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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NewsPatti Smith writes tribute to her “buddy” Sam Shepard
Patti Smith has written a moving recollection of her friendship with Sam Shepard, the brilliant playwright and actor, who recently passed away Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
NewsFirst look at gay romance Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino’s much-anticipated new film starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet gets its first trailer Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Film EventsThe best film events in Scotland in August
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from a celebration of Jonathan Demme to Werner Herzog's tongue-in-cheek search for Nessie Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
NewsDavid Fincher's MINDHUNTER gets chilling trailer
Fincher looks to be back in his Zodiac and Se7en mode for this new crime drama Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Interviews
A look inside Lynchian psychodrama The Ghoul
Gareth Tunley and Tom Meeten discuss making mind-bending psychological thriller The Ghoul Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
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IT trailer: Killer clown Pennywise is back!
The terrifying creature is back to terrorise a new generation with this adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel Read more »| 28 Jul 2017
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Suburbicon trailer: Matt Damon + George Clooney + Coens
Matt Damon is seeking violent revenge in George Clooney’s latest film as director, working from a darkly comic script by the Coen Brothers Read more »| 27 Jul 2017 -
OpinionIn praise of Jonathan Demme's soulful cinema
Jonathan Demme was the maker of compassionate cinema full of interesting faces and funky music; in August, Glasgow Film pays tribute to Demme in the cinema's ongoing CineMasters series. Here's what made the director, who died in April, so special Read more »| 27 Jul 2017 -
New Releases
Maudie
A laudable performance by Sally Hawkins can't save this sluggish biopic of painter Maude Lewis Read more »| 26 Jul 2017 -
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Rick and Morty season three gets UK launch date
The new season of the cult animation will start streaming on Netflix in the UK this Sunday Read more »| 26 Jul 2017 -
New Releases
Detroit
The terrifying middle act of docudrama Detroit might be the best thing Kathryn Bigelow's ever made, though it's surrounded by clumsiness in the film's bookending material Read more »| 26 Jul 2017 -
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Simpsons creator Matt Groening producing new Netflix show
The creator of The Simpsons and Futurama will produce a new adult animation for the streaming service Read more »| 25 Jul 2017 -
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David Bowie 'could have been in Blade Runner 2049'
Instead we have Jared Leto in the long-awaited follow-up to Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic Read more »| 24 Jul 2017 -
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First look at nostalgic sci-fi Ready Player One
The first trailer for Spielberg's film set in a VR dystopia features The Iron Giant, Freddy Kruger and Back to the Future’s DeLorean, along with a whole mess of other references Read more »| 24 Jul 2017 -
Festivals
Cinema icon Bruce LaBruce to attend SQIFF 2017
The legendary Canadian LGBTQ* filmmaker will attend Scottish Queer International Film Festival with new film The Misandrists and his classic black comedy Hustler White Read more »| 24 Jul 2017