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 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 -
TravelEdinburgh on Screen
With its cobbled streets and Gothic architecture, Edinburgh is a dream for filmmakers. Here are four local favourites to return to that make great use of the various sides of the city Read more »| 11 Jul 2022
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FestivalsScotland on Screen: EIFF Creative Director Kristy Matheson
After 13 years of taking place in June, Edinburgh International Film Festival is moving back to join the August festivities. Ahead of EIFF's programme launch, we chat to Kristy Matheson, the Creative Director overseeing the festival's new era Read more »| 11 Jul 2022 -
New ReleasesA Chiara
Jonas Carpignano continues his exploration of Calabrian microcosms with an ultra-personal coming-of-age story that doesn’t fall for mob movie tropes Read more »| 11 Jul 2022 -
FestivalsHighlights from the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Skinny returned to Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where we found the annual Crystal Globe competition bursting with invention, and had the chance to catch some stunning films fresh from the Berlinale and Cannes Read more »| 08 Jul 2022 -
OpinionParis, Texas and the Masculine Urge to Walk into the Desert
With Wim Wenders' masterpiece Paris, Texas back in cinemas this month, one writer explores the film's central motif of a taciturn man trying to make amends after abandoning his life and his loved ones Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
New ReleasesFutura
A tryptic of films from three of Italy's most exciting filmmakers that forms a compelling portrait of Italian youths Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: July 2022
Wim Wenders is celebrated across Scotland in July, plus Christopher Nolan and Céline Sciamma retrospectives, and a showcase of Arab cinema comes to Glasgow Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
OpinionA Bad Feeling About This: Solving Star Wars' problems
Recent Star Wars instalments have struggled to deliver the series' mythic tropes without retreading old ground. How does the new series Obi-Wan Kenobi fare? Read more »| 30 Jun 2022 -
New ReleasesNitram
Snowtown and True History of the Kelly Gang director Justin Kurzel explores another dark moment of Australian history in Nitram Read more »| 29 Jun 2022 -
FestivalsEIFF announce new strands, retrospectives and award
Edinburgh International Film Festival returns to the August festival bonanza with a new look programme and a new award – the Powell and Pressburger Award – celebrating creativity in both British film and cinema from further afield Read more »| 29 Jun 2022