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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InterviewsHong Khaou on Monsoon
Hong Khaou discusses his graceful second feature Monsoon, which sees Crazy Rich Asians beefcake Henry Golding play a Vietnamese-born Londoner returning to the country of his childhood but struggling to find a connection Read more »| 18 Sep 2020 -
FestivalsTake One Action returns this week
Take One Action, Scotland's film festival aiming to inspire activism and global change, returns for its fully-online 13th edition. Here's what to look out for Read more »| 16 Sep 2020 -
InterviewsTeam Players: Sarah Gavron & Anu Henriques on Rocks
Rocks, the East London-set drama from director Sarah Gavron, is bursting with energy thanks to its cast of teenage newcomers. Gavron, and associate director Anu Henriques, speak to us about the film's uniquely collaborative production Read more »| 11 Sep 2020 -
FestivalsSQIFF unveils 2020 programme
The mighty SQIFF – Scottish Queer International Film Festival for the uninitiated – returns with queer dystopia, stories of QTIPOC activism, LGBTQIA+ disruptions in sport and a queer horror icon setting the record straight Read more »| 09 Sep 2020 -
Film EventsEIFF bring Drive-In cinema to Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport hosts a drive-in screening series next month – here's what's on the menu Read more »| 22 Jul 2020 -
FestivalsDive In: Glasgow Short Film Festival's free online fest
Joined by some of Scotland's best film programmers and festivals, GSFF present two weeks of free online screenings Read more »| 09 Jul 2020
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New ReleasesEnd of the Century
Two men meet in Barcelona, have sex, eat, chat, and then start to wonder if they've met before in this beguiling debut feature from Argentine director Lucio Castro, which feels like all three parts of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy rolled into one Read more »| 15 Apr 2020 -
New ReleasesMoffie
Oliver Hermanus' South African gay military drama offers a flawed theory of masculine hatred Read more »| 14 Apr 2020 -
New ReleasesThe Invisible Man
Available to rent early due to its premature departure from cinemas amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Leigh Whannell's take on this classic story is deeply satisfying, despite the odd flaw Read more »| 26 Mar 2020 -
FestivalsQuarantine Culture: Your At-Home Film Festival
It's just like a normal film festival, but you don't have to wear trousers – bunker down with our curated list of films to stream at home Read more »| 24 Mar 2020 -
NewsGlasgow Short Film Festival goes online
The Glasgow Short Film Festival was meant to begin today (18 March) but has been among the many events cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The show will go on though… online that is Read more »| 18 Mar 2020 -
FestivalsSilence is golden: HippFest 2020 preview
We take a peek at this year's HippFest programme, featuring a cross-dressing Hamlet, gender-bending steampunk pirates and a live narration by Withnail & I’s Paul McGann Read more »| 13 Mar 2020 -
New ReleasesResin
New Zealand-born, Denmark-based director Daniel Joseph Borgman returns with Resin, a lyrical family story that morphs into a dark thriller Read more »| 12 Mar 2020 -
New ReleasesBacurau
Bacurau raises unanswered questions around gun violence and race – but it's so insane that it hardly matters Read more »| 12 Mar 2020 -
NewsEdinburgh’s Filmhouse planning ambitious new six-screen cinema
New Filmhouse you say? Ambitious plans to replace the much-loved arthouse theatre with a multi-story, state-of-the-art cinema on neighbouring Festival Square have been announced today, with a consultation process taking place over the coming 12 weeks Read more »| 11 Mar 2020