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 FestivalsDocument Human Rights Film Festival: 2019 preview
The annual human rights film festival is back for its 17th edition with a mouthwatering lineup that includes the new film from Ai Weiwei and opens with a performance from Ted Hughes-winner Jay Bernard Read more »| 24 Oct 2019 -
Edinburgh Festivalsmanipulate Visual Theatre Festival launches 2020 programme
Puppet Animation Scotland's manipulate festival returns in January and February with its biggest programme to date Read more »| 23 Oct 2019 -
Uk FestivalsFrench Film Festival 2019: Five highlights
Another eclectic mix of old and new titles from across the Channel arrives in UK cinemas courtesy of the French Film Festival. Highlights among the 2019 crop include love story Portrait of a Lady on Fire and submarine thriller The Wolf's Call Read more »| 17 Oct 2019 -
FilmBertrand Bonello on Zombi Child
French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello (House of Tolerance, Nocturama) talks zombie movies, composing his own scores, and the importance of young people in his movies Read more »| 17 Oct 2019 -
FilmThe Irishman
Martin Scorsese reunites with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci for this enthralling mob epic that's full of echoes of Scorsese’s earlier films Read more »| 15 Oct 2019 -
FilmOrdinary Love
Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson give career-best performances in this tale of a middle-aged couple’s brush with cancer Read more »| 14 Oct 2019
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FilmLFF 2019: Ema
Starring Pablo Mariana di Girolamo and Gael García Bernal, Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín's new film is a seductive, opaque study of grief and sex Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
FilmLFF 2019: Zombi Child
French auteur Bertrand Bonello (House of Tolerance, Nocturama) delivers an engaged, pointed takedown of the voodoo movie Read more »| 11 Oct 2019 -
FilmBabyteeth
This hilarious, bittersweet comedy from Australian director Shannon Murphy is among the sparkiest feature film debuts in recent memory Read more »| 11 Oct 2019 -
FilmLFF 2019: Marriage Story
Powerful performances from Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson can't disguise a certain staleness in Noah Baumbach's latest film Read more »| 09 Oct 2019 -
BooksFive events to catch at Golden Hare Books Festival
The reigning winner of the British Book Awards' Bookshop of the Year, Edinburgh's Golden Hare Books is branching out with their first festival this October. Here are a few highlights from their inaugural programme Read more »| 09 Oct 2019 -
FilmLFF 2019: Run
Scott Graham’s third feature follows a petrol-head who was born to run, but instead never left his small fishing village in Scotland Read more »| 08 Oct 2019 -
FilmRose Plays Julie
The Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor) return with another stylish study of identity and trauma Read more »| 07 Oct 2019 -
FilmLFF 2019: The Peanut Butter Falcon
The potentially mawkish premise of this odd-couple road movie is overcome by an authentic sense of place and the compelling bond formed onscreen between leads Zack Gottsagen and Shia LaBeouf Read more »| 04 Oct 2019 -
Uk Festivals
12 of the best films at London Film Festival 2019
London Film Festival offers up another embarrassment of riches. Here are a dozen films that we think look great and, crucially, haven't completely sold out yet, like many of the other gala screenings Read more »| 02 Oct 2019