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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InterviewsTakashi Miike on his 100th film Blade of the Immortal
Absurdly prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike reaches a 100-film milestone with Blade of the Immortal. We speak to the controversial filmmaker about shocking movies, sword fights, Starship Troopers, film vs digital, and how he's actually really lazy Read more »| 04 Dec 2017 -
New ReleasesBrigsby Bear
SNL alumni Dave McCary and Kyle Mooney bring this imaginative celebration of the power of storytelling to the big screen Read more »| 04 Dec 2017 -
OpinionFilms of 2017: Best Scottish Short Films
Glasgow Short Film Festival director Matt Lloyd and coordinator Sanne Jehoul join the Skinny's Film editor in choosing the best Scottish short films released in 2017 (in alphabetical order) Read more »| 01 Dec 2017 -
Opinion
Films of 2017: Best Short Films of the Year
Glasgow Short Film Festival director Matt Lloyd and coordinator Sanne Jehoul join the Skinny's Film editor in choosing their favourite short films of the year (in alphabetical order) Read more »| 01 Dec 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
Witchhammer
Powerful piece of allegorical film-making from Otakar Vávra, which compares 17th century witch trials to Czechoslovak Communist show trials of the 1950s Read more »| 01 Dec 2017 -
Opinion
Locations, Locations: Edinburgh & Avengers: Infinity War
Edinburgh features in the new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War. But to what extent? We try to find out... Read more »| 29 Nov 2017
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News
It's Avengers v Thanos in the first Infinity War trailer
Thor, Spider-Man, Captain America, Black Widow and the rest of the gang are back in the trailer for the epic-looking Infinity War (Part I) Read more »| 29 Nov 2017 -
OpinionWhat Justice League Tells Us About Toxic Fan Culture
It's not just Donald Trump who's obsessed with fake news. A subsection of movie fans convinced critics are out to destroy their favourite comic book franchise are beginning to look similarly paranoid. We look at this increasingly toxic online discourse Read more »| 29 Nov 2017 -
Opinion
Films of 2017: The Criminally Overlooked Movies of the Year
These are the films that didn't set the box office alight but should have, the movies that critics roundly ignored, and the films that won't be in conversations come awards season. In other words: these are the year's most criminally overlooked movies Read more »| 29 Nov 2017 -
Opinion
Films of 2017: The 25 Best Films of the Year
The best film of 2017 was about women and directed by a woman. Elsewhere, we were stirred by films from points of view rarely represented on screen: those of queer people, poor people and people of colour; our second best film of 2017 concerns all three Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival to celebrate Hollywood’s Rebel Heroes in 2018
Angry young men James Dean, Sidney Poitier and Elvis feature in Glasgow Film Festival’s Rebel Heroes retrospective, while cinema of Ireland and the Baltics will be showcased this year Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
News
Brass Eye's Chris Morris has made a new movie in secret
Filmed this summer, the Four Lions director and Brass Eye creator's new film stars Anna Kendrick Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
New Releases
Most Beautiful Island
Compelling but uneven immigration story following a young woman whose dream life in New York slips into nightmare Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
New Releases
Battle of the Sexes
The real-life tennis grudge match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs hits the big screen in the new film from the directors of Little Miss Sunshine. Read more »| 24 Nov 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
Lost in Paris
Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel, French cinema's reigning – but sorely underappreciated – comic masters return with their distinctive brand of gawky slapstick Read more »| 24 Nov 2017