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 FestivalsUnbound 2017: Dive Queer Party
Dive have been redefining the Scottish queer club scene in recent years. Now they plan to leave their mark on Unbound, bringing their riotous party to the Spiegeltent. Annabel and Annabel explain the fun and importance of these safe spaces Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh FestivalsUnbound 2017: The Last Poets
Some call them the true Godfathers of Hip-Hop and whether you've heard of them or not, you've definitely heard 'em. The Last Poets come to Unbound to see if "y'all are the gangsters that everybody says you are." Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh FestivalsUnbound 2017: An introduction
As day becomes night, Unbound opens for free literary events in the Spiegeltent during Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16 nights of music and performance, viewing the festival's grand themes through the looking glass Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Unbound 2017: The Programme
A night by night guide to goings on in the Charlotte Square Spiegeltent. Events kick off at 9pm, although you might want to arrive half an hour earlier to join the queue (or more, if it looks like a popular choice). Each is, as always, completely free Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
FilmAccess All Areas
Contrived teen drama filmed at last year’s Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
FilmThe Little Hours
Funny and feminist film based on a story from Boccaccio’s The Decameron and featuring Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza as badly-behaved nuns Read more »| 03 Jul 2017
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Teenage Superstars
Lively doc from Grant McPhee (Big Gold Dream) exploring the Scottish music scene from the mid-80s to the early 90s Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
Film
England Is Mine
This unofficial Morrissey biopic starring Jack Lowden is funny and tragic, and particularly enjoyable for its depiction of the singer’s relationships with the strong women in his life Read more »| 02 Jul 2017 -
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Morrissey biopic England Is Mine gets trailer
England Is Mine, the unofficial Morrissey biopic from director Mark Gill, gets its first trailer Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
God's Own Country wins EIFF's Michael Powell Award
Edinburgh International Film Festival’s top award goes to Francis Lee’s directorial debut, God’s Own Country Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Clubs
Riverside Festival 2017: The review
No matter how impressive a line-up Glasgow’s annual Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival delivers – and this year’s crop of acts... Read more »| 28 Jun 2017 -
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Vampire Cleanup Department
A delightfully campy romp destined for cult status – we just wish it had more vampires Read more »| 27 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIF 2017: Bloom details revealed
More information on the opening event for this year's Edinburgh International Festival have been revealed Read more »| 26 Jun 2017 -
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Goodbye Berlin
Fatih Akin's latest is more conventional than we've come to expect from the Turkish-German filmmaker, but this teen road movie has its charms Read more »| 26 Jun 2017 -
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My Pure Land
First time director Sarmad Masud delivers an action-packed shoot-‘em-up that's also a deeply effecting drama Read more »| 26 Jun 2017