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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InterviewsDaniele Rugo on new Gaza documentary Life Support
Daniele Rugo's devastating documentary Life Support follows international medical professionals who are bringing out images and first-person testimonies of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza Read more »| 07 Jul 2026 -
New ReleasesRosebush Pruning
Karim Aïnouz's dark comedy overindexes on lurid and shallow revelation. It's a textbook style-over-substance misfire Read more »| 07 Jul 2026 -
New ReleasesScottish Film Events: July 2026
Queen's Park Arena returns with outdoor screenings of cult films and family faves, Filmhouse celebrate the genius of David Byrne and GFT present an inventive season celebrating puppets on screen Read more »| 30 Jun 2026 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival to celebrate 30 years of Trainspotting
Edinburgh International Film Festival celebrates 30 years of Trainspotting with a live commentary from cast and crew at Leith Theatre, followed by DJ sets from Irvine Welsh and Darren Emerson Read more »| 30 Jun 2026 -
New ReleasesThe Invite
Olivia Wilde stars in and directs a neatly orchestrated, if too familiar, foursome affair investigating the hows and whys at the foundation of the institution of love Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
New ReleasesNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol bring their mockumentary web series and sitcom about two struggling Toronto musicians to the big screen. The results are ridiculous, surprising, and beyond delightful Read more »| 29 Jun 2026
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FestivalsCharli xcx horror Faces of Death to close EIFF Midnight Madness
Daniel Goldhaber’s meta slasher retooling 70s cult classic Faces of Death will close Edinburgh Film Festival’s late-night horror strand. It stars Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery and the prolific Charli xcx Read more »| 26 Jun 2026 -
New ReleasesA Private Life
Rebecca Zlotowski directs another complex investigation into a guarded female character, with an impeccable Jodie Foster as a bad psychiatrist-turned-detective Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
InterviewsSophy Romvari on her debut feature Blue Heron
Sophy Romvari's extraordinary debut, Blue Heron, explores the unmoored nature of memory. She tells us how she uses cinema as a way of grappling with the past and filling in the gaps in her memories that may not have even existed in the first place Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
New ReleasesBlue Heron
Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker Sophy Romvari depicts a story reminiscent of her own childhood in this deeply evocative family drama where the line between memory, family history and filmmaking collide Read more »| 22 Jun 2026 -
New ReleasesLesbian Space Princess
Lesbian Space Princess features a fizzy animation style and excellent voice performances, but it's let down by dated politics and obvious gags Read more »| 15 Jun 2026 -
New ReleasesEffi o Blaenau
Leisha Gwenillian gives a blistering performance in Marc Evans' Welsh-language drama inspired by the Greek tragedy Iphigenia in Aulis Read more »| 15 Jun 2026 -
Interviewsxcx and the City: Pete Ohs on Erupcja
Charli xcx is all over movies in 2026, and one of the first and best of that cinephile pop star's film projects is Erupcja. Director Pete Ohs talks to us about his collaborative filmmaking process and teasing audiences' expectations Read more »| 04 Jun 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: June 2026
Filmhouse 2.0 celebrates its first birthday, cinema get pretty depressing in June with Bleak Week, and The Cineskinny are teaming up with Queer Cinema Sundays for a screening of Gregg Araki's Nowhere followed by a live podcast recording Read more »| 02 Jun 2026 -
New ReleasesErupcja
Charli xcx stars in this wry indie as a woman whose city break to Warsaw goes awry when she reconnects with an old friend in Pete Ohs' intimate slice-of-life drama Read more »| 29 May 2026