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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FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival lines up film score retrospective for 2020
EIFF celebrates the work of Ennio Morricone, Mica Levi and Delia Derbyshire in its 2020 retrospective Read more »| 20 Nov 2019 -
New ReleasesAtlantics
Mati Diop's feature debut Atlantics feels like the work of an experienced master Read more »| 18 Nov 2019 -
OpinionThe CGI Jeebies: Bringing actors back from the dead
A new movie wants to bring James Dean back from the dead and CGI has removed the need for intergenerational casting in decades-spanning gangster epic The Irishman. What does that mean for the future of screen acting? Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
FestivalsFokus: Films from Germany Preview
German film celebration Fokus returns this winter – we dive into the programme, which takes us back to the hope and creativity of the Weimar era, the darkness of National Socialism and to the most daring works of New German Cinema today Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
NewsGlasgow Film Festival lines up dystopian sci-fi retrospective
Glasgow Film Festival unveil a free retrospective of dystopian cinema, and a showcase of Icelandic cinema, for their 2020 edition Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
New ReleasesThe Report
Adam Driver is typically brilliant in this impressively mounted dramatisation of the US Senate’s investigation into torture conducted during the War on Terror Read more »| 08 Nov 2019
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New ReleasesA Dog Called Money
Seamus Murphy's documentary is a suitably frustrating companion piece to PJ Harvey's The Hope Six Demolition Project Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
NewsBafta Scotland celebrates excellent year for Scottish film
An uncommonly good year for Scottish film was marked last night with Beats and Wild Rose picking up awards Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
Film EventsThe Best Film Events in Scotland in November
The Scottish film events you should make time for this month; from festivals celebrating French, German, Cuban and Korean cinema, to a month-long season of film noir double bills Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
InterviewsBryan M Ferguson introduces us to Satanic Panic '87
We chat to Glaswegian director Bryan M Ferguson about his latest film – the wild horror short Satanic Panic '87 – created as part of Channel 4’s Random Acts Read more »| 31 Oct 2019 -
NewsCage-a-rama announces 2020 programme
Matchbox Cineclub's annual love letter to Nicolas Cage returns with a new lineup of Cage movies, including two UK premieres Read more »| 31 Oct 2019 -
OpinionNetflix and Thrill: 19 horrors to stream this Halloween
Staying in this Halloween? There's plenty of scares to be had on your laptop – here are 19 horrors to check out across Amazon and Netflix Read more »| 30 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsAdam Driver on Marriage Story
Ahead of bringing the new generation of Star Wars to a close, Adam Driver talks to us about his funny and tender performance in Noah Baumbach's bittersweet melodrama Marriage Story Read more »| 30 Oct 2019 -
NewsJonathan Glazer returns with new short film The Fall
The great filmmaker behind Sexy Beast and Under the Skin made a surprise return when his nightmarish new short popped up on TV before Live at the Apollo Read more »| 28 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsAlejandro Landes on blistering war thriller Monos
We speak to Alejandro Landes about the extraordinary Monos, a war thriller set during an unnamed conflict. He discusses creating an allegorical film that's fluid in terms of genre and political ideology as well as its characters' gender identities Read more »| 25 Oct 2019