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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FestivalsEIFF 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 -
InterviewsFrancis 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 -
FestivalsEIFF 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 Reviews
John 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
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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 -
Dvd Reviews
Taşkafa: Stories of the Street / Estate, a Reverie
Two tender portraits of community and solidarity from Andrea Luka Zimmerman come to DVD in another fine release from Second Run Read more »| 25 May 2017 -
New ReleasesThe Beguiled
Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola offers up a ripe Gothic drama filled with full-blooded performances from a cast including Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and Elle Fanning Read more »| 24 May 2017 -
News
Aki Kaurismäki to be GFT's latest CineMaster
The Finnish filmmaker follows David Lynch and Martin Scorsese in Glasgow Film's rolling CineMasters series, with classics like The Match Factory Girl and The Man Without a Past screening alongside some rarely screened Kaurismäki Read more »| 24 May 2017 -
News
James Bond star Roger Moore dies aged 89
Famed for his roles as James Bond, The Saint, and one half of The Persuaders, Sir Roger Moore has died at 89 Read more »| 23 May 2017 -
Festivals
EIFF 2017: Edgar Wright immersive cinema events
New immersive cinema series EIFF: Play will kick off with events based on Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz Edinburg... Read more »| 23 May 2017 -
FestivalsEIFF 2017: Scottish films announced
Edinburgh International Film Festival unveils the eclectic selection of Scottish films, filmmakers and acting talent included in the 71st edition – plus a special screening of Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense Read more »| 23 May 2017