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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Uk FestivalsRiverside 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 FestivalsDot 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 -
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From Afar
First time director Lorenzo Vigas's From Afar is a gritty and cinematic study in desire and repression, set on the mean streets of Caracas, Venezuela From A... Read more »| 17 Feb 2016
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Uk FestivalsOutskirts festival announces 2016 line-up
The initial line-up for this year's Outskirts multi-arts festival at Platform in Glasgow has been announced. Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Green Room
Punk v Nazi thriller from the mind that brought you Blue Ruin Green Room, Jeremy Saulnier’s follow-up to Blue Ruin, trades the latter’s revenge ... Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Weepah Way for Now
Delightful, full-of-life drama about two sisters, played by real life siblings AJ and Aly Michalka. Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Cain's Children
A compelling documentary suggesting that capitalism has proved just as oppressive to the people of Eastern Europe as communism. Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
FilmSpeed Sisters
Lively doc following five female drag racers in Palestine. Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
Doc about the famous week-long sit-down between François Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock, with some contemporary auteurs explaining the interview and subsequent book's importance Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Hyena Road
Paul Gross's film shines a light on soldiering in Afghanistan, but the result is an apolitical rabble-rouser Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Discovering Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier was a celebrated auteur in his day, but the Frenchman's work and reputation has slipped from our view. Glasgow Film Festival's mini-retrospective hopes to give a boost to this filmmaker ripe for rediscovery Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
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Évolution
Uncanny horror from Lucile Hadžihalilović with shades of HP Lovecraft and David Cronenberg. Read more »| 16 Feb 2016