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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ComedyFive Kids' Shows at Glasgow Comedy Festival
The youngest member of our Comedy team flicks through the Glasgow International Comedy Festival programme and finds the best shows for kids. Tip: contains disgusting songs, crying babies and timeless Pixar magic. Read more »| 28 Feb 2016 -
FilmFive to see at GFF, 27 Feb: Neil Young's Human Highway
It's the penultimate day of Glasgow Film Festival, but the gems just keep coming. There's feisty festival hit Mustang, acutely observed documentary Finders K... Read more »| 27 Feb 2016 -
Film
Goodnight Mommy
Handsomely mounted study in cruelty from Austria Read more »| 27 Feb 2016 -
Comedy
Glasgow guaranteed: 10 top returning Fringe shows
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival is often a last chance to see some of the best shows from the previous year's Edinburgh Fringe – here's a round-up of the ones our writers enjoyed the most last August. Read more »| 27 Feb 2016 -
FilmThe Boy and the Beast
Enchanting anime overflowing with imaginative energy and visual panache Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
Film
Mustang
Stirring coming-of-age drama from Turkey centred around five teen sisters fighting against their draconian guardians Read more »| 26 Feb 2016
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FilmLove & Friendship
Kate Beckinsale shines in Whit Stillman's delightful Jane Austen adaptation Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
Film
Five to see at GFF, 26 Feb: Top Gun & more
A day of horror movies (FrightFest), artists' films (Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog, Ben Rivers' The Sky Trembles...) and bombastic 80s homoerotica&n... Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
Film
Deniz Gamze Ergüven on Mustang
Deniz Gamze Ergüven ruffles feathers with her spiky coming-of-age tale following five young girls who are demonised in a remote Turkish village. She discusses the controversy Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
Uk Festivals
LCD Soundsystem set for T in the Park 2016
LCD Soundsystem will play their first Scottish show since 2010 at this summer's T in the Park festival at Strathallan Castle. Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
Uk Festivals
Win prizes at Sounds from the Other City festival!
Sounds from the Other City festival returns to Salford this May bank holiday, filling venues and streets with its usual madcap mix of music, art and performa... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
Books
Irvine Welsh & Robert Carlyle set for Edinburgh Q&A
Irvine Welsh will launch his new novel The Blade Artist in conversation with Robert Carlyle at an event in Edinburgh in April. The Blade Artist reprises the... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
Film
Five to see at GFF, 25 Feb: Wild at Heart & more
Today at Glasgow Film Festival, join Nic Cage and Laura Dern on the run in Wild at Heart and Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins in a cave in Couple in a Hole, plus... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
Comedy
A Tribute to Melbourne Comedy Festival
Despite Glasgow and the Fringe, Scotland doesn't have a monopoly on comedy festivals. Edinburgh based Aussie Shannon Dymond introduces us to her hometown and one of the best comedy festivals in the world, as it celebrates a special birthday Read more »| 24 Feb 2016 -
International Festivals
Berlinale 2016: refugee crisis & family strife
We reflect on this year's Berlin International Film Festival where films emerged tackling themes of immigration, displacement and social unease Read more »| 24 Feb 2016