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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NewsLynne Ramsay is GFT's latest CineMaster
The Scottish filmmaker is joined by the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman as next month’s CineMasters Read more »| 20 Feb 2018 -
InterviewsThe cast of Isle of Dogs on Wes Anderson's new film
Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban and Jeff Goldblum fill us in on life in Wes' World, ahead of the release of Wes Anderson's latest animation Isle of Dogs. Read more »| 20 Feb 2018 -
InterviewsNot Horsing Around: Charlie Plummer on road movie Lean on Pete
Rising talent Charlie Plummer speaks to us about his knockout performance in Andrew Haigh's downbeat road movie Lean on Pete, using acting to cure his shyness and just missing out on being Spider-Man Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
FestivalsHow Ida Lupino went from Hollywood star to pioneering director
Ida Lupino was one of the first women directors in American cinema, but her achievements continue to be overlooked. As her centenary year coincides with a seismic shift in Hollywood gender dynamics, it's the perfect time to celebrate her talent Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
A Fantastic Woman
Transgender actress Daniela Vega gives a star-making turn in this stylish drama from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Opinion
In Lady Bird, mother-daughter angst takes centre stage
The complicated bond between mothers and daughters often goes unexplored or ends up misrepresented in cinema, but two new films – Lady Bird and I, Tonya – put it front and centre Read more »| 16 Feb 2018
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New Releases
Isle of Dogs
This gorgeous and rambunctious stop motion adventure set in a future Japan where dogs have been exiled sees Wes Anderson at his most imaginative and loose-limbed Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Festivals
Bill Pullman's Best Films: from Spaceballs to Lost Highway
Bill Pullman comes to GFF this year with flinty western The Ballad of Lefty Brown and will give an extended In Person Q&A at the festival. Ahead of his Glasgow visit, we count down his finest five performances Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
Pin Cushion
Pin Cushion, writer-director Deborah Haywood’s debut feature film, joins the ranks of Lady Macbeth, God’s Own Country and The Levelling as an example of the quality of excellence being produced by contemporary British filmmakers Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
Faces Places
Two witty artists – photographer JR and legendary filmmaker Agnès Varda – collaborate on this joyful documentary about communities and memory that proves deeply moving by its conclusion Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
Thoroughbreds
Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy and the late Anton Yelchin shine in Cory Finley's sharp dark comedy debut Read more »| 15 Feb 2018 -
Festivals
The Unfilmables: how to score a film that doesn't actually exist
The Unfilmables is a curious audiovisual polyptych in which live scores have been created for a pair of films that don't actually exist. Mica Levi and electronic supergroup Wrangler are the composers putting their imaginations to the test Read more »| 15 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
I, Tonya
Craig Gillespie throws everything at this energetic but unfocused biopic about skater Tonya Harding, and the results are enervating and at times cynical Read more »| 14 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
The Ice King
James Erskine's documentary tells the story of John Curry, the first openly gay Olympian and one of the greatest figure skaters of all time Read more »| 14 Feb 2018 -
Film Events
Heads Up: Daily guide to the best films at GFF 2018
Struggling to get your Glasgow Film Festival schedule straight? This daily guide to the festival – which picks out the best films screening each day of GFF – should help Read more »| 14 Feb 2018