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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InterviewsSubversive Shorts: How Eastern Bloc animators evaded Soviet censors
This year's Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival opens with a programme of animation made during the tail end of Soviet rule. Czech filmmaker Michaela Pavlátová tells us how artistic freedom and creativity for animation flourished during this era Read more »| 24 Sep 2024 -
FestivalsTarsem Singh on arthouse epic The Fall
From the archives, our 2008 interview with The Fall director Tarsem Singh on the inspirations behind – and reaction to – his globe-spanning epic Read more »| 24 Sep 2024 -
New ReleasesTIFF 2024: On Falling
Laura Carreira’s workplace drama On Falling does Ken Loach better than Ken Loach – it's a deeply moving depiction of emotional purgatory in working-class Scotland Read more »| 23 Sep 2024 -
New ReleasesMy Old Ass
Megan Park’s follow-up to The Fallout is a fantasy coming-of-age film about living in the moment, which is elevated by Maisy Stella’s authentic performance Read more »| 23 Sep 2024 -
New ReleasesThe Outrun
German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt does a fantastic job of bringing Amy Liptrot’s poetic alcohol recovery memoir to the screen, helped in no small part by a transcendent performance by Irish actor Saoirse Ronan Read more »| 23 Sep 2024 -
New ReleasesStrange Darling
Strange Darling is a memorable take on the serial killer subgenre that's at its most appealing when it's still unravelling its mysteries Read more »| 16 Sep 2024
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InterviewsFlirting with the grotesque: Coralie Fargeat on The Substance
The Substance, a gonzo horror starring Demi Moore as an ageing actress who refuses to be put out to pasture, comes to cinemas on a wave of critical acclaim. Director Coralie Fargeat tells us about her love of excess and finding the perfect lead in Moore Read more »| 16 Sep 2024 -
New ReleasesIn Camera
In Camera takes us inside the life of a jobbing actor. This debut feature from Naqqash Khalid doesn't always hang together, but it's often an audacious and exciting experience Read more »| 10 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsNaqqash Khalid on In Camera
The relentless grind of being a jobbing actor of colour in the prejudiced UK film industry becomes the stuff of nightmares in Naqqash Khalid's debut feature In Camera. Khalid talks to us about his bold, thrillingly experimental approach Read more »| 09 Sep 2024 -
Film EventsScotland on Screen: In Praise of Far-Flung Film Festivals
Love films? Like to travel? Adore the scenic beauty of Scotland? Dig wild swimming? If so, we recommend you consider a trip to a far-flung film festival like Sea Change in Tiree or LandxSea in Montrose Read more »| 06 Sep 2024 -
NewsWatch the trailer for Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands
Since Yesterday – the new documentary celebrating the Scottish girl bands who should be on every young music fan's walls but aren’t – gets a new trailer ahead of its UK cinema release and tour Read more »| 04 Sep 2024 -
New ReleasesStarve Acre
Daniel Kototajlo’s adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s 70s ghost story Starve Acre is a winning piece of folk horror Read more »| 04 Sep 2024 -
New ReleasesRed Rooms
This beguiling psychological thriller withholds many of its mysteries, but its steely central performance from Juliette Gariépy keeps you hooked Read more »| 02 Sep 2024 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: September 2024
In September you'll find a mini-retrospective celebrating Glasgow-born composer Craig Armstrong, a season of Shakespeare on film and the return of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival Read more »| 02 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsDaniel Kokotajlo on 'hangout horror' Starve Acre
Daniel Kokotajlo dips his toe into the murky water of folk horror with his latest film Starve Acre. He talks to us about his influences, which range from classic British horrors to his experience growing up as a Jehovah's Witness Read more »| 02 Sep 2024