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 ReleasesRed Rocket
Sean Baker returns with another tale from the fringes. In Red Rocket, his focus is a washed-up porn actor who's looking to get back on his feet Read more »| 04 Mar 2022 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: March 2022
New film festivals in St Andrews, check! Provocative art films with banging scores (two Peter Greenaway-Michael Nyman collabs), check! A season of films from amazing women filmmakers, check! It's all part of this month's busy film schedule Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
InterviewsLizzie Mackenzie on The Hermit of Treig
We meet up with documentarian and Oban native Lizzie Mackenzie ahead of the Glasgow Film Festival premiere of her debut feature The Hermit of Treig to find out about her fascination with outsiders and rebels Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsThe Skinny on… Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci returns to his hometown this month for an on-stage talk at Glasgow Film Festival; ahead of that chat, we asked Iannucci to fill out our Q&A Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsSean Baker on Red Rocket
With Red Rocket, Sean Baker has once again turned his camera on a corner of the US rarely represented in American cinema. Baker introduces us to the concept of the 'suitcase pimp' and explains why he's happy working outside the Hollywood mainstream Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
New ReleasesAli & Ava
The latest from Clio Barnard, the director of The Arbor and The Selfish Giant, follows two lonely, damaged souls as they begin a tender, tentative romance Read more »| 28 Feb 2022
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FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival reveal films in 2022 competitions
GSFF are back in-person and have revealed the films competing for the Bill Douglas Award and the Scottish Short Film Competition. The Skinny favourites James Price, Cat Bruce and Bryan M Ferguson are among those with films in the latter Read more »| 10 Feb 2022 -
FestivalsHippFest 2022 preview: Scotland's silent film fest returns
Mark Kermode's band scores FW Murnau’s City Girl and Withnail & I’s Paul McGann narrates the closing gala, L’Homme du Large – those are just a few potential highlights from this year's HippFest Read more »| 09 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsIndie Go Go: Patrick Wang brings his exquisite indie films to the UK
Rarely has the phrase 'independent spirit' been more applicable than in the case of Patrick Wang. Ahead of his three brilliant features – including the epic two-parter A Bread Factory – touring the UK, we speak to Wang about his singular approach Read more »| 08 Feb 2022 -
New ReleasesFlee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen's documentary Flee uses animation to both help preserve the identity of its subject, an Afghan refugee living in Denmark, and as a way of expressing their loneliness and alienation Read more »| 08 Feb 2022 -
New ReleasesWheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy delivers three wry vignettes concerned with serendipitous connections that see lost souls making some sort of connection Read more »| 08 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsHope Dickson Leach on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Hope Dickson Leach is adapting Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde into an innovative theatrical live screen experience at Leith Theatre, which will also become a new feature film. The Edinburgh-based filmmaker tells us more Read more »| 07 Feb 2022 -
NewsListen to The Cineskinny podcast!
The Cineskinny is the film review podcast from The Skinny – on our latest episode, Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Brazilian erotic thriller Motel Destino set us up to talk about our favourite films where big nights out go off the rails Read more »| 03 Feb 2022 -
New ReleasesBelle
Mamoru Hosoda's Belle is a lot: virtual reality fantasy, teen romance, mystery film, fairytale, celebrity satire, musical. Not all of it sticks, but the animation is so consistently breathtaking you'll forgive its unwieldiness Read more »| 02 Feb 2022 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: February 2022
Glasgow Film Festival bring the brilliant but underseen films of Patrick Wang to the big screen this month. Elsewhere, Valentine's Day brings out the romantic side of some Scottish programmers while Summerhall has the end of the world on its mind Read more »| 01 Feb 2022