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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OpinionRobin Hood and the Gender Canon
Ahead of the classic Errol Flynn swashbuckler The Adventures of Robin Hood screening at Cameo, one writer recalls how their obsession with the film helped shape their own ideas on gender Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
InterviewsCharlie Shackleton on Zodiac Killer Project
Charlie Shackleton was about to make a film about the Zodiac Killer when the rights to the source material fell through, leaving him to make Zodiac Killer Project, a meta documentary about the film he wasn't permitted to make Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
InterviewsQueer Me Out: new queer cinema at Edinburgh Film Festival
Four out of the ten films competing in this year's Sean Connery Prize for Filmmaking Excellence at EIFF concern LGBTQ+ themes. We speak to these films' directors to explore what their work reveals about queer indie cinema in 2025 Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
InterviewsKVIFF 2025: Nathan Ambrosioni on Out of Love
We meet the talented young French filmmaker Nathan Ambrosioni, who sold his game consoles at 14 to buy his first camera. Now 25, he's just won the Crystal Globe for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsPuppet Masters: resistance in stop-motion animation
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 »| 01 Aug 2025 -
Film EventsTen films to see at Edinburgh Film Festival 2025
Here are ten titles to add to your Edinburgh Film Festival watchlist, from sparky dramas to documentaries about competitive porridge-making Read more »| 30 Jul 2025
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New ReleasesBring Her Back
Anchored by a monumental Sally Hawkins performance, Bring Her Back bypasses the supernatural lore to give audiences the frights of their lives Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: August 2025
Cinema Rediscovered goes on tour, some classics from Comic Strip Presents... screen at the Fringe, and Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud gives us a new arthouse trilogy we didn't know we needed in our lives Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
New ReleasesKVIFF 2025: Rebuilding
Josh O'Connor is excellent as a downtrodden rancher who lost everything in a wildfire, but elsewhere this portrait of community and resilience is sentimental and thinly sketched Read more »| 16 Jul 2025 -
New ReleasesHarvest
There are wonderful visual flourishes in Athina Rachel Tsangari’s atmospheric Harvest, but they never cohere into a satisfying narrative Read more »| 14 Jul 2025 -
New ReleasesKVIFF 2025: Broken Voices
A young singer is groomed by her charismatic choirmaster in this gut-wrenching tale of abuse based on a real-life scandal at a Czech children's choir Read more »| 14 Jul 2025 -
New ReleasesKVIFF 2025: Out of Love
Call My Agent's Camille Cottin is superb in this nuanced French drama about a middle-aged woman who's suddenly charged with the care of her niece and nephew when her sister walks out on her life Read more »| 10 Jul 2025 -
New ReleasesKVIFF 2025: The Luminous Life
There are definite shades of Eric Rohmer in this mellow romance set in a balmy Lisbon, featuring young people who love to talk and fall too easily in love Read more »| 08 Jul 2025 -
New ReleasesPavements
Alex Ross Perry gives us an often absurd celebration of anti-icons Pavement, and in his film's refusal to be a straightforward biopic, it's a perfect match for the band's sardonic sensibility Read more »| 08 Jul 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Other Way Around
The Spanish 'anti-rom-com' The Other Way Around has a sharp idea at its core, but its repetitive nature makes it a chore to get through Read more »| 08 Jul 2025