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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FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival: First events for 2023
Glasgow Short Film Festival opens with Rhys Hollis’ OMOS, and Aussie mashup geniuses Soda_Jerk are back with their latest film, Hello Dankness Read more »| 09 Feb 2023 -
NewsWatch the award-winning Close for free with The Skinny & MUBI
The CineSkinny Film Club returns this month, and kicks off with free screenings of one of 2023's best films so far – Lukas Dhont's Close Read more »| 08 Feb 2023 -
NewsHippodrome Silent Film Festival reveal 2023 programme
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival is back with gems from the silent era being resurrected and paired with live musicians. With fantasy films, spiky satires, slapstick and heartbreaking dramas on offer, there's something for every taste Read more »| 07 Feb 2023 -
New ReleasesBlue Jean
Georgia Oakley's devastating debut feature concerns a lesbian PE teacher trying to navigate her personal and professional life in the face of Section 28 Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
InterviewsGeorgia Oakley on Section 28 drama Blue Jean
Georgia Oakley's debut feature takes us back to the dark days of Margaret Thatcher's Britain and the introduction of Section 28. Oakley talks about researching this era and finding moments of hope in this bitter period for LGBTQ+ people in the UK Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
NewsLive music returns to Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival will once again be filled with music, from 90s house documentary I Am Weekender to the Icelandic punk documentary Band Read more »| 03 Feb 2023
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InterviewsHorsin' Around: Jerzy Skolimowski on EO
The great Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski is back with curious donkey road movie EO. He speaks to us about bonding with his equine actors and creating a film that will leave audiences reconsidering their responsibilities towards their fellow creatures Read more »| 01 Feb 2023 -
New ReleasesEO
Veteran filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski returns with a beautiful and playful new work concerned with a humble donkey's journey across Europe Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: February 2023
February sees a Sarah Polley retrospective at GFT, a Weimar season at Cameo, and Andrew Black finally screens his Margaret Tait Award commission Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
NewsGlasgow Film Festival reveals its lineup for 2023
Glasgow’s annual celebration of cinema will be back for its 19th edition with 123 features including the new film from We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor and debuts features from exciting Glasgow talents like Adura Onashile and James Price Read more »| 25 Jan 2023 -
New ReleasesAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Citizenfour director Laura Poitras turns her focus on transgressive photographer Nan Goldin, delving into her life, art and the roots of her activism Read more »| 24 Jan 2023 -
InterviewsAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed: Interview with Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras's extraordinary documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed explores the multifaceted life of artist Nan Goldin. She tells us how she wanted to make a film that wasn't a biopic and that would implicate her audience Read more »| 19 Jan 2023 -
New ReleasesHoly Spider
Borders director Ali Abbasi's new thriller explores the spate of faith-driven murders of sex workers that took place in Iran in the early 00s. Its depiction of the violence is chilling, but it also relies on the sensationalism of the violence it critiques Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Leyla Coll-O’Reilly on Groom
We speak to poet and theatre-maker Leyla Coll-O’Reilly (aka Leyla Josephine) about Groom, her stunning new short about a taciturn teenage girl entering the intimidating world of a hypersexualised beauty salon Read more »| 12 Jan 2023 -
New ReleasesEnys Men
Undeniably eerie and packed with symbolism, the ghosts of Enys Men's cut-off setting will keep the audience keenly watching, in a film with few material exchanges between unnamed characters Read more »| 10 Jan 2023