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 FestivalsManchester International 2019: David Lynch, Janelle Monáe & more
Other artists taking part in Manchester International Festival this year include Yoko Ono, Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass and Phelim McDermott, and much more Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
Uk FestivalsFLY Open Air announce Boiler Room stage takeover
Jasper James, Theo Kottis, Eclair Fifi and Big Miz will be joined by Kornél Kovács, Folamour, Soundstream and more for Boiler Room's stage takeover at FLY Open Air Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmMeet The Final Girls, the feminist film collective changing the horror scene
We speak to The Final Girls, the all-female feminist collective celebrating horror and creating a platform for female horror directors to get their films seen on the big screen Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmSoda_Jerk on TERROR NULLIUS
Australian renegade archivists Soda_Jerk bring TERROR NULLIUS, their coruscating critique of the Australian myth, to Glasgow Short Film Festival this month. Ahead of the screening, we ask the duo about sample culture and the controversy their film caused Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmTrue/False 2019: Amazing Grace
Sydney Pollack's long-buried Aretha Franklin concert movie Amazing Grace gets resurrected; it's a glorious film, but the singer may not be its true star Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen is excellent in this survivalist thriller following a man stranded in the Arctic Read more »| 06 Mar 2019
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Uk FestivalsThe best of Glasgow Film Festival 2019: Our Picks
Our writers look back at their highlights from the Glasgow Film Festival, with favorite films including a Nordic fantasy, an Indian action comedy, and music films about the Soviet rock movement and 90s rave culture in West Lothian Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Vox Lux
Brady Corbet's sophomore feature is as confident and ambitious as his brilliant debut The Childhood of a Leader, but it's thrown off course by Natalie Portman's shallow performance as a cynical pop star Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Her Smell
Elisabeth Moss delivers a tour-de-force performance in this unruly punk epic about a 90s riot grrrl coming apart at the seams, and intent on taking her entourage down with her Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Benjamin
Simon Amstell's Benjamin is a breathtakingly sincere romance that should be admired and cherished Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
FilmBeats
Based on Kieran Hurley's celebrated stage show, Beats takes us back to the dying embers of West Lothian's 90s illegal rave scene for a lively coming-of-age comedy-drama that's both euphoric and bittersweet Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Everybody Knows
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is back with this Spain-set kidnapping drama starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: The Man Who Feels No Pain
Vasan Bala's Indian action-comedy The Man Who Feels No Pain riffs on 80s and 90s action films, not only referencing them but also recreating the feeling of watching them Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
Lean and moody crime thriller set in an isolated militia bunker Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Out of Blue
Carol Morley’s dreamlike noir is full of ambition, but never quite works despite a commendable effort from star Patricia Clarkson Read more »| 01 Mar 2019