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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FilmLFF 2016: The Birth of a Nation
Nate Parker's slavery epic is a pre-digested and formulaic take on Nat Turner's slave rebellion The reaction to Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation ha... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
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10 Best Films at Leeds International Film Festival
As Leeds International Film Festival reaches its third decade, we look at the ten movies you shouldn't miss in 2016 Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
FilmArrival
Denis Villeneuve's Arrival is that rare beast: an awe-inspiring sci-fi that delivers both spectacle and smarts Crafting science-fiction films that are both ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2016 -
FilmVoyage of Time
Terrence Malick's spectacular nature documentary spans time and space Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
FilmToni Erdmann
While sometimes resembling a three-hour sitcom, Toni Erdmann has performances and moments in which it is elevated Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
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Personal Shopper
Kristen Stewart is personal shopper by day, medium by night, in this mysterious ghost story from Olivier Assayas Read more »| 13 Oct 2016
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Elle
Isabelle Huppert dominates Elle, the complex new thriller from RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven The common critical cop-out on Elle, the latest wild ride fro... Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
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Justin Kelly on gay porn drama King Cobra
We speak to filmmaker Justin Kelly about true-crime tale King Cobra, in which James Franco stars as a porn producer ready to kill to work with the hottest ne... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
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Sully
Tom Hanks stars in Clint Eastwood's stirring true-life tale of heroism Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
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Clinic headline Liverpool Music Week Closing Party
The art-rock veterans will top the bill at a huge event across various venues in Liverpool's North Docklands area on 4 Nov Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
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Frantz
The prolific François Ozon is back with a post-war melodrama that's full of surprises Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
FilmLFF 2016: The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook's latest, based on Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith, is a darkly comic study in sex, class and Japanese-Korean relations After a polarising fo... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
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Leeds International Film Festival programme announced
The 30th Leeds International Film Festival to include the new films from Jim Jarmusch, Xavier Dolan and Kelly Reichardt as well as restorations of classics l... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
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Kieślowski and co: Play Poland 2016 Preview
The past, present and future of Polish cinema is once again on display at Play Poland, from an opening film that marks 20 years since the death of Krzysztof Kieślowski to a wide programme of shorts from emerging Polish filmmakers Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
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Africa in Motion 2016 Preview
Africa in Motion returns for its 11th year with a new collaborative approach to curation that brings pop-up mini-festivals, a summer school on Scotland's black history and an exhibition going behind the scenes of African Cinema Read more »| 06 Oct 2016