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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NewsChris Hemsworth is the funniest superhero
The Australian actor takes the piss out of his fellow Avengers in a video that has appeared on Hemsworth's Instagram Read more »| 07 Jun 2017 -
OpinionIn praise of Aki Kaurismäki's cinema of kindness
In these troubled times, we need Aki Kaurismäki's funny and hope-filled films more than ever. And thanks to Glasgow Film's new CineMasters series, you can lap up some of the Finn's best films throughout June and July Read more »| 05 Jun 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
Prevenge
Pitch-black pregnancy horror from Alice Lowe Read more »| 05 Jun 2017 -
InterviewsHirokazu Kore-eda on After the Storm
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers another low-key but spellbinding family drama with After the Storm, which he reveals to be one of his most personal films Read more »| 02 Jun 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
Daughters of the Dust
Julie Dash delivers a rich tapestry of overlapping pan-generational narratives in Daughters of the Dust, the 1991 film that inspired much of the visuals in Beyoncé's Lemonade Read more »| 02 Jun 2017 -
New Releases
Wonder Woman
Gal Gadot brings a much needed dose of humanity to DC’s Extended Universe in Patty Jenkins’ otherwise uneven Wonder Woman Read more »| 01 Jun 2017
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Festivals
EIFF Sound + Vision to commemorate Jonathan Demme
Demme’s seminal Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense will be accompanied by live music from Indigo Velvet, RM Hubbert, Ela Orleans and Sacred Paws Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
Interviews
Francis Lee on EIFF opener God's Own Country
Edinburgh International Film Festival gets its best opening film in years with God's Own Country, an emotionally rich story of romance blossoming between a gruff Yorkshire farmer and a handsome Romanian migrant worker. Director Francis Lee tells us more Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
Festivals
EIFF 2017: programme announced
Kevin Bacon, Richard E Grant, Oliver Stone and Stanley Tucci are among the stars heading to Edinburgh for the 71st edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
Festivals
EIFF 2017: 3 highlights with Scottish connections
We take a quixotic tour of three eye-catching films with a Scottish connection in this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Dvd ReviewsJohn Wick: Chapter Two
While the imaginative action can't quite keep pace with the rising body count, John Wick: Chapter Two offers up plenty of the neo-noir style and balletic action that made the first film such a joy Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Interviews
Woody Harrelson: “It’s easy to laugh at myself”
In 2002, Woody Harrelson spent a wild night in London that ended with him in police custody. He tells us why he wanted to turn this dark night of the soul into Lost in London, a single-take movie that was broadcast live to cinemas Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
New Releases
Happy End
Michael Haneke is back, along with his favourite actor, Isabelle Huppert, with family drama Happy Ending, which offers up plenty of the Austrian director's familiar themes Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
Hardcore
George C. Scott descends into the dark underworld of pornography in search of his runaway daughter in this typically strange and engrossing odyssey from Paul Schrader Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
News
David Lynch isn’t giving up on cinema
The Blue Velvet director backtracks on previous statement suggesting he had made his last film with Inland Empire Read more »| 26 May 2017