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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Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2013: The Berlin File
With the hyped-up, swaggering gait of a gunslinger on speed, Korean action supremo Ryoo Seung-wan delivers East meets West double agent intrigue in The Berli... Read more »| 22 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF: People's Park
Private lives of the Peoples Republic of China are played out in the public space of a Chengdu park and recorded as historical document in Libbie D Cohn and ... Read more »| 22 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2013: A Long Way from Home
Among things a young woman never wants to hear from a septuagenarian male acquaintance, “You can come over and use our pool any time” ranks highl... Read more »| 19 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2013: Breathe In
Music teacher Keith (Pierce) is fighting suburban suffocation. He sneaks guilty cigarettes and regretful pauses as he considers what might have been if he ch... Read more »| 19 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2013: I Am Breathing
With composure and compassion, I Am Breathing documents the final months of husband and father Neil Platt, diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease at the age of ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2013: The Retrospectives
Chris Fujiwara, Edinburgh Film Festival’s artistic director, tells us about this year's two EIFF retrospectives: one celebrates a forgotten master (Jean Grémillon), the other makes the case for auteur status for a journeyman director (Richard Fleischer) Read more »| 17 Jun 2013
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Art
Jeremy Deller @ The Venice Biennale
The notion that the work presented by each country at the Venice Biennale is somehow a reflection of its national identity is these days pretty defunct. But ... Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2013: Drake Doremus on Breathe In
The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with Drake Doremus's intimate family drama Breathe In. The Skinny spoke to the director ahead of his film's European premiere at EIFF Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
Uk FestivalsPrimavera Sound 2013: 10 Reasons We Went
As the new school mixed it up with the old guard on a bill with too many highlights (and clashes!), Primavera Sound 2013 offered a world class banquet for music nerds and casual observers alike. These are just ten of the reasons we got on the plane... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2013: Noah Baumbach on Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach speaks to The Skinny about Frances Ha, his latest collaboration with Greta Gerwig, ahead of the film's UK première at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Return @ Unity Theatre, Liverpool, 12 Jun
First performed at The Yard, London, in 2012, Dina Mousawi's Return is a deeply personal piece that tells the stories of several Iraqi women – their li... Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Food, Festivals, Scotland
This month, RockNess marks the start of the summer Music festival season. Open air, big crowds, exotic locations like Dores and Balado. Enough of that – join us on a food festival run-down. We have scientists, and we’re off to Hawaii! Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Creative Routes: LeithLate13
For its third year, LeithLate returns with an evening programme of (mainly free!) events extending from the city centre to the Foot of the Walk and from installation art to spoken word via some film and a lot of live music Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Dunoon Film Festival: John Byrne on Your Cheatin’ Heart
The inaugural Dunoon Film Festival is a treasure trove of Scottish cinema gems. Its biggest coup, however, is the first public screening of John Byrne's Your Cheatin' Heart. We spoke to the celebrated artist and playwright about his legendary 1990 series Read more »| 04 Jun 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: The Picks
The brochure for the 67th Edinburgh Film Festival is hot off the presses and Chris Fujiwara and his team's selection has proved as eclectic and exciting as last year's programme. Here's what we're most looking forward to... Read more »| 31 May 2013