Film
The Skinny magazine film guide. We bring you the latest new releases, UK film festivals, previews, reviews, exclusive interviews with film directors and actors, opinion pieces and film features.
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OpinionMore Hockney than Cockney: In praise of Sexy Beast
EIFF's 25th anniversary screening of Sexy Beast will remind us of the film's place near the very top of the British gangster film canon Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
OpinionThe Film's the Thing: Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet at 30
Kenneth Branagh will be celebrated in a big way at this year's EIFF, and rightly so! He helped resurrect Shakespeare on screen Read more »| 06 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsIsle of Fight: Louis Paxton on EIFF opener The Incomer
Following a celebrated world premiere at Sundance, Louis Paxton's debut feature, The Incomer, will open Edinburgh International Film Festival. Paxton discusses the trials of getting the film off the ground and the joy he had in making it Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: August 2026
EIFF dominates the cinema calendar in Scotland this month, but there's also a celebration of summer horror movies at GFT, Andrei Tarkovsky receives a full retrospective at DCA, and Filmhouse gets excited for the new meta work from Jane Schoenbrun Read more »| 03 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesIsh
Visual artist Imran Perretta makes his feature filmmaking debut with the tender tale of two Luton adolescents whose friendship is rocked by the trauma of a racially-motivated police stop-and-search Read more »| 27 Jul 2026 -
New ReleasesOn the Sea
Helen Walsh’s latest is too mired in the cliches of downcast queer romance to ever do its performances justice Read more »| 20 Jul 2026
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New ReleasesThe Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer's Greek epic balances spectacle and emotion, presenting its classic hero as a resilient survivor navigating mythological trials and endless solitude Read more »| 16 Jul 2026 -
FestivalsKVIFF 2026: Rain Catcher
London-set psychological thriller Rain Catcher looks the part, with gorgeous cinematography, striking actors and stylish direction. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite have the script, performances or originality to back up its aesthetic Read more »| 13 Jul 2026 -
FestivalsKVIFF 2026: 3 Weeks After
Miroslav Terzić's formally dazzing bullying drama 3 Weeks After paints a brutal picture of the youth of today Read more »| 10 Jul 2026 -
FestivalsKVIFF 2026: Black Money for White Nights
Bulgarian filmmakers Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov examine the corruption at the heart of their nation through the misfortune piled upon an elderly couple who have spent years taking bribes at work Read more »| 10 Jul 2026 -
FestivalsKVIFF 2026: Incinerator
This adaptation of a short story by cult Japanese author Kaori Ekuni, aka the female Murakami, is a strange and intoxicating study of a peculiar ten-year-old girl as she takes her first clumsy steps on the road to adolescence Read more »| 09 Jul 2026 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Ryan Pollock on Gowk
With the second cohort from NFTS Scotland's Sean Connery Lab due to premiere their short films at next month's Edinburgh International Film Festival, we look back to one of the most impressive works from the scheme's inaugural year: Ryan Pollock's Gowk Read more »| 09 Jul 2026 -
InterviewsOn Falling director Laura Carreira's guide to Edinburgh
We talk to Portuguese film writer and director Laura Carreira about what she's learned from 14 years living in Edinburgh Read more »| 08 Jul 2026 -
InterviewsVladimir de Fontenay and Woody Norman on My Father's Island
French director Vladimir de Fontenay and English actor Woody Norman talk to us about working together on My Father's Island, following a father and son on an ill-advised trip to live on a Norwegian Island for a year Read more »| 08 Jul 2026 -
FestivalsKVIFF 2026: The Guest
Trine Dyrholm is fantastic in this funny-sad drama about a mother whose mental illness has pushed her to the edge of her adult children's lives Read more »| 07 Jul 2026