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 Releases
A Cat Called Dom
Things get increasingly meta in Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson's A Cat Called Dom, a pseudo-documentary blending fact, fiction and animation Read more »| 19 Sep 2023 -
Interviews
Sea Change: The Tiree festival spotlighting female filmmakers
Sea Change, an annual celebration of female filmmaking talent, is a great addition to Scotland's busy festival calendar. Artistic Director Jen Skinner tells us why she wanted to set up this women-focused film festival on the far-flung island of Tiree Read more »| 15 Sep 2023 -
News
Get The Skinny presents... Indie Cinema Guide!
Looking for a copy of our new Indie Cinema Guide? Here's where to find it in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and beyond Read more »| 15 Sep 2023 -
News
Filmhouse: Former staff launch reopening campaign
A fundraising campaign to reopen Filmhouse in Edinburgh is underway, while in Aberdeen, the council has approved plans for a community group to take over the Belmont cinema Read more »| 14 Sep 2023 -
Festivals
Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2023 preview
The Scottish Queer International Film Festival returns with a programme of films old and new, as well as two exhibitions and a series of workshops and events, including an end-of-festival party at Bonjour Read more »| 14 Sep 2023 -
Interviews
Glasgow Youth Film Festival returns for 2023
Glasgow Youth Film Festival is a festival for young people curated by film fans from Glasgow aged 15 to 18. We speak to the programming team to get the lowdown on this year's event Read more »| 13 Sep 2023
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Interviews
Celine Song on Past Lives
Celine Song's tender drama Past Lives concerns childhood friends who become separated and then reconnect as adults. Song speaks to us about this decades-spanning love story and the nature of love itself Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
New Releases
Past Lives
Star-crossed childhood friends reunite as adults in this moving, deeply melancholic film from Celine Song Read more »| 04 Sep 2023 -
New Releases
Exclusive: Watch the trailer for A Cat Called Dom
Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson's award-winning feature debut A Cat Called Dom arrives in cinemas in September. Take a look at the film in this exclusive trailer Read more »| 31 Aug 2023 -
Film Events
Scottish Film Events: September 2023
Heroes of 70s American cinema are celebrated in Scottish cinemas this month, one of our favourite festivals returns, and there's the latest free screening from the CineSkinny Film Club Read more »| 31 Aug 2023 -
Interviews
Ira Sachs on Passages
With Passages, Ira Sachs gives us a brutally honest drama about romantic desire centred on a married filmmaker who embarks on an extramarital relationship. Sachs tells us why he wanted to put an incredibly sensual love triangle on screen Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
New Releases
EIFF 2023: Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby may not reinvent the romcom or the musical but it's brimming over with heart Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
New Releases
EIFF 2023: Orlando, My Political Biography
Philosopher Paul B. Preciado uses Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando as the jumping off point for this playful exploration of gender and identity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
New Releases
EIFF 2023: Showing Up
Kelly Reichardt reunites with her regular collaborator Michelle Williams for a melancholy comedy about the struggles of creativity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Interviews
CINEMA DESPITE: Celebrating Scottish artists' moving image
New festival CINEMA DESPITE surveys 70 years of artists' moving image work in Scotland, including films by Luke Fowler, Margaret Tait, Henry Coombes, Margaret Salmon and Charlotte Prodger among many others. Curator Marcus Jack explains more Read more »| 28 Aug 2023