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 FestivalsPusher
This Blighty remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's debut is repetitive, silly and puerile Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
Uk FestivalsDocument 10: A Year of Independence
Document celebrates a decade of politically minded, socially driven film curation with a programme titled A Year of Independence. Homelessness, people trafficking and revolution are just some of the themes in this tenth edition Read more »| 04 Oct 2012 -
Uk FestivalsAfrica in Motion 2012: Redraw Your Movie Map
Africa in Motion, the UK's finest celebration of African cinema, is back for a 7th consecutive year with another bursting programme. Here's a taster of what you can expect, from Arab Spring docs to ass kicking femmes fatales Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Harold and Maude & I Heart Alice Heart I @ Glasgay!
Glasgay! gets old... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2012: Walk in My Shoes
The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival asks audiences to experience the world through different eyes. No art form is better for this task than cinema. We speak to Eddie Harrison, the festival's film programmer, to learn more Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Play Poland 2012: Looking Back to the Future
To mark the start of Play Poland, the largest mobile film event in Britain, we speak to Bartosz Konopka, director of Fear of Falling and Rabbit à la Berlin, two of the key titles in this year's event Read more »| 01 Oct 2012
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Uk Festivals
Crime Pays – Bloody Scotland Literary Festival
Last month at the inaugural Bloody Scotland literary festival, the cream of Scottish and international crime fiction writers descended on Stirling for a weekend of debates, signings and discussions. The Skinny was there to investigate... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
Uk FestivalsScotland Loves Anime 2012: Animation Looks East
Scotland Loves Anime returns for a third year with its best line-up yet. With Pixar churning out princess stories and sequels, we need to look east to Japan for innovative animation more than ever Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Theatre at The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2012
Eclectic and engaging theatre tackling a range of subjects can be found at The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2012. Workshops and events complement performances from a variety of different local theatre companies Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2012: Movie Love on the Lido
James Franco singing a Britney ballad, Olivier Assayas reliving his blissed-out rabble rousing youth and Joaquin Phoenix's return to acting – just some of the highlights of the 69th Venice International Film Festival Read more »| 20 Sep 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Wonderland @ The Royal Lyceum Theatre
Wonderland does not take its main influence from Lewis Carroll but from tales of sexual exploitation and mistreatment. This approach sets precedence for the ... Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Shit (La Merda) @ Summerhall
Silvia Gallerano is perched on a pedestal in the centre of the stage. She is completely naked and so is the stage itself. Gallerano spends the entire perform... Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cinderella @ Festival Theatre
OK, let's get the obvious stuff out of the way. It's the Mariinsky Ballet, without you having to travel to St. Petersburg to see them. It's conducted by Vale... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Juilliard Dance Triple Bill @ Edinburgh Playhouse
The prestigious Julliard Dance School in New York has been nurturing young talent since merging its music and dance departments in 1951. Opener The Waldstein... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Take One Action 2012: Harold Crooks on Surviving Progress
Is civilisation doomed? The stakes don't get any higher than in Take One Action Film Festival's opener, Surviving Progress. The Skinny speaks to Harold Crooks, one of the film's directors, ahead of this UK premiere Read more »| 07 Sep 2012