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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International FestivalsHAVEN 2017: The Review
We visit trendy Copenhagen's newest festival, a collaboration between Mikkeller beer and The National Read more »| 18 Aug 2017 -
TravelLiving in Adelaide
One Adelaide resident makes a convincing case for everyone to move to a land down under Read more »| 27 Jul 2017 -
GuideRock en Seine 2017: Five acts to see
Ahead of the return of the Parisian festival, we look at five of the acts to catch at this year's Rock en Seine festival Read more »| 12 Jul 2017 -
Primavera
NOS Primavera Sound: The Review
We take in the younger sibling of Barcelona's Primavera Sound, and find Porto's line-up packed with moments of emotion, drama and high energy Read more »| 23 Jun 2017 -
International FestivalsLe Guess Who? 2017: programme announced
This November the Netherlands’ picturesque city of Utrecht will once again host Le Guess Who?, a festival which celebrates musical-boundary crossing with 150 artists coming together to perform at the 11th edition of the event Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Film
Happy End
Michael Haneke is back, along with his favourite actor, Isabelle Huppert, with family drama Happy Ending, which offers up plenty of the Austrian director's familiar themes Read more »| 26 May 2017
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Film
David Lynch isn’t giving up on cinema
The Blue Velvet director backtracks on previous statement suggesting he had made his last film with Inland Empire Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Film
The Beguiled
Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola offers up a ripe Gothic drama filled with full-blooded performances from a cast including Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and Elle Fanning Read more »| 24 May 2017 -
Film
The Meyerowitz Stories
Noah Baumbach offers up The Meyerowitz Stories, an emotionally astute comedy-drama concerning a dysfunctional New York family featuring Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler – the latter's performance is so good it might spell a comeback Read more »| 21 May 2017 -
Cannes
Loveless
Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev brings a typically intense film to Cannes with mysterious thriller Loveless Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Film
Okja
Shades of Studio Ghibli in this ecological fantasy film from Bong Joon-ho that'll make you want to hug the nearest animal to hand and swear an oath on a bible that you won’t touch meat again Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Venice Biennale
Venice Vernissage: A world divided
The opening week of the Venice Biennale offers a contradictory reflection of the troubled world of 2017, both within and without the official exhibitions programme Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Venice Biennale
Rachel Maclean – Spite Your Face: Venice Biennale 2017
This year's Scotland + Venice presentation is Rachel Maclean's Spite Your Face in the Chiesa Santa Caterina Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
International Festivals
Snowbombing 2017: Festival Review
We head to Snowbombing in the Austrian Alps for a week of top-notch electronic music in some spectacular – and unexpected – surroundings Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
International Festivals
Festival Guide 2017: Europe
Whether you fancy wandering through Hamburg's Reeperbahn district, exploring electronic music in Croatia or finding your new favourite band in Utrecht, you can bet we've got something for you – here's our guide to music festivals in Europe this year Read more »| 28 Mar 2017