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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FilmFrancis Lee on EIFF opener God's Own Country
Edinburgh International Film Festival gets its best opening film in years with God's Own Country, an emotionally rich story of romance blossoming between a gruff Yorkshire farmer and a handsome Romanian migrant worker. Director Francis Lee tells us more Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2017: programme announced
Kevin Bacon, Richard E Grant, Oliver Stone and Stanley Tucci are among the stars heading to Edinburgh for the 71st edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
International FestivalsLe Guess Who? 2017: programme announced
This November the Netherlands’ picturesque city of Utrecht will once again host Le Guess Who?, a festival which celebrates musical-boundary crossing with 150 artists coming together to perform at the 11th edition of the event Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2017: 3 highlights with Scottish connections
We take a quixotic tour of three eye-catching films with a Scottish connection in this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Film
Happy End
Michael Haneke is back, along with his favourite actor, Isabelle Huppert, with family drama Happy Ending, which offers up plenty of the Austrian director's familiar themes Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
The Great Escape 2017: The Review
Last week The Skinny arrived in Brighton to experience The Great Escape Festival. A three day, multi-venue affair, TGE has a strong focus on artist discovery... Read more »| 26 May 2017
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Film
David Lynch isn’t giving up on cinema
The Blue Velvet director backtracks on previous statement suggesting he had made his last film with Inland Empire Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
FilmThe Beguiled
Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola offers up a ripe Gothic drama filled with full-blooded performances from a cast including Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and Elle Fanning Read more »| 24 May 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Art Festival: 2017 Commissions Programme
Edinburgh Art Festival reveals the Commissions Programme for this year’s festival, which take inspiration from the festival’s 70th anniversary and the work of visionary town planner Patrick Geddes Read more »| 24 May 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2017: Edgar Wright immersive cinema events
New immersive cinema series EIFF: Play will kick off with events based on Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz Edinburg... Read more »| 23 May 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2017: Scottish films announced
Edinburgh International Film Festival unveils the eclectic selection of Scottish films, filmmakers and acting talent included in the 71st edition – plus a special screening of Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense Read more »| 23 May 2017 -
Film
The Meyerowitz Stories
Noah Baumbach offers up The Meyerowitz Stories, an emotionally astute comedy-drama concerning a dysfunctional New York family featuring Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler – the latter's performance is so good it might spell a comeback Read more »| 21 May 2017 -
International Festivals
Loveless
Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev brings a typically intense film to Cannes with mysterious thriller Loveless Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Comedy
The Stand's Kenny O'Brien on St Andrew Square
The Stand's St Andrew Square events made the area a Festival hub, but are now thwarted by the square's corporate owners. For our comedy and ethics column, The Stand's director Kenny O'Brien considers the implications this has for the Fringe Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Uk Festivals
The Great Escape 2017: Photo Gallery
Check out a gallery of shots from the Scottish showcases at this year's Great Escape festival in Brighton This year's Great Escape festival features a showc... Read more »| 19 May 2017