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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New ReleasesThe Party
Sally Potter's dark chamber piece about a dinner party from hell doesn't outstay its welcome, unlike the party's guests Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Howling
Joe Dante's slyly subversive werewolf adventure comes to Blu-ray for the first time Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
News
T2 Trainspotting dominates Bafta Scotland nominations
The sequel to Trainspotting picks up five nominations, including a clean sweep in the Best Actor category Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Film Events
Scotland's best horror screenings this Halloween
The best Halloween film events happening in Glasgow and Edinburgh this month, including a rerelease of The Shining, horror festival Dundead and Prince of Darkness screened in a church Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Film EventsThe best film events in Scotland in October
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from festivals Africa in Motion, Document and Scotland Loves Anime to celebrations of Claire Denis, John Hughes and Charlie Kaufman Read more »| 03 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
Armando Iannucci on satire, Trump and The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci is back with the strange and brilliant The Death of Stalin. We talk to the director about navigating the line between comedy and tragedy, the film’s unplanned parallels to Donald Trump and the role of satire in today’s society Read more »| 03 Oct 2017
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Festivals
Scotland Loves Anime 2017: Preview
Scotland Loves Anime returns with another stellar line-up of Japanese animations, which this year features tales of romance, horror, adventure and, erm, dragon dental hygiene Read more »| 02 Oct 2017 -
InterviewsMichael Winterbottom on Wolf Alice doc On the Road
Michael Winterbottom makes his first tour documentary (with a twist) with On the Road, which follows alt-rock group Wolf Alice playing in support of their acclaimed debut album. We spoke to the filmmaker about his unique fiction-nonfiction hybrid Read more »| 02 Oct 2017 -
New Releases
Blade Runner 2049
Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 is an stunning, overwhelming experience and a worthy sequel to one of the greatest films of all time. Well, almost... Read more »| 02 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
Peter Mackie Burns on vibrant comedy Daphne
Daphne, the debut feature film by Glaswegian director Peter Mackie Burns, is both a hilarious character study of a 30-something hedonist and an expressive portrait of modern London. We speak to Burns about bringing it to the screen Read more »| 29 Sep 2017 -
Opinion
Blade Runner 2049: We take the Voight-Kampff test
Blade Runner 2049 hits cinemas next week, so ideal timing to check we have the human emotions required to review the new film... Read more »| 29 Sep 2017 -
New Releases
The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin is a surreal, intriguing and strangely affecting work that's simultaneously familiar yet totally different to anything he’s done before Read more »| 28 Sep 2017 -
News
First look at Alex Garland's Natalie Portman-starring sci-fi
In the first trailer for Annihilation – the much-anticipated new film from Ex Machina director Alex Garland – Natalie Portman is looking for answers to what happened to her husband Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
News
Watch the gorgeous Blade Runner 2049 anime prequel
Flying Lotus provides the score for Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, the anime by Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe, which fills the gap between the original and new film Blade Runner 2049 Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
Film Events
Claire Denis is GFT's latest CineMaster
Claire Denis is celebrated at Glasgow Film Theatre this month with a mini-retrospective spanning from 1999 masterpiece Beau Travail to the French director’s dark noir Bastards Read more »| 25 Sep 2017