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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VideosAlan Rickman brings A Little Chaos to Glasgow Film Festival
Legendary thespian Alan Rickman (Die Hard, Galaxy Quest) returns to movie directing after a 17 year hiatus (evidently Harry Potter has been keeping him very ... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
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CineDaily – 22 Feb: Altman, Phoenix, White God, today's reviews and more
Fright Night “I’ve got a little secret to tell you,” says Glasgow Film Festival co-director Allison Gardner in her introduction to teen we... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2015: Rosewater
Absurdity is Jon Stewart's weapon of choice in his directorial debut, Rosewater. It recounts the ordeals of London-based Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari (Be... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
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Dreaming Bigger, Screaming Louder: Xavier Dolan on Mommy
Québécois firecracker Xavier Dolan says he sees cinema as revenge against the mundanities of everyday life. With his brilliant new melodrama Mommy, that revenge is served piping hot Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Stray Dog
Ronnie 'Stray Dog' Hall caught director Debra Granik's eye while playing a minor role in her acclaimed Winter's Bone, and it's easy to see why she kept watch... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
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CineDaily – 21 Feb: Wild Tales, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, today's reviews and more
When Dancing at a Cinema Screening Makes Total Sense We at The Skinny are usually sticklers for hush during film screenings. We’re that guy who’... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Burroughs: The Movie
While this examination of renowned American oddball William Burroughs presents viewers with something approaching a linear narrative, its fragmented tone cal... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Tender
The volunteers and staff of the Port Kembla Community Centre, located in a economically depressed Australian steel town on the stunning New South Wales coast... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Phoenix
Phoenix opens like a horror movie. A disfigured woman, her face swaddled in bloody bandages, is crossing the German border following the fall of the Third Re... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: The Boy and the World
Alê Abreu's The Boy and the World begins with a blank white screen and revels in the infinite freedom before it like a kid let loose with crayons. Craf... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
VideosDaniel Wolfe and cast discuss directorial debut Catch Me Daddy
Catch Me Daddy is the first feature film from music video whizz Daniel Wolfe (he co-wrote the film with his brother, Matthew, who also provides the score). B... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Mommy
Xavier Dolan's fifth feature, Mommy, could be viewed as a companion piece to his debut I Killed My Mother, with a comparison between the two films highl... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2015: The Town That Dreaded Sundown
A winking remake-cum-sequel of a 1976 slasher, itself based on a real case from 30 years previously, sounds like an exercise in meta-reflexive backslappery t... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: I Need a Dodge! Joe Strummer on the Run
Back in 1985, The Clash frontman Joe Strummer didn't have the luxury of being dead and revered. In fact he was regarded by many as an embarrassing anachronis... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
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CineDaily – 20 Feb: It Follows, Stop Making Sense, today's reviews and more
Day three of Glasgow Film Festival and it’s starting to feel like we’re in full swing. CCA’s Saramago, the GFF’s official post-cinema... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015