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 ReleasesMonster
Hirokazu Kore-eda takes the audience to unexpected places in a consciously elusive tale of compassion Read more »| 11 Mar 2024 -
InterviewsHippFest presents two very different visions of Scotland
At this year's HippFest you'll find two very different depictions of Scotland on screen: effervescent Hollywood comedy Peggy and heartbreaking 'story documentary' The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric. We look at both ahead of the festival Read more »| 11 Mar 2024 -
New ReleasesGFF 2024: Jericho Ridge
The steely central performance from Nikki Amuka-Bird is the biggest reason to seek out Will Gilbey's tight, punchy one-location thriller Jericho Ridge Read more »| 09 Mar 2024 -
New ReleasesGFF 2024: Coup!
Coup! is a breezy upstairs-downstairs social class comedy that has enjoyably exaggerated performances going for it, but this satire often goes after the wrong targets Read more »| 08 Mar 2024 -
New ReleasesSometimes I Think About Dying
Daisy Ridley gives a superbly understated performance in this wry, wistful drama about a character discovering meaning in life Read more »| 08 Mar 2024 -
New ReleasesLa Chimera
Josh O’Connor plays a grave robber in the ethereal new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher Read more »| 05 Mar 2024
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New ReleasesIo Capitano
Two Senegalese teenagers embark on a treacherous migration to Europe in Io Capitano, the latest film from Italian director Matteo Garrone Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
New ReleasesDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
The great Romanian director Radu Jude is back with another topical and fantastically gonzo satire that's filled with invention, wit and furious anger Read more »| 04 Mar 2024 -
OpinionFilm festivals as a space for community and radical change
Scotland has a thriving film festival scene, and it's at its best when it functions as a communal and political space. Programmers like Xuanlin Tham and Sanne Jehoul are among those unleashing this collective and radical potential of film festivals Read more »| 04 Mar 2024 -
New ReleasesLove Lies Bleeding
Kristen Stewart stars in Rose Glass's grungy neo-noir Love Lies Bleeding, which is darkly funny, deeply gross, weirdly sexy and totally propulsive Read more »| 29 Feb 2024 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: March 2024
We couldn't squeeze every film festival happening in March into our film issue – so here's everything else worth watching this month Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
InterviewsRadu Jude on Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Romanian firebrand Radu Jude talks to us about his potty-mouthed new provocation Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World – essential viewing for all of us caught in the net of late capitalism – ahead of its screening at Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
InterviewsCiaran Lyons and Lorn Macdonald on Tummy Monster
Ahead of the world premiere of Tummy Monster at Glasgow Film Festival, we speak to its director (Ciaran Lyons) and star (Lorn Macdonald) about making this ambitious, go-for-broke, micro-budget feature Read more »| 26 Feb 2024 -
InterviewsInvisible Women on reframing film history
The mission of archive activist film collective Invisible Women is to shine a light on women filmmakers who've fallen through the cracks of film history. We chat to them about their slew of upcoming film retrospectives and seasons Read more »| 26 Feb 2024 -
OpinionTen films to see at Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Super-lean siege thrillers, magic-realist comedies, archive documentaries and time-travelling romances – here are ten must-watch films from Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Read more »| 23 Feb 2024