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 ReleasesOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Rungano Nyoni’s follow-up to I Am Not a Witch, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is furious, heartbreaking and totally bewitching Read more »| 02 Dec 2024 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: December 2024
It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. With many arts venues hanging by a thread this year, why not see out 2024 with a visit to your local indie cinema? Read more »| 29 Nov 2024 -
OpinionWhy I love watching It's a Wonderful Life at GFT
'Tis the season to visit GFT and watch Christmas movies – and in Glasgow, one seasonal classic reigns supreme over all others Read more »| 27 Nov 2024 -
New ReleasesAll We Imagine as Light
This tale of three Mumbai nurses, winner of the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival, displays the considerable talents of Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia Read more »| 25 Nov 2024 -
New ReleasesConclave
Conclave is a handsome and thoroughly entertaining papal potboiler filled to the brim with fun performances Read more »| 25 Nov 2024 -
NewsBAFTA Scotland 2024: Scottish horror Out of Darkness wins big
BAFTA’s annual bash celebrating Scottish film and television handed out awards to an eclectic selection of work last night, with David Tennant, Ashley Storrie and Kevin Macdonald among the winners Read more »| 18 Nov 2024
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OpinionHow The Family Comedy Can Get Its Groove Back
A genre that once offered sharp wit and genuine invention now has Ryan Reynolds and the Minions at the wheel – here's our cri de coeur for a beloved film genre Read more »| 11 Nov 2024 -
InterviewsManly Tears: Duncan Cowles on Silent Men
Ahead of his debut feature Silent Men, documentarian Duncan Cowles talks to us about getting blokes to open up on camera, the archivist impulse to capture memories and crying as a cure Read more »| 07 Nov 2024 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Jagoda Tłok on short film Care
Care isn't just last year's best Scottish student film, it's probably the best short film made in Scotland that year, period. Edinburgh-based Polish director Jagoda Tłok tells us how its story was inspired by her spell working in Scotland's care system Read more »| 06 Nov 2024 -
New ReleasesBird
Andrea Arnold returns with a devastating coming-of-age fairytale that's textured and lived in, although sometimes it trips up with its more fantastical elements Read more »| 05 Nov 2024 -
New ReleasesNo Other Land
Filmmakers and activists from Israel and Palestine collaborate to chronicle the devastating violence and displacement of people living in the West Bank Read more »| 05 Nov 2024 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: November 2024
There are loads more film festivals this month, plus a brilliant season of noir to mark Noirvember and an exhibition celebrating the late, great Derek Jarman Read more »| 31 Oct 2024 -
NewsFirst details of Glasgow Film Festival 2025 revealed
Glasgow Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition next year, and to mark this coming-of-age milestone, the festival will be treating audiences to a free retrospective of fantastic coming-of-age films from across cinema history Read more »| 30 Oct 2024 -
FestivalsPuppet Masters: Two great stop-motion films at French Film Festival UK
New stop-motion films from directors Alain Ughetto and Claude Barras, which screen at French Film Festival UK, tell intensely personal stories and harness the revolutionary potential of this old-school animation technique Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
New ReleasesBlitz
Blitz sees Steve McQueen torn between telling a rousing tale of 'Blitz Spirit' and delving into the darker impulses of war-torn Britain Read more »| 29 Oct 2024