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 FestivalsJamie Adams on Biffy Clyro and Balance, Not Symmetry
Glasgow-set Balance, Not Symmetry sees indie director Jamie Adams collaborate with Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro for a film about a young woman working through grief; we speak to Adams ahead of its People's Gala screening at Edinburgh Film Festival Read more »| 30 May 2019 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival announce 2019 programme
New films from Joanna Hogg, Jim Jarmusch and the late Agnes Varda are among EIFF's 2019 programme highlights, while Danny Boyle, Jack Lowden and Pollyanna McIntosh are some of the guests heading to town Read more »| 29 May 2019 -
Uk Festivals5 Highlights from the Sonica Glasgow 2019 programme
Glasgow's festival of visual sonic arts returns with new work from Alex Smoke, Robbie Thomson and Ela Orleans among others Read more »| 29 May 2019 -
International FestivalsThe Best Films at Cannes Film Festival 2019
With another Cannes in the rearview mirror, we look back at the films that delighted us from this year's edition, including Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Xavier Dolan's Matthias & Maxime and worthy Palme d’Or winner Parasite Read more »| 28 May 2019 -
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
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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 -
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The 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 -
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