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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FilmDoc'n Roll music film festival coming to Scotland
The annual music documentary festival, Doc’n Roll has screenings in Scotland for the first time ever, with six films coming to the Cameo in Edinburgh in April Read more »| 13 Mar 2019 -
FilmUnder the Silver Lake
Andrew Garfield leads us down a rabbit hole in David Robert Mitchell's dreamy, gorgeous and at times baffling LA neo-noir Read more »| 12 Mar 2019 -
FilmGSFF unearth First Reels
Ahead of Glasgow Short Film Festival's First Reels retrospective, GSFF director Matt Lloyd gives us the lowdown on this innovative, forward-thinking 90s short films production scheme Read more »| 12 Mar 2019 -
ArtNuart Aberdeen completes its 2019 line-up
Internationally-renowned street art festival Nuart Aberdeen finalises its 2019 line-up, with new additions including Ememem, Vhils, Smug and Evol Read more »| 12 Mar 2019 -
FilmGuy Maddin on skew-whiff Vertigo remake The Green Fog
The endlessly inventive Guy Maddin has crafted a skew-whiff remake of Vertigo from clips of films set in San Francisco. The result is both loving homage and sly critique, and the Canadian director cheekily suggests he's improved on Hitchcock's original Read more »| 11 Mar 2019 -
FilmTrue/False 2019: Knock Down the House
Rachel Lears' documentary follows four women running for Congress in the midterm elections of 2018, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Read more »| 09 Mar 2019
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Uk FestivalsTerminal V announce stage splits for The Rising
Terminal V's Easter party will see sets from Richie Hawtin, Helena Hauff, Daniel Avery and more, and includes stage takeovers from Sneaky Pete's, Paradise Palms and Wunderground Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
FilmCarol Morley on her dream-like noir Out of Blue
Carol Morley's latest film is a hard-boiled police drama based on a Martin Amis novel and it unfolds like a Lynchian dream noir. We speak to the Salfordian director about the art of adaptation, gender and taking female-driven stories seriously Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
ComedyGlasgow International Comedy Festival: Top Picks
It’s the (second) most wonderful time of the year (for comedy fans [unless you’re in Australia or get to go to Machynlleth but whatever]). That’s right, it’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival time! Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
Uk FestivalsManchester International 2019: David Lynch, Janelle Monáe & more
Other artists taking part in Manchester International Festival this year include Yoko Ono, Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass and Phelim McDermott, and much more Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
Uk FestivalsFLY Open Air announce Boiler Room stage takeover
Jasper James, Theo Kottis, Eclair Fifi and Big Miz will be joined by Kornél Kovács, Folamour, Soundstream and more for Boiler Room's stage takeover at FLY Open Air Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmMeet The Final Girls, the feminist film collective changing the horror scene
We speak to The Final Girls, the all-female feminist collective celebrating horror and creating a platform for female horror directors to get their films seen on the big screen Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmSoda_Jerk on TERROR NULLIUS
Australian renegade archivists Soda_Jerk bring TERROR NULLIUS, their coruscating critique of the Australian myth, to Glasgow Short Film Festival this month. Ahead of the screening, we ask the duo about sample culture and the controversy their film caused Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmTrue/False 2019: Amazing Grace
Sydney Pollack's long-buried Aretha Franklin concert movie Amazing Grace gets resurrected; it's a glorious film, but the singer may not be its true star Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen is excellent in this survivalist thriller following a man stranded in the Arctic Read more »| 06 Mar 2019