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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Film EventsScotland Film Event Highlights – January 2016
This month's film column begins and ends with a trivia question. In between there's the best of January's film happenings, including a chance to experience Rotterdam Film Festival from the comfort of your local cinema. Read more »| 31 Dec 2015 -
New ReleasesDaddy’s Home
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg's talents are wasted in this lame bro-com Read more »| 26 Dec 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsRicki and the Flash
Working from a screenplay by Diablo Cody, Ricki and the Flash feels like a compendium of director Jonathan Demme’s career trademarks. In setup and exec... Read more »| 22 Dec 2015 -
Opinion
The 22 Must-See Films of 2016
From The Hateful Eight to the new Ghostbusters, these are the films we're most looking forward to in 2016 The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino) Released 8 ... Read more »| 22 Dec 2015 -
Music
The Skinny Review of 2015
The Skinny team look back on 2015; it was a year of monumental art, genre-bending comedy, myth-shattering in the world of film, and one or two parties Read more »| 22 Dec 2015 -
News
Where You’re Meant To Be: Watch the trailer
The first trailer for new documentary Where You're Meant To Be, starring former Arab Strap frontman Aidan Moffat, has been released ahead of its world premiere at Glasgow Film Festival. Read more »| 17 Dec 2015
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New Releases
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is thrilling and fun, but fans of the original film might have a feeling of déjà vu Read more »| 17 Dec 2015 -
Interviews
Glasgow Film Festival: Meet the Team
What does it take to put on a film festival? We meet four of the cogs in the machine that is Glasgow Film Festival, one of our favourite UK film events, and find out how their roles help shape the festival. It's not just watching movies, you know! Read more »| 16 Dec 2015 -
News
Glasgow Film Festival reveal site-specific events
Glasgow Film Festival have announced some exciting site-specific screenings and pop-up events for the 2016 festival, including Raiders of the Lost Ark in Kel... Read more »| 16 Dec 2015 -
Opinion
Seven Alternative Christmas Movies
Fancy watching some Christmas films over the festive break but don't want to be assaulted by shmaltz, tinsel or Christmas spirit? Try these seven alternative Christmas movies for size... Read more »| 14 Dec 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsStraight Outta Compton
Despite some unambivalent lionisation, this much-anticipated NWA biopic tells an undeniably powerful tale Read more »| 14 Dec 2015 -
Interviews
Terence Davies interview: making Sunset Song
Terence Davies has been trying to adapt Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic Scottish novel Sunset Song for over 15 years. We catch up with the Liverpudlian filmmaker on the eve of its release to find out why he persevered to bring it to the screen Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
New Releases
The Quiet Man
Sean Thornton (Wayne) arrives in his familial home of Inisfree to trade the bustle of the States for the sleepy charms of the Emerald Isle. He’s allure... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
New Releases
Day of the Outlaw
André de Toth’s gorgeous black-and-white noir-tinged western, shot in 1959, is a terrific example of early genre interrogation that precedes the... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsA New Leaf
This long overdue release is accompanied by a video essay in which critic David Cairns laments the feature’s unremarkable box office performance. Had A... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015