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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FilmMay Ya!: In praise of Elaine May
The four feature films by Elaine May are among the finest in American cinema, but the poor distribution of the first three and financial failure of the fourth means they're still little seen. Praise be then for GFF's heaven-sent Elaine May retrospective Read more »| 15 Feb 2019 -
FilmThe Matrix turns 20 and technology is still to be feared
With your personal data being sold wholesale and election tampering from afar, there's never been a better time to reappraise the pop philosophy and cyberpunk kung fu of The Matrix Read more »| 15 Feb 2019 -
FilmPrivate Dicks: Under the Silver Lake and film noir
Under the Silver Lake is David Robert Mitchell's shaggy riff on the film noir, but it's hardly the first film to play with the codes of the private detective movie. Here are cinema's other feckless sleuths Read more »| 15 Feb 2019 -
FilmMonos
A squad of teen soldiers on a mysterious mission turn on each other in knockout survivalist movie Monos, from Colombian-Ecuadorian filmmaker Alejandro Landes Read more »| 15 Feb 2019 -
Uk FestivalsBo Burnham on Eighth Grade, teens and the internet
Comedian and early YouTube celebrity Bo Burnham makes his writing and directing debut with Eighth Grade, a tender, funny teen movie; we speak to him about presenting kids realistically and what most films about the web miss Read more »| 14 Feb 2019 -
FilmBerlinale 2019: Knives and Skin
You've never seen a coming-of-age film quite like Jennifer Reeder's wild and imaginative teen movie Knives and Skin Read more »| 13 Feb 2019
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FilmMid90s
Jonah Hill becomes the latest Hollywood star to move behind the camera with Mid90s; a coming of age film centred on a 13-year-old boy who falls in with an LA skate gang, it's an impressive and stylish directorial debut Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival announce 2019 programme
The Green Fog, Guy Maddin’s riff on Vertigo, and TERROR NULLIUS, Soda_Jerk’s remix of Australian film history, are among the highlights of Glasgow Short Film Festival’s 12th edition Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
International Festivals
Ten Best Films to Seek Out at Berlinale 2019
With over 400 films in its programme, Berlin International Film Festival is, as ever, sure to be full of surprises and discoveries. Ahead of the festival kicking off tonight, here are the ten films that have initially caught our eye Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
Uk FestivalsThe Comet is Coming, The Vaselines for Jupiter Rising 2019
Alpha Maid, OH141 and Sarra Wild also among the first announcements for the expanded version of Jupiter Artland’s music festival Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus programme announced
Amma Asante, Alice Lowe, Sacha Polak, Vicky Knight, Hope Dickson Leach and Claire Pijman are among the guests sharing insights and taking part in discussions during GFF19's three-day industry event Read more »| 05 Feb 2019 -
Uk Festivals15 to seek out at Glasgow Film Festival 2019
Glasgow Film Festival returns with another sparkling lineup. Here are 15 titles that have caught our eye, from Alice Rohrwacher's Happy as Lazzaro and Scottish closing film Beats, to coming-of-age film Eighth Grade and the offbeat Thunder Road Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
Uk FestivalsEdinburgh Summer Sessions 2019: CHVRCHES, Primal Scream & more
CHVRCHES, Primal Scream and Florence + the Machine are among the seven acts announced for Edinburgh Summer Sessions 2019 in Prince Street Gardens Read more »| 31 Jan 2019 -
Uk FestivalsKelburn Garden Party 2019: first acts announced
Bossy Love, Kobi Onyame, Callum Easter and Leftfield (DJ set) are among the first acts announced to be heading to the ever-electric Kelburn Garden Party this July Read more »| 31 Jan 2019 -
Uk FestivalsParklife 2019 line-up announced
Cardi B, Kaytranada, Solange and The Streets are among the names set to play Manchester festival Parklife this year Read more »| 30 Jan 2019