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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New ReleasesEIFF 2024: A Shrine
A lovely moral parable centred on an Iranian man living in Montreal who tries to get rich quick by building a mobile shrine for the city's Iranian diaspora community Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsIrish rappers Kneecap are about to be movie stars
We catch up with two-thirds of Belfast rap group Kneecap ahead of the release of their boisterous and politically sharp eponymous biopic. They discuss the Irish language, Belfast movie clichés and Michael Fassbender's inappropriate apparel Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
New ReleasesKneecap
Kneecap is an exercise in myth-making for a new generation in political protest and musical sacrilege Read more »| 19 Aug 2024 -
New ReleasesBetween the Temples
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane match each other’s freak (and faith) in this poignant and charming story about running towards what's meaningful to you Read more »| 16 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsFede Álvarez on Alien: Romulus
Fede Álvarez is the latest in the long line of directors to have a crack at the Alien franchise with Alien: Romulus. We spoke to Álvarez ahead of the film's screening at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 16 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsNathan Silver on Between the Temples
Nathan Silver has long been one of the most exciting voices of American indie cinema but his fiercely intelligent films have not received the wide recognition they deserve. His fantastic ninth feature, Between the Temples, should change that Read more »| 15 Aug 2024
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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 -
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