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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FestivalsBuilding Bridges: IberoDocs 2025 preview
Welcome to a new era at IberoDocs. This essential festival's 11th edition is its biggest yet, and will expand to a new city and take place in the autumn for the first time Read more »| 04 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsScotland on Screen: Edinburgh Film Festival 2025
This year's Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence at Edinburgh Film Festival unearthed a mixed bag of work, with a few glimmers of talent and invention to be found Read more »| 03 Sep 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Smashing Machine
Dwayne Johnson is unrecognisable in The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie's biopic of mixed martial artist Mark Kerr, but the film is lacking in force and depth Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
New ReleasesPaul & Paulette Take a Bath
A morbid anti-romcom, Paul & Paulette Take a Bath is a road trip through the banality of evil that forgets its characters along the way Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: September 2025
This month, All Night Horror Madness returns to the Cameo, 35mm prints of Paul Thomas Anderson films do the rounds, and GFT sends off their long-serving CEO Read more »| 01 Sep 2025 -
New ReleasesFrankenstein
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a sumptuous adaptation, but it embellishes the novel to its own detriment Read more »| 30 Aug 2025
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New ReleasesAfter the Hunt
Julia Roberts gives one of her best performances in Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt, but the wordy movie around her feels more like an exhaustive debate rather than a compelling drama Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
New ReleasesBugonia
Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons for a bold conspiracy theory thriller Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
NewsEdinburgh Film Festival: Abdolreza Kahani wins top prize
Canada-based Iranian filmmaker Abdolreza Kahani takes home the £50,000 Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence for Mortician, a tragicomic drama he shot on his iPhone Read more »| 21 Aug 2025 -
New ReleasesDeaf
Eva Libertad's quietly urgent family drama Deaf reckons with disconnection and persisting pain Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Golden Spurtle
The styles of both Wes Anderson and Christopher Guest are evoked in this winning documentary about the kooky community surrounding the annual World Porridge Making Championship in Carrbridge Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2025: Low Rider
Campbell X's long-awaited second feature lands with a disappointing thud. This queer road movie set in South Africa suffers from irritating characters, cliché-riddled dialogue, and simplistic politics Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Toxic Avenger
Macon Blair's slick remake of the Troma classic is not without its grubby charms, but its sub-Deadpool meta gags don't satisfy, and the whole thing feels a little bit sanitised Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan's latest adaptation of Stephen King has some issues (monotonous pacing, an incessant narration), but its fine performances and Flanagan's fondness for theatricality make it work for the most part Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2025: I Live Here Now
Julie Pacino's psychological horror is overstuffed with ideas, and very few of them are adequately explored Read more »| 19 Aug 2025