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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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NewsBAFTA Scotland 2025: The Winners
The Outrun and On Falling shared the spoils at this year’s BAFTA Scotland awards, while Trainspotting and Star Wars star Ewan McGregor was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television Read more »| 17 Nov 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Ice Tower
Buoyed by a fantastic central performance from newcomer Clara Pacini, the latest from Lucile Hadžihalilović bears both the best of this French filmmaker's work and its recurring problems Read more »| 17 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsJulia Ducournau and Tahar Rahim on Alpha
Julia Ducournau's latest film Alpha tells the story of a mysterious pandemic of the 80s and 90s – just don't call it an AIDS analogy, and certainly don't assume it's about alpha males. Ducournau and actor Tahar Rahim tell us more Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
NewsGlasgow Film Festival reveals first films for 2026
GFF 2026's retrospective strand will feature films where characters fight back against the machine of power, while the Country Focus next year will be on Sweden Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
New ReleasesAlpha
Alpha, the third film from Julia Ducournau, contains some of the transgressive body-horror we've come to expect from this talented French filmmaker, but little of the playful volatility that made films like Raw and Titane so successful Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsDiscover Eva Victor's must-see debut Sorry, Baby on MUBI
Eva Victor rewrites the script on films about trauma with their funny, tender drama Sorry, Baby. Discover this fresh new voice in cinema and their essential black comedy Sorry, Baby while it streams exclusively on MUBI Read more »| 04 Nov 2025
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Film EventsFrench Film Festival UK 2025: Top Five Picks
The long-running and much-loved French Film Festival UK has an exceptional lineup this year. Over 60 films screen at over 40 different locations across the UK. We suggest five films to seek out Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsLynne Ramsay on Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay's back after eight years away with Die My Love, which takes her fans on another atmospheric trip into a disturbed psyche. The Scottish director discusses working with Jennifer Lawrence and lacing her intense movie with gallows humour Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: November 2025
This month's highlights include Noirvember double bills at Filmhouse, Melodrama practically everywhere and possibly too many film festivals Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: David Mackenzie on Relay
David Mackenzie returns with the sharp and twisty Relay. We catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers in Relay and why he tries to avoid repeating himself Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
Film EventsScotland Loves Anime 2025: Our Top Five Picks
Scotland Loves Anime returns with a mouthwatering lineup of Japanese animation. Over 20 features screen across four venues in three cities – here are five of our favourites Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
New ReleasesPillion
Alexander Skarsgård plays a sexy, Karl Ove Knausgaard-reading biker and Harry Melling is his eager-to-please boyfriend in this sweet, funny and kinky portrait of a dominant-submissive relationship Read more »| 24 Oct 2025 -
New ReleasesWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s third instalment in his Knives Out series. While not quite as sharp as the earlier films, there's still much fun to be had in this mystery featuring Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin and more Read more »| 21 Oct 2025 -
NewsFrench Film Festival UK: The 2025 Programme
The French Film Festival UK returns with anticipated new films including Nouvelle Vague (Richard Linklater), The Stranger (François Ozon) and Sirat (Oliver Laxe) among its 62-film lineup Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsIndigo Korres on ten years of SQIFF
Scottish Queer International Film Festival turns ten – the festival's director, Indigo Korres, reflects on SQIFF's contribution to Scotland's queer scene over the past decade, looks to its future and helps pick out some highlights from this year's event Read more »| 14 Oct 2025