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 ReleasesOfficial Competition
An out-of-touch investor hires an eccentric director and two mismatched actors to adapt a book he hasn't read. Hilarity ensues Read more »| 13 Aug 2022 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Alan Cumming and Jono McLeod on My Old School
Jono McLeod's My Old School takes us back to the 90s for the stranger-than-fiction story of how Bearsden Academy student Brandon Lee became the most notorious schoolboy in Britain. Alan Cumming lip-syncs to Lee's testimony Read more »| 12 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsAntonia Campbell-Hughes on It Is in Us All
We delve into the dark psychological thriller It Is in Us All with Irish filmmaker Antonia Campbell-Hughes, who directed, wrote, and acted in the film Read more »| 10 Aug 2022 -
InterviewsCooking With Gas: Peter Strickland on Flux Gourmet
Avant-garde sonic caterers? Nipple-twisting kinks? The melancholy of flatulence? You'll find all and more in Flux Gourmet from Peter Strickland, one of the most visionary voices in British cinema Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
InterviewsEIFF 2022: Amanda Kramer interview
Amanda Kramer brings not one but two jaw-dropping films to EIFF this year, Please Baby Please and Give Me Pity! She talks to us about embracing theatricality, bringing an art school cool back to cinema and the iconic awesomeness of Terminator 2 Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
OpinionEdinburgh Film Festival 2022: 15 Must-See Films
Of course, we recommend you make it opener Aftersun and closer After Yang, although tickets are currently like gold dust. Here are 15 other must-see titles from EIFF's programme Read more »| 09 Aug 2022
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FestivalsKim Knowles on EIFF retrospective Reframing the Gaze
Kim Knowles introduces EIFF's Reframing the Gaze retrospective which responds to the 50th anniversary of the festival's legendary 1972 Women’s Event Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
New ReleasesWhere Is Anne Frank
Waltz with Bashir director Ari Folman retells the story of Anne Frank while connecting her plight to that of refugees in today's society, although sometimes the film gets tied in knots with its central magic realism device Read more »| 08 Aug 2022 -
InterviewsEIFF 2022: Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson on A Cat Called Dom
Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson, whether as a duo or going solo, have long been two of the most exciting filmmakers working in Scotland. They make their feature debut with A Cat Called Dom, a thrilling blend of animation, doc and meta-fiction Read more »| 08 Aug 2022 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: August 2022
EIFF is back, the Fringe offers some cinematic delights (a one-man Titanic, anyone?) and GFT pay tribute to the great Europeans (Wilder, Lang, Garbo, Dietrich) who helped build Hollywood Read more »| 02 Aug 2022 -
New ReleasesHit the Road
Iranian director Panah Panahi explores the anxiety of his home nation through an irresistible road movie that's elegant, elegiac and defiantly open-hearted Read more »| 20 Jul 2022 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Film Festival: The 2022 programme
In its 75th year, Edinburgh International Film Festival reveals the 87 feature films that will screen at a new-look festival Read more »| 20 Jul 2022 -
InterviewsPanah Panahi on his debut feature, Hit the Road
Iranian filmmaker Panah Panahi – the son of Jafar Panahi – makes his debut with bittersweet family road movie Hit the Road. He speaks to us about creating cinema within Iran's oppressive regime and the importance of combining heartbreak with humour Read more »| 19 Jul 2022 -
New ReleasesMoonage Daydream
Brett Morgen’s expressionistic Bowie doc Moonage Daydream is a feast for the eyes and ears, and full of well-chosen clips and tracks by this legendary pop star, but its overload of sound and vision eventually proves exhausting Read more »| 18 Jul 2022 -
New ReleasesAll Light, Everywhere
Theo Anthony explores issues of state surveillance and the use of body cams in policing in this chillingly insightful film essay All Light, Everywhere Read more »| 18 Jul 2022