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 FestivalsAu revoir, Agnès: EIFF's Agnès Varda retrospective
Edinburgh International Film Festival says goodbye to the great French filmmaker Agnès Varda with a season of her films, including her swansong Varda by Agnès, released only a few months before her death Read more »| 27 May 2019 -
FilmParasite
The great Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho returns with a thrilling and moving satire concerned with two families at opposite ends of the social spectrum Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
Edinburgh FestivalsAgnès Varda to be celebrated at Edinburgh Film Festival
Agnès Varda's moving final film Varda by Agnès will screen at Edinburgh International Film Festival alongside a free programme of some of her most-loved films Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
FilmMatthias & Maxime
Xavier Dolan's last few films have been disappointments, but he's back to his best with this tender study of a male friendship which may be developing to something more romantic Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
FilmThe Lighthouse
The Lighthouse is a relentless piece of maritime madness, with transcendent performances from Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
FilmCannes 2019: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood sees the Pulp Fiction director at his most emotional and reflective in a film that intersects the life of a TV actor with the Manson Family in the Hollywood of 1969 Read more »| 23 May 2019
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MusicGreat Danes: SPOT Festival 2019 report
Sometimes you have to get lost to find what you're looking for, and at Denmark's SPOT Festival getting lost leads us to some pretty great moments Read more »| 22 May 2019 -
Uk FestivalsEight acts to catch at All Points East 2019
With only a few days to go until the second edition of All Points East kicks off, we take a look at the eight acts we're most excited to see on its opening weekend Read more »| 22 May 2019 -
International FestivalsCannes 2019: Little Joe
Little Joe is an unnerving horror movie about a flower that's been designed in a lab to help curb depression, but it turns out to have sinister side-effects Read more »| 20 May 2019 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival 2019: Scottish films and talent
Edinburgh Film Festival announces the lineup of Scottish talent included this year’s programme, including a sequel to Braveheart and a TV show based on work by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Read more »| 20 May 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny goes to The Great Escape 2019
Three days, 15 bands, Day-Glo underwear and a whole fleet of Slush Puppies, The Skinny reports back from this year’s Great Escape Festival in Brighton Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
Uk FestivalsLeithLate reveal 2019 weekender plans
Art festival LeithLate has launched details of its LeithLate19 Weekend, including an all-female music line-up at Leith Gala Day, an all-female graffiti artist jam and the return of LeithLate's Mural Tours Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
Uk FestivalsAlchemy Film and Moving Image Festival: 2019 Report
We look back at the highlights from the ninth edition of Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, where melancholic woodland creatures wandered the high street and hallucinatory work was playing on screen Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
Edinburgh FringeGilded Balloon reveals full Edinburgh Fringe programme
There are Fringe comebacks for Craig Ferguson and Angus Deayton, Sage Francis and B. Dolan bring their brand of indie-rap, there’s a Belle & Sebastian musical (kinda) and Eric Andre brings his stand-up to Edinburgh for the first time Read more »| 16 May 2019 -
Edinburgh FringeBelle & Sebastian play heading to Edinburgh Fringe
Belle & Sebastian’s iconic 1996 album If You’re Feeling Sinister is being turned into a "play with songs" at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 16 May 2019