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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FestivalsAction Movie Poet: Walter Hill on his EIFF Retrospective
Today's cinema owes a great debt to the stylish action pictures of Walter Hill. He talks about the trials of being a genre director and his influence on filmmakers like Nicolas Winding Refn ahead of an Edinburgh International Film Festival retrospective Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Society
Society is part of the long tradition of horror as social commentary. Initially, however, Brian Yuzna's 1989 debut, with its flat cinematography and wooden p... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsJauja
Part meditative, realist anti-western, part metaphysical, Tarkovsky-esque head-scratcher, Lisandro Alonso’s fifth feature, Jauja (pronounced “How... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Ten to see at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival
We suggest ten films to seek out at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Balancing Act: we speak to EIFF's new artistic director Mark Adams
EIFF has a new artistic director in Mark Adams. We pick his brains on what to expect from the festival under his tenure Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsTake to the Road: ¡Viva! Presents New Mexican Cinema (18-22 Jun)
Mexican cinema comes to HOME (or should that be CASA?) with the second of this year's ¡Viva! weekenders Read more »| 03 Jun 2015
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New Releases
The Look of Silence
The prospect of crafting a worthy successor to the phenomenal The Act of Killing is a daunting one, but with The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer has rise... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Interviews
Portrait of the Artist as an Abhorrent Young Man: Alex Ross Perry on Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry is one of the most exciting names in American indie cinema. We chat to the 30-year-old writer-director about his latest film, Listen Up Philip, a caustic comedy centred on an obnoxious young novelist played by Jason Schwartzman Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – June 2015
Cinephiles needn’t wait 'til EIFF to get their flick kicks, as Martin Scorsese leads a veritable Polish invasion to our shores, the Filmhouse introduces a brand-spanking new monthly queer cinematic showcase and Glasgow Comic Con takes over Glasgow's CCA Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – June 2015
Cockney gangsters, dandy vampires, gonzo journalists and singing nuns: it's another eclectic cinematic offering this month Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
New Releases
Listen Up Philip
With its portentous narration and bike-riding/book writing aesthetic, this third feature from Alex Ross Perry is a masterclass in tarnished twee. Shot on fad... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Following Not Quite Hollywood, his 2008 documentary about the Australian exploitation cinema of the 1970s and 80s, writer-director Mark Hartley returns to pr... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
OpinionA Must-Listen: The 'You Must Remember This' podcast
Like Serial, but for movie nuts – you should be listening to film podcast You Must Remember This Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
New Releases
Man Up
British romantic comedy Man Up has an unfortunate title in both evoking an all-too tired phrase and being quite misleading, as it’s not some man-child ... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Interviews
Lost River star Iain De Caestecker on working with Ryan Gosling
We catch up with Iain De Caestecker to ask him about his experience of making Lost River with Drive star Ryan Gosling. The rising Scottish star discusses filming in Detroit's deserted suburbs and where to find Scotland's national drink in Hollywood Read more »| 28 May 2015