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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FilmFrench Film Festival UK 2022: Five films to see
French Film Festival UK is back once again with a strong lineup of classic and contemporary Francophone cinema. We talk you through the highlights Read more »| 04 Nov 2022 -
FilmLFF 2022: Living
This remake of Akira Kurosawa's meaning-of-life classic Ikiru has wonderful elements – Bill Nighy's performance, Jamie Ramsay's cinematography – but it's let down by its lacklustre final act Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
FilmWomen Talking
Sarah Polley returns with an uncompromising drama in which a group of women discuss the endemic sexual violence within their Mennonite religious colony. Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley are among the excellent cast Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
FilmGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Forget Disney's recent live-action Pinocchio – this gothic animation from Guillermo del Toro is a fantastical and heartfelt reimagining of Carlo Collodi's classic fairytale Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
FilmGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson follows up Knives Out with another star-studded whodunit and the results are an exercise in ridiculousness, wholly embraced by the game cast Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2023: First details revealed
Lee Grant's documentaries will be celebrated at Glasgow Film Festival 2023; there's also a focus on Spain, and a retrospective celebrating women taking charge Read more »| 24 Oct 2022
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FilmLFF 2022: She Said
The reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein scandal are the subject of this straightforwardly told drama that stumbles under the weight of its capital 'I' importance Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
FilmScotland Loves Anime: 2022 Preview
Scotland Loves Anime, the UK's longest running film festival dedicated to Japanese animation, is back with another sparkling lineup featuring trips into the future, a bombastic rock opera, a few coming-of-age numbers and a deep dive into digital realms Read more »| 11 Oct 2022 -
FilmAlcarràs
Alcarràs, Carla Simón's Golden Bear winner, is a powerful and nostalgic portrait of a family of peach farmers in rural Catalonia Read more »| 07 Oct 2022 -
FilmLFF 2022: The Eternal Daughter
Two Tilda Swintons for the price of one in Joanna Hogg's curious ghost story, centering on Swinton playing a mother and daughter struggling to find a connection Read more »| 07 Oct 2022 -
FilmLooking Violence in the Eye: Icíar Bollaín on Maixabel
As Maixabel – Icíar Bollaín's drama about a victim of terrorism – opens Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, we talk to the director about delegitimising violence, and second chances Read more »| 29 Sep 2022 -
FilmAfter Yang
After Yang, Kogonada's followup to Columbus, is a metaphysical sci-fi that feels its way through the complex heartbreak and revelation of memory with a beautifully human touch Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
FilmSaint Omer
Alice Diop's debut fiction feature Saint Omer is a haunting courtroom drama based on the real-life story of a young Senegalese Frenchwoman accused of murdering her infant Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicConnect Festival 2022: The Report
Although not perfect, Connect has a future as one of the UK's most unique and engaging festivals Read more »| 09 Sep 2022 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEcological Empathy and Oysters Divination
Sofia Cotrona recounts her experience of Oyster Readings, a performance by Cooking Sections, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 07 Sep 2022