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 ReleasesIn The Earth
Ben Wheatley delivers one of the first satisfying films made in the COVID-era in this resourceful microbudget folk horror imbued with expansive wilderness and lockdown claustrophobia Read more »| 15 Jun 2021 -
InterviewsEmma Seligman on chaotic black comedy Shiva Baby
Writer-director Emma Seligman talks us through Shiva Baby, her wickedly funny debut feature about a young woman trying to navigate her queer, sexual and Jewish identities Read more »| 07 Jun 2021 -
New ReleasesShiva Baby
Shiva Baby is a sexy, queer Jewish social nightmare that will give you second-hand embarrassment for days Read more »| 07 Jun 2021 -
New ReleasesThe Father
Anthony Hopkins' Oscar-winning performance is just one of the reasons to see this empathetic, unflinching, deeply humanising drama exploring dementia Read more »| 07 Jun 2021 -
InterviewsVictor Kossakovsky on Gunda
The star of the latest documentary from Russian director Victor Kossakovsky is a giant pig named Gunda. He hopes that you look on her and her offspring with respect and compassion, and not just wonder what she'll taste like with apple sauce Read more »| 31 May 2021 -
New ReleasesAfter Love
Joanna Scanlan gets a showcase for her considerable dramatic talents in After Love Read more »| 28 May 2021
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OpinionThe Feminist Legacy of Thelma & Louise
Three decades on, Thelma & Louise is still a poignant example of the rape-revenge genre colliding with reality. We consider how its tragic finale and portrayal of misogyny are echoed in a more recent example of female vigilantism fantasy Read more »| 24 May 2021 -
New ReleasesThe 8th
The 8th documents the fierce direct action and tireless campaigning that helped repeal Ireland’s notorious law prohibiting abortions Read more »| 24 May 2021 -
New ReleasesRare Beasts
Writer-director Billie Piper shows plenty of storytelling skill with her debut feature Rare Beasts, but its boundless energy can be exhausting Read more »| 17 May 2021 -
OpinionBack to Black: A look ahead to Scottish cinemas reopening
As cinemas across Scotland prepare to return, we speak to three of the country's best independent cinemas to find out how they've been weathering the COVID storm and what they're most looking forward to screening once they reopen Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
FestivalsAlchemy Film and Moving Image Festival returns
Ahead of the 11th Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, we catch up with the festival's co-directors to hear what they've been up to during lockdown and how this year's programme has embraced the circular nature of the COVID-era Read more »| 28 Apr 2021 -
New ReleasesNomadland
Frances McDormand takes to the road in director Chloé Zhao's evocative adaptation of Jessica Bruder's book Read more »| 13 Apr 2021 -
FestivalsFemspectives returns online for 2021
Femspectives, the annual Glasgow-based feminist film festival, is back with a virtual edition. Among the highlights are the 50th feature by renowned documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin and sci-fi tinged Georgian drama Comets Read more »| 12 Apr 2021 -
InterviewsDuncan Cowles on Scary Adult Things
Duncan Cowles – long one of Scottish short film's most exciting talents – takes his brand of skew-whiff documentary to BBC Scotland with his first TV series, Scary Adult Things Read more »| 08 Apr 2021 -
New ReleasesSequin in a Blue Room
A gay 16-year-old lad with a passion for anonymous one night stands gets in hot water when one conquest doesn't take kindly to being pushed aside Read more »| 06 Apr 2021