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 ReleasesThe Seed of the Sacred Fig
Having fled Iran after being given an eight-year prison sentence for his filmmaking, director Mohammad Rasoulof releases this blistering critique of his nation's corrupt regime centred on tensions within a family unit Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
OpinionDavid Lynch, a filmmaker who opened up the world
The late David Lynch was not an artist you had to understand. His films were not puzzles to solve, they were journeys that had to be experienced. One writer reflects on how dipping her toes in Lynch's films after years of reluctance opened up the world Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
Film EventsGlasgow Film Festival 2025: Ten Films to See
Ahead of the 2025 edition of Scotland's biggest film festival, our film editor picks out some highlights from the Glasgow Film Festival programme Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
ArtCreative Scotland reveal Multi-Year Funding awards
The recipients of nearly £200 million of Creative Scotland funding have been announced, as the long-delayed Multi-Year Funding process concludes Read more »| 30 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsNaoko Yamada on The Colors Within
A Silent Voice director Naoko Yamada talks to us about her latest animation The Colors Within, a vibrant coming-of-age film about a group of teen misfits who form a band Read more »| 27 Jan 2025 -
New ReleasesHard Truths
Mike Leigh reunites with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a terse portrait of a woman with deep anger issues Read more »| 27 Jan 2025
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival reveals its 2025 programme
The 21st edition of GFF returns with a programme rich with Scottish talent this year, including the world premiere of John Maclean’s second feature and an on-stage talk with James McAvoy Read more »| 21 Jan 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Brutalist
Adrien Brody gives a career-best performance as a visionary architect whose talents are exploited by Guy Pearce's ruthless tycoon in this towering meditation on the American Dream from Brady Corbet Read more »| 20 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Bryan M. Ferguson on Pumpkin Guts
Bryan M. Ferguson's latest short film is Pumpkin Guts, a stylish and hugely imaginative blend of 80s slasher movie and creature feature, shot in Glasgow's Southside for £800 Read more »| 13 Jan 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: January 2025
Mike Leigh visits GFT, an epic film about the Flow Country at Celtic Connections and a whole load of Oscar bait! Plus, our film podcast The CineSkinny escapes the studio for a live post-film discussion about 21st-century queer cinema Read more »| 07 Jan 2025 -
New ReleasesBabygirl
Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson are caught up in a complex web of sexual domination in Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, one of the most welcome entries into the erotic thriller canon in years Read more »| 06 Jan 2025 -
OpinionThe Great Queer Filmmakers of the 21st Century
Ahead of The Skinny's screening of Matthias & Maxime at GFT as part of Queer Cinema Sundays, we asked our writers: "Who are the great LGBTQ+ auteurs of the 21st Century?" Read more »| 06 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsUncovering the Past: RaMell Ross on Nickel Boys
With his debut fiction film Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross finds a cinematic language to interrogate Black historical narratives that immerse audiences in that history. He discusses his suspicion of image-making and the role of the artist in political change Read more »| 30 Dec 2024 -
New ReleasesNickel Boys
Documentary filmmaker RaMell Ross (best known for Hale County This Morning, This Evening) moves into fiction filmmaking with this heartbreaking story of two boys' experience of racism and brutality at a reform school in 1960s Florida Read more »| 19 Dec 2024 -
New ReleasesNosferatu
Bill Skarsgård stars as the vampiric Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’ faithful, richly detailed remake of the German horror classic. The result is a dark delight Read more »| 19 Dec 2024