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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Dvd ReviewsLegend of the Mountain
Legend of the Mountain, the 1979 epic from wuxia pioneer King Hu, gets a welcome Blu-ray release from Eureka Entertainment Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
FestivalsFemale directors rule at GSFF 2018 awards
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018 handed out its annual awards last night, with a dreamy Basque Country short and Alia Ghafar’s Edinburgh College of Art graduation film winning the top prizes Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
New Releases
Have a Nice Day
Liu Jian's second feature is a brutal crime caper scored through with jet-black humour Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
InterviewsLiu Jian on Tarantino-esque animation Have a Nice Day
With his brutal and brilliant second animated feature, rising Chinese filmmaker Liu Jian shines a spotlight on the rise of greed and envy in his homeland Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
New Releases
The Square
Ruben Östlund follows up Force Majeure with another toe-curling comedy, The Square, which takes aim at the art world and the fragile male ego Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
New Releases
Annihilation
Alex Garland's ambitious follow-up to Ex Machina is one of the finest science fiction films of the last five years – what a shame UK film fans will only get to see it on the small screen Read more »| 14 Mar 2018
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New ReleasesFoxtrot
Samuel Maoz’s Israeli drama Foxtrot is a story of familial grief told in three parts Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
New Releases
The Third Murder
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest follows the thickening fog around a murder trial that may not be as straightforward as it seems Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
Opinion
Why video game adaptations fail and how they can be saved
Cinema history is littered with heinous video game adaptations, from Super Mario Bros to Assassin's Creed. We consider why they rarely make for great cinema Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Festivals
Glasgow Short Film Festival: Meet some of the local filmmakers
The occasion of the eleventh Glasgow Short Film Festival gives audiences a chance to check out the fantastic shorts being made on the local scene. We speak to five of the best young Scottish and Scotland-based filmmakers with work in this year’s programme Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
New Releases
Unsane
Shot on the iPhone 7, Steven Soderbergh's latest film experiment is an engrossing psychological thriller centered on a live-wire performance from The Crown's Claire Foy Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Interviews
Ruben Östlund on The Square, media & The Emoji Movie
The Square, Ruben Östlund's follow-up to Force Majeure, won the top prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival. We speak to the Swedish filmmaker about the Palme d'Or, human behaviour, viral media and... The Emoji Movie Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
News
Everyman Cinemas to open first Scottish venue in Glasgow
The boutique cinema chain’s first Scottish site will be in Princes Square shopping centre Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
News
There’s a petition for an Avengers: Infinity War Edinburgh premiere
Dave Bautista and Karen Gillan are down, after large parts of Marvel's latest were shot in the Scottish capital Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
Interviews
Brian Taylor on Mom and Dad, Nic Cage and Crank 3
Brian Taylor, the co-creator of the Crank films, goes solo with horror comedy Mom and Dad. We speak to him about finding humanity in the horror genre, stars Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair, and a potential third Crank movie Read more »| 09 Mar 2018