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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Anomalisa
Charlie Kaufman's first foray into stop-motion animation is a typically existential and deeply moving affair Read more »| 22 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 22 Feb: Network & Demolition
Today's Glasgow Film Festival highlights include Jake Gyllenhaal in full quirk mode (Demolition), Patricio Guzmán bringing beauty and humanity to... Read more »| 21 Feb 2016 -
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Miguel Gomes on three-part epic Arabian Nights
Fantasy and reality blend in Miguel Gomes's epic three-part remix of Scheherazade’s Arabian Nights folktales. We gather round the campfire with the Por... Read more »| 21 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 21 Feb: Louder than Bombs
Today, Glasgow Film Festival offers up a moving family drama (Louder than Bombs), an anime buddy-movie (The Boy and the Beast) and the perfect Sunday matinee film (The Adventures of Robin Hood) Read more »| 21 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 20 Feb: Miles Davis and David Bowie
Two great music films screening today at Glasgow Film Festival: an oldie (DA Pennebaker's Ziggy Stardust concert film) and a mint fresh one (Don Cheadle's ta... Read more »| 20 Feb 2016 -
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Office
Hong Kong action maestro Johnnie To delivers a stylish 3D musical set around the 2008 financial crash. Read more »| 19 Feb 2016
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Man vs. Snake: The Long & Twisted Tale of Nibbler
Empathetic doc following several gaming misfits as they try to score one billion points on an obscure arcade game. Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Time Out of Mind
Richard Gere plays a homeless New Yorker in this absorbing tale of urban poverty. Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Film on Film: Five great movies about movies
Inspired by critic Kent Jones' Hitchcock/Truffaut, we pay tribute to those great ouroboroi of cinema: films about film. Below are five of the best, from a do... Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Restless Natives festival to debut in Glasgow
The ambitious new week-long multidisciplinary festival is set to open its doors this coming May Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 19 Feb: Goodnight Mommy
What do the cinema gods offer up today at GFF? There's a Palme d'Or winner (Dheepan), a new film from a master filmmaker (Peter Greenaway), a great comeback ... Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Riverside Festival reveals new acts for 2016
Ben Klock and Gaiser are among the latest names revealed for this year's edition of Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival in Glasgow. Klock &ndash... Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Dot to Dot festival reveals first bands for 2016
Venue-hopping all-day festival Dot to Dot has announced its first wave of acts for 2016, including Mystery Jets and The Temper Trap Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
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Arabian Nights and five more alternative trilogies
Superhero movies don't have the monopoly on trilogies, as Arabian Nights, Miguel Gomes's three-part take on the One Thousand and One Nights tales attests. He... Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 18 Feb: High-Rise
After last night's opening gala, Hail, Caesar, GFF kicks off proper with the new film from Ben Wheatley and the opportunity to discover a filmmaker who was o... Read more »| 18 Feb 2016