UK Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny UK festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and line-up information for arts, film, music and comedy festivals around the UK.
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FilmPhilippe Lesage on his heartfelt coming of age film Genesis
Three teens take romantic leaps of the heart in Quebecois director Philippe Lesage's bruising but tender coming-of-age film Genesis Read more »| 18 Feb 2019 -
MusicTRNSMT 2019: Stormzy leads line-up
The likes of Kobi Onyame, Steve Mason, Years & Years, Snow Patrol, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Richard Ashcroft, Jess Glynne and George Ezra are also heading to Glasgow for TRNSMT 2019 Read more »| 18 Feb 2019 -
FilmMay Ya!: In praise of Elaine May
The four feature films by Elaine May are among the finest in American cinema, but the poor distribution of the first three and financial failure of the fourth means they're still little seen. Praise be then for GFF's heaven-sent Elaine May retrospective Read more »| 15 Feb 2019 -
FilmThe Matrix turns 20 and technology is still to be feared
With your personal data being sold wholesale and election tampering from afar, there's never been a better time to reappraise the pop philosophy and cyberpunk kung fu of The Matrix Read more »| 15 Feb 2019 -
FilmPrivate Dicks: Under the Silver Lake and film noir
Under the Silver Lake is David Robert Mitchell's shaggy riff on the film noir, but it's hardly the first film to play with the codes of the private detective movie. Here are cinema's other feckless sleuths Read more »| 15 Feb 2019 -
FilmBo Burnham on Eighth Grade, teens and the internet
Comedian and early YouTube celebrity Bo Burnham makes his writing and directing debut with Eighth Grade, a tender, funny teen movie; we speak to him about presenting kids realistically and what most films about the web miss Read more »| 14 Feb 2019
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FilmMid90s
Jonah Hill becomes the latest Hollywood star to move behind the camera with Mid90s; a coming of age film centred on a 13-year-old boy who falls in with an LA skate gang, it's an impressive and stylish directorial debut Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival announce 2019 programme
The Green Fog, Guy Maddin’s riff on Vertigo, and TERROR NULLIUS, Soda_Jerk’s remix of Australian film history, are among the highlights of Glasgow Short Film Festival’s 12th edition Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
ArtThe Comet is Coming, The Vaselines for Jupiter Rising 2019
Alpha Maid, OH141 and Sarra Wild also among the first announcements for the expanded version of Jupiter Artland’s music festival Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus programme announced
Amma Asante, Alice Lowe, Sacha Polak, Vicky Knight, Hope Dickson Leach and Claire Pijman are among the guests sharing insights and taking part in discussions during GFF19's three-day industry event Read more »| 05 Feb 2019 -
Film15 to seek out at Glasgow Film Festival 2019
Glasgow Film Festival returns with another sparkling lineup. Here are 15 titles that have caught our eye, from Alice Rohrwacher's Happy as Lazzaro and Scottish closing film Beats, to coming-of-age film Eighth Grade and the offbeat Thunder Road Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
MusicEdinburgh Summer Sessions 2019: CHVRCHES, Primal Scream & more
CHVRCHES, Primal Scream and Florence + the Machine are among the seven acts announced for Edinburgh Summer Sessions 2019 in Prince Street Gardens Read more »| 31 Jan 2019 -
MusicKelburn Garden Party 2019: first acts announced
Bossy Love, Kobi Onyame, Callum Easter and Leftfield (DJ set) are among the first acts announced to be heading to the ever-electric Kelburn Garden Party this July Read more »| 31 Jan 2019 -
Uk FestivalsParklife 2019 line-up announced
Cardi B, Kaytranada, Solange and The Streets are among the names set to play Manchester festival Parklife this year Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
MusicFull Terminal V Easter 2019 line-up announced
Mall Grab, Daniel Avery, Objekt, Jennifer Cardini and Mr G are among the names rounding out the Terminal V line-up Read more »| 24 Jan 2019