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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InterviewsGirls Behaving Badly: Desiree Akhavan on Appropriate Behaviour
It's not in every debut that you find a bisexual Iranian woman angrily brandishing a strap-on in public – but you'll find this and more in Desiree Akhavan's boundary-pushing comedy Appropriate Behaviour. Just don't call her the new Lena Dunham Read more »| 17 Feb 2015 -
FestivalsLove and Death: David Robert Mitchell on horror movie It Follows
David Robert Mitchell tells us how he turned his childhood dream into indelible cinematic nightmare It Follows Read more »| 17 Feb 2015 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2015: Appropriate Behaviour
"That was a present," protests Shirin (writer/director/star Desiree Akhavan) when her girlfriend returns a mysterious box to her amidst an acrimonious break-... Read more »| 17 Feb 2015 -
New Releases
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Spun from an urban myth, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter begins by following its own original path but ultimately becomes mired in a too-familiar brand of U... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
New ReleasesThe Duke of Burgundy
Peter Strickland follows up his chilly giallo-horror Berberian Sound Studio with something altogether warmer and sweeter – though no less strange. Set ... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
Interviews
Esoteric Horror at GFF 2015
Are we going through a mini horror renaissance? Upcoming releases, including inventive slasher It Follows and allegorical animal-uprising oddity White God, suggest a resounding yes Read more »| 10 Feb 2015
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Festivals
Fifteen of the Best at Glasgow Film Festival
Fifteen films from the Glasgow Film Festival lineup you'd be mad to miss... Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
News
BAFTA 2015: Boyhood in pole position as Birdman comes crashing down
Stephen Fry was back on full luvvie-presenter mode last night for British film’s annual celebration of cinema and the award results were as tepid as hi... Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
InterviewsRole Play: Director Peter Strickland on his latest unconventional project
Peter Strickland, the director of Berberian Sound Studio and Katalin Varga, is back bending genre and defying expectations with his new film, The Duke of Burgundy. Much to some YouTube commenters' annoyance, it's not about some French dude Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – February 2015
Love is in the air this month, with romantic films new and old heading to your cinema screens. And if you look for passion, drama and repetitive sex scenes from your date night movie, look no further than Tommy Wiseau's The Room Read more »| 01 Feb 2015 -
Music
Variations on a Theme: John Carpenter interviewed
'The Master of Fear' John Carpenter meditates on recording Lost Themes, going digital, and who should be the next Snake Plissken (spoiler: nobody) Read more »| 30 Jan 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Rabid
After the shock tactics of Shivers, Cronenberg’s next venture into body horror is more subdued, but holds up surprisingly well. When experimental surge... Read more »| 30 Jan 2015 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – February 2015
Our cinemas get dark this month: Grimm closes its Tim Burton season with the broodiest onscreen Dark Knight and opens its Stephen King season with teen horror Carrie. The biggest terror comes to FACT, however, in the form of Tommy Wiseau's The Room Read more »| 30 Jan 2015 -
New Releases
Big Hero 6
Set in gorgeously-designed futuristic city San Fransokyo, the world of Disney superhero animation Big Hero 6 is one big mishmash of Asian and American cultur... Read more »| 29 Jan 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Short Film Festival unveils 2015 programme
The Glasgow Short Film Festival has revealed the details of its 2015 programme, the first to take place outside the main Glasgow Film Festival. It opens wit... Read more »| 29 Jan 2015