals
Beat Hotel: 2019 Review
Set in a 72-acre boutique hotel on the outskirts of Marrakech, the inaugural Beat Hotel is an ambitious blend of DJs, live acts, literary icons and culinary outlandishness Read more »| 18 Apr 2019 -
Guide
2019 Festivals Guide: Music Festivals in Europe
There's great music to be found across Europe this summer; here are our highlights of this summer's European music festivals Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
Festivals
Party Times: 2019 Dance Music Festivals Calendar
If you prefer your music instrument-less, then try out one of our picks of the top electronic music festivals taking place across Scotland, the UK, Europe and the rest of the world instead Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
International Festivals
Beat Hotel Marrakech: Festival Preview
With the inaugural Beat Hotel festival taking place in Marrakech less than a week away, we take a closer look at the line-up Read more »| 22 Mar 2019