Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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FilmLFF 2018: The Favourite
The director of Dogtooth and The Lobster delivers his most accessible and entertaining film yet, with Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman outstanding in this wild period comedy Read more »| 22 Oct 2018 -
Uk FestivalsAfrica in Motion Film Festival: 2018 Preview
Africa in Motion is back for its 13th edition and it's in a rebellious frame of mind with a diverse programme of African cinema from 28 countries taking over Glasgow and Edinburgh Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Scotland Loves Anime 2018: Preview
Scotland Loves Anime returns for its ninth outing. Expect tales of love, death and future dystopia, not to mention the most inventive time-travel story in recent memory Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Film
First Man
Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong in this technically accomplished biopic that ultimately fails to get off the ground Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
Uk FestivalsNo Bounds Festival 2018: Preview
No Bounds Festival's radical programming is a welcome addition to the UK's festival circuit. We identify five acts to keep tabs on ahead of the sophomore edition this weekend Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
Film
Nic Cage unleashed as Glasgow’s Cage-a-Rama returns
Cage-a-Rama, “Europe’s longest-running Nicolas Cage Film Festival”, returns to Glasgow next year with two more days of Cage-related antics Read more »| 01 Oct 2018
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Music
Freakender @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, 14-16 Sep
With standout performances from Kaputt, Savage Mansion, Free Love and Irma Vep, the third Freakender weekender is most certainly a welcome one. Here's to more freaky weekends! Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
Music
Electric Fields 2018: Review
Electric Fields remains a diverse, enjoyable weekend of music, but when End of the Road offers much the same, plus incredible headliners, it’s hard not to want more from a flagship Scottish event Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeWelcome To Night Vale @ Summerhall
Welcome To Night Vale’s brand new live episode is every bit as hilarious and delightfully creepy as the popular podcast is known for being Read more »| 18 Sep 2018 -
FilmTIFF 2018: Vox Lux
Natalie Portman plays a pop diva who experienced a school shooting in her teens in Brady Corbet's ambitious morality tale Read more »| 17 Sep 2018 -
Music
End of the Road 2018: Review
St. Vincent, Feist, Stella Donnelly, Iceage, Vampire Weekend and more delight at the 2018 edition of Dorset's End of the Road festival Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
Film
TIFF 2018: High Life
Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche star in Claire Denis' sensuous sci-fi that has to be seen to be believed Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
Music
Le Guess Who? announces final acts for 2018
Neneh Cherry, Tirzah, Virginia Wing, Hot Snakes, Ryley Walker and Alabaster dePlume are among the artists completing the 2018 Le Guess Who? line-up in Utrecht this November Read more »| 12 Sep 2018 -
Film
Halloween
Michael Myers is back to haunt Laurie after 40 years, but in this sequel, Jamie Lee Curtis's character is no victim Read more »| 12 Sep 2018 -
Uk Festivals
The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns for a fifth edition
The annual festival will screen 15 Spanish language feature films and seven shorts throughout October Read more »| 11 Sep 2018