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 ReleasesFremont
In this gentle, offbeat comedy, Babak Jalali meets the lonely realities of displacement with sensitivity and hope Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesAfire
A writer struggles with creativity and interpersonal anxieties while on a trip to a seaside cottage in Christian Petzold's sharp and funny character study Read more »| 23 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesPassages
Ira Sachs teams up with three of the most exciting young actors in Europe – Franz Rogowski, German; Ben Whishaw, English; and Adèle Exarchopoulos, French – for this bruising love triangle film set in Paris Read more »| 23 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesScrapper
Thanks to its central performances, Charlotte Regan's first feature cracks the endearing formula for a kitchen sink drama with a sprinkle of magical realism Read more »| 22 Aug 2023 -
New ReleasesThe First Slam Dunk
Japanese manga artist Takehiko Inoue brings his much-loved Slam Dunk to the screen. The results are a blend of heartfelt drama and knuckleheaded sports movie Read more »| 17 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Thomas Schubert on Afire
Thomas Schubert is fantastic as Leon, the self-obsessed writer at the heart of Christian Petzold’s Afire. We speak to Schubert about his affinity with his character and the experience of working with Petzold Read more »| 17 Aug 2023
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InterviewsEIFF 2023: Rodger Griffiths on Kill
Kill, the debut feature from Rodger Griffiths, sees three brothers plan to off their abusive dad while on a hunting trip. Griffiths talks to us about shooting this lean, mean thriller, which has its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 15 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay’s intimate portrait of author Aubrey Gordon aims to make us rethink our attitude to the word 'fat'. The filmmaker explains why she wanted to document Gordon's life and activism ahead of Your Fat Friend's Scottish premiere at EIFF Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Variety’s disruptive voyeurism at 40
On its 40th anniversary, Bette Gordon’s 1983 feminist classic Variety is back in cinemas. Let this subversive, sensuous neo-noir take you to the most uncomfortable places Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
Interviews
EIFF 2023: Babak Jalali on Fremont
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival closes with Babak Jalali's Fremont. Jalali tells about his desire to make a film with empathy and compassion, but without the schmaltz Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival 2023: Our Top Ten Picks
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival is smaller than usual but there's no shortage of great films. Here are ten titles we’d urge you to see Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsSam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping on Femme
Directors Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping explore myriad modes of masculinity in their bristling queer thriller Femme, which sees a drag artist out to exact revenge on a homophobic thug Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
New ReleasesKokomo City
Kokomo City is a timely and powerful documentary exploring the lives of Black trans sex workers Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: August 2023
EIFF is getting the east coast excited, but there's plenty of cinema action on the west coast too, with big screen epics, a Lars von Trier season and a new festival celebrating artists' films made in Scotland Read more »| 31 Jul 2023 -
New ReleasesTalk to Me
Talk to Me confirms horror is alive and well with a skin-crawling possession story that makes for a promising, hard-hitting debut Read more »| 24 Jul 2023