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 FestivalsEIFF 2013: The Complex (Kuroyuri danchi)
Once a feted pioneer of the horror genre (thanks primarily to Ringu’s ground-breaking success), a series of missteps has since seen Hideo Nakata’... Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2013: Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari
Bizarre doesn’t begin to cover Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari’s collection of wild and weird vignettes, filmed on location with the Mari peop... Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2013: Consequence (Gegenwart)
Despite its English title, a sense of consequence – indeed, causality of any kind – is absent from German director Thomas Heise’s subtle do... Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2013: Natan
When a person is murdered and the body burned, all that is left is a name and a sum total of everything said about them; distort the shape of their life's ou... Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Fringe Fever at 24:7 Theatre Festival
For a decade, 24:7 theatre festival has been giving young playwrights and theatre-makers a platform on which to develop their skills. Executive producer David Slack looks forward to a tenth edition that includes a fiery site-specific show Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Felicity Jones on Breathe In
Rising star Felicity Jones talks to us about Breathe In, her second collaboration with Like Crazy director Drake Doremus Read more »| 08 Jul 2013
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Edinburgh FestivalsZombie Grit: Kieran Parker on the Outpost Trilogy
The team behind the Outpost movies unveiled another chapter of their splatter-heavy zombie Nazi saga at EIFF. We sat down with director Kieran Parker and talk gunfire, throat-slitting and Russian martial arts Read more »| 05 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Monsters University
Monsters University both thrives and struggles under the strictures of a prequel. The big advantage of returning to the world of Monsters, Inc. is that it wa... Read more »| 05 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Deep
Trawler fishing has enjoyed something of a cultural boom of late, with shows depicting the hi-octane escapades of burly men with magnificent facial hair popp... Read more »| 05 Jul 2013 -
Uk Festivals
The Bling Ring
Sofia Coppola, the brilliant director of The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Somewhere, has thus far shown a knack for making slightly-stoned movies... Read more »| 05 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2013: Three Sisters (San Zimei)
Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing validates his 2012 Edinburgh film festival masterclass with an outright masterpiece in 2013. Three Sisters orbit... Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Uk FestivalsWhat's He Building In There? David Dewaele on Despacio
David Dewaele, half of Soulwax/2ManyDJs with his brother Stephen, talks about the pair's collaboration with LCD Soundsystem and DFA leader James Murphy to produce one-off club Despacio – an attempt to create the perfect, in-the-round audio experience Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Uk Festivals
On the Edge: Exploring Nowt Part Of and Shiny New Festival
Two single-venue theatre festivals contribute dystopian fantasies and a murder mystery party to this month's fringe mania. Their directors introduce Salford's Nowt Part Of and Liverpool's Shiny New Festival Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2013: Outpost 3 - Rise of the Spetsnaz
The new Outpost film, by Scottish director Kieran Parker, is set during World War II, eschewing the flashbacks of its predecessors, except in a short framing... Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Barrels and Laughs: Greater Manchester Fringe Festival
Pubs and bars across Salford and Manchester play host to the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival, featuring everything from penguins and Phill Jupitus. We cherrypick three highlights Read more »| 02 Jul 2013