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 ReleasesThe Eight Mountains
A devastating portrait of brotherhood spanning decades, The Eight Mountains adapts Paolo Cognetti’s novel through lyrical voiceovers and comforting silences across a breathtaking alpine setting Read more »| 09 May 2023 -
InterviewsDavy Chou on Return to Seoul
In Return to Seoul, Cambodian-French filmmaker Davy Chou tells the story of a Korean adoptee travelling to her homeland. Chou explains how the idea initially sprang from a friend's similar journey but eventually realised how personal the film was Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: May 2023
This month GFT and Cameo go big on Wes Anderson ahead of the release of Asteroid City, transgender stories are explored in a travelling programme from SQIFF and things get spooky in Dundee with the return of DCA's horror festival Dundead Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
New ReleasesThe Blue Caftan
The Blue Caftan is a conventional yet powerful depiction of homophobia in Morocco Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
InterviewsTick Tick Boom: Meet the team behind How to Blow Up a Pipeline
How to Blow Up a Pipeline might be the most important film of the year. It's certainly the most thrilling. We speak to the director and editor behind this nailbiting eco-thriller that's also a stunning political statement Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
New ReleasesReturn to Seoul
Return to Seoul is a piercing, powerful character drama driven by a fearless debut performance by Park Ji-min Read more »| 27 Apr 2023
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InterviewsNida Manzoor on her debut film Polite Society
We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor delivers a knockout with her debut feature film Polite Society, a riotously funny story of sisterly love featuring a heady blend of teen-girl hijinks, heist caper shenanigans and wuxia-style showdowns Read more »| 26 Apr 2023 -
New ReleasesPolite Society
The debut film from Nida Manzoor, Polite Society is an appealing blend of action romp and teen comedy centred on a martial arts-obsessed teen Read more »| 24 Apr 2023 -
New ReleasesRodeo
Lola Quivoron borrows from the banlieue to create a high-octane but uneven first feature, which centres on a female dirt rider in an all-male gang Read more »| 24 Apr 2023 -
New ReleasesHow to Blow Up a Pipeline
Filled with heart-in-mouth action and brimming with righteous anger, Daniel Goldhaber’s nerve-shredding thriller is a compelling portrait of radical activism Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
New ReleasesSick of Myself
Sick of Myself is a sharp black comedy from Norway concerned with the narcissism of youth and the pretentiousness of the contemporary art scene Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
New ReleasesSuzume
Makoto Shinkai's latest romantic fantasy is visually astonishing yet narratively scattered Read more »| 11 Apr 2023 -
Interviews"A quest for life": Mia Hansen-Løve on One Fine Morning
French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve is back with the delicate, heartbreaking slice-of-life drama One Fine Morning Read more »| 11 Apr 2023 -
InterviewsJulia Parks on her Alchemy residency in Hawick
Julia Parks is the most recent artist to take part in Alchemy Film & Arts' The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil residency – she enjoyed it so much she's moved to Hawick permanently Read more »| 11 Apr 2023 -
New ReleasesOne Fine Morning
Léa Seydoux is fantastic as a single mother being pulled in many different directions in Mia Hansen-Løve's moving character study, One Fine Morning Read more »| 10 Apr 2023