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 ReleasesExclusive: Watch the trailer for A Cat Called Dom
Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson's award-winning feature debut A Cat Called Dom arrives in cinemas in September. Take a look at the film in this exclusive trailer Read more »| 31 Aug 2023 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: September 2023
Heroes of 70s American cinema are celebrated in Scottish cinemas this month, one of our favourite festivals returns, and there's the latest free screening from the CineSkinny Film Club Read more »| 31 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsIra Sachs on Passages
With Passages, Ira Sachs gives us a brutally honest drama about romantic desire centred on a married filmmaker who embarks on an extramarital relationship. Sachs tells us why he wanted to put an incredibly sensual love triangle on screen Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2023: Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby may not reinvent the romcom or the musical but it's brimming over with heart Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2023: Orlando, My Political Biography
Philosopher Paul B. Preciado uses Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando as the jumping off point for this playful exploration of gender and identity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesShowing Up
Kelly Reichardt reunites with her regular collaborator Michelle Williams for a melancholy comedy about the struggles of creativity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023
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InterviewsCINEMA DESPITE: Celebrating Scottish artists' moving image
New festival CINEMA DESPITE surveys 70 years of artists' moving image work in Scotland, including films by Luke Fowler, Margaret Tait, Henry Coombes, Margaret Salmon and Charlotte Prodger among many others. Curator Marcus Jack explains more Read more »| 28 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesFremont
In this gentle, offbeat comedy, Babak Jalali meets the lonely realities of displacement with sensitivity and hope Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesAfire
A writer struggles with creativity and interpersonal anxieties while on a trip to a seaside cottage in Christian Petzold's sharp and funny character study Read more »| 23 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesPassages
Ira Sachs teams up with three of the most exciting young actors in Europe – Franz Rogowski, German; Ben Whishaw, English; and Adèle Exarchopoulos, French – for this bruising love triangle film set in Paris Read more »| 23 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesScrapper
Thanks to its central performances, Charlotte Regan's first feature cracks the endearing formula for a kitchen sink drama with a sprinkle of magical realism Read more »| 22 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesThe First Slam Dunk
Japanese manga artist Takehiko Inoue brings his much-loved Slam Dunk to the screen. The results are a blend of heartfelt drama and knuckleheaded sports movie Read more »| 17 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Thomas Schubert on Afire
Thomas Schubert is fantastic as Leon, the self-obsessed writer at the heart of Christian Petzold’s Afire. We speak to Schubert about his affinity with his character and the experience of working with Petzold Read more »| 17 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Rodger Griffiths on Kill
Kill, the debut feature from Rodger Griffiths, sees three brothers plan to off their abusive dad while on a hunting trip. Griffiths talks to us about shooting this lean, mean thriller, which has its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 15 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay’s intimate portrait of author Aubrey Gordon aims to make us rethink our attitude to the word 'fat'. The filmmaker explains why she wanted to document Gordon's life and activism ahead of Your Fat Friend's Scottish premiere at EIFF Read more »| 14 Aug 2023