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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FilmFrench Film Festival 2017: Vive le cinema
The annual French Film Festival celebrates its 25th year with a wide-ranging programme of French film old and new. We take a look at some of the highlights Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
FilmFancy a night of The Big Lebowski and bowling with GFF?
Glasgow Film Festival have come up with the perfect accompaniment to their 20th anniversary screening of the Coen brothers’ hazy crime caper: a night at the bowling alley Read more »| 25 Oct 2017 -
MusicCeltic Connections: 2018 programme unveiled
Celtic Connections returns for its 25th anniversary edition with over 300 events in January and February 2018 Read more »| 24 Oct 2017 -
Film
The 12 Best Films at BFI London Film Festival 2017
Following another excellent London Film Festival, our Film team put their heads together to come up with their dozen highlights, from the warmth of Princess Cyd to the thrill of Good Time to Abbas Kiarostami's swansong 24 Frames Read more »| 18 Oct 2017 -
Music
Tenement Trail 2017: The Review
One day, more than 50 bands and a whole lot of fun; we recap this year's Tenement Trail festival Read more »| 17 Oct 2017 -
Film
The Lovers
Azazel Jacobs’ The Lovers is a sweet and gentle film about people who just are – who don’t try to understand their life experiences and emotions but take them as they come, consequences and mistakes be damned Read more »| 16 Oct 2017
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FilmThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In Bruges director Martin McDonagh brings his acerbic brand of dark comedy to his latest project, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a brash, unrepentant tale of a lone woman’s quest for justice Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Art
Ravish the Senses: Sonica 2017 Preview
For Sonica 2017, Cryptic have assembled internationally renowned sound, performance, video and installation artists from across the world. Cryptic founder Cathie Boyd and associate artist Mark Lyken walk us through some of the vast programme Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Film
Columbus
Columbus, featuring terrific performances by Haley Lu Richardson, John Cho and Parker Posey, is a subtle, deeply humanist first feature from director Kogonada Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Film
Golden Exits
Alex Ross Perry's latest New York comedy is too bogged down in misery and mutedness Read more »| 12 Oct 2017 -
Film
Mudbound
Dee Rees’s latest is an epic tale of racial divide in 1940s Mississippi starring Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, and Garrett Hedlund Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
Film
Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying sees Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne's ex-marines take to the road for a knockabout comedy that needs more rage Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Film
Africa in Motion: 2017 Preview
Africa in Motion (AiM) returns for its twelfth year to once again shine a torch on great cinema, both old and new, from African filmmakers Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Liverpool Psych Fest 2017: In photos
Relive this year’s Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia with our photo gallery Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Music
Neighbourhood Festival: Eight bands to see
More than 100 bands are lined up for this weekend's Neighbourhood festival in Manchester. Here are eight you need to check out Read more »| 04 Oct 2017