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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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Film EventsScottish Film Events: April 2023
In April, Alchemy Film Festival returns, and we celebrate anniversaries for Safety Last!, The Big Lebowski and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colours trilogy Read more »| 28 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesLeonor Will Never Die
An action movie screenwriter gets pulled into one of her own scripts in this endlessly charming film from the Philippines that's a paean to trashy action flicks Read more »| 27 Mar 2023 -
InterviewsUkrainian musicians bring Kyiv love letter to HippFest
Ukrainian duo Roksana Smirnova and Misha Kalinin will be providing a new livescore to the poetic Kyiv documentary In Spring at this year's HippFest. They discuss the experience of representing their nation during its brutal invasion Read more »| 13 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesSkinamarink
Skinamarink nails its analog horror atmosphere, but compared to the viral videos it's trying to emulate, it runs too long and falls too short Read more »| 13 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesRye Lane
There's more than a hint of Before Sunrise in Raine Allen-Miller’s mellow and vibrant romance Rye Lane, which takes a charismatic couple on a stroll through the heart of Peckham Read more »| 13 Mar 2023 -
NewsEdinburgh Film Festival to return in 2023 with EIF
Edinburgh International Film Festival gets a reprieve – for one year at the very least – returning in 2023 for a special edition under the umbrella of the Edinburgh International Festival, with a new head of programming Read more »| 08 Mar 2023
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InterviewsMeet Me in the Bathroom is a return to 2000s New York
The new documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom is an immersive journey through the cool, scuzzy New York music scene of the early 21st century. We talk to filmmakers Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesGFF 2023: BlackBerry
The rise and spectacular fall of BlackBerry is retold in this offbeat tale from Matt Johnson that takes a while to find its groove Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesGFF 2023: A Man
You'll find yourself thinking about Kei Ishikawa’s slow-burn detective film A Man long after the credits roll Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesBerlinale 2023: Past Lives
Celine Song's spectacular romantic drama is a delicate and nuanced document about bonds, time and the meaning of life itself Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesElectric Malady
Electric Malady, the debut from Swedish-born, Glasgow-based filmmaker Marie Lidén, takes us inside the world of William, a painfully isolated man suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesGFF 2023: The Ordinaries
It doesn't always make total sense, but Sophie Linnenbaum’s The Ordinaries is a zesty and inventive look at a deeply stratified cinematic universe Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesPearl
Pearl, Ti West's prequel to the grindhouse-inspired slasher X, cements Mia Goth’s status as a genre icon Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: March 2023
This month's film column is all about Berwick-upon-Tweed, imaginary Brad Pitt and BFFs Read more »| 02 Mar 2023 -
New ReleasesThe Beasts
The Beasts is a solid and accessible rural thriller that moves smoothly between mainstream and arthouse Read more »| 02 Mar 2023