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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InterviewsMark Cousins on A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Every time we blink it seems Mark Cousins has made a new film. The prolific Edinburgh-based director is back with a documentary celebrating the undersung talent of Scottish abstract artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Read more »| 13 Aug 2024 -
New ReleasesOnly the River Flows
This handsome crime thriller from China has impeccable 90s period detail and swims in a compelling neo-noir atmosphere, but those who like their police procedurals with a tidy solution will be disappointed Read more »| 12 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsNora Fingscheidt on the Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s The Outrun will open Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024. The German writer-director talks about turning Liptrot’s prose into cinema, shooting on Orkney and the talent of her lead actor, Saoirse Ronan Read more »| 01 Aug 2024 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: August 2024
August is busy with horror festivals, 80s romcoms, celebrations of recently lost actors and retrospectives. Oh, and the perfect My Neighbour Totoro is back in cinemas Read more »| 31 Jul 2024 -
FestivalsTen Films to See at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024
From noir dramas to moody docs, time-travelling women to road-tripping ventriloquists, our picks from this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 25 Jul 2024 -
New ReleasesI Saw the TV Glow
Alternate horror director Jane Schoenbrun transmits a cautionary tale of identity, electrified by horrors both domestic and demonic, in I Saw the TV Glow Read more »| 25 Jul 2024
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New ReleasesAbout Dry Grasses
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns for his ninth feature, which centres on a schoolteacher accused of abuse by a female student Read more »| 22 Jul 2024 -
NewsTiree film festival Sea Change announces programme
Sea Change, Scotland’s annual film festival celebrating female filmmaking talent, returns to the Hebridean island of Tiree this autumn. Expect wild swimming, daily walks and a great selection of humane films celebrating community Read more »| 19 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsJanis Pugh on Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby is a queer love story and quasimusical that will both break your heart and get your toes tapping. We speak to writer-director Janis Pugh about this irrepressible crowdpleaser Read more »| 19 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsMeet Edinburgh Film Festival's new director, Paul Ridd
Ahead of Edinburgh International Film Festival's programme launch last week, we sat down with Festival director Paul Ridd to discuss his vision for EIFF’s future and the films that have shaped his taste in cinema Read more »| 18 Jul 2024 -
New ReleasesCrossing
Levan Akin presents a push-and-pull story of empathy, rectification and the unexpected expanse that can be found in seemingly dead ends Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival reveals 2024 programme
This year’s EIFF is made up of 37 new feature films, 18 of which are world premieres. New films from Alice Lowe, Mark Cousins and Ben Rivers are among the programme, plus Gaspar Noé appears In Conversation Read more »| 10 Jul 2024 -
New ReleasesSleep
This shape-shifting film from Korea – part horror, part black comedy, part mystery – keeps you guessing until its wild and hilarious finale Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
NewsEIFF to close with Carla J. Easton’s Scottish girl band documentary
Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of Since Yesterday: The Untold Story Of Scotland’s Girl Bands, directed by Carla J. Easton and Blair Young Read more »| 03 Jul 2024 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: July 2024
Laugh your way through election night with In the Loop, get loved up at Glasgow Film Theatre and head back to the 80s with Cameo Read more »| 02 Jul 2024