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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FilmFive to see at GFF, 22 Feb: Network & Demolition
Today's Glasgow Film Festival highlights include Jake Gyllenhaal in full quirk mode (Demolition), Patricio Guzmán bringing beauty and humanity to... Read more »| 21 Feb 2016 -
FilmMiguel Gomes on three-part epic Arabian Nights
Fantasy and reality blend in Miguel Gomes's epic three-part remix of Scheherazade’s Arabian Nights folktales. We gather round the campfire with the Por... Read more »| 21 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 21 Feb: Louder than Bombs
Today, Glasgow Film Festival offers up a moving family drama (Louder than Bombs), an anime buddy-movie (The Boy and the Beast) and the perfect Sunday matinee film (The Adventures of Robin Hood) Read more »| 21 Feb 2016 -
FilmFive to see at GFF, 20 Feb: Miles Davis and David Bowie
Two great music films screening today at Glasgow Film Festival: an oldie (DA Pennebaker's Ziggy Stardust concert film) and a mint fresh one (Don Cheadle's ta... Read more »| 20 Feb 2016 -
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Office
Hong Kong action maestro Johnnie To delivers a stylish 3D musical set around the 2008 financial crash. Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Man vs. Snake: The Long & Twisted Tale of Nibbler
Empathetic doc following several gaming misfits as they try to score one billion points on an obscure arcade game. Read more »| 19 Feb 2016
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Time Out of Mind
Richard Gere plays a homeless New Yorker in this absorbing tale of urban poverty. Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
FilmFilm on Film: Five great movies about movies
Inspired by critic Kent Jones' Hitchcock/Truffaut, we pay tribute to those great ouroboroi of cinema: films about film. Below are five of the best, from a do... Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Restless Natives festival to debut in Glasgow
The ambitious new week-long multidisciplinary festival is set to open its doors this coming May Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 19 Feb: Goodnight Mommy
What do the cinema gods offer up today at GFF? There's a Palme d'Or winner (Dheepan), a new film from a master filmmaker (Peter Greenaway), a great comeback ... Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Riverside Festival reveals new acts for 2016
Ben Klock and Gaiser are among the latest names revealed for this year's edition of Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival in Glasgow. Klock &ndash... Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Dot to Dot festival reveals first bands for 2016
Venue-hopping all-day festival Dot to Dot has announced its first wave of acts for 2016, including Mystery Jets and The Temper Trap Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
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Arabian Nights and five more alternative trilogies
Superhero movies don't have the monopoly on trilogies, as Arabian Nights, Miguel Gomes's three-part take on the One Thousand and One Nights tales attests. He... Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
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Five to see at GFF, 18 Feb: High-Rise
After last night's opening gala, Hail, Caesar, GFF kicks off proper with the new film from Ben Wheatley and the opportunity to discover a filmmaker who was o... Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
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Five underrated directorial debuts by actors
Inspired by Don Cheadle's upcoming directorial debut, Miles Ahead, we look back at five underrated first features by talented actors who could quite easily g... Read more »| 17 Feb 2016