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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InterviewsDiscover Eva Victor's must-see debut Sorry, Baby on MUBI
Eva Victor rewrites the script on films about trauma with their funny, tender drama Sorry, Baby. Discover this fresh new voice in cinema and their essential black comedy Sorry, Baby while it streams exclusively on MUBI Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
Film EventsFrench Film Festival UK 2025: Top Five Picks
The long-running and much-loved French Film Festival UK has an exceptional lineup this year. Over 60 films screen at over 40 different locations across the UK. We suggest five films to seek out Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsLynne Ramsay on Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay is back after eight years away with Die My Love, which takes her fans on another atmospheric trip into a disturbed psyche. The Scottish director discusses working with Jennifer Lawrence and lacing her intense movie with gallows humour Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: November 2025
This month's highlights include Noirvember double bills at Filmhouse, Melodrama practically everywhere and possibly too many film festivals Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: David Mackenzie on Relay
David Mackenzie returns with the sharp and twisty Relay. We catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers in Relay and why he tries to avoid repeating himself Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
Film EventsScotland Loves Anime 2025: Our Top Five Picks
Scotland Loves Anime returns with a mouthwatering lineup of Japanese animation. Over 20 features screen across four venues in three cities – here are five of our favourites Read more »| 31 Oct 2025
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New ReleasesLFF 2025: Pillion
Alexander Skarsgård plays a sexy, Karl Ove Knausgaard-reading biker and Harry Melling is his eager-to-please boyfriend in this sweet, funny and kinky portrait of a dominant-submissive relationship Read more »| 24 Oct 2025 -
New ReleasesLFF 2025: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s third instalment in his Knives Out series. While not quite as sharp as the earlier films, there's still much fun to be had in this mystery featuring Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin and more Read more »| 21 Oct 2025 -
NewsFrench Film Festival UK: The 2025 Programme
The French Film Festival UK returns with anticipated new films including Nouvelle Vague (Richard Linklater), The Stranger (François Ozon) and Sirat (Oliver Laxe) among its 62-film lineup Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsIndigo Korres on ten years of SQIFF
Scottish Queer International Film Festival turns ten – the festival's director, Indigo Korres, reflects on SQIFF's contribution to Scotland's queer scene over the past decade, looks to its future and helps pick out some highlights from this year's event Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Robert Aramayo on I Swear
The Rings of Power star Robert Aramayo swaps Elvish for expletives in I Swear, a funny and tender real-life drama based on the life of John Davidson, a man from Galashiels with Tourette syndrome Read more »| 07 Oct 2025 -
New ReleasesGood Boy
By telling this haunted house thriller from the POV of an adorable dog, writer-director Ben Leonberg has circumvented many of the horror genre's biggest clichés and created a film that's genuinely gripping Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsCreating a Trans Cinema: Louise Weard on Castration Movie
Louise Weard's Castration Movie now spans over nine hours of chaotic, cathartic, camcorder footage. The Canadian director discusses the origins of the project and her influences in creating a cinema “by, for and about trans people” Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsJali Collective brings African cinema to Edinburgh
Meet the Jali Collective, a group of curators widening access to Black, African and diaspora cinema in Scotland. The collective's founding trio lay out their aims, and we look ahead to some highlights of their inaugural weekender Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsFrank Dillane on his starring role in Urchin
Fear the Walking Dead star Frank Dillane gives a wonderful performance in Urchin, the debut film from Babygirl actor Harris Dickinson. We catch up with Dillane, who tells us about his character Mike – a young, homeless man trying to get by in London Read more »| 03 Oct 2025