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 ReleasesDanny Boyle talks Steve Jobs and Trainspotting 2
Livewire filmmaker Danny Boyle on working with Michael Fassbender, making Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs script cinematic and the long-awaited Trainspotting 2 Da... Read more »| 04 Dec 2015 -
FestivalsWings of Desire at Paisley Abbey
Paisley Abbey becomes the stage for pyrotechnics and a trapeze performance for Glasgow Film Festival's very special screening of Wim Wender's deeply romantic... Read more »| 04 Dec 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Trainwreck
Amy Schumer’s spiky humour is diluted in this redemptive rom-com Read more »| 03 Dec 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guy Richie's big-screen adaptation of the 60s spy show fails to thrill Read more »| 03 Dec 2015 -
Interviews
Guy Maddin interview: we enter The Forbidden Room
Misfit director Guy Maddin brings cinema's past to life in new film The Forbidden Room. He tells us about trying to create a sense of disinhibited wonder on ... Read more »| 03 Dec 2015 -
New ReleasesThe Forbidden Room
The Forbidden Room delivers exhausting and overwhelming film experience Read more »| 03 Dec 2015
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Opinion
Films of 2015: Hippies, Road Warriors and STD Hauntings
Once again our writers draw lines in the cinematic sand to choose 2015's essential films. Our top ten has a curious gender divide: the male protagonists (The... Read more »| 02 Dec 2015 -
Opinion
DVD Gift Guide: What to get that cinephile in your life
Nothing says 'I'm apathetic towards your existence' more than an Amazon Gift Card. Show that cinephile in your life that you care by popping some of these movies into their Christmas stocking Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Belleville Rendez-vous
Sylvain Chomet's surreal animation Belleville Rendez-Vous gets a DVD rerelease A decade on from its initial release, and with traditional 2D animation strug... Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Film EventsNorthwest Film Event Highlights – December 2015
Yes, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be dominating cinemas from 18 Dec, but it’s not just droids we’re looking for. There are plenty of other great film events on offer this month – and not just Christmas movies Read more »| 30 Nov 2015 -
Interviews
Agyness Deyn & Kevin Guthrie on making Sunset Song
Terence Davies' much-anticipated adaptation of Sunset Song finally reaches our screens this month. We speak to the film's stars, Agyness Deyn and Kevin Guthrie, about creating the intimacy in Davies' swooning epic Read more »| 30 Nov 2015 -
Opinion
Films of 2015: Criminally Overlooked Movies
We'll be revealing our films of 2015 in our December issue, but before then, here are some of what our Film team believe to be the year's most overlooked movies Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
Film Events
Scottish Film Event Highlights – December 2015
Yes, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens will be dominating cinemas from 18 Dec, but it’s not just droids we’re looking for. There are plenty of other great film events on offer this month – and not just Christmas movies Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
New ReleasesFuture Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Documentary charting the history of punky UK comic book 2000AD Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
News
Watch the first Captain America: Civil War trailer
Watch the first trailer for the latest instalment in the Captain America series, Captain America: Civil War, which sees the super soldier go up against his Avengers comrade Iron Man. Read more »| 25 Nov 2015