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 ReleasesBerlinale 2023: Infinity Pool
Brandon Cronenberg's uninspired psychedelic horror thriller is never as transgressive or shocking as it wants to be Read more »| 24 Feb 2023 -
OpinionGlasgow Film Festival 2023: Ten unmissable films
From environmental dramas to playful documentaries, here are ten unmissable films at this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 22 Feb 2023 -
FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival reveal 2023 programme
GSFF showcase the rise of our AI overlords, host nights of world-building animation and a focus on Lebanese short films, plus new shorts from Ainslie Henderson, Duncan Cowles, Simone Smith and Jack Goessens in the Scottish competition Read more »| 22 Feb 2023 -
InterviewsVoices from the Margins: Lee Grant interview
Lee Grant has lived a life. Cannes award-winner at 22. Blacklisted during the Communist witch hunts. An icon of 70s New Hollywood. A pioneering documentarian in the 80s. We discuss her extraordinary career ahead of her Glasgow Film Festival retrospective Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Adura Onashile on Girl
Fresh from Sundance, Adura Onashile's tender drama Girl gets a hometown premiere at Glasgow Film Festival. Onashile tells us about the film's inspiration Read more »| 14 Feb 2023 -
New ReleasesMarcel the Shell with Shoes On
The adorable series of YouTube shorts featuring Jenny Slate as a cute sea shell with a googly eye and a pair of tiny trainers get a big-screen update Read more »| 13 Feb 2023
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FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival: First events for 2023
Glasgow Short Film Festival opens with Rhys Hollis’ OMOS, and Aussie mashup geniuses Soda_Jerk are back with their latest film, Hello Dankness Read more »| 09 Feb 2023 -
NewsWatch the award-winning Close for free with The Skinny & MUBI
The CineSkinny Film Club returns this month, and kicks off with free screenings of one of 2023's best films so far – Lukas Dhont's Close Read more »| 08 Feb 2023 -
NewsHippodrome Silent Film Festival reveal 2023 programme
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival is back with gems from the silent era being resurrected and paired with live musicians. With fantasy films, spiky satires, slapstick and heartbreaking dramas on offer, there's something for every taste Read more »| 07 Feb 2023 -
New ReleasesBlue Jean
Georgia Oakley's devastating debut feature concerns a lesbian PE teacher trying to navigate her personal and professional life in the face of Section 28 Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
InterviewsGeorgia Oakley on Section 28 drama Blue Jean
Georgia Oakley's debut feature takes us back to the dark days of Margaret Thatcher's Britain and the introduction of Section 28. Oakley talks about researching this era and finding moments of hope in this bitter period for LGBTQ+ people in the UK Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
NewsLive music returns to Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival will once again be filled with music, from 90s house documentary I Am Weekender to the Icelandic punk documentary Band Read more »| 03 Feb 2023 -
InterviewsHorsin' Around: Jerzy Skolimowski on EO
The great Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski is back with curious donkey road movie EO. He speaks to us about bonding with his equine actors and creating a film that will leave audiences reconsidering their responsibilities towards their fellow creatures Read more »| 01 Feb 2023 -
New ReleasesEO
Veteran filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski returns with a beautiful and playful new work concerned with a humble donkey's journey across Europe Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: February 2023
February sees a Sarah Polley retrospective at GFT, a Weimar season at Cameo, and Andrew Black finally screens his Margaret Tait Award commission Read more »| 31 Jan 2023