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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InterviewsMark Jenkin on Cornish folk horror Enys Men
Mark Jenkin follows Bait with island tale Enys Men. We speak to him about folk horror, shooting on 16mm, and making work embedded in Cornish culture Read more »| 09 Jan 2023 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: January 2023
Start 2023 with a trip into the nightmarish worlds of David Lynch, an eye-popping 80s double-bill and a rarely-screened Studio Ghibli gem Read more »| 05 Jan 2023 -
NewsGlasgow Film Festival announce opening film for 2023
The UK premiere of Girl, the debut feature from rising Glasgow talent Adura Onashile, will open the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 05 Jan 2023 -
New ReleasesTár
Cate Blanchett gives one of the performances of her career as a world-renowned conductor, a musical genius, and a monster you can't take your eyes off Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
New ReleasesCorsage
Vicky Krieps is endlessly watchable as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, pushing back against the constraints of royal life, in Marie Kreutzer's innovative Corsage Read more »| 19 Dec 2022 -
InterviewsMarie Kreutzer on royalty, celebrity, and Corsage
In Corsage, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer brings a radical new interpretation of the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria to the screen Read more »| 16 Dec 2022
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Opinion20 Underrated Films from 2022
Critical praise is great, but what about the weirdo films ignored by audiences, or the unfairly dismissed blockbusters? Here are twenty of the year's best Read more »| 13 Dec 2022 -
OpinionScotland on Screen: A Year in Scottish Film
A look back at the five best Scottish features from 2022, plus our favourite Scottish shorts Read more »| 13 Dec 2022 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2022: Our Writers' Top 10s
Our film writers' personal top tens of the year, plus honourable mentions, TV shows of the year and a few stinkers thrown in for good measure Read more »| 06 Dec 2022 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2022
A Scottish film tops The Skinny's films of the year for the first time, but Charlotte Wells' wonderful Aftersun required no home team advantage Read more »| 05 Dec 2022 -
InterviewsSight and Sound crowns Jeanne Dielman The Greatest Film of All Time
Jeanne Dielman becomes the first film directed by a woman to tops Sight and Sound magazine’s influential once-a-decade international film critics’ poll. We speak to Sight and Sound's editor-in-chief, Mike Williams, about the results Read more »| 02 Dec 2022 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: December 2022
It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid, apart from at Cameo's Holiday Horror-a-thon. Plus basically all of your Christmas favourites get a showing in Scottish cinemas this December, from It's a Wonderful Life to Eyes Wide Shut Read more »| 30 Nov 2022 -
New ReleasesLynch/Oz
Alexandre O. Philippe is back with another documentary that gets obsessive over a piece of filmmaking. In this case, he's exploring the connective tissue between David Lynch and The Wizard of Oz Read more »| 29 Nov 2022 -
InterviewsAlexandre O. Philippe on new documentary Lynch/Oz
Alexandre O. Philippe takes a new deep dive into a corner of film culture, exploring the links between David Lynch's nightmarish worlds and The Wizard of Oz Read more »| 28 Nov 2022 -
New ReleasesGoodbye, Don Glees!
Three childhood friends go on a summer adventure in Atsuko Ishizuka’s sweet coming-of-age tale reminiscent of Stand By Me and the films of Makoto Shinkai Read more »| 28 Nov 2022